#also yes i started thinking about this again bc of the hc holographiccs posted

[maraskywalkers]

listen I know the common thing with Givenson is that they like it rough & fast and that's valid but I personally love the idea that Tim actually likes it best when it's slow & sweet but doesn't ever know how to ask for it because that takes a certain kind of vulnerability that life has taught him to protect at all costs and then Raylan comes in with his swagger and his anger and his hard edges and he shouldn't be capable of being so gentle and sweet but he is and he takes his time with Tim, treats him like he's something precious, like he's worth that kind of care and how could anyone have ever touched him any other way and it cracks something open in Tim, something warm and affectionate and absolutely terrifying and he wants to be annoyed about it wants to be mad but then Raylan slides a cup of coffee into his hands, made up just the way he likes, in the morning, sets whatever book Tim is currently reading on the table and kisses his forehead before settling on his couch with a baseball game on in the background and Tim's cat on his lap and Tim thinks yeah alright, thinks maybe he can, thinks maybe he'll be okay after all.