That's exactly what he wants. The kind of support he's only dreamed of. And he feels like an utter fool because he has no idea how to accept it or begin to say what it means to him. The only thing he knows to do with big emotions is freeze.

"Yes," he says. "I -- please keep me near you. I'm sorry I -- sometimes I come off as though I want to be left alone. I don't. Especially not from you."