[He snorts softly, collapsing onto his bed and gesturing at the opposite bed, the desk, wherever.]

A few days or a few more isn't going to make that much of a difference. Sorry, I know that's not what you're supposed to fucking say, but. That's the truth.

If you feel grief right, it's like someone carved a hole in your side and you're trying to patch it up with thin air. Time doesn't make as much of a difference as people think it does.