In this episode of Fic Clique, your hosts discuss "The Seventh Test," by mylordshesacactus (Original Fiction) @Ficlets there is indeed a theme this episode, and it's, well, the abscence of a certain thing shall we say. While the theme might've started as a silly joke, we found surprisingly touching throughlines in all of our fics with portrayls of varying types of intimacy and recurring stories that we are drawn to tell over and over.