Ok, so I lied
Vin is going out of town tomorrow for a week, alone. He said he needs some space. Needs to clear his head and get away from all the shit he's been trying to deal with here. Be away from the responsibilities of day to day life, as it were.
Thank God. He needs this time away. He is someone that rarely has 'alone' time, and he needs it - badly.
I honestly thought I'd be more uncomfortable with him leaving than I am. In a way it is scary, because I can't be there with him which means I can't "help", and you know how much I need to be needed. But I realized that sometimes, the best help you can be to someone is no help at all. Sometimes, you have to just step back and let people sort things out for themselves and do things their own way. So that's what I'm going to do.