For the choking ask game: 5, 7, 8, 11
5. What is your ultimate heimlich fantasy?
Maybe I shouldn't have gone so in depth with the last ask but I suppose I have a more specific one -
I'd love to be found half-conscious after attempting to remove an obstruction on my own. Leaning on the cabinet while on the floor, white in the face and barely able to gulp in enough air to keep me awake. A chair is on the ground from a failed self heimlich, and I barely even realize you're standing in front of me before you hoist me up.
You're not looking to immediately fix the problem, something about the helplessness and the inability to save myself makes you shake with anticipation. You pull up into my quivering abdomen, not nearly hard enough to clear the way.
A hiccup makes its way from my throat, knees bent but feet loose against the ground. You pull up again, rewarding me with a teaspoon sized gasp.
You play with me until my head lolls and it's clear I'm not conscious anymore. I'm placed onto the ground, and you sit on my stomach and look down to my slack face. You place a hand around my throat, squeezing slightly- you can feel the lump above my Adams apple.
Without removing your hand on my neck, your free fingers curl between my teeth and slide down the back of my tongue. You touch the slick object- it feels like hard candy. You snicker under your breath, further pressing on my windpipe. The candy slips out of the spot it'd been stuck in, almost insultingly easy after my lone struggle.
The moment it frees itself, my unconscious diaphragm strains for the air I've been fighting for. I wheeze through your grip, and you feel even more empowered from continuing to heed my breath.
Slight consciousness comes back to me, and my hands raise to your continued grasp on my throat. I squeeze your wrist, pulling you as I slowly realize where the pressure has shifted to.
This continues for as long as you'd wish, maybe you get tired of physically keeping me from breathing and push the candy back down my gullet.
8. What is your go-to item for the victim to choke on?
I'm a simple man and typically go for food, but I do love the opportunity for a character to choke on something they're not supposed to be chewing on. Maybe something they've been told to spit out before because of the danger of accidently swallowing it. The embarrassment of that happening around the same person who told you not to do that is ooooh so fun.
11. What is something you wish would be included more in heimlich works?
If you haven't already picked this up as a preference as my own,,, I'm a sucker for mouth sweeps. I love conscious mouth sweeps even more. A panicked rescuer trying whatever they can think of to help you, unsure of what to do. They pound you between your shoulder blades, asking you frantically "What do I do? Fuck- come on! Just cough it out!"
You're running on near empty, and they force your mouth open to jam their fingers down your throat in a hasty attempt to clear your airway. It doesn't work- In fact, it makes the problem even worse. You pull away as you feel the discomfort increase, but your rescuer doesn't understand that they're not helping at all.












