The team discovering Ethan loves forehead kisses and Taking Full Advantage of it.
It’s customary for Luther to give him a little smooch as he leans in over the back of Luther’s chair to look at the computer. Always brightens his mood during missions.
Jane isn’t a very affectionate person but she’s learning. And it certainly helps that when she grabs Ethan by the back of the neck to pull him in playfully and peck him on the forehead, he flashes that beautiful genuine smile of his.
Benji cups his cheeks and pulls him in to plant a kiss on his forehead when he wants to tell him to focus. For some reason it doesn’t always end up working quite as he hoped.
The Ethan forehead kiss custom becomes so common that once when Will pulls him in to hug him he just gives him one. And he glitches out for a moment the way you do when you say ‘love you!’ when ending a call with a coworker accidentally. But Ethan’s little chuckle is so endearing that Will can’t help but do it again. And again.
Team Hunt Finds Ways To Work Affection Into Their Lives. Because they’re all so traumatized, goodness knows they need it.