hyperkinesia: (If I couldn't handle pointy things.)
Bruce Banner ([personal profile] hyperkinesia) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2014-05-18 11:49 am

((OPEN)) Have you hugged your physicist today?

Who: Bruce Banner and YOU
Where: Library, kitchen, dining room, gardens, basement lab, etc. ANYWHERE.
When: From the 16th to the 19th, state your date!
Rating: I don't expect anything past PG
Summary: Bruce is seeking the comfort of simple physical contact. Arms brushing, hands holding, hugging, anything. It doesn't even matter if he knows you or if he's never seen you before. He craves for it so much he might not even notice he's doing it at first.
Note: I'm alright with both brackets and prose, pick your poison.
The Story:

[ It starts with nothing but a feeling, something itching at the far back of his mind, something that's entirely different from the kind of clawing and scratching he's normally used to. But he brushes it aside, he doesn't think much of it - not until he starts crossing paths with random people on the hallways and the gardens and finds himself reaching to touch strangers he's never even seen before.

Most times, he manages to draw back and rush away before actually doing anything. Other times he finds himself detouring just so he can brush his fingers against someone else's, or feel his arm bump lightly against theirs. But somehow it's only when he's alone that he starts to fully realize that something's happening. The mind is quick to make the association, though knowing that this might very well be one of these events doesn't really help him in stopping this craving for touch from happening.

So instead he starts seeking solitude. He hides in corners of the library, and he uses the kitchen and the dining room when there's no one else around. The rest of the time, he retreats to the lab and stays there, surrounded by what's as close to familiarity as he can get, and at least there if someone approaches him, it's people he's more comfortable with. Relatively speaking. ]
widows_kiss: serious, curious (Default)

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2014-06-20 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
He doesn't give much of a noticeable reaction to that, but she can still sense the flinch all the same. Some things are easier than others for her to read, interpret. Natasha reaches out, sliding her hand up his arm to rub lightly against his shoulder, her expression apologetic.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up."
widows_kiss: serious, curious (Calm)

That works! Although now she's going to have to poke him again sometime soon to make up for it...

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2014-06-24 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
She ducks her head in agreement, letting the subject drop without argument as she takes a bite of her sandwich again. But just because she's let the topic drop doesn't mean she doesn't still stick close, offering the comfort and contact he craves for as long as he wants it.