He shuddered and for a moment, he felt like he would, indeed, have an attack, or possibly a heart attack even, as his heart pounded painfully in his chest and his whole right side exploded in pain...
and then something like a click wen through his head and he felt better, and with relief and hurt, he pulled her closer, and hugged her, tight, and the tears came. He shuddered as he held her, the awful things he had seen coming out now. He spoke them quietly, as if to hide from them, and he shared them with her.
Her words were the only solace he had and he clung to them as he cluing to her.