bakerstreet | hurt/comfort

HURT/COMFORT MEME

Hurt/comfort is a fan fiction genre that involves the physical pain or emotional distress of one character, who is cared for by another character. The injury, sickness or other kind of hurt allows an exploration of the characters and their relationship.

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1. INJURY. You've been injured. Broken bones or bleeding out or maybe just a tiny little papercut. The choice is yours.
2. SICKNESS. You're sick and laid up in bed, at home or in a hospital. The severity is up to you.
3. FEAR/ANXIETY. Something is happening and you're scared beyond belief.
4. LOSS OF SENSES. Sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, etc. You've lost some important sense or ability and now you're left to deal with it.
5. DESPAIR. Nothing is good or right anymore and you can't shake the depression. Maybe that friend of yours can help though...
6. BREAKUP. You've been dumped. You need someone to comfort you, possibly by the one who dumped you.
7. MAKE UP. Fight or break up, it's time to makeup.
8. RESCUED. You've just been held captive and/or tortured for however long and finally, someone has come to the rescue.
9. BAD ROMANCE. Fight, cheated on, abused, whatever the case is, someone else can clearly see you need comfort from someone who isn't your terrible lover tonight.
10. LOSS. You've experience a loss of some kind and need help getting through it.
11. INSANITY. You're seeing things that aren't really there, hearing voices, or you're just convinced you're at your wit's end finally and you're going to crack. Maybe someone can give you a helping hand.
12. TIRED. You've had a heard life recently and you're just worn too thin to really care anymore. There's no fight left in you anymore. Can someone help change your mind?
13. ADDICTION. Drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, or any other type of addiction has got you in its grasp. First time or relapse. Will someone be able to save you?
14. INSOMNIA. You can't sleep anymore, no matter how hard you try. Maybe someone can give you company.
15. NIGHTMARES. Or, on the other end of the spectrum, you can't sleep without gruesome, horrible nightmares. Either someone is stuck in your dream with you, witnessing it or they're just waking you up, soothing you out of it.
16. BLACKMAIL. You've been caught doing something you shouldn't and you were blackmailed because of it
17. SEPARATION. You're going to be separated for awhile or were separated for a long time. Either make up for lost time or try to spend every last moment together.
18. VIOLATED. You've been violated in some way. Can include sexual overtones or not. Can someone help you through it?
19. STRANDED. You've been stranded somewhere remote, with no help of anyone finding you for awhile. Can you survive this together?
20. SINS. You're feeling the weight of your sins and guilt clearer than ever. Can someone give you absolution or lessen the ache any?
21. SECRET. It's difficult having to keep that secret of yours, be it a relationship or something you just don't want to share with anybody else. Maybe it's okay to talk about it now though...

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[Also available in Raisin flavor if you want Grandpa Spock.]

[Umemiya is more likely to be the one comforting, though if you want to tend to his battle wounds or do something around #10, that'd be a treat. No #13 in either direction please.]

[Sakura is not good at comfort, but that doesn't mean I don't want to force him to try! If you want rabid honey badger style 'I will destroy what makes you sad', come at me. If you want to comfort him, may I suggest 1, 2, 8, 12 or 15? Please, no #13 in either direction.]

[ ooc: open to cross-canon/AUs. ]

[ Either role; he lends himself well to both, if you like awkward but sincere hugs. ]

[ easily can be either role! m/m 20+ or ota gen. tl;dr shin is an esper. mindreading and other abilities. if your character has resistance to this lmk or if you prefer shin not do this at all lmk. it can be worked around since it's not always working for various reasons. oh and he's also an ex-assassin, in case your character might've known him through That life. more info/permissions, opt-in/out, etc on his journal. ]

[Info and preferences in journal; she can take either role, though the comfort she offers may be pretty questionable. She was built to pull her human out of trouble, not to make them feel any better about it.]

((If it's anything like her canon death in the CD drama or her clone's death in the short, she'll be more concerned with comforting whoever is there for her, she's an absurdly selfless, compulsive caretaker. ^^;; She'll still need care, of course!))