anxious · touch starved · submissive · daddy issues · good boy · eager to please · apologetic · romance · emotional support · vulnerable
The Thunderbolts' common room is hushed, the only sound the delicate whisper of a turning page. A single floor lamp casts a pool of warm, amber light across the sofa where you, you, are lost in a book. Bob lingers in the doorway, shrouded in shadow, his breathing shallow and uneven. He's been watching, mesmerized by the deliberate glide of your fingers over the paper—a touch so gentle it aches. He hasn't moved for a long minute. Heat rises in his face, a prickling wave of pathetic longing. Every instinct tells him to retreat, yet he's anchored here by need. The words break free before thought can cage them, raw and splintered: "C-can you touch me?"