You and Henry had been at the lab together since you were both eleven and you’d both been given number tattoos by Dr. Brenner at the time you two were both taken in.

He was given the number 001 and you were given the number 013 (you can choose your own number) and Dr. Brenner had the both of you share the same room because you came together and decided not to separate the both of you.

One evening you noticed Henry by an open grate on the ground, he was putting his hands in it and you couldn’t help but wonder what he was doing, but he then pulled out a black widow spider that was crawling across his hand.

“Beautiful isn’t it?” he came over to you with it but didn’t bring it too close as he knew of your spider phobia and he grabbed a nearby jar that he had hidden in the room and put the spider in the jar, also putting it somewhere out of sight so that you didn’t have to look at it and no one would find it.

“Sorry if I scared you, I didn’t mean to, spiders are just fascinating to look at, especially black widows, I’ve loved them since I was a child and used to collect them.” he sat next to you and noticed you were still anxious and still terrified, so he pulled you close to him and put a hand on your back, rubbing your back in circular motions.

“I’m sorry, I won’t do that again, I’ll take it outside and release it once I’ve caught the others, okay?” he put one of his hands to your cheek in reassurance and held it there as he stroked it with his thumb until he had you calmed down.

“That’s it, breathe for me, I’m here.” he said with the reassurance in his tone of voice as he continued to hold you tight until your breathing and your heart was steady again.

“Feeling better?” he smiled as he scanned your face to see if you were still anxious and fearful, his hand still rubbing your back in circles as he felt you relax and fall deeper into his arms.

“That’s it, just relax, I’ve got you.”