Ough lars save me… save me lars… i really like how you characterize him and I love seeing him become more sociable very very slowly ^^
I was wondering if you could make some hc’s of him with a reader who’s also very iffy on touch? It doesn’t have to be the same way where it burns him, but someone who just prefers to not touch or be touched
I’ve always been extremely cautious and uncomfortable when it comes to physical contact with anyone besides very VERY close friends and family and I really loved lars because of his representation of people with that struggle
Imagine just both of them being way too awkward and scared to be touchy so instead they express their feelings with acts of service!! Lars helps them out with whatever issue there is in their home or shovels the yard without a word, and they cook and gift him anything they can get their hands on (mmm,,, chubby lars 🤤)
OwO ur the first one in my inbox darling gratz !!!
i think with a partner who is also iffy on touch...lemme do some brain thinkings....
he would be the one to initiate for sure. he would take note that you decline hugs, look visibly uncomfortable with handshakes or a pat on the back or brushing shoulders with another person. he'd find it noteworthy to see someone with a shared experience, even if not to his extent
he'd definitely gravitate towards you, using proximity as a vehicle to figure out how he feels about you, and over time he'd find the urge to try something new
first touch would almost certainly be exactly like canon - meet up for an evening, have a good time together, and he'd be reluctant to depart without extending a hand and lingering just a bit too long before gently letting it go. it'd be a shared decision of how far physical contact would go beyond that, if any at all
you'd probably have an "i cook you clean" agreement. obviously, you use your love of cooking to make up for the lack of physical contact to excess XD
he would absolutely be at your beck and call, especially just to keep you company. whether that be simple as just idly helping or hanging out while you knock out some chores or as intimate as putting you to bed - getting all your sheets and blankets and pillows ready, filling your water bottle, turning on your TV if you're a TV sleeper, turning on your night light and turning off the big lights
you blow him kisses, and he catches them u.u