Michalis generally hates being touched, and this isn't really an exception; he goes rigid at it, and honestly the only reasons he allows it without immediately shoving off and backing up are the person it's coming from and the fact that he sees it coming and it's not just blindsiding him with contact.
Pyro strikes him as one of those people that he should be careful with - not through fear or repulsion but because of the way that they process and express things; it's weird coming from an adult but not a bad thing, he's pretty sure. At the same time, he can't really conceptualize what the hell he thinks of it and so he's just going to leave it alone, and after a moment of just kind of freezing and looking like he's staring down an oncoming train there's going to be just...not hugging but a lot of awkward shoulder-patting because this is his life now.]
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Michalis generally hates being touched, and this isn't really an exception; he goes rigid at it, and honestly the only reasons he allows it without immediately shoving off and backing up are the person it's coming from and the fact that he sees it coming and it's not just blindsiding him with contact.
Pyro strikes him as one of those people that he should be careful with - not through fear or repulsion but because of the way that they process and express things; it's weird coming from an adult but not a bad thing, he's pretty sure. At the same time, he can't really conceptualize what the hell he thinks of it and so he's just going to leave it alone, and after a moment of just kind of freezing and looking like he's staring down an oncoming train there's going to be just...not hugging but a lot of awkward shoulder-patting because this is his life now.]