goober · 1mo

Now I’m in the mood for angst but do you think the world was cruel to Sampo, and the first time he was given a gentle touch by someone he recoiled back, it didn’t hurt no but his brain didn’t recognize it, it saw it as a threat -🍒

absolutely, like you said, it didnt hurt but for some reason he just felt like he got burned. i would like to think that one of the first people to ever treat him so gently was natasha. shes a doctor and was in charge of taking care of so many kids so she knows how to read people with ease. she can read sampo like the back of her hand, she knows when he lies (i like to think that as good as sampo is at lying, natasha is the only one who can see through him), and she knows when hes hiding behind a smile. so i assume that one of the first times that she tended to one of sampos wounds he expected her to be rough and just quickly patch him up but ... no. she gently held onto his arm or hand and he immediately recoiled. he quickly tries to shrug it off as if nothing happened but natasha knows what kind of response this is and she continued to treat him as though he was something worth taking care of. the entire time sampo tried to make sure he didnt react like that again but natasha could see right through him. and ever since then i think natasha would always try her best to give sampo comforting touches because he deserves to know that at least one person does think he deserves to be taken care of and treated with kindness, and natasha is the embodiment of kindness.

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