[He drops like a stone and something plummets with him in Chloe's gut. She sinks with him, not knowing what to do, wishing she could take the words, the hours back and make it not true, but she can't. There's nothing she can do, nothing she can say to make this better for him.
Tentatively, she places a hand on his back and the other grips his shoulder. She doesn't know what to do. Normally she would have bailed on anyone else but this is Nate.
This is Elena.
This is the closest thing Chloe has to family here and she won't run from this.
She tries to draw him close to comfort him with a hug.]
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Tentatively, she places a hand on his back and the other grips his shoulder. She doesn't know what to do. Normally she would have bailed on anyone else but this is Nate.
This is Elena.
This is the closest thing Chloe has to family here and she won't run from this.
She tries to draw him close to comfort him with a hug.]