Jess had spent the better part of the last month keeping busy, being Gabe, since his brother and Fallon had been sent on an assignment and he and Molly were left to fend for themselves. Molly would never say anything and Jess knew better than to actually ask, because he truthfully didn't mind helping out his sister-in-law and seeing the kids, but it was like salt in the wound. He saw what it did to their family. He was tucking in kids for someone else, just like he'd predicted.

And he was willing to walk right into that for himself.

For as stubborn as he was, he didn't want Fallon to have to give up her career for a life together so he was wanted to be able to compromise, but he didn't want to entirely give up what he wanted out of life either. It was a mess already and they weren't even married yet. Maybe wouldn't. He couldn't tell what Fallon was thinking at this point, but he'd left it up to her, again.

Now the shipwreck was taking priority and though Jesse didn't have much to do with it, the ministry seemed to be all hands on deck, no pun in tended. Survivors were coming in and Jess had volunteered to help get everyone organized and where they needed to be, whether it was the hospital or home, but then Gabe's inter-office owl had showed up and it took all of his willpower not to abandon work and head straight to Fallon's. One of her brother's had been lose in the wreckage, a pain Jess was all too familiar with.

As soon as he could, he passed duties off to someone else, later than he would have on a normal day, but he didn't even know where to find her. He'd flooed to her flat originally but nobody was home so he'd decided to send her an owl. Jess headed back to his own, dropping his things unceremoniously beside the fireplace. He need a minute to think over where she might go, only to find her sitting on the edge of his bed. He knew exactly what was going through her head, exactly what she was feeling and he knew there was nothing he could really do for her. Without a word, he sat down beside her and pulled her in. "I'm sorry," He whispered after a moment.