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[whumperwriter]

A’ight, I guess now is as good of time as any - I did complete like seven days worth of Whumptober and I do hope to keep working on them as time goes, I’ll list fandoms in the tags, but if anyone is interested in having access to the doc, feel free to let me know and I can share it with you! (keep in mind that I am a literal slut for praise, so if you read something you like, please let me know. It keeps me going in times like these.) :)

[fyeahvulnerablemen]

Excuse me whump momma! I am in the throes of writing a fanfiction and I would love whatever inspiration you can throw at me. The fic is all about hypothermia. And with it being so warm outside, I could use some whump to cool me down! :D. love, your whump child.

Hello my child xD, here’s some inspiration for you!  

Castle 3x17: huddled together for warmth, slowed speech, bodies shutting down

The Saint: curled hands, shivering, stuttered speech, delirium.

Walking Out: No explanation necessary  :(:(:(

iZombie 1x13: huddling, holding himself, chapped skin

Edge of Winter: helped out of the cold, panic, undressing

Haven 4x01: Tries to hold on as long as possible but eventually starts weakening and collapses. 

Teen Wolf 6x12 and [x]: forced into a freezer, huddled, pale/blue skin.

[the-wandering-whumper]

(1) TAT - Character A is selfless (and also trained (sorta) in bomb defusal), when everyone else is being evacuated from the building, he is with the bomb, trying to defuse. A gets the news from B that the building is clear of people and he needs to get out of there before the time runs out. But he argues a moment, trying to prove that he can do it, but as the timer continues to tick down past 10 seconds, he starts running. But he doesn't get far.

(2) A makes it a few yards before the bomb goes off, destabilizing the building and sending it down on top of him. He resurfaces slowly and painfully alone. He's scared, injured, and just wants to go home. He wouldn't change anything, despite his situation. Everyone is safe...except for him. As time goes by, he slowly starts to realize he's fading. By the time rescue teams finally get to him, he's deeply unconcscious, barely breathing, and bloody all over. Cue B struggling to get to A! (Fin)

George, it’s beautiful!  Seriously, collapsed buildings are my jam!  This hits all my whumpy buttons!

[scriptmedic]

Hullo!! I absolutely love your blog and I know this question is fairly generic however, I wanted a little insight to how you think this situation would end. My character is a detective. Earlier in the day, he was hit and was knocked out I know this means no bueno, but I have him waking up quickly and then heading back to the station. Maybe two hours later he passes out again on his own accord, what does this sound like to you? And where does this situation progress too? Like symptoms and so on?

Hey there whumperwriter! I’m so glad you like the blog!! 

You had me right there with you through the initial injury and loss of consciousness, right up until he passes out later. 

The first part of that sounds like a concussion, and in every police department I’ve ever worked with, if you walk back into the station with a concussion, your sergeant is damn well calling an ambulance for you to go to the hospital, because you need to get checked. 

It’s a liability on them if the officer keeps working, but also, people in blue take care of our own. (I recently had the regular police threaten to ticket the traffic cops’ cars if the traffic cops start going after EMS’s cars, because cops know who comes for them when shit hits the fan.) 

It’s the latter part that’s tough -- that second loss of consciousness. It doesn’t quite fit with any of the classic head injury patterns.  

If it happened sooner -- within 30 minutes of the original injury -- I’d say it’s likely to be an epidural hematoma, an arterial bleed in the skull. The classic epidural has someone lose consciousness, regain it, then rapidly decline; it requires very, very quick intervention, including surgery or a coil to repair the damaged blood vessel and stop the brain from getting squished. 

The two hours later part... he could have a slower bleed, like a traumatic subarachnoid (rare) or a subdural. In fact, I’d believe a subdural if he was declining and then lost consciousness, where the bleeding keeps putting pressure on his brain that builds up. 

A subdural hemorrhage is a slower bleed, but slow and steady can (unfortunately) win the race sometimes. 

So I would believe your character having either of those issues going on if the passing-out either came earlier (epidural) or gradually (subdural). The character could demonstrate rising confusion and uncertainty; issues with his memory, balance, or gait; or severe headache and blurry or disturbed vision. 

Either way, this character is going to a Neuro ICU. (I know hospitals that call this the NSICU, for neurosurgical or neuroscience, because NICU is taken by babies.) He’s likely also going to make friends with a brain surgeon, whether that’s to put in a “brain drain” (EVD, external ventricular drain) to take off the extra fluid or performing some form of intravascular procedure, there’s going to be major neurological consequences for this character. 

In short: losing consciousness twice after a head injury is a Bad Freaking Sign(TM) of Badness(C) . He’s likely to have at least a 2-week hospital admission and some significant rehab if the damage wasn’t controlled quickly. 

(If you take out the second loss of consciousness, it just sounds like a concussion. I suppose it’s also possible that the character just gets really dizzy and has a syncope -- faints -- but I wouldn’t call it likely, and every medical character I know would have the same reaction I did: This Is Badness. 

Hope this helps!

xoxo, Aunt Scripty

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[whumperwriter]

Of Bikes and Sweet Potato Slices

Finally finished and posted the rest of my whump prompt challenge fic from February. But no one is less surprised than me that it took this long. Anyways, I encourage you all, if you enjoy whump and/or The Resident to go take read and let me know what y’all think. Special thanks to all the help  received on this, mostly from @fyeahvulnerablemen and @the-wandering-whumper I would be lost without you both. Thank you.

Title - Of Bikes and Sweet Potato Slices

Fandom - The Resident

Characters - Conrad Hawkins, Nic Nevin, Devon Pravesh, its really an ensemble cast.

Whump - Yes

Working links - Ao3, FFn, Wattpad 

Summary - Sometimes a bad morning is just a warning of things to come.

[whumperwriter]

Will you write a whump Drabble with Tony Stark? Any time is fine :)

(2) Woops forgot the prompt! Uhm wounded in the snow! Freezing temperatures! Trying to make it back to safety! Preferably with Captain America/Steve Rogers

As requested, your holiday drabble lies below! Enjoy!

(Warning, I’ve never written for these characters, so all I could, was do my best.)

“Tony, how are you doing?” Steve asked, taking another step into the shin high snow. He didn’t dare look behind him, he’s made that mistake once already.

Where there will be there footprints, there will also be the drips of blood that manage to sneak out from between Tony’s fingers, as he clenches to the wound in his side. Tony’s arm is wrapped around Steve’s shoulders, and the two continue to trudge along.

A piece of his suit had been previously occupying the hole in his side, but Tony had disobeyed every rule of field first aid and ripped the hunk of metal out and nearly died then and there because of it. The man is lucky to be alive right now, much less trudging through the snow alongside him. Steve is almost certain that the man beside him is only alive right now because of his stubbornness.

Steve sends another prayer up to whoever may be listening that help arrives soon. He’s starting to feel like laying down and sleeping for another century, and he can only imagine how Tony feels.

When the man doesn’t respond, Steve glances at his friend. “Tony?”

Tony’s eyes are half closed, and his face is pale. Steve can’t even feel him shivering anymore, which he knows isn’t a good thing. He stops and Tony nearly collapses beside him. “Tony!”

Tony startles, before lazily glancing up at the Captain. “ ‘m good, jus’ tired.” He mumbles. His words are slurred, and his lips are blue. Steve glances down at his fingertips and grimaces at how the tips are blue as well.

Steve feels defeated as he realizes there isn’t much more he can do for his friend. He’s already given Tony the jacket off his back. Steve’s not sure how well he would last stark naked out in this weather, or else he’d give him the suit off his back.

“I know Tony, I know. Just hang on, alright?”

Tony doesn’t respond, not at first, and Steve shakes his partner, and forces Tony to look at him. “You hang in there, alright Tony?”

“Yea,”

[whumperwriter]

Whumper Christmas Drabble 1

This Drabble is for @hawaiianohana15

Request - "it's ok Steve to let down all your walls and just be yourself"

It's not too late to request your own Christmas Drabble (I'm not even picky on fandoms. It an be an OC as well) just send me an ask with the fandom, a prompt, and the date you wish to receive it by.

Enjoy!

A rap on the door pulls Steve from his thoughts, and it’s intuition that tells him its Danny. He pulls his head off of his arms,and sits up gingerly, his ribs sending pain shooting through him with every movement. To no surprise Danny’s already entered the office and allowed the door to close behind him.

“I brought you coffee, and pain meds.” Danny offers, placing the items on the desk in front of Steve before taking a seat in one of the chairs in front of his desk. Danny crosses his legs and looks to Steve with something that closely resembles the look that someone has when approaching an animal with no idea how it would react. Hesitant, almost suspicious. “You ok, babe?”

Steve doesn’t answer, at least not immediately. He gathers his thoughts as he pops a couple of the tablets into his mouth and washes it down with coffee that’s exactly the way he likes it. Then he leans back against his chair and starts rubbing at his eyes. “I don’t know,”

“Well, let's start physically. You’re here, did they discharge you or did you just go AWOL?” Danny asks, a hint of a joke in his words, but Steve doesn’t take the bait. “No, it's just some bruised ribs. Didn’t even leave the ER.”

“Well, I wouldn’t say that’s good but it should have been worse. I mean, what the hell were you thinking?” Steve can tell that the blonde man’s not angry, so much as confused. Steve doing something that’s putting is life in danger is one thing, but stepping in front of a bullet for a man that deserved to be six feet under was a new one. Even Steve knew that.

“I know. I’m sorry, I didn’t-”

“Steven-”

“Danny, I’m fine, you don’t have to babysit me.”

“You could have died today, and your team, and I deserve to know why you pulled something like that. It’s ok to let your walls down sometimes.” Danny chastised, rubbing at his own chin, where a bruise is prominently peeking out from under his chin.

“I realized that I could have been that guy. After I thought my mom died, I was lost and then dad sent me to the mainland, and I was alone. I could have gone crazy and started killing people senselessly because of that loss and I realized that-” Steve swallows hard, and Danny drops his gaze, allowing Steve a moment to wipe at his eyes as he leans his head against the back of his chair.

“I’m glad you’re not.” Danny finally says, realizing just how close today came to ending up with his partner in the morgue. “And for the record, I’m really happy that you’re sitting right in front of me today.”

Steve shuts his eyes, and smiles. “Thanks Danno."

“You’re welcome, now, I’m driving you home, lets go.”

[the-wandering-whumper]

Ok, last one, I SWEAR (TAT.) So one of my favorite things in a well planned whump scene is when the character is rolled into the ER, sometimes they're disoriented, other times they're unconscious. I think what makes this particular scene so good is the reactions of loved ones, as they watch they're person going through hell. Maybe they hear something like "they're flatlining, grab the paddles" or "call the blood bank, he's losing too much blood" I just love the chaos that happens.

Me too!  From getting unloaded from the ambulance to finally arriving at the ER, the chances for whump are endless.  I love when the loved one is covered in the whumpee’s blood.