Alcide is mostly a gentleman and tries not to do more than glance at her until she's in the bathwater. Not that he hasn't seen all of Buffy from every angle many times over. He has. But given her mood and what she needs right now, he can catch on that now is not the time to gawk. She needs his presence, not his sexual advances. Once she's in the water, however, he does watch her in profile.

Of course he knows about Dawn. He doesn't know all the details, but he knows Buffy lost her sister. And his heart breaks for her knowing that the anniversary of that is today. Alcide makes a mental note to remember this day so he'll know when it's coming around next year.

"Aw, Buffy..." Alcide shakes his head and pushes a hand back through his shaggy locks as he looks straight ahead again. He knows loss. He knows that sometimes it isn't something you ever fully recover from. He knows how hard it is for those left behind who actually give a shit about the one gone.

After a moment, he looks back over at her. "Losin' blood kin, that's like losin' a piece of yourself. Sometimes it hits you like a ton of bricks, like today. You wanna talk about how..." He hesitates. "I mean you don't have to. Just, if you need to, I'm right here."