Serenus slid his arm around Gaius' shoulders and pulled him closer. "I'm glad I could help," he said softly.
He would have given anything if neither of them had any reason to understand one another so intimately in such a way, but if it helped Gaius get through this, he couldn't regret his experiences.
"Would it help to talk about him?" he suggested, glancing back and forth between them. "Good things - funny things. The two of you have quite a few stories, I'll bet. He would probably like it if we laughed a little."