Fics like A Touch is a Balm

He knew that a robot could never really replace a person. They had to be updated in order to learn. Their vocabulary would always be limited to their specific purpose. As for Huggles, she didn’t retain her own warmth, and certainly didn’t need hugs for her own sake. She didn't know what ‘welcome home, Prompto!’ really meant. He just hadn’t anticipated it could be this good to be in the arms of an actual person. When Gladio spoke, Prompto could feel the rumble in his friend’s chest. “Blondie… how…” Gladio paused, then started again. “When’s the last time you were…” Held? Like this? “Dunno,” Prompto mumbled. It was only slightly easier than the truth, which was that he did know, that he remembered because it was the most precious memory of his parents he had. He had been about eight years old. // Prompto grew up one step outside of the rest of the world, so starved for interaction that he made himself a robot to give him hugs. He was certain he wouldn’t get them anywhere else. But then, he met Noctis, Ignis, and Gladio.

Fics like A Touch is a Balm

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