Redhawk Caldera All the walls would fall around me

She was gratified, and a little touched, when he immediately confirmed her suspicions. Bridget always tried her best to be a listening ear, but opening up the way Bronco was right now took a hell of a lot of trust. She nodded, her expression and tone immediately slipping into the serious nature of the conversation. There were times for jokes; this wasn’t one of him. Of course. I have time.

She didn’t move to physically close the space between them, or to comfort him and acknowledge his emotions in any way beyond the attentive way she waited and listened. All of that could wait until later. Right now, at the start, she knew something like that could often make someone close off with embarrassment. It would be better to allow him to feel what he needed to feel in order to get through the telling.