something so intimate about handmade stuff, handmade bread, handmade presents, or handwritten letters, in general intimacy and tenderness are stored in hands, in holding hands and playing with each other's fingers, warming each other's hands...

alyx, barista and bookseller from the good ol sunshine state! i love star trek & neil gaiman & the magnus archives a little too much
something so intimate about handmade stuff, handmade bread, handmade presents, or handwritten letters, in general intimacy and tenderness are stored in hands, in holding hands and playing with each other's fingers, warming each other's hands...
Without a second thought, Linus reached up and cupped Arthur’s face. His skin was hot, but Linus wasn’t afraid of being singed and blackened. Arthur would never allow it. The fire tickled against the backs of his hands. “There, there,” Linus said quietly. “That’s enough of that, I think. You’ve made your point quite well.” - The House in the Cerulean Sea
I love a good desperate face grab - some excellent face holding in this book!
How Horror Helps With Processing Grief and Trauma, S.F. Whitaker
call me moses. um. call her. um wait. call me moses the way her bush speaks to me
hire me for just whatever
[fills out a job application] i can do whatever and am good at anything, my biggest weakness is i love too much