[Charles doesn't really want to admit it, but he was holding her hand pretty tightly, too. He knew how it felt, and just because he'd resolved to just try pulling himself up by the bootstraps didn't mean he wasn't having a difficult time coping with everything that had happened.

It was why he was awake at this hour, after all.]

It's alright. I don't think anyone is, after what happened. [They might pretend they were fine, and try to go about life as usual, but no one just got over that sort of thing.]

Do you want to stay here? [Versus waking up.] I think can keep the nightmares away.