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nothing quite like a whumpee no one knows existed. caretaker inheriting a house and oh god- there's someone in the basement. taking over a ship and- Is that a prisoner? hero getting kidnapped or infiltrating a base, stulbling into a room where they find a bleeding whumpee. spy getting interrogated by someone with suspicious wounds. getting thrown into a cell with someone who's been there for a long time.

for-the-ouchies

Character curling into a little ball and just shaking.

whump-polls

pick a whump scenario #2

character is undercover and forced to torture their friend/teammate

character has escaped from captivity and is being chased

character wakes up disoriented and in pain, trying to figure out what happened

character is trapped in a tight space with water slowly rising

character has a fever and is hallucinating

character is in an old building and the floor collapses under them

Remaining time: 6 days 12 hours

whumpshaped

Whumpee was seeing things again. Bugs. People. Things that didn't make sense. Things that would've made sense in other conditions.

But they had not a soul they could tell this to. It would've been a step backwards. And Whumpee didn't want to give the impression that they were going backwards.

So they bore it silently. They ignored the hallucinations. Both visual and auditory. They smiled and nodded when they couldn't hear Caretaker's voice over the sound of loud yelling in their ear they knew wasn't coming from any rational source.

belovedwhump

Two words: Caretaker Stress

A caretaker who...

the only medic or only one with medical knowledge

has to care for multiple people or teammates at once

has to care for people (teammate or other) with little to no medical supplies

has to care for people out in the field and render first aid

has to perform procedures outside their expertise

is constantly responsible for their teammates' (or others) health and lives

will always blame themselves when they can't save someone or feel like they're not doing enough

for-the-ouchies

Whumper is so tired of all the mundane, seemingly pointless aspects of their life. Every day is just... tedious. Frustrating. Boring.

The one thing that keep them going is coming home to their dear whumpee. The little noises whumpee makes when they're in pain, the way tears sparkle in their otherwise dull eyes, the feeling of their warm body trembling against whumper's... just looking forward to that is enough to keep whumper motivated, keep them going, day after day.

They'd do anything to keep whumpee. Anything.

whumppromptoftheday

caretaker comes to whumper's house, a small first-aid kit hanging off their shoulder. "where are they?"

whumper gestures to a side room and caretaker goes in wordlessly. they flip the light on and set their bag down on the floor before kneeling next to whumpee.

"i'm here to fix you up, not to hurt you. i'm sorry this has happened to you, but there's nothing i can do to stop it. let me know if i need to stop, i'll be going quick."

"who are you?" whumpee asks. "please help me."

"i'm sorry, there's nothing i can do, truly." caretaker says, looking over their shoulder to see whumper standing in the doorway.

anoushka-m-alice

Whumpee is finally free!

After almost a year of captivity, relentless horrors, an unexpected rescue, emergency surgery, months of hospital care…

They’re now in recovery and struggling with the most innocuous of triggers.

After so long trapped in a windowless space, they are desperate for fresh air. It's a primal urge. Yet, leaving a window even slightly ajar is terrifying; easier for whumper to find and recapture them.

The stress is overwhelming, mentally flicking between the two things they need: air and safety.

Cue another meltdown.

goes-whump-in-the-night

noticing how bored and despondent whumpee has become, whumper decides to give them something in the guise of a present: a sketchpad, or a model kit, or an origami book - just something they can be creative with

whumpee, after a long captivity of nothing but pain and fear, is thrilled to have something productive to do, and buries themself in whatever this activity is

then, a day or a week later, whumper comes back, looks around at all whumpee’s creations -

before destroying each and every one in front of whumpee’s eyes and throwing them in the trash

bloodiedbriars

interrogation things

avoiding only their head and neck during beatings, to avoid rendering them incoherent

blackmail

“careful. it’s not like you need any limb except your head to tell us. if you don’t talk, we might start getting rid of the extra baggage.”

denial of basic human needs (food, water, basic hygiene)

forcibly undressing them to keep them vulnerable

fucking with their psyche on purpose

good cop / bad cop

“hm. i don’t think they need their eyes to talk, do they?” “oh, what a lovely idea. no, they do not.”

humiliating them, creating an imbalanced power dynamic

slamming hands on the table

“it would all be over if you just talked. you’re doing this to yourself, really.”

keeping them blindfolded the entire time

no window and lights never turn off, making them lose track of time

pressing their head to the table while hissing into their ear

recording every second of it

refusing medical care

tightening restraints to the point of obstructed bloodflow

typical torture techniques (waterboarding, pulling fingernails out, …)

years later, they have almost forgotten about what happened, until someone in their close proximity somehow finds the tapes

(Whumpuary 2026, Day 23: Interrogation)

promptcalender

Body Language & Behavior: Headache

boredom due to inability to do anything at all

burying head in hands

clenching teeth

dizziness when standing up

dropping head back

finally crashing and sleeping the entire day

fumbling with a package of painkillers and struggling to get past the child safety

groaning quietly

massaging head at every opportunity

pressing head into a pillow or perhaps the chest of a loved one

resting torso on the table if they can’t get a better place to rest

rubbing head

squeezing eyes shut

staying in bed all day

trying the most obscure headache relief hacks they can think off (it doesn’t work, but it keeps them busy)

turning head away from bright lights

[Prompt Calender: June 9th, National Headache Awareness Week]

tenderwhumps

whump poll #170 — walking for the first time after being injured 🩼😈

leaning on a person

leaning on an object (wall, furniture, etc)

using a mobility aid

limping

dizzy/stumbling/experiencing vertigo (maybe from a head injury?)

falling—they tried too soon and aren’t ready yet

Remaining time: 5 days 14 hours

#extra

justbreakonme

Whumpee who has just accepted/realized that Caretaker was actually not going to hurt them and genuinely cared about their well being, and can’t wait any longer. They curl into Caretakers lap or lean against them on the sofa, so touch starved that they don’t even care. Caretaker stroking their hair back out of their eyes, unsure what changed but perfectly willing to go along with it.

whump-im-serious

Caretaker feeling guilty about something is always interesting.

Maybe whumpee got hurt because of them or even protecting them.

Maybe they were in the same situation as whumpee and blame themselves for not risking their life as whumpee did.

Maybe they believe they have to hide something important from whumpee because bad news won’t help their recovery.

Maybe they are secretly in love with whumpee and touching them while they’re hurt feels like taking advantage of them.

If whumpee knew, they would not blame caretaker for any of this. They would be surprised caretaker even felt bad in the first place. But whumpee doesn’t know — all they see is that caretaker acts strange and avoids eye contact. It makes whumpee start feeling like a burden.

#extra