[It's tight, sure, but Hope grew up with tight hugs. When Caroline hugs her back, she just squeezes even harder, holding her breath, as if that would make time stop and make everything else go away for a minute.
It doesn't work, of course, and she can hear her friend crying into her shirt.]
I know.
[She visibly winces as she continues, though. That sounds like Hope's literal worst nightmare, the exact reason why she doesn't let people get close. She doesn't know what to say, knows perfectly well that there's nothing she can say that will make it better. It just...sucks.
So she just holds on for as long as Caroline wants.]
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It doesn't work, of course, and she can hear her friend crying into her shirt.]
I know.
[She visibly winces as she continues, though. That sounds like Hope's literal worst nightmare, the exact reason why she doesn't let people get close. She doesn't know what to say, knows perfectly well that there's nothing she can say that will make it better. It just...sucks.
So she just holds on for as long as Caroline wants.]