He doesn't want to think that he knows the feeling. Omega is sure enough that Hoskins put her through something that he and his brothers never suffered, something he would have killed the man a hundred times over for even thinking about. He should have, when he had the chance. All of that will be a scar Blue carries on the inside, for a long time... maybe always.

But the rest of it is, if nothing else, very familiar.

He embraces her as tightly as he dares, wanting to crush her to his chest and hold her there until she is completely healed and they've miraculously teleported back home and everything is as it should be again. She could have a nest of birds in her hair and Omega would still run his fingers through it, combing it back from her face and her shoulder. Eyes closed, he touches his head to hers, swallowing against anger that has nowhere to go, and the echoes of an unimaginable fear that he had never felt for himself even once.

"I told you, I'll always come for you. Anywhere." His teeth clench and his voice turns rough. "...I'm so sorry I didn't get there sooner."