"Hartley? Hartley, come on, you're scaring me. It's okay. I'm okay. I-I'm not dead. Neither are you. We won, man, we won." He reached out and grabbed onto Hartley in return, having to angle himself oddly to do so and hell, he was pretty much in his lap but fuck the no homo bullshit, Hartley was trembling in horror and he didn't know what to do. He was freaked.

He held him tight and leaned in, talking quietly into his ear. "Don't let them break you, Hartley. I'm here. I'm still here. Please don't do this, don't break. We need to stay together. Please? I can't do this on my own."