The forced smile shook Syd. Even though she had now known Jack for an incredible amount of time, during the entire time he led the team she never knew him to force that type of smile. He took his role as a leader seriously and always did what he could to make sure the team stayed upbeat and on the task. Unconsciously, she clutched her bags closer to her body, somehow thinking that if she made herself smaller, maybe the demons he talked about would leave them alone.
Forcing herself away from that bit of though - she was SPD after all, and they protected the innocents and each other no matter what - she immediately straightened and gave him a grin of her own, trying to lighten the mood slightly and not give away how suddenly scared she really was. "As long as you promise not to send me through a muddy obstacle course again because it totally took me two weeks to get the mud out from underneath my fingertips? I'll always trust you."