#false safety

[oopsiwhumpeditagain]

Whumper and caretaker are twins. Whumper often pretends to be caretaker to the point that whumpee can never trust caretaker.

[comfy-whumpee]

False Security Prompts

Whumpee thinks they safe, but isn't because...

The whumper is watching them in secret

They're about to be betrayed by a trusted ally

Their injury has an infection brewing

The caretaker works for the enemy

Their hiding place isn't as good as they think

The aftereffects of the trauma have only just begun

Their feeling of safety comes from Stockholm syndrome

They were only dreaming, and the escape and homecoming was never real

They can't recognise the danger because they're delirious or drugged

The whumper isn't done for the night after all

The doors are locked and the windows are barred, but the whumper is already inside, and now whumpee is locked in with them

[thathcwriter]

Hurt/False Comfort Prompt

Whumpee and reader both think Caretaker is in the room with Whumpee, comforting them without any direct touch. 

It is only when Whumpee tries to initiate contact.

And their hand goes right through Caretaker

That both the Whumpee and the readers know the comfort wasn’t real

[shericonaway]

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