Coconut Grove Blooming like the shadows upon you I drowned beside

What was he to do when a girl he hardly knew was sobbing into his chest?
It's okay, and that's all he could manage in a hushed, raspy whisper as his breath caught helplessly and his eyes sunk. Something had happened, something horrible, something he didn't understand and wouldn't ask about.
His arms slink around her neck in a full embrace, paws rested upon her spine, and it truthfully lacked the intimacy part of him still so desperately sought. This was not the time; he would not be that guy.
You're safe, and it was sincere; whatever she mulled over now was gone, over with, and he wondered if anyone had ever told her such a thing. you're safe.