[ He hugs her this time without breaking her back, though he still lifts her up a little onto her toes. She's like a foot shorter than him, that's just the way these things go sometimes.

And yeah, there's something really compromising going on with his emotions right now, but he already made himself way too transparent with permanent evidence in her inbox. ]

I want you to know that I handled it super well.

[ He says, somewhere over her head. ]

I was basically a rock in this time of crisis, and you should definitely not ask anyone about it.

[ Specifically, Lance or Nate. ]