what it means to hold hands
1 - touched by another no2 (2010), amanda tonkin-hill
[ID: a simple oil painting of two hands shown from the wrist down with their fingers laced together, holding each other. the back of one larger hand is visible, while the smaller hand's fingers come around and rest on it. the background is white and in the corner is the artists signature, tonkin-hill '10. /End ID.]
2 - city of bones (deleted scene), cassandra clare
[ID: "He reassured her, but he felt her soft laughter travel through their joined hands–how did that happen?–as they made their way downstairs. / And he understood. He understood why people held hands: he’d always thought it was about possessiveness, saying This is mine. But it wasn’t. It was about maintaining contact. It was about speaking without words. It was about I want you with me and Don’t go." /End ID.]
3 - heart part 2 (05x13), she-ra and the princesses of power
[ID: a screenshot from the animated show she-ra. adora's arm, covered by a white long-sleeve shirt, extends down from the top right corner. in the middle, her hand grasps catra's hand, extending up from the bottom left corner. the background is light pink, purple, and yellow.]
4 - perry poetry
[ID: "Your fingers entwined / slowly with mine, / and suddenly, / life made sense." /End ID.]
5 - backs in the distance (ep. 22), fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood
[ID: a screenshot from the anime fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood. ed holds winry's hand in between his automail hand and his gloved hand. /End ID.]
6 - braeden phillips
[ID: "What else does holding someone’s hand represent other than love? Friendship, trust, and affection all have their root in love. To love someone is to take their hand in your own, and walk along the waterfront as the sun begins to set. / That’s love. That’s being alive. That’s what it means to hold someone’s hand." /End ID.]
7 - the last stand (04x13), the legend of korra
[ID: a screenshot from the animated show the legend of korra. asami and korra are shown from the back, asami on the left and korra on the right, with their hands clasped between them. beyond them is bright yellow and green light from the spirit portal. /End ID.]
8 - why otters hold hands, bill walsh
[ID: "I remember the otters holding hands / while sleeping / so they won’t drift apart." /End ID.]
9 - holding hands feels so intimate (2020), claudia barbu
[ID: an oil painting of two hands resting in each other, done in browns, pinks, reds, and whites. the background is green, blue, and white, and the paint strokes are easily distinguishable from each other. /End ID.]
10 - aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, benjamin alire sáenz
[ID: "My mother and father held hands. I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the universe in someone’s hand." /End ID.]
