#as you can see I love this HC torra approves

[torra-and-the-toons]

Not meant in a fetishy way, but I feel like Numbuh 1 is the kind of kid who, if you tickle him, will either laugh but hate it or it'll just trigger his touch-starvation and he'll secretly kinda enjoy it.

I think I'm more inclined to the touch-starved Nigel headcanon tho.

I was actually literally thinking about this earlier today, not this exact scenario but like

I also really enjoy the thought of touch-starved Nigel. Like, the others think he's not really a touchy guy so they avoid it, but secretly he loves those little gestures. Someone touching his shoulder to alert him to his presence, when someone grabs him by the hand to lead him somewhere, Someone putting their hand on his back to comfort him etc. And he really does love hugs, even if he pretends he doesn't. He's got a tough leader persona to upkeep, but gosh darn it if he doesn't absolutely MELT when someone hugs him.

I've been thinking about it a lot in piecing together my modern au story when he's older too, not necessarily in a naughty sense, but he spends so much time away from his friends, for ten years he doesn't get any of that. He has strange people hooking him up to oxygen tubes, injecting him with needles to give him hydration, attaching monitoring devices to him, there's no love behind those gestures. Whenever he finally gets a hug from his friends upon his return, he's turned into putty and he doesn't want them to ever let go.

I also lowkey imagine him being kinda like a cat where he'll want attention, but he doesn't want to ask for it, so he just casually walks up to someone and bonks his head into their shoulder, hoping they'll reciprocate.