[A hand moves to her back, rubbing small circles on it to try and reassure her. He remembers- he remembers how he's held another like this before, ages, ago, and for a moment it's not Anne- the visage shifts back when he blinks, but maybe she hears his sharp suck of breath before he uses her words to pull himself back to reality]
cw; hallucination
I'm Jewish. Will that work?