Connor being touch starved, he doesn't realize it till Markus hugs him one day. He ends up crying out of nowhere and just holds onto Markus, they stay like that for a good hour or two with Connor curled up against Markus.
What if... *grabs mic* WHAT IF MARKUS WAS JUST AS TOUCH STARVED?
We know that Markus is prone to touch himself ( hugging a returning Simon). What if because android kind revere Markus as their leader, RA9, or some other untouchable being... They don't touch him.
Markus goes from the gentle comfort and touches of a human owner/father figure pre- deviation to a life devoid of that same attention he had before he fully understood the level of comfort, grounding it could give.
Even his closest friends still have too much hero worship to see the longing for that, the need to touch. So, Markus does what he's excelled in: lead by example.
Connor comes along and is able to deviate with his kind but firm words.
The FBI raid Jericho and they have to pick up the pieces in the church serving as shelter and Connor is devastated he was the cause of all of this. He's in the corner, arms bound around himself to look small and looks so pitful.
Markus wants to extend touch to another obviously hurting android. All too soon after, he's wanting to infiltrate the Cyberlife tower. Markus is thrown for a loop. He hates that Connor's plan makes sense because he doesn't want him to go, doesn't want more bloodshed and something about this man calks to him. Then he touches Connor and Connor flinches away from the touch like it shocked his system none to gently.
Markus is curious but wary still telling him to come back to him.
Fast forward to Connor being successful in his infiltration.
Markus is overjoyed to see him.
Connor moves and says Markus was the one successful to which he corrects him by saying *we* did it. This time despite Connor's initial response, he moves to the other and this time its a full hug.
Connor freezes on the spot. He doesn't wrench out of the hug but doesn't envelop Markus back initially. Markus is about to pull away when tentatively, Connor begins to reciprocate slowly but surely.
It feels good. It feels actually pretty amazing on the heels of a win for their people and by this deviant hunter turned deviant he's holding.
Markus decides right then that he wants more touches and the like from Connor because they just feel right also if he's correct, Connor has been just as lonely as he's been this whole time.
After the whole Amanda fiasco, you bet Markus would just hold and comfort Connor anyway he could for hours on end.
Listen, I'm always a boo boo clown for RK1K Fluff so, yeah, they definitely are both touched starved and require as many hugs and kisses (later, soon) they can get from each other.
