Oh, Pike enjoyed touching her, but that's not what this one was. This was a gesture of support, or at least that's what he wanted it to be. Especially since words were failing him right now. Sure, he could say all the proper things. 'You did what you had to do.' 'You had no other choice.' 'It was a vampire, not a child.' But Pike knew how futile the "proper words" were, after Detroit.
He knew how useless those words were after Benny.
Instead, he just squeezed her hand gently. "I'm sorry," he said again. "First vamp is always the worst." For all the moral issues surrounding werewolves, there was nothing ever quite like that first vamp kill, if you weren't raised with the notion of vampires being evil monsters.
Maybe it would've sounded patronizing coming from someone else, but considering Pike's first vamp was the closest thing to a brother he'd ever had? He got it. Oh yeah, he got it.