also oh my gosh it NEVER ceases to Get Me when a caretaker is not used to taking care of people but tries very hard to take care of whumpee. Bonus points for rough/grumpy caretaker. bonus points for whumpee being ;u; bc it's still so much better than where they came from. basically >:| taking care of T-T
AHHH YES EXCELLENT TROPE
The caretaker taking care of the whumpee because No One Ever Took Care of Them and they don't want anyone else to suffer the way they did.
The whumpee seeing past the Grumpy Mask because they've seen Scary. They've seen Bad. This person is not Scary or Bad.
(Bonus if the caretaker is physically imposing/scary.)












