Alpha Archer stopped in the car for what felt like an eternity. He reached for Beta Nico's hand. It was now cold, cold with lifelessness. He swallowed, managing only to pull himself out of the car, then slowly make his way to the front door.
Before he could knock, it suddenly flew open and Hailey stood there, her eyes wide, her lips half parted.
"Archer," She said, her breaths small, her chest rising and falling.
Seeing her soothed him somewhat, and agitated him too, and the tears came rushing back in torrents. She didn't ask what had happened as she covered the distance between them, lending him her shoulder, her embrace so tight.
It felt like she was trying to piece him together. Trying to work through the broken pieces that sadness has made of his soul. For a while, they stayed the
