After a long moment of Scotty just holding him there in silence, Jack finally let himself relax into the embrace, moving to rest his head on the other man's chest, possible given the position they were in at that moment, sighing deeply as he did so. This is why he didn't talk about it, too. Because he didn't like to get people down, and there really was not a lot of positive things you could say about it, even if you were an impossible optimist like Scotty there.

"...I don't know about you, but I could really use a drink," he said, after a long moment.