Spike's unshaken calmness in the storm of the fledgling's emotions is what slowly gets him to calm down. At least for the moment. Slowly, he takes his hands off his mentor and opts for running them through his hair.

Did he trust Spike? Well...so far, the other vampire had only wanted good for him. Again and again. It would be stupid and...frankly, unkind to not trust Spike now. He presses his palms into his eyes.

"Yessss...."