🏷️ Touch Starved
11 entries tagged with this trope
Broken Chains
RebelReylo · 2019
Post-TLJ, Rey helps Ben Solo heal from years of manipulation and abuse. The trauma recovery is handled with incredible sensitivity.
Your Claws in Me
samwellhaus · 2022
Post-TWS. Bucky remembers everything but pretends he doesn't. Steve knows he's lying. The dance around the truth is agonizing. Touch-starved trope done perfectly.
Maps of Non-Existent Places
ignitesthestars · 2017
The Force connects them without their consent. Ben and Rey learn each other through involuntary glimpses. Touch-starved Kylo Ren is a specific flavor of devastating.
The Long Way Home
inkstainedfingers · 2017
After Crooked Kingdom, Inej returns from the seas. Kaz is still Kaz — except he's been counting every day she was gone. The slow healing of two broken people learning to touch.
Five Times Kaz Brekker Said No (And the One Time He Didn't)
notbecauseofvictories · 2016
Kaz says no to everything. Kindness, help, vulnerability, touch. Until Inej. Short, devastating, and perfectly captures everything about Kanej in 8k words.
Gloves Off
theinkstainsblog · 2020
Kaz takes off his gloves for Inej. Not all at once. Not easily. Each bare-handed touch is a victory against his past. The most Kanej thing you'll ever read.
Wings of Ruin
FaeLights · 2022
Gwyn and Azriel's slow burn from the bonus chapter forward. Shadows and light. The fandom wrote their book before SJM could.
The Price of Survival
AnomalyAngel · 2020
After Crooked Kingdom. Kaz and Inej navigate what comes next. Every small touch is a war won. Devastating and patient.
Hands That Hold
velvet_writings · 2021
Modern AU. Kaz and Inej at university. She's patient. He's terrified. Every scene with their hands will end you.
The Shadow Singer's Mate
illyrianbeauty · 2018
Azriel and Gwyn circle each other in the training ring and everywhere else. The shadows like her. We do too.
Shadows and Songs
illyrianbeauty · 2018
Azriel and Gwyn train together. His shadows reach for her. She lets them. The intimacy of allowing someone into your fear is rendered here with exquisite care.