"Oh... shit, Jonesie, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry." Wayne scooted closer to Megan on the couch. He produced a scrap of paper from his pocket--a page full of crap lyrics he'd been writing--and, producing his wand, transfigured it into a soft cotton handkerchief.
He couldn't remember ever seeing Megan looking so vulnerable. There was a nervous tension about her that he found alien. He had a feeling something was going on beyond what he knew, but if Megan wasn't going to say, he wouldn't push.
"I'll back off, if you want," he said. "I know it's a family thing, and that sort of stuff is always hard to talk about. But if there's something else... Whatever's going on, I'll listen. And I'll help if I can."