His mind insists, countered by a very insistent skip of his heart. This isn't happening. The look on Andrew's face is getting to be physically painful, and Lorne just knows his tried and true approach of booze and sympathy won't work. Not this time.
"Hey..." He leans in, one hand finding its way to the center of his friend's back. "Yes, you will. Andy, sweetie, I know you. Whatever happened tonight is not your fault. I don't care what you did, because I know--"
Personal experience is backing him up here, and that isn't entirely painless either. He swallows tighter than he technically wants to, and sucks it up. "I know you did everything you could, and I know you did what you thought was right. Not only that, Buster, I bet you went above and beyond. It's what friends are for, and--" some of the fighting spirit evaporates like so much vapor.
"And you're pretty much the living embodiment of that sort of thing. It's your Thing. My Thing is handing out quasi-crappy advice, but you? You're like a vital support structure all on your own."
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His mind insists, countered by a very insistent skip of his heart. This isn't happening. The look on Andrew's face is getting to be physically painful, and Lorne just knows his tried and true approach of booze and sympathy won't work. Not this time.
"Hey..." He leans in, one hand finding its way to the center of his friend's back. "Yes, you will. Andy, sweetie, I know you. Whatever happened tonight is not your fault. I don't care what you did, because I know--"
Personal experience is backing him up here, and that isn't entirely painless either. He swallows tighter than he technically wants to, and sucks it up. "I know you did everything you could, and I know you did what you thought was right. Not only that, Buster, I bet you went above and beyond. It's what friends are for, and--" some of the fighting spirit evaporates like so much vapor.
"And you're pretty much the living embodiment of that sort of thing. It's your Thing. My Thing is handing out quasi-crappy advice, but you? You're like a vital support structure all on your own."