Being with Simon was hard. Much harder than you anticipated when you started dating him. He had a lot of boundaries you didn’t quite understand but respected, despite most of them making you feel neglected.

It’s been a few months and it felt like you two had barely made any progress. You still hadn’t see his face and physical affection was practically non-existent.

You were laying in bed, Simon was laying with his back turned to you. You felt touch starved but there wasn’t much you could do