She's shaking as he holds her and the smell of ozone is in the air.

She can feel that he means it, every word, and those words slam again and again into the shields and walls she's built around her heart. The walls crumble and she sobs, a harsh, broken, sound, years of pain and anguish finally given an outlet.

She clings to him like a lifeline or like a child might cling to their parent.