That would be a lot nicer if he actually had someone like that, but that's part of why he's here, isn't it? He nods slightly. "I'll try it next time. The toy may help since it's to help stimulate while I'm, ah, stroking."

And may help feel less like him on a lonely night in. He doesn't know when that feeling began settling in, but it was more frequent the older he became. Still not bonded as his father often liked to remind him.