Touch Starved
A character has been deprived of physical affection and desperately craves touch. Simple gestures become incredibly meaningful and powerful.
What is Touch Starved in fanfiction?
A character has been deprived of physical affection and desperately craves touch. Simple gestures become incredibly meaningful and powerful. With over 250,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Touch Starved is one of the most beloved tropes in fanfiction.
Why readers love Touch Starved
The emotional vulnerability, the sweetness of simple touches becoming profound, and the healing power of gentle affection.
Examples of Touch Starved
Characters unused to kindness, isolated individuals, people recovering from trauma, first experiences with gentle touch.
Best Touch Starved Fanfics
The highest-rated Touch Starved stories across all fandoms on AO3.
never let you cry alone
Completeby asheville03
Abolish is feeling small, and Legs said that if he feels small, he should go to them for help - as always, he listens to them.
A Tale of Three: A Puppet on Strings
by Nameless_Manuscript
In a world most transient does the past hide, and in the whims of floating flowers does thin snow abide. If the measure of humanity is having a heart, then he cannot be deemed as such. If one without a heart experiences joy and sorrow, then he shall be a puppet most alike to humanity. He needs not i
°•𝔽𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕖 𝔻𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕫𝕟𝕠•°
by Angelo_Nero
Wukong y Nezha lidiando con la paternidad y todo lo que esto conlleva con sus gemelos, quienes no colaboran mucho con sus Papis.
Touch
by Anonymous
Finn is still warming up to a kinder sort of camaraderie, and maybe starting to unpack some things. Poe is relieved and honored and angry and caring all at the same time and would do anything for his new friend.
i want trees instead of gravestones (and nothing to confess)
by Soulweaver
Simon is broken, a failure, a waste. That's what he's always been told, time and again. Enter Ryland Grace, who promptly throws a wrench into everything Simon was raised to believe. -- title is from Big Houses, by Squalloscope --
Starved
by g1tter_andg0ree
Five times Arvid initiated physical contact and one time Liam did instead. Or, Arvid is touch starved and Liam is to oblivious to notice.
the shape of obedience
by hollowbonds
Omegas were protected. That's what the government says, at least. Oliver Locke has spent twelve years in the Omega Control Center, learning to stay quiet, obedient, and easy to place. After a failed bonding leaves him returned and marked difficult, he expects the rest of his life to fade behind the
Beautiful Dangerous Things
by dancingindocktown
She was never meant to be a Crow. He was never meant to be a Thread. Life has a way of carrying on whether you want it to or not, and now it’s the end of the world. What’s the worst that could happen?
Let me get over you (please don’t leave me)
by HoneyxxxMoon
“So you think I’d mess up your game.” Mike snapped. “I didn’t say that.” “But that’s what you mean.” “Fine,” Will closed his eyes, just for a second, and let out an even breath. “Yes. I want to hook up without worrying about you freaking out.” Or What happens when Will actually starts going to Gay b
All Hat and No Cattle
by Twinsand
SEQUEL TO MY PREVIOUS WORK "SKIN DEEP" !!!!! Takes place a few months after the events of that one. Exploring more Cassie and her relationships with Syzoth... and Erron. :)
it's dark down here, but look how well we lit it
by Champagne
The Hail Mary was a familiar situation. A small vessel, limited resources, skeleton crew. Grace had excess because it was supposed to be a three person team, but that didn't automatically mean it was available for Simon to use. Taking what they were saying at face value, that he didn't have to fulfi
Scrape These Echoes from My Bones
by WaywardJaybird
When Time's pack raids a Yiga hideout, they're ready for combat, magic, even Majora’s twisted mind games—but not for the traumatized omega left behind. Malnourished, defensive, and unable to offer any name other than his dynamic—"Omega"—he earns the nickname "Wild." Wild remembers little beyond capt
Infinity, Interrupted
by SubMeIn13
Her whole life, Yua's technique has allowed her to live almost entirely ignored.She disappears into the spaces between things—between crowds, between conversations, between existence and absence.One night, her technique fails.Standing on an empty road, in front of a man with impossible eyes and the
You're my forbidden fruit
by NerwenStar
Rich and freshly divorced Galadriel returns to her parents’ place with her daughter Celebrían. There she meets the twenty year old son of their groundskeeper, who will make some feelings flourish. or The one where Halbrand is the Noldor's sugar baby.
Confirmation Bias
by BatBratsAndTheirCrossovers
Confirmation bias: the human tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information that aligns with our existing beliefs, while ignoring or dismissing evidence that contradicts them. No matter what Grace tries to tell him, Simon is very sure that the man is divine in nature. It just makes sense.
|| AI Amnesia |
by Krysteliskrazy
Can and AI get amnesia? Read to find out! Aka, me not liking the final at all so I’m making my own version. I hope you injoy!
Blood For Blood
by Sulliquan27
“We found a ship. Human ship. A lifeform has been detected inside”. What? That can’t be right, a human ship? A lifeform? “What do you mean Lifeform” Grace managed to say. Adrian stepped forward “The lifeform appears to be a human, statement” Grace finds a tired and bloody Simon drifting alone in spa
The Shadow Trio
by almost_alice
Alice Everlark had been called a variation of names since she'd been sorted in Slytherin house in her fifth year; ranging all the way from Mudblood to Hero of Hogwarts. And Alice didn't know which one she hated more.Traumatized, exhausted and crushed by grief, she goes back to the orphanage for the
Starlight
by starcocktail
Inspired by Starlight by Muse-Ryland Grace finds Simon (The Convict) Just kinda floating out there, brings him back to Erid and tries to hide his yearning, but thinks its one sided...
Amongst the Wolves
by Anxiety_filled_Brioche
Finn has settled into life in Jackson, Wyoming. Five years have passed since the hospital in Salt Lake City, and for the first time, life has begun to feel almost normal. Patrols. Horses. Snowstorms. Winter dances. Family. But peace in this world has always been fragile. After ghosts from the past i
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How many Touch Starved fics are on AO3?
There are over 250,000 works tagged with Touch Starved on Archive of Our Own.
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Popular fandoms for Touch Starved include MCU, Supernatural, Good Omens.
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