#4thbrighteststar

so first of all the video in question is this one:

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as soon as the tweet mentions luke's tattoos and we cut back to the boys, calum scooches in and reaches right over to poke luke's wrist and tell him to tell everyone about it. he decides to immediately touch him as he leans over his shoulder (who wouldn't take this train of thought when luke's wrists are so nicely on display for us!)

calum leans back for a second, but as soon as luke carries on talking about it, he's back in to touch luke's wrists again. the act of this in itself is such a testament to how casually they touch each other. oh! luke's talking about his tattoos! oh! i should touch them! it’s like we’re watching them have their own little moment with no one else there

he starts by hovering over his wrist but then he goes for a an initial hesitant little touch as luke points. then he slowly runs his index finger over it, his finger kind of sliding off luke's skin. it's very gentle, just a light brush, but also incredibly lingering. it's kind of slow and tender as he just strokes luke’s wrist??? what’s that about????

but that's not all! because after his finger slides over luke's skin, he then goes back in to hold his wrist between his thumb and forefinger. he stops for a second, like he's considering he can get a better grip on luke's wrist, and stretches his forefinger out as if he's going to loop it around to encircle it.

he seems like he's going to hold onto luke’s wrist to get a better look, or just to hold it for a moment. luke moves his hand away, almost unconsciously, as he points at his other wrist, but calum's hand is still there. and as luke moves away, calum’s hand drifts towards it as if he can catch Luke back in his grip. his hand hovers there a little questioningly for a moment before he draws back, like he can possibly keep luke there, or his arm will fall back into calum’s grip. then he just rests his hand back on his own knee.

we also get a split second where calum goes back in for another point right at the end. because he can't get enough! it gets cut too quickly to see if he makes contact, but we know he’s going for it.