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thinking about a character who hates having their injuries or illnesses being obvious to others, but also, very deep down, longing for that gentle affection and tenderness and care when they’re feeling terrible
Oh, slowly disheveling attempts at sneezing politely, my beloved.
“ht’shh!“
“Bless you.”
“Thank you. Excuse me.”
“HM’PCHNX!”
“Bless you!”
“Snf! Thangk you. Mby apologies.”
“HAT’SHHHH! HIT’SHH! TSHHH!”
“Oh, gosh, bless you! Are you feeling okay?”
“I’b s-sorry - HAT’SHOOO!”
“No, no, don’t apologize! Here, why don’t we go inside? You don’t look so good, poor thing…”
I know it's so basic but I will never NOT be into someone telling on themselves in their sleep. The congestion revealed by way of uncharacteristic mouth breathing or snoring, or the restlessness revealing the aches and discomfort, or the way they cling to something or someone revealing febrile warmth, or the heavy heavy sleep revealing the lethargy and exhaustion that's settled into them. It's ALWAYS delicious when someone who was put together and able to more or less hide it during the day comes unraveled during the night
"hh.. EHH'sshhw! HHE'tshww! ugh.."
"wow, you never let me hear your sneezes. you must be feeling really awful if you're not even trying to hide them"
"i'b tired, i just wadt to go to bed"
"poor thing"
"Need a tissue?"
"Y-ghhHeehh-! Y-yes!"
A stuck sneeze, but not in the “I can’t sneeze no matter what” way. A stuck sneeze as in “I keep sneezing and sneezing and this tickle in the back of my nose won’t move, no matter how much I poke or prod at it I can’t get anything to make it go away, and it’s driving me fucking crazy.” A stubborn itch that nothing can resolve, that keeps triggering flurries of sneezes that don’t let up once they start, because the nose can’t stop until the tickle is gone but no matter what it will not move. That kind of stuck.
Obsessed with the idea that stifling, which is meant to retract attention, can bring more of it. Like, aww, pooor baby, what’s the matter? You can’t stop sneezing now? Your eyes are watery? You have to gasp for air in between fits? They keep getting louder and louder and louder? It’s too itchy to stop once you’ve started? I thought you were trying to keep them secret, not let everyone know.
heatwave power outage where I live has me thinking about sneezes by candlelight…
A and B are sprawled on the couch on a hot and stormy summer evening waiting for the power to come back on. Gentle candlelight illuminates the room around them. B has been suffering all day from terrible allergies, and with no a/c, the windows have to be wide open to survive the heatwave. B is almost constantly building up for an itchy fit, their eyes watering and nostrils flaring wildly.
“Hiihh..haH! heEAASCHIOOOO!!” B sneezes openingly, accidentally blowing a candle out with the force of their expulsion.
They sniffle and gaze towards A with wet and heavy eyelids, already inhaling sharply again as their nose tries desperately to expel the persistent tickle.
“Ahh-hiihh..HEAASHIOOOO!!!”
“Oh baby…you’re so itchy,” A gently wipes a tear from B’s cheek and then leans to grab the lighter to relight the blown out candle, hoping the power comes back soon so they can close the windows for poor B.