[He doesn't put his hand back on Dave's shoulder - no use in making Dave uncomfortable again; instead, he lets the silence settle for a moment before leaning back into the couch cushions and sighing.]
Look. Talking about trauma sucks. Having someone else talk about it when you didn't even want them to see it in the first place is fucking awful. [Evidently Wash's psych profile got passed around a hell of a lot more than he would have liked, including, at one point, to the Reds and Blues. That's not easy to get over, and that's small potatoes compared to what Dave's going through.] And I'm pretty sure my experiences with that are just a fraction of this bullshit.
My point is, if you decide you do want to talk about it, or if you want to talk about anything else, I'm here.
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[He doesn't put his hand back on Dave's shoulder - no use in making Dave uncomfortable again; instead, he lets the silence settle for a moment before leaning back into the couch cushions and sighing.]
Look. Talking about trauma sucks. Having someone else talk about it when you didn't even want them to see it in the first place is fucking awful. [Evidently Wash's psych profile got passed around a hell of a lot more than he would have liked, including, at one point, to the Reds and Blues. That's not easy to get over, and that's small potatoes compared to what Dave's going through.] And I'm pretty sure my experiences with that are just a fraction of this bullshit.
My point is, if you decide you do want to talk about it, or if you want to talk about anything else, I'm here.