"I don't mind," he answered without hesitation, then paused and squinted in thought.

"But if you showered and changed...I could put the bed back together and turn on the view screen in the bunk and...I could...hold you while we watch something?" the Titan hedged, words faltering the more he spoke, feeling that he was most likely asking a very great deal. Still, it was worth asking. He was so tired of missing out, of being the fool.

"I'd like a hug, though. At least..."