list of every time jonelias had weird sexless sex:
- early Research era, Jon went on a smoke break and Elias just happened to coincidentally pass by. he asks Jon for a cigarette but unfortunately he was on his last one. so Elias takes it from Jon’s mouth, takes one drag before giving it back to Jon and making his excuses. Jon was definitely normal about it and didn’t smoke the cigarette to the filter nor did he think of it as an indirect kiss. neither bring it up later and soon enough Jon quits smoking
- sometimes pre canon/season one they start playing a staring game. it happened during an Institute work party, their eyes met in the crowded hall and neither looked away, even as Elias talked to someone. Jon loses every time up until season two. late season three Elias starts looking away first intentionally so as to make sure Jon doesn’t see something he isn’t meant to. (they both aren’t happy about it)
- they are in each other’s space a lot, both during arguments and mundane conversations. Elias’s hand on Jon’s shoulder as he tells Jon of another complaint, Jon leaning in as he begs for answers, Elias’s hand on Jon’s neck as he asks Jon to take a break
- Elias cleaned and bandaged Jon wounds in mag 92, squeezing Jon’s burned just a bit too hard, he took in every twitch of pain on Jon’s face and the barely suppressed whimper of pain
- Elias watches Jon read statements. Jon knows it, can feel the weight of Elias’s gaze on his neck. he denies it that he is reading for Elias, he denies that he enjoys being watched as he takes in the fear of the statement
- Jon felt Elias watching him just as he finished taking a statement, the victim’s cries still loud in his ears. angry at Elias for watching him yet still not letting Jon see him, he didn’t notice a tape recorder click. Jon asked Elias if he could force a statement out of him, if Elias would be able to deny. can the Eye feed on itself? how would it feel for both of them? Elias shivered in his prison cell as he imagined his Archivist ripping into his mind, taking every secret he had. he couldn’t allow that to happen but no one would stop him from imagining, wondering how that would feel.