You're the one wanting to touch it and look at it apparently.

[He knew it wasn't an obsession, but he could needle at Gabe all the same. He passed his hand over to stroke the older man's cheek and scratched his fingers through Gabe's goatee.

Their fingers together squeezed, and he hummed low in his throat.]

I'd say you need a hobby, but you have way more hobbies than I do or most other people.