> Keeping up the conversation with John was a bad idea.
> But once you shut down your computer, you did too.
> Curling up into a ball on your bedroom floor, you screamed until you literally couldn't scream anymore. The tears puddled at your cheek and your body trembled with each intake of breath. Everything that you had kept out of reach, everything that you had pushed away from yourself since the game ended came back to you in a rush. Your group members, Kanaya, the abandonment, your mission.
> The sudden touch on your shoulder made you jolt, and you looked over your shoulder to see who your uninvited guest was.
> John looked down at you, and you up at him until he finally asked if you were alright. When you didn't reply, he sat you upright and hugged you. And in return, you leaned into his shoulder. The two of you sat there, together, for god knows how long. But it was comforting, even though you had always shied away from that.
> After a long while of sitting together, you found the ability to speak.