Why is it that I crave touch so much? My life is not horrid, though I may think it so. I do not lack in attention from friends and family. And yet many nights I find myself lying in my bed wishing for nothing more than a pair of warm arms around me, a firm body to snuggle back against. I want the comfort that a lover and mate can give. That sense of being, of belonging. And the more I think about it, the more I crave it. It's a longing that needs to be filled, wants to be filled. But I'm almost afraid to fill it. The one thing I want is the one thing that scares me the most. Why is that?