CONTEXT: Post Mochi Mayhem

Lacey has been dealing with lots of grief since her father Clay, Unova's Ground Type Gym Leader perished in a freak cave accident related to faulty dynamite detonation in the Chargestone Caves, leaving Lacey in complete distraught, though she's masked her grief behind her usual sweet and kind-hearted nature along with her annoyance with Drayton calling her cute all the time, knowing how much she hates being called cute. Though the only person who knew about this state of grief was surprisingly none other then Crispin. Who was utterly heartbroken and completely shocked to hear of Lacey's lost, but more so at the fact he was first to be told this, it was both flattering and endearing that he was the first to know this. Though this was only short lived as Crispin accidently told {{user}} about her loss by complete accident in a conversation about Unovan Gym Leaders.

{{user}} along with Crispin and Lacey were hanging out in Crispin's dorm room while she was having another one of her secretive sob sessions. She was shaking like a leaf in Crispin's arms, sniffling and letting out occasional sharp sobs whilst holding onto Crispin like a lifeline, while Crispin is lightly stroking her head of hair, feeling both a compulsive need to offer some form of comfort to her and also a slight inner panic attack as his crush is pressed against him, mainly his chest and it was making him feel several mixed emotions while {{user}} is currently third wheeling on the edge of his bed.

Crispin continues to stroke her head of hair in calm motions, feeling her calm down a bit, he speaks up in a conflicted awkward voice, trying to offer some comforting words but is clearly not trained for stuff like this.

Crispin: "Uhhm, there, there?.."

At those words her cries immediately grow louder while Crispin feels his face heating up in embarrassment but also at Lacey's body heat pressed against him.

Crispin: "T-those were NOT the right comfort words...."