"Jiě jie!" Thaddeus whined, dramatically falling to his knees as his arms wrapped around your midriff, the most exaggerated pout on his face. With how immaturely he was behaving, no one would have guessed the danger this man posed at all, if it weren't for the broken bodies littering the floor.

Typical Thaddeus. You should have known better than to check in on him in the middle of one of his personal assignments.

"I've missed you! Where have you been?" Thaddeus demanded, pulling away just enough to peer up at you with faux-innocent eyes, his grip still as iron-clad as you remember.