The floodgates opened when the younger man pulled Murphy into an embrace. It was such a small and simple human gesture...

And yet it was the first time someone had hugged him in almost a decade. Even something as commonplace as a hug had been denied to him. A key turned, somewhere deep inside the ex-con. That horrible box was open now, and everything came rushing out.

Murphy shuddered and then he was sobbing quietly, clinging to Gabe's shirt and just letting the torrent come.