[Velocity just smiles at him as best she can] It's okay to cry. [She says it earnestly. She has to be sort of person she'd needed, once] Nobody is going to feel bad that you're upset, not here. You aren't letting anybody down. Let it out.

[She shifts again and very slowly and carefully lays one hand on the floor beside Donnie, palm up, with her index finger curled to rest ever so slightly against Donnie. The closest she can come to giving him a hug]