[It's not something he would change, even if he could. Not if it means sacrificing everyone else. They need the numbers, even if he had been able to defeat Jack, they're still down some, and he's not their only concern. More likely, he'd have wiped them all out and it would be just them. Not exactly something he's about to volunteer, though.
Logically he knows John wasn't going to just stop crying because Dave was willfully wishing him to, or because he put his hand on his fucking shoulder. The whole way his body shifts is stiff, arm falling away so he can turn and scoot towards him more carefully. There's a second where he hesitates, before he puts one hand on the back of John's head, and the other loops stiffly around his shoulders and he tugs him forward, patting lightly.
He is the worst at hugs okay, it's not like he sat around three years practising ]
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Logically he knows John wasn't going to just stop crying because Dave was willfully wishing him to, or because he put his hand on his fucking shoulder. The whole way his body shifts is stiff, arm falling away so he can turn and scoot towards him more carefully. There's a second where he hesitates, before he puts one hand on the back of John's head, and the other loops stiffly around his shoulders and he tugs him forward, patting lightly.
He is the worst at hugs okay, it's not like he sat around three years practising ]