James, Leon, Andrei, Bayani and open because this may get the ugliest
Andrei staggered back when the connection was broken, the intensity of his emotions instantly receding. He was left feeling hollow and bare, his mind swimming with confusion. Everything that happened - Leon smashing James' face in, Bayani trying to hold him back - went by in a blur as Andrei tried to get up, tried to focus, tried to return to who he was.
Andrei crawled to his feet. What had he done? Instead of closing up, instead of shutting James out, he had let him in. Not only that, he had shared his pain, had let James know how much it affected him and now...
Now...
Andrei blinked. He noticed James wasn't defending himself. He'd lashed out and, apparently, it had taken about as much from James as it had from Andrei.
"Leon," he said, his voice wavering. "Leon, stop. We've got to go."