Fics like Loneliness Haunts My Skin

Grace clings to the zenonite ball as tightly as he can, trying to trick his mind into believing that the smooth, warm surface was what it was after. That this hug shared between two species unable to coexist in the same environment is enough to satisfy his human instincts. His skin prickles. The tears keep falling. It isn’t enough. And it will stay that way for as long as he is away from Earth. A shudder runs through the man at this bleak thought, the ever-expanding pit in his chest feeling as though it’s swallowing up his entire being. As if he heard the emotional casam split further, Rocky’s warbles take on a mournful croon. “Grace, tell Rocky what wrong. Please?” Grace presses his tear-stained cheek against the warm surface, sighing miserably. “I’m touch starved.” Or... Grace's years of isolation from humans result in severe touch starvation. Rocky takes one look at this problem and says, "Hold my minerals."

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