comfort after hurt

A blog for hurt/comfort prompts, resources, tropes, scenarios, and writing stuff ~ Featuring comfort, caretaking, environmental whump, and soft whump

[sky-snz]

there’s smth really soft about the phrase ‘lie back down’. like maybe they shouldn’t have gotten up in the first place. the mentioning of it by someone else, clocking how absent the other is. like, go back. get cosy again. what’re you doing out of bed? stay with me, have your tea/meds/water. good, now lie back down.

[sickficbay]

when a character is so badly hurt/sick that their demeanour switches up entirely

chatty characters pale-faced and silent

quiet and reserved characters rambling deliriously

character who always resorts to humour clearly trying to think of a quip but coming up empty

no-nonsense character so loopy that they can’t stop giggling

a stoic character’s hands trembling in panic

an easily frightened character so far out of it that they aren’t aware of what’s happening to them, much less afraid

intelligent characters who can’t think straight

protective (self-sacrificial) characters letting someone else take the fall for them because they’re too weak to object

patient characters snapping at whoever comes near

affectionate character who wants to be alone

lone wolf who begs you to stay a minute longer.

[sickfictropes]

my main qualification for The Character is an inability or unwillingness to care for themselves because then i get to make everyone else do it for them

[allthewhumpygoodness]

fluffy h/c tropes: injured character gets first aid from friends, and, once the injuries are all bandaged up and out of sight, they start to feel a little silly about all the fuss. a little nervous that they're putting their friends out, they try to heave themselves to their feet, only for all their friends to scramble to help them up. Someone goes to bring the car around, someone else goes to get food, two of them are helping them walk on either side... injured character gets emotional realizing that all their friends were so worried and just want to do anything they can to help

Ooo yes! Thinking they're fine and over it but not realizing just how serious it looked from their friends' perspective and being surprised and embarrassed at all the attention

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

Whump Prompt #1056

The classic: “we’re rivals but it pains me to see them hurt.” They don’t want to get too close, so they watch from the side and keep and eye on their recovery. Maybe they even stop by once or twice “just to make sure you’re not dead.” (Kipps and Lockwood, you cannot disagree.)

[jackkdaniels]

extremely good trope: injured character sees their own blood on someone else who's otherwise unscathed and gives a concerned "are you hurt?" double points if they're so injured they're barely lucid

[hurtingmyfaves]

Nothing makes me softer than a friend going “Hey,” @ their injured/sick buddy in that impossibly gentle, concerned voice

[hold-on-a-little-longer-whump]

Even better when it is the stoic, tough friend that says this in the gentle voice and the hurt buddy is taken completely by surprise

[feveredcharm]

When someone is so tired they physically cannot keep themselves upright and don't even notice that their quiet, tough, removed teammate has noticed them wobbling for the last 10 minutes and quickly moved across the room to stand next to them. When their eyes eventually slide shut and they pitch forward, their teammate is already prepared; they grab them gently, and knowing full well they are in no shape to walk, scoops them up, carries them to their bunk and tucks them in.

[comfortingcatharsis]

A character looks at another who is clearly not doing well- at the extremis of exhaustion, in emotional tatters, minorly but miserably ill, waterlogged, pervadingly chilled, looking like they've been dragged backwards through a hedge or several- and just opens their arms and says to them "Come here-" which is all the invitation the woebegone character needs to fall into their companion's arms to be wrapped in their embrace.

[comfortingcatharsis]

A recently hypothermic character whose core temp is technically back to normal but just cannot seem to actually feel warm enough seeking out every scrap of additional warmth they can- basking in the sun like a cat; curling up practically on top of a radiator or on the hearth nearly in the fireplace; wearing an almost comical amount of layers; padding about the house with a blanket clutched 'round them as a cloak; drinking exclusively hot beverages and cradling the mugs of tea and cocoa and mulled cider tight between their hands; constructing elaborate blanket-nests wherever they're resting; sticking limpet-like to the side of any companion(s) to leech their bodyheat or insistently cuddling any available pets- they turn into a heat-seeking missile whose entire goal is just to feel warm.

[whumpster-dumpster]

There’s just something special about Character A about to rush to Character B’s aid, only to be held back by Character C because barging in like that might actually make everything worse i.e. by blowing their cover or something

[justbreakonme]

“Please… I’m so tired.”

“Then sleep. I’ll stand guard.”

“I thought you said it was safe here?”

“It is. But you don’t feel safe, do you?”

“…not yet.”

“Then I’ll stand guard, till you can.”

[hold-on-a-little-longer-whump]

Don't mind me, just thinking about a character recovering from an illness or injury. The danger has passed, but they're still weak and exhaustion follows them like a heavy cloud. Comfort food is brought regularly. Soft clothes. Blankets. Fuzzy socks.

Particularly, the image of them sleeping on a squashy looking couch. Maybe they kicked off the blankets. Golden sunlight bathes them in warmth, and it's heavenly. Their hair is fluffed and messy.

And their companion stops themselves in the threshold of the door, not wanting to disturb this rare moment of bliss. They're carrying a tray of warm food, and the steam catches in the sun's rays just right.

They smile. Lunch can wait.

[seth-whumps]

"Just give me a second. I'm... I'm okay, I promise. I just need to... get oriented." + Caretaker

"Here. I'll get you some water, okay?"

"Can I touch you? Okay. Just gonna hold your hand for a bit, help you get grounded."

"I don't believe that. Where are you bleeding from?"

"You're a lot more than just disoriented..."

"You expect me to trust that after you collapsed in front of the entire audience? Really?"

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[seth-whumps]

"NO!! No hospitals!" + Caretakers

"Fine! Fine--just, let me help you."

"I'll call someone. No hospitals, just a friend of mine who can be discreet."

"You think I'm qualified to do this? I don't even have EMS training!"

"You have thirty minutes to prove you're not gonna die the moment I take my eyes off you. If you can do that, then no hospitals."

"Tough shit. Get in the car or I'll drag you myself."

how to play

[cherryflavoredmoons]

gentle caretakers who holds whumpee close to their chests, cradles whumpee’s head in their laps, tuck whumpees safely in their arms. murmuring soft shhhs and it’s okays under their breath as they keep pressure on bleeding wounds, as they coax whumpee to stay awake, as they pray the team makes it on time.

whether they stay calm without a sign of worry or tremble with fear at the possibility of losing whumpee, they remain whumpee’s only source of comfort until help can arrive.

[whumpster-dumpster]

Hand Holding Whump

Squeezing a hand for support through pain

Stroking a hand to soothe the sting of an IV

Pinning hands so they can be strapped down

Holding hands not to get separated while running

Bringing a hand up to kiss bruised/bloody knuckles

Gripping as tight as they can to pull them up from a fall

Grabbing hands desperately as others try to pull them apart