"Then get up here and warm up" He grinned setting the thing on the crate he always used as a side table and opened up to make room for Andy to come cuddle up the way they always do on the roof when star gazing and horizon dreaming.
Taj kind of dreaded it too, but somehow it just didn't take the weird peaceful feeling away that overlaid the whole thing, some peace that just never went away when Andy was around, and that was a good thing. If he could be at peace even when something this dreadful was about to be spoken about then surely that meant they were good for each other... keeping Taj so calm.
"Come on babe. I guess it's time to do this. I know you have a weird feeling about it. You must. But, just remember as I tell you what's up... what happened, that's it's still past tense and it doesn't have to hold you. You don't have to let it touch you. It's over. And I"m here for you. And you're fine. We're fine. ok? Can you try to remember that?"