[How does he stop her from crying?? ...Light, hugely awkward arm pat, have one.]
Some... maybe some of them do, but the rest... I was part of the team before, involved but now I feel like they just... Like I'm just...
[The words don't come easily, frustration pouring off of him as he hunts them down.]
Like I'm there because they feel bad for me.
[But Hunter and Mack? They had reached out to him. It had finally felt right. Good. Almost like normal. Almost. It can't be normal without Simmons there - but now that she's come back, it's anything but normal.]
She is too adorable for words. ...But yes the worst at this. XD
Some... maybe some of them do, but the rest... I was part of the team before, involved but now I feel like they just... Like I'm just...
[The words don't come easily, frustration pouring off of him as he hunts them down.]
Like I'm there because they feel bad for me.
[But Hunter and Mack? They had reached out to him. It had finally felt right. Good. Almost like normal. Almost. It can't be normal without Simmons there - but now that she's come back, it's anything but normal.]