He had a bad feeling about the mission the moment he sent you on it, and worried the entire time you were gone.

So when you walked down the steps into the basement, well.. limped down the steps into the basement, you knew he’d be there.

He glanced up at you for only a moment “Hey kid, how’d the mission go?” A moment of silence from you choking back tears, and he looked up again “Kid? Oh, shit, I knew it.” He mumbles the last part as he gets up from his desk and walks over.