Touches. Good lord, Sulu and small touches are a thing. He’s for the most part, a fairly ‘keep cards close’ kind of person, friendly, but he keeps a lot of things private. But it’s body language, space left between the person and himself, and gentle touches that may linger. A hand against back, on the arm, a small nudge of the shoulder – when Sulu loves you, you kind of know. You see it in his eyes and you feel it in the warmth of fingers and hands, always caring, always concerned for one’s health, and always, always the kind to protect. His company, that too. This applies for all sorts of love, really. with variations depending on the person and the intensity. And those where softness isn’t in their kind of relationship, a little bit of roughhousing and a lot of patience ( looking at you, Sebastian Moran. Also maybe a few extra slices of the tonkatsu |: )