AUSTIN, Texas — She never told him how it tore her heart apart when he collapsed on the floor after hearing the news.
He never told her how he grieved, hiding in his room at night and burying tears in a pillow.
When you're going through hell, sometimes it seems like the only way to hold yourself together is to protect those you love from your dark and desperate feelings.
"The pain was consuming," junior Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger says.
So too is the sweet embrace of collecting a broken life and piecing it back together.