Jayce can recognize that there are no-win scenarios with a conversation when they're both like this. He doesn't want their crankiness to make it worse. If they want to bicker tomorrow when they've slept and eaten, they can do that with their minds clearer. Right now all he wants is to find comfort in Viktor. He is alive and they have their intimacy to lean on in bad times. He hasn't really had that before. They have always been close friends, but there were boundaries. Not anymore.

Jayce takes the cup from him and mirrors his actions, tilting Viktor's head back and pouring the water back from his face to wet his hair. His is longer and thicker so he needs more water and shampoo than Jayce. The first time they were intimate together he got to wash Viktor's hair and he has a particular love for it. His fingers dig into the wet strands as he puts the shampoo deep into the roots.

"I am so glad we have this, V. I think everything we've been through would be a lot harder if I couldn't fall into bed with you every night." Jayce never stops being grateful for them, but the nightmares were easier wrapped up in Viktor's arms, and this grief is easier with someone to lean on.