Many arms to wrap around you | Glowfic Constellation

loving-and-beloved

"Tasty?"

feared-and-fearful

He freezes briefly, and then curls into a tighter ball, shaking slightly.

loving-and-beloved

"I'm sorry."

feared-and-fearful

He doesn't uncurl, but two eyes appear facing her, blinking in confusion - clearly not sure why she's apologising.

loving-and-beloved

"I don't want to scare you."

feared-and-fearful

That gets more confusion, but also Squid shuffling a little bit closer to her along his piece of bedframe.

loving-and-beloved

Pet. Moving slowly to give the tentacleball plenty of warning and chance to object.

feared-and-fearful

Confusion, and wariness, but no actual objection!

loving-and-beloved

Gentle pets. Also a forkload of food?

feared-and-fearful

No reaction to the forkload of food for a moment-

And then a tentacle quickly scoops the food back into the tentacleball.

loving-and-beloved

She reloads the fork.

feared-and-fearful

There's not as much of a pause before a tentacle scoops the food up. He edges closer to Zarân again.

loving-and-beloved

She provides another forkload. The petting hand sort of elongates and softens to provide more cozy pets.

feared-and-fearful

Again, the forkload disappears, and the tentacleball makes a surprisingly content humming sound that makes him vibrate slightly.

loving-and-beloved

She will continue providing pets and also forkloads of food until the food stops being eaten.

feared-and-fearful

That doesn't take too long. Although when he stops eating, he curls a little tighter, and the humming and vibrations seem to ramp up a notch.

loving-and-beloved

Adorable tentacleball is so petted.

feared-and-fearful

A tentacle cautiously wraps around her wrist again, and if it's not greeted with violence or any apparent disapproval, more will follow until the tentacleball is attached to her rather than the bedframe.

loving-and-beloved

This gets approval! Also more petting.

feared-and-fearful

Well, she now has a purring tentacleball attached to her arm, almost desperately.

loving-and-beloved

Awwww. Does purring tentacleball want to be on a lap?

feared-and-fearful

He'll make a startled sound as he's moved, and half-flinch, but will actually find himself feeling surprisingly content in her lap.

loving-and-beloved

Then he can be on her lap and she will slightly abandon being human shaped in favour of Cuddle. It helps to have loose fitting clothing for this.

feared-and-fearful

He snuggles into her slightly, enjoying contact that doesn't hurt, and if he notices her changing shape he doesn't respond to it.

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