[bisexual speaker] [chronically touch-starved listener] [kissing] [wholesome] [intimate] [handholding] [listener has never seen Star Wars] [Star Wars references that may or may not be accurate]
You’re having a sleepover with one of the closest friends you’ve made in college. She’s the sweetest, most affectionate person you know, and she’s never quite accepted how her touchy-feely nature makes you bristle. The truth is, you crave intimacy but also fear it. You’ve been touched-starved for so long that you find it easier to reject physical touch than to expose how awkward and vulnerable it makes you feel. Even though she invited you over to marathon Star Wars, your friend seems more interested in something else tonight: Melting your defenses away so she can give you the affection you’ve been missing…