[It might be a little difficult to untangle but he tries mainly just to fill him and hold, soothe the fears and the guilt, cradle the self-revulsion, the trauma, the worries, accepting all of it without judgment or flinching. Spreading fire through every crack and corner of Hades, blanketing and filling him with love and protectiveness.

He strokea his core again, just the gentlest touch of fingers, not concentration there to overwhelm as before, simply adding that to his show of affection.]