Offering Comfort
By Calyxshipper

Rating: PG
Category: Janet/Jacob
Summary: Sam and Jacob bond.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to Spikesbuffy for the wonderful betaing job and to my Muse, for being my Muse.

He sat in his room and sobbed.

The knock was soft and followed by the tentative, "Dad?"

He didn't want to talk to Sam. He didn't want to talk to anyone.

"Dad?"

Jacob sighed. "Yeah, Sam?"

"Can I come in?"

"Sure."

Sam came into the room and sat down next to her father. She could see the tear tracks emblazoned on his face. She knew he cried for Janet.

"Is the memorial about to start?"

"Not for awhile, Dad."

"I'm sorry, I lost track of time. I can't seem to keep track of anything today. . ." Jacob's voice faded off, and he looked at Sam with a tear slipping down his face.

"I know, Dad, I know."

Sam gazed at her father, with his sadness reflected in her eyes, and as he slowly broke down, she held his head and silently cried.