"And I'd definitely deserve it." Major matches her smile, though he allows his to be a bit more prominent on his face than she does. "It wouldn't be the first time I'd have been punched. Kidnapped in a freezer, remember? If anyone, getting punched would be the least violent thing that's happened in a while." He knows his experiences and everything that went down in Seattle pales in comparison to what Rose has been through, but .. it's still his life. And it's far, far more chaotic than he ever dreamt back when he'd asked Liv to marry him.

Major leans back, digging his heels into the ground slightly behind him. He is, as he mentioned, perfectly content to sit in silence, but he is glad to hear Rose talk more. It isn't hard to know - both from her self-reporting and also her general way of being - that she isn't much of a talker. So he appreciates and cherishes the fact that she deems him safe and trustworthy enough to share things with. That's not lost on him.

"Who's relationship isn't complicated? I don't think anyone I know doesn't or hasn't had some sort of "it's complicated" thing going on in their lives." Even Ravi and Peyton had their own complications, especially with (ugh) Blaine in the mix.

He sits back up and reaches over to lay a soft hand on her forearm.

"I'm sorry, that that happened to your boyfriend. Regardless of how complicated it was." If anything, Major can empathize even more because it's .. sort of how he felt when he found out about what had happened to Liv, at the boat party he told her to go to. "The Stri- wait," he starts, taking a few seconds to try and really get the pronunciation correct, "Stri- Strigoi? They're the ones that are like the rage mode zombies, right? The .. violent ones?" He shakes his head, exhaling a puff of breath. "I'm sorry."