"Okay," he said, pulling her up into his lap. "That I can do. That I like to do."

He just sat and held her without saying anything. He knew that sometimes just having someone else there was more help than any words.

"With the locator I gave you," he said.

"I'm glad you wanted to see me," he admitted, giving her a small squeeze. "I would hate to see you so upset and not be able to come to you."

"That's good to know," he told her, leaning forward to press his forehead to hers. "Because you're mine."

He just continued to hold her there, protecting her at least from the feeling of being alone.

After a while he pulled away just enough to look her in the eyes.

"Feel a bit better now?" he asked.

"Do you want me to stay with you tonight?" he asked.

"Can I watch them with you for a little bit?" he asked. "They always look brighter to me when I'm with you."

"I don't know," he said with a shrug. "Maybe that's part of how special you are. You help people see things in the best possible way."

"I find that hard to believe is true," he said, giving her another reassuring hug. "I think you sometimes blame yourself for things when you shouldn't."

Tony gave a small sigh. Whatever it was he doubted that it was Rain's fault.

"Rain, sometimes people expect things of other people that they shouldn't," he said. "People are raised very different or they have different worlds and experiences and what one person thinks should have been said isn't universal."

"It matters to me," Tony said softly. "It matters very much to me if you think you're a bad person. Because you're not."

Tony gently stroked her hair and held her, murmuring calming noises to her. Sometimes she was so much like a child.

"I know," he said. "But sometimes... sometimes people want to get hurt and they look for excuses to do it."