Why hello, complete stranger whose identity I do not know and is most definitely not me. Don’t judge me this is like my favourite bit okay let me live. I absolutely can do that! The RFA needs more cuddles.
(Btw, the genders of the people in the GIFs is irrelevant. The RFA love all genders of MCs~!)
Zen:
Zen is conflicted
Because on the the one hand, yes, cuddles with his beautiful lover
But THE BEAST
He’s kidding mostly, he can keep himself under control.
And he really does enjoy any form of intimacy and affection he can share with you.
Anything that brings him closer to his darling~
He’s obviously the big spoon he’s like ten feet tall
He likes holding you as often as possible, and that applies to when you’re sleeping too.
Zen likes puling you close and holding you against his chest
He likes having you safe and secure in his arms. All he wants is to keep you safe and loved ♡
He also likes being close enough to you that he can whisper lovely or dirty, if that’s what you want things in your ear
He also likes singing or humming softly to you until you fall asleep.
Yoosung:
Yoosung is a pretty casually affectionate person.
He’s not quite as touchy as Zen, but he does like touch. Especially with you.
If this boy could glue your hands together he would.
Just because Yoosung is small and cute doesn’t mean he has to be the small spoon
He likes being the big spoon because it makes him feel more like a *manly man*
He just wants to feel like he’s strong enough to protect you
Which he is! Can’t you tell by the way he securely holds you in his scrawny gamer arms?
…but now that he’s done convincing you he’s big spoon material he wouldn’t mind being the small spoon sometimes too
(Manly men like feeling safe and protected too.)
Sometimes he likes just lying down and just looking into your eyes.
He brushes your hair out of your face, tucking it gently behind your ear
And tells you you’re beautiful.
He’s seen this on many movies and tv dramas it’s some A+ romantic shit
You don’t know which of you is more embarrassed by this adorably cheesy exchange.
Jaehee:
Jaehee is an affectionate person trapped in the lifestyle of a distant, professional woman.
Even in her past relationships, she was never an overly affectionate partner. She’s always had her reservations.
But with you, she’s learning to open up
And while she may never be the biggest fan of PDA (there’s a time and a place for everything, she says) she’s getting a lot more touchy with you.
Cuddling has become her new favourite form of stress relief.
There’s no better way to relax than coming home and lounging on the couch with her partner
Probably watching Zen’s musicals, if you’re cool with that
She likes when you lean against her shoulder because you’re in the perfect position for her to turn and kiss your forehead.
If either of you have something to do, you’ll usually try to find a way to do it while leaning against or lying across the other.
As long as you’re close enough that she can massage your head or play with your hair, she’s happy.
She wishes she could do this while she’s working but typing reports with one hand is not efficient at all.
Jumin:
Jumin hasn’t really had much physical contact in his life
But he’s not really touch starved either?
He just doesn’t usually like anyone touching him (unless they have blue eyes and are covered head to paws in gorgeous white fur).
At least, he didn’t think he liked physical contact until he met you.
For the most part, he prefers people to keep their distance and not touch him
And if he ever needed physical comfort, he had Elizabeth. She cuddles with him all the time.
But it’s not the same.
That couldn’t be clearer to him now that he’s gotten used to you sleeping next to him.
(Which doesn’t start until after the two of you are married, of course.)
He likes being able to reach over and wrap his arms around you
It’s a nice reminder to him that you’re real, you’re there, and you’re his.
Seven:
This boy has not exactly done much cuddling in his life.
It’s not like Vanderwood ever wanted to cuddle with him
(He has suggested it, but only jokingly. He and Vanderwood don’t really have a physical relationship. Neither of them are exactly comfortable with contact and they both knew it.)
Saeyoung misses physical contact though.
He grew up with a twin. They were literally inseparable, and almost always either touching or within touching distance whenever possible.
And then suddenly he was alone.
Yoosung has been his main, if not only, form of physical affection since then. Just things like hugging, playfully shoving each other, jokingly holding Yoosung’s hand or leaning against his shoulder
Yes, jokingly, of course, he’s never had a tiny crush on Yoosung hahaha nope not at all what are you talking about
But now he has you, too.
It doesn’t take long before he’s comfortably all over you every second of the day and night.
Saeyoung honestly has so many different “modes” when it comes to cuddling you.
There’s the casual “just doing our own thing but while close enough to touch each other because everything is better when you’re near you’re partner.”
Or the “cuddle me while I’m working” cuddle, where you curl up in his lap while he’s sitting at his computer and you both eventually end up falling asleep on his computer chair.
And then the “I have so much energy (or caffeine) in my system right now” cuddle where he’s basically 707 again. You usually end up in weird positions (one time you fell asleep with his legs draped across you and the top half of his body hanging off the edge of the bed) or you end up with your limbs all tangled together in a cuddly mess.
There’s the “I’m having a very stressful day and just want to focus on nothing but holding you”
Then there’s the even more serious version, the “I’m having nightmares again” cuddle where he wordlessly buries himself in your side and cherishes the rare feeling of safety he gets from being in your arms
And then, of course, the “I am so in love with you and you being here is incredible and unbelievable to me” cuddle. He lies down facing you and just… slowly takes it all in.
Saeran:
Saeran will never be the first one to ask you for cuddles.
It’s not that he doesn’t want them.
He does.
A lot.
Almost always.
He’s just afraid you’ll reject him and if you do it would break his heart.
If you offer him cuddles though, he’ll be overjoyed.
Well, half overjoyed and half freaking the fuck out.
He wants to be close to you so badly and he wants love so badly but he doesn’t really like being touched most of the time and he wants it but he doesn’t know and???
And how does one cuddle anyways like where is he supposed to put his hands, is he going to hurt you if he leans on you too much, what if he’s making you uncomfortable???????
The first time would have to happen as a result of strong emotions.
When he’s tired and afraid and lonely and he’s too stressed and exhausted to overthink things and he just wants you
And he’ll just sink into your arms and wrap his own around you in return, getting as close to you as physically possible.
It’s still a little awkward. Sometimes you end up in uncomfortable positions. Sometimes he holds you too tightly. He’s still learning.
He still has a hard time asking for any type of affection
But he’ll linger around you awkwardly in the hopes that you’ll offer him some.
Or if you’re the one upset, he’ll reach out to you tentatively to offer comfort
And from there on it’s pretty natural to end up holding each other.
He really likes being in your arms
Being surrounded by your warmth and love after going a lifetime without it…
There are no words to describe.
He doesn’t really like “spooning” though, because he likes it best when you both hold each other
And he also likes being able to look over at your face to double check that you really are happy and comfortable and that you’re not secretly annoyed with him.
He feels comforted both by the fact that you’re there keeping him safe
and that he can hold on to you and comfort you too.
He also likes it when you pet his hair.
It’s the only way he can get to sleep on bad nights. In your arms with your fingers running through his hair and your sweet voice in his ear.
V:
V likes holding you close to him and wrapping you safely in his arms
That’s how he usually was with Rika
But since his relationship with you is more equal than his previous one, you end up as the one holding him sometimes too, if he needs to be held.
Or you end up lying side by side.
That’s probably favourite.
He likes being able to look right into your eyes. The eyes are the window to the soul, after all, and he loves your soul.
It also makes it easier for you to talk.
In his opinion, some of the best conversations happen while lying down with someone before going to sleep
Because when you’re getting ready to sleep, you’re more open to vulnerability.
In his case this means he either waxes poetic about you until he falls asleep or he just asks you general questions that get gradually weirder the more tired he gets.
(“What do you think the northern lights look like from above?”
“Do you think plants have feelings?”
“If I die, can you and Jumin share custody of my cactuses?”)
He also likes holding hands with you whenever you’re lying down together.
It keeps you connected.
If his fingers aren’t entwined with yours, they’re brushing across your hair and your face.
He wants to make sure he knows and remembers every single detail of you.
Vanderwood:
They are…
Awkward. To say the least.
They have never cuddled anyone before in their life.
(The word sounds very… cute. They’re not sure they can have something like that?)
To be honest, they haven’t had much physical contact in any form.
Unlike Seven, they didn’t have a twin when they were growing up. And they didn’t have a group of friends like the RFA.
They’ve pretty much always been alone.
But now they have you…
(And the rest of the RFA too. Yoosung and Zen casually touch them a lot, it’s just who they are. And even Saeyoung has gotten much more touchy-feely with everyone since he got his twin back.)
They’re getting used to it.
It was never that they disliked physical contact, per se.
It was just… not available to them and therefore something that they’ve never really had.
Now that they have it, they’re adjusting.
You crawl over to them while they’re lying down on the couch and wrap your arms around their side and they’re just like
Well.
Guess this is how they sleep now.
They’re blushing tho
(They do still have some issues with direct skin contact. They’re not sure if it’s an OCD/germaphobia thing or if it’s a vulnerability thing. It just makes them uncomfortable sometimes, you know?
Although it’s not usually a problem with people they really trust?
Which is pretty much you and you alone.)
They do like being close to you though. Really. They know they seem pretty casual about it, but being close to you is not something they take for granted.
They like watching you sleep.
In like a completely consensual non-creepy way that sounded better in their head
They just like seeing you looking all soft and at peace and comfortable, okay?
It’s a nice reminder that this is their life now. That they’re with you, and that you two are happy and safe.
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