okay so lowkey a whump blog and this is where i will post my writings and drabbles. they won't always be whump though since i love writing in general. i love whump so much ngl it always gives me those whumperflies and eee. i'm definitely one of those people who hurts who they love. fandoms go brr (i'm in a lot), and if there's any requests my asks are always open!
So i didn’t mean to be so late but i got behind and then seasonal depression worked hard to make sure i couldn’t catch up. I did an alt prompt for this one because i had no inspiration for a week for “pushed” *cries again because i have no inspiration for betrayal* also the ending is really ambiguous ver sorr
Alt prompt #5 (??): Forgotten
Fandom: Dream SMP
TW: nothing major that I can think of
Word Count: smol :( 420 (nice tho)
Ranboo opened his eyes. Something had happened, but he couldn’t remember. He… he was laying on a couch, legs dangling off the armrest.
Where was he?
He got up and walked around. The house (more like a mansion) was beautiful. It was made of dark wood and stone, and they made the perfect match.
Ranboo felt like he had a perfect match. But he didn’t know what or who.
He wandered around, exploring, when a small goat thing came into the room. Its eyes were hidden by its hair, and it had horns that were starting to curl around its ears.
“Ranboo?”
How did it know his name?
“Hello?”
“Ranboo, I’m so glad you’re up! Michael has been a little worried and so have I, but I’ve had to downplay it so he didn’t get overly anxious.”
“Michael?”
“Oh, do you want to see him? He’s upstairs, like usual.”
“What happened?” This boy seemed so excited that he was awake that Ranboo decided to just play along, for now.
“Oh. Somebody exploded TNT on a mountain and you were exploring caves during your enderwalk. I was following close to make sure you didn’t get into any trouble, but not too closely, so I wasn’t in the cave when it crumbled. But you were.”
Ranboo listened. But that was about it.
“I got you out relatively quickly, but you were unconscious and hurt. It’s been a couple days, but if you’re awake, that probably means you’re mostly okay.”
The boy sighed. “I’m just glad. Like I said, Michael has been worried and about another day and I think I wouldn’t have been able to downplay my stress anymore.”
He grabbed Ranboo’s hands in his own and looked up at him. Ranboo could see scarring on half of his face, but his smile lit up the whole place.
He held his breath.
“Boo, what’s wro—”
“Who are you?” Ranboo asked, barely above a whisper.
The boy’s smile immediately dropped.
He let go of Ranboo’s hands.
“I, I’m really sorry, I don’t know who you are, I don’t know how you know me, I don’t know what’s going on. I’m sorry I lead you on, I’m just confused and—”
“Phil,” he said. “Phil could help. He knows everything. He’s, like, immortal.” The boy grabbed Ranboo’s hands again and dragged him out of the mansion.
“Sorry, where are you taking me? Who’s Phil?”
The boy didn’t answer.
Ranboo just had to hope it wouldn’t start raining on the way to wherever they were going.
Here’s day three, thankfully on time. :) I tried to do less dialogue because my stories usually rely on dialogue a lot and I wanted to try something different.
Prompt #3: “Who did this to you?”
Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
TW: referenced self-harm, infected injuries
Word count: 1536
Lance and Pidge were chilling playing video games. As they laughed at a characters death, Lance elbowed Pidge’s left arm playfully. She winced, quietly enough no one would hear, but Lance saw her face scrunch up in pain. He dropped the controller and pulled up her sleeve to her shoulder, Pidge protesting the whole time, trying to wiggle away. There were three long scratches on her upper arm, scabbed over and starting to scar, but Lance could see that they had been deep.
“Who did this to you?” he asked.
Pidge went quiet, shuffling away and pulling her sleeve down. Then she just stood up and walked out of the closet. Lance called after her, but she didn’t listen.
~~~
Over the next few days, Lance noticed that Pidge was treating him differently. She was fine around literally everyone else, but she hung out with Kosmo more than him. It was as if he’d done something to offend her, not worrying about her and what happened to her arm.
He tried several times to confront her again, wanting to find out why she was treating him like a disease and also to figure out what had happened and who had done it. But every time, she just ignored him and locked herself in her room so he couldn’t get to her.
Lance considered talking to Shiro about it, but ultimately decided against that. He wouldn’t have a clue what was going on. So he decided to leave her alone until she came back to be friends again.
~~~
His waiting time was cut short after about a week when Pidge showed up to breakfast looking exhausted and kind of green. She left her arm hanging by her side while she ate breakfast goo with her right hand. Her hand shook as she ate and Lance had to bite his tongue to not mention it in front of everyone. But after she excused herself without eating even half of her bowl, he knew something was way worse than it was before and he couldn’t just leave her to her own devices anymore.
He followed her out of the kitchen and snuck into her room with her (what a mess). She went into her bathroom, and Lance tried to watch through the crack in the door and the mirror what she was doing.
Pidge pulled her arm out of her sleeve, biting her lip to avoid making noise as tears spilled over. The three cuts in her arm had seemingly grown bigger, and they were discolored and oozing. Lance couldn’t take it anymore. He threw the door open, making Pidge jump.
“Come on, Pidge, who in the quiznak did this to you?? I’m going to kill who did this, I can’t believe anyone would hurt you! And why didn’t you ask for help at all?! It’s been at least a week that you’ve been hurt, and I know you haven’t said anything to anyone, and it’s pissing me off!”
Pidge was sobbing now, lightly grabbing her arm to curl up in a ball.
“Pidgey, I want to help you! Everyone does! Who did this?! We can’t just let someone like this to roam free to hurt anyone else. Just tell m—”
Pidge cried. “It was me!”
Lance shut up very quickly.
“You?” he asked in a whisper.
The tears wouldn’t stop streaming. “It distracts me, and I didn’t mean for it to get this bad, but I can’t stop thinking about Matt and my dad and my mom whenever Zarkon is going to make his way to Earth to hurt her and anyone else, and I can’t keep pretending that I’m not worried because I am but if I was worried, it would distract me from being a Paladin and so I needed to distract myself from getting distracted and when I distracted myself by my own terms it made it easier to fulfill my tasks as a Paladin, but it got bad and now I don’t know what to do because I can’t let anyone know and I’m still upset that you know and—”
“Pidge.”
She shook while looking at Lance. “What?”
The way her voice sounded, crackly and tired, made Lance want to cry too.
“We can help you. You don’t have to keep anything a secret from us. We can find other ways to distract you to focus, if that’s what you really need. But please, please, don’t hurt yourself as a distraction.”
Pidge sat stiff for a second, then just broke down crying again. Lance gathered her into a hug, carefully avoiding her arm.
“Can I tell the others, please?”
Pidge shook her head.
“Then can you tell them?”
She shook her head more frantically.
“They need to know, Pidgey.”
Her voice was muffled in Lance’s shirt. “They’ll think I’m not a real Paladin. I’m not worthy for it.”
“Shut the quiznak up, Pidge, you just told me you were doing this to be able to focus in the first place! And apparently it worked, at least until recently because of the infection. Now, call me a psychopath, but I’m glad the cuts got infected.”
Pidge went quiet again, stifling her sobs, but still shaking against Lance.
“Pidge, can we at least tell Coran? We need to treat the cuts.”
She was silent for a minute, then finally said, “Okay.”
“Okay. Good.”
Lance felt her grab onto him. “Can we stay here for a minute though?” she asked.
“Of course.”
~~~
When she told other Paladins as a group, they refrained from smothering Pidge because they could see how ashamed she was. But that didn’t stop them from individually going to talk to her.
Hunk was the first who showed up. He knocked on her door and came in when invited. They talked for a long time, Hunk telling her he somewhat knew how she felt but he wasn’t invalidating her experience. He asked if making foods from home would help, or make it worse, and she laughed, saying it would help and be delicious. His helpful distraction was food.
Allura showed up next. Once invited in, she simply asked if she could give Pidge a hug, and they sat together for a while. They talked about random things while always touching, and made plans for just the two girls to follow through with, no boys allowed. Allura’s helpful distraction was physical comfort.
Coran came in without permission, but he thought it was okay because it’s technically his castle. He joked with Pidge about anything he could think of, and sincerely asked where milkshakes came from if not from Kaltenecker herself. Pidge laughed at almost anything he said, and tried her hardest to explain how cows (and mammals in general) work. Coran’s helpful distraction was his natural humor.
Lance had already gone in several times, in between everyone, trying to not leave Pidge alone. If she wasn’t alone, she’d be distracted. Pidge understood the real reason why he was spending so much time with her, to prevent her from going back to her unhealthy distraction, but she appreciated it anyway. They played card and video games, talked, had spa nights, and did basically anything at anytime. His helpful distraction was quality time.
Keith came in and just sat on her desk while she sat on her bed. Pidge occupied herself messing with some gadget, and Keith awkwardly sat, waiting for the right moment. When he finally started talking, Pidge almost jumped. He explained how after he was left alone, sometimes his mind would run wild and he wasn’t able to focus on surviving. Even in the space cadet program at the Garrison, he had to distract himself so he could focus on being a pilot. He had chosen the same way, and he thought for sure that it was helping. Keith showed her his scars on the back of his wrists and the inside of his elbow. He told her how he lost sleep over it because his arms always hurt and his attitude got worse until he got kicked out. He had to distract himself more to avoid thinking about how disappointed Shiro would be and how he would live by himself. It wasn’t until he had gotten invested in finding what turned out to be the Blue Lion that he had stopped. He offered his help in the way that she could ask for literally anything, help cleaning her room, someone to talk to, anything that he didn’t have in that period. Keith’s helpful distraction was himself.
Shiro was the last to confront Pidge about anything. And confront her he did. He didn’t offer any distraction, only a listening ear so she could face what was always on her mind. Shiro understood more than anyone, because he was with Matt and her dad, and he left someone on Earth. And because of how he knew that, he knew that she needed to face it as well as distract when it was appropriate. He was helpful by not offering her a distraction.
And with all of these people around her, so willing to help, Pidge knew she’d be okay and she’d be able to work harder and in turn, defeat the Galra.
Second day a day late. I was so determined and I’m just disappointed in myself now. But at least it’s here (and day three will be up soon too).
But anyway, this is like an alternate universe if Tommy had gone alone to face Dream to get the discs instead of Tubbo going with him
Prompt #2: Choking
Fandom: Dream SMP
TW: major character death
Word count: 517
Tommy’s voice sounded strained.
“D-Dream… stop it…”
Dream had him pinned against the wall, feet off the ground.
“Why should I? You’re one of the two biggest threats to me on this server, and Techno is basically untouchable. Might as well get rid of you.”
Dream had the collar of his shirt in his fists, and the fabric was straining against the weight of Tommy’s body.
“All you’ve done on this server is cause problems. You introduced the idea of drugs, like an idiot, and then decided with Wilbur to make your own little ‘country,’ thinking you could get freedom from me. This isn’t TommyinnitSMP, it’s the DreamSMP. You can’t get away from me.”
“I’m sorry, Dream, just let me go!”
“I’m afraid I can’t do that.” One of his hands let go of the shirt, just for his arm to present itself at Tommy’s neck.
Tommy started pleading with Dream, mumbling while he cried.
“There are two ways I could do this. I could let you down, give you a ten second head start to run, and then catch up to you and snap your neck. Or I could keep you here against this obsidian, and choke you to death. Either way, you aren’t a nuisance anymore.”
“Dream, please, I have—”
“What? A family with three kids? I don’t care, Tommy, all I care is you getting out of my way. And I’ve tried several different ways and given you opportunities to do it yourself, but at this point I’m just sick of it.” He let go of Tommy’s shirt, and the boy’s body weight dropped his neck on Dream’s arm. Tommy gasped. “Maybe I’ll go this way. Both ways are like playing with my food, but this is so much more intimate. And no one can interfere as easily.”
Tommy’s mouth gaped open and closed like a fish and Dream laughed.
“You’re at my mercy, boy. You can’t escape. No one can save you. I’m in control of your life.”
His hands tried to claw at Dream’s arm, but even when he broke skin with his nails, Dream didn’t flinch.
“Y’know, I actually enjoyed having you on the server. You brought attachment to the server. Just recently, you’ve managed to adopt a spider. A mob that could kill you.There’s no reason behind your attachments, but you’ve taught everyone else, and it’s easier this way, easier to control the server, because if I can control what everyone is attached to, I can control everyone.”
Blue lips and red eyes.
“Once I kill you, Tubbo, Phil, even Quackity will be easier to control. They have weird attachment to you that I’ve never understood.”
His hands dropped.
“Good luck over there, with Schlatt and Wilbur. And even Mexican Dream I guess.”
Tommy’s eyes drooped and his jaw went slack.
“Thank god. Finally.” Dream pulled his arm away and let the corpse fall to the ground. “I’ll leave you here, just for fun. No one will find you since naturally, you took the compass with you.”
He stepped on the platform, ready to pull the lever.
Heehoo here’s the first prompt for whumptober! This is the first year I’m determined to complete it on time by posting every day so here’s the beginning of the attempt. Anyway!
Alt prompt #6: Head Injury
Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
TW: vomiting, mentions of vomit
Word count: 2591
“-idge! Pidge, come on! Answer me!”
“K… Keith?” Pidge opened her eyes, squinting at the shadow above her.
“Thank god, Pidgey, I was… I’m glad you’re okay.”
“What happened?” Keith pushed her down by the shoulders as she tried to sit up.
“Green got hit, bad. You crashed on this moon and we couldn’t reach your comms.”
“Where’s everyone else?”
“Finishing off the Galra. It took us a while to spread them thin enough that I could come down here.”
While recapping the events, Keith had been checking over Pidge thoroughly for any injuries, and he seemed content. “Okay. Let’s go. The others are surely done and waiting for us. Can you get Green back on?”
Pidge got up with Keith’s help. She stumbled into him once on her feet.
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah,” she said. “Just got up too fast, just a tick.” Pidge used Keith as a support as the blood rushed to her head, trying to find her footing and balance. It took a bit longer than she thought it should, but eventually, she got her bearings and sat in the cockpit chair. “Go ahead and go back to Red, Keith, I’ll get her up and running. Then I’ll meet you guys at the castle.”
“I don’t want to leave you here, that was a really rough crash. And not only that, you were thrown from your chair and were on the floor. Outwards, your body looks fine, but I don’t want to leave you alone until we’re sure everything is fine internally.”
“Keith, I feel fine. I was a little dizzy when I stood up but I had been on the floor for… I don’t know how long, you know better than me, but whatever! I’m fine!”
Keith’s face was still brushed over with concern.
Pidge sighed. “If you’re really that worried, once we get back to the castle we can do a full scan and if needs be, I’ll go into a pod.”
Keith sighed as well, ready to resign his worries. “Fine, but if anything feels off, you need to tell me as soon as you can. Here’s a communicator if Green won’t wake up.” He handed it to her. “Let me know if something feels wrong, with Green or with you.”
“Okay, whatever you say, Keith.”
“Good. I’ll talk to you later.” He waved and ducked out of the cockpit. Pidge saw him running to Red from the windshield. She sat in the pilot’s chair and groaned. Her head killed. Her stomach rolled. She still felt dizzy.
She tried to shake off the feeling to connect with Green, and Green woke up.
“Hey, girl.”
The lion groaned as it stood, sounding much like Pidge felt.
“Okay, we got hit and crashed hard, but we’re fine now. We need to get back to the team to help.”
Green seemed to say, You aren’t well, paladin.
“I’m just as well as you. Banged up but functional.”
You’re worse off then me. You have a fragile body.
“Your mom.”
Green went silent, knowing Pidge wouldn’t listen.
Pidge steered Green to where they could safely take off without damaging the surrounding ecosystem and off they went. Once in the atmosphere, Pidge grabbed the little communicator. “Paladins of Voltron, this is the Green Paladin and her lion.” The sound of her own voice echoed in her ears loudly.
“I hear you, Pidge,” Keith said. “We’re still fighting, and the others don’t have this communicator frequency. We could really use your help right now.”
“I’m not sure if Green is up to it.” She was lying through her teeth. Green seemed fine if not a little banged up. It was her who wasn’t up to it.
“Then stay still, we don’t want the Galra to see you and target you when you can’t dodge or counterattack.”
“No, I want to help! Green is just banged up and can take all the time she needs to recover in the hangar of the castle. I’m on my way.”
Pidge could hear Keith sigh over the comms. “Okay, but be careful. Don’t get hit again.” Static crackled and Pidge knew she was alone again.
Her vision blurred as she looked up to see where her friends were fighting. There were blurs of pink and blue lights, coming from the Galra and from the Lions. She was too far away to see any of her friends clearly, just the lights from the blasts. And assorted explosions.
For once, Pidge was grateful that space was a vacuum, because if she had been able to hear those explosions, her head probably would’ve exploded itself.
Slowly, she crept up on the battle, trying to figure out where she could possibly go in to help. “Hey, Green, activate the reflective shield.” Invisible, she got even closer.
Her comms crackled to life.
“-m on the left, someone get-” That was Lance.
“-eith, where’s Pidge?! We need to for-” Shiro.
“She said she was coming! I don’t know-” Keith.
Hunk seemed to be quiet but active. Coran and Allura were shouting affirmations for everyone from the castle.
And Pidge was sitting here doing nothing. The yells from the comms were louder than they had been earlier, but that was probably just from the little “time-out” she had on that moon.
“All right,” she said to herself. Then she shot Green forward to the middle of the battle and joined all the chaos on the comms.
The whole team was still yelling, but this time more excited that they had a chance to win this now that they could form Voltron.
The lights were closer now, brighter than before.
Every explosion shook Green, and Pidge inside.
For a minute, everything was quiet and dark.
Pidge gagged and vomited.
It wouldn’t stop, she was so dizzy and everything was so loud and she couldn’t stop moving and her head- oh god her head—
She coughed and heaved and she couldn’t breathe and it wouldn’t stop it wouldn’t stop it wouldn’t stop it—
And then it stopped.
But Pidge didn’t know that.
~~~
Keith tuned out everyone’s voices. They were all saying generally the same thing. ‘Pidge, are you okay,’ ‘Pidge, are you there,’ ‘what’s going on,’ ‘is she okay,’ all the same stuff.
I shouldn’t have left her alone, he thought. I should’ve known that she was lying, of course she would, she never wants to feel helpless.
“Keith!” Shiro yelled through the comms. “It doesn’t matter what you should’ve done, stay focused!”
Was he saying that out loud?
“Yes, sorry.” He glanced again at the Green Lion, eyes glowing and standing in ready position, but not moving at all. No pilot to control it.
“If Pidge is incapacitated, we can’t form Voltron! We need to defend her and beat the Galra,” Lance said. “We can’t separate more than we already have, and we can’t run.”
“I’ll go protect Pidge, my lion can take blasts meant for her until we can overpower them,” Hunk said.
“You can’t take them for long, it would be easier to just get done with the Galra.” Shiro sounded exhausted and worried, reasonably.
The team was still trying to plan amongst themselves when Allura bursted into the comms.
“Everyone, get out of the way, and take Pidge with you!”
The Paladins and their Lions quickly left where they were surrounding the Galra ship, and Keith and Red shoved Green out of the proximity.
A huge blue blast came from the castle and hit dead on the Galra ship.
There was nothing left of it.
A collective sigh of relief made it’s way through the team, and then Lance said, “Why didn’t you do that earlier?!”
Allura moaned at his lack of logic. “It took time to charge up to be that powerful, Lance, and with us helping with the smaller shots from the turrets, it took much longer than it could’ve. Be glad it worked at all before anyone got hurt.”
“Thank you, Allura, Coran,” Shiro said. “Let’s get back.”
It was quiet while everyone was taking a couple breaths, finally done with the battle.
“We can’t take more time, guys,” Keith said. “Pidge… Pidge was definitely worse than she let on to me. I’ve got Green, but Red isn’t strong enough by herself to push Green to the Castle.”
The Yellow Lion showed up at the Red Lion’s side, then Blue too. Together, they pushed Green as fast as they could to the Castle.
~~~
Everyone met in Green’s hangar.
“Green, you have to let us in!” Lance was a bit frantic. “We get you’re trying to protect her but we can protect her too, and you probably don’t have the tools to help her if she’s hurt!”
Lance kept pleading with the Lion while the others stood by, worried about their youngest family member. Allura walked to the Lion and put her hand on its leg.
“Please, Green Lion, I can’t lose another Paladin. Please let us in to help Pidge.”
The Lion didn’t answer.
Allura turned to the Paladins and Coran. “If the Lion won’t open… there’s only one explanation.” Her voice broke and tears welled up as she tried to blink them back. “The Green Lion is waiting for a new Paladin to take Pidge’s place because she’s—”
Everyone finished that sentence in their minds.
Coran started working on something to open the Lion in the corner. Lance kept begging, Allura quietly started to cry. Hunk tried to put on a brave face, but his eyes were watering too. Shiro paced.
Keith couldn’t believe it.
Pidge was like a little sister to him. A best friend. She managed to get him to open up when he wouldn’t talk to anyone else. He trusted her with all his heart. If she had said she was fine, she was fine, not…
Not dead.
He’d had enough.
“OPEN UP YOU STUPID LION!!! YOU CAN’T KEEP HER!! SHE’S OURS, SHE’S HUMAN LIKE US, NOT A STUPID ROBOT LIKE YOU ARE AND YOU NEED TO GIVE HER BACK!!! PIDGE IS OUR FRIEND, AND EVEN IF SHE’S YOURS TOO, SHE WAS OURS FIRST! SO LET HER OUT OR LET US IN!!!!!”
Everyone went silent at Keith’s outburst.
“Keith, it’s okay. We’ll get in soon enough.”
“No, it’s not okay!! She was hurt, and I thought she wasn’t, and if she’s still alive, I doubt she will be for much longer! We need to help Pidge now!”
Tears were falling down Keith’s face, along with some snot down his nose.
A thud echoed through the room.
Green’s maw was opened wide.
~~~
Keith was first to reach the cockpit. He turned the pilot chair toward him and saw Pidge. She was quiet, still wearing her suit, but not her helmet. She hadn’t had it on when Keith had first gone to check on her and Green when they first crashed. Had it come off in the crash or was she just not wearing it? And then why didn’t she put it on again.
There was puke all over the front of her suit. A goose egg showed through her bangs. Pidge didn’t have any good tanning abilities, but she was paler than usual. Keith knelt in front of her and pulled off the pieces of her Paladin suit after unbuckling her.
“Pidge?” His voice shook.
She didn’t respond.
Keith put his hand under her mouth and for a few terrible seconds, nothing happened, but then he felt warmth cover his hand as she exhaled.
Breathing. That’s good.
He checked her over for injuries, just like he had done a couple hours earlier, but slower and more carefully.
Nothing seems to be broken.
Then he got to the back of her head.
It was warm and wet.
“Shit.”
Gently, he let her body flop over him. He saw her flight suit stained red all down her back and her hair matted near the base of her neck.
No wonder she was off balance and dizzy. If she had hit her head bad enough to bleed, surely she had a concussion, at best.
Keith picked her up so her arms were over his shoulders and he had grip on her legs. He made sure the back of her head wasn’t going to hit his chin or anything else and carried her out of the Lion.
Allura, Coran and the Paladins stood waiting as he walked out. The room held its breath.
“She’s alive,” Keith said.
It let out the breath.
“But she really needs a pod, like immediately. She must’ve hit her head without her helmet when she crashed. I missed it when I checked her over the first time. She’s bleeding.”
The room then went kind of crazy. Shiro grabbed Pidge from Keith (with his permission [he has attachment issues]) and ran to the infirmary with Coran. Hunk walked over to Keith and talked to him. Lance paced and Allura sat near Keith to support.
Eventually, they all sat in the common bay with each other. Hunk got up and made some food for everyone and they all ate together in silence.
~~~
A few days passed and the whole team had sort of gotten back into a routine of checking on everything. Checking for Galra outposts on planets that needed help, checking in with the Blades of Marmora, checking on Pidge, checking on the Lions, et cetera.
Almost a week later was when the pod opened. It was the middle of the night and Pidge walked out to discover she was alone.
“Guys?” She was bewildered. The last thing she knew was crashing to the moon that was near their battle with the Galra. “Hunk? Allura?” She walked around the castle in the pod suit. “Guys, hello?”
Making her way around the entire Castle, Pidge made it to the common bay and sat down on the couch and she felt a lump underneath her.
“Ow, Lance, get off. No one else has a butt that bony.”
“Keith?”
“I said get off.”
“Keith! What happened?”
Keith finally seemed to wake up and he flipped the blanked off his head. “Pidge??”
“What happened? And why are you sleeping on the couch?”
Keith stood up, throwing Pidge to the floor, and then jumped on her and gave her a hug. “Pidge!”
“Yeah, that’s me. What’s your deal?”
“It’s been about a week.”
“Since what?”
“Since you crashed.”
Pidge’s demeanor changed and she got off the floor. “A week? All I remember was being on my way down to that moon. That’s it.”
“Oh, Pidgey. You hit your head really bad when you crashed. When I got to you, you were unconscious and thrown from your seat. You woke up and complained about dizziness but you got Green up and came to help but then something happened and you were out, unable to control your Lion. We won and brought Green back to the hangar but she wouldn’t open, so Allura assumed you were…”
Pidge’s hands shook as she reached to Keith. “I’m not though.” She smiled.
“You don’t know how glad I am for that,” he said, laughing.
They hugged again, Pidge pulling Keith tight. “Thanks for protecting me.”
“I’m just glad you’re okay. I can’t imagine losing a little sister, especially since you’re my only one.”
“Too bad you aren’t my only big brother. I could have a favorite that isn’t you.”
Keith pushed her off him so she could see his pout.
Pidge laughed. “Just kidding. I already know my favorite is Hunk.”
Keith was about to protest but then nodded. “His food though.”
"You were a bad little pet, weren't you? You tried to run away, didn't you?" Whumper's voice filled the room and Whumpee tried cowering away from where they were chained to the floor.
"Please! I'm so- so sorry. I- I'll never do it again! I'll be perfect for- for you! Please!" Whumpee begged, staring up at Whumper with wide eyes. Their wrists were chained low on the wall and their legs were forced out in front of them, manacles wrapped around their ankles, connected to the floor.
"Ah, ah, ah, little pet. You know the rules. What happens when you're bad?" Whumper's voice was light and borderline cheerful.
Whumpee hung their head down and mumbled, "Bad pets must be punished," with the air of someone who'd been forced to repeat it many times. They glanced back up at Whumper as if to begin begging again before realizing it would make no difference.
Whumper went over to the rack of tools they kept down here, perusing through them before finally settling on one that Whumpee couldn't see. With a catlike grin, they leisurely strolled back over to Whumpee, squatting in front of them. Whumpee had tears streaming down their face now, but they knew better than to flinch when Whumper's hand gently wipes the tear tracks away.
"Now, now. Don't cry. You haven't even been punished yet. You're about to be, though. Would you like to see?" Without waiting for Whumpee's response, they pulled out what they had been hiding behind their back - a hefty sledgehammer. Whumpee felt their stomach drop and they began their pleas anew as Whumper lined the hammer up with their exposed ankles and did a few experimental swings, stopping just short of hitting skin.
"Now, let's make sure you can never run away from me again, hmm?" Whumpee could only watch helplessly as Whumper slowly raised it up high. They squeezed their eyes shut once they saw the hammer drop.
A moment later, Whumpee let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Well, well, well, will you look at that? It’s Pride again.
You know the drill by now. It’s June 1, and suddenly everything from banks to big box stores has slapped a rainbow on their logo. Rainbow capitalism knows how to target LGBTQIA+ customers. For exactly 30 days of the year. How quaint.
Of course, it’s nice to make things bright, and colorful, and pretty. But it’s meaningless if that’s all it is.
Pride should be about uplifting and celebrating you, the community. And it should be year-round, not just 8.22% of the year. So, we’re signal-boosting your posts that celebrate, support, and honor all genders and sexualities over here. Follow to keep your dashboard lovely and gay as hell all year round.
And, yes, we’re also making a bit of a fuss right here on @celebrate (apparently, we just can’t help ourselves). So if you’re interested in talking about what Pride means to you or want to celebrate Pride but don’t know how to go about it this year, we made a fun little 30-day Share Your Pride Challenge list. Because you do, in fact, deserve to be celebrated.
Tag your posts with #ShareYourPride if you want to make them a little easier for other people to find. And Tumblr? Happy Pride. We’re glad you’re here.
