imagine nick valentine with an oral fixation. he has to have something in his mouth near 24/7 and most the time its a cigarette but sometimes hed bite his nails and he actually started the process of breaking down his right arm by actually nibbling his way through the plastic. the arm being bare metal now helps. cant bite through that easily. so he’ll just stick his fingers in his mouth. feel his metal thumb brush against his lips. he’ll put his pen to his lips while hes working. chew on that. tap it against his lips. all his pens are chewed on. ellie has separate, unchewed pens to use, nick makes sure never to chew on hers. he keeps the chopsticks from an order of noodles to just keep at his mouth, nibble at those. spin them across his lips. just. nick valentine with an oral fixation