i found this prompt in my notes from over a year ago and holy shit it’s a banger (if i do say so myself)
whumpee was abused before and had their trust broken. now they have difficulties trusting that caretakers love was truly unconditional. they were afraid a slip up would cause caretaker to turn on them and hurt them. in their despair they decide to test caretaker: whumpee would hurt them and if caretaker didn’t punish them for it then they would trust them.
so whumpee does just that. maybe they slap caretaker, or grab them way too hard.
caretaker has has bad experiences with violence before but doesn’t punish whumpee for their actions.
now their relationship is changed in 2 ways: whumpee finally puts all their trust i caretaker and almost doesn’t leave their side. caretaker on the other hand is now afraid of whumpee and can’t bring themselves to trust them again. they approach whumpee with caution instead of softness.
what does whumpee do when they realize the consequences of their actions? can they repair what they broke?