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Skin Hunger
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Synonym(s) | skin hungry, touch hungry |
Related tropes/genres | Hurt/Comfort, Huddling for Warmth |
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Skin hunger is a trope that sometimes shows up in fic, especially in fandoms where one or more of the characters are seen as remote, repressed, emotionally closed-off (in a woobieish way), or asexual and/or aromantic, but whatever they are, might possibly benefit from some good hugs (or petting, or hair-stroking, etc.).
In 2007 sheafrotherdon held a John and Rodney focused Skin Hunger minifest at her LiveJournal which generated many Stargate Atlantis fanworks.
Example Fanworks
- Sherlock: The Sensual Ace by aceofhearts61. Sherlock uses cocaine as a substitute for the hugs he craves.
- SGA: Concatenation by Frantic. John is skin-hungry. Rodney finally gets it.
- Supernatural: Under Sufferance by veronamay. AU from end of S5, in which Sam returns from Hell skin-hungry. Dean helps.
Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Resources
- works tagged with "Skin Hunger" at the Archive of Our Own.