skystones:

also. balthier has become so used to sitting at the helm of his ship for years, and though he has fine posture, he was never aware how bad he was in need of a massage until his whitemage bedmate got those hands on him. vaan’s natural intuition to heal and dalmascan predisposition to touch has him doting on balthier at night, and vaan gives the best massages. he’s patient and thorough and balthier finds himself being ever-grateful once vaan starts working at muscles he’s had no idea were so gnarled. balthier holds a lot of tension in his neck and jaw as well during his day-to-day, and vaan helps relieve it by paying attention to everything.

tl;dr doting whitemage bf give good massages to tense pirate