Leave a “Quiet Me” in my ask, and I’ll write a drabble about my character trying to calm yours down [be it from crying, from lashing out, feel free to specify.]

“Hey, hey… it’s all right,” Hakuba said, offering what he thought was a charming, crooked smile to the other detective. It had been a very, very long night, and the two had worked together on the case for three days straight with so very little rest. Despite having caught the kidnapper, they hadn’t managed to get the victim out completely unscathed, but she would be all right. With time. Even so, he could understand why she’d suddenly burst into tears as the ambulance pulled away.

The male sighed, lips pursing as the crying didn’t cease, and attempted to casually put his arm around her shoulders. “Chin up, detective! We caught the culprit… things will turn out fine. Really. We did the best we could, and we did a fine job… hush, hush.”