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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...
22. ADDITION. Babies should be joyous things unless you're in a situation where you know you won't be able to care for them. Either you've adopted or found out you're pregnant.

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[Sherlock waits for her to explain why she's apologising. It's one of those answers that will never come, but he already knows what it is so that doesn't matter to him. It's easier for her to drop it without the conversation turning toward a place neither of them are comfortable with.

He won't say anything against giving Joan a sedative. He knows it's for the best and right now she's not strong enough to suffer her nightmares. When the nurse leaves to get the medication, Sherlock leans forward in his chair.]

I'll stay here tonight. If you're doing better in the morning, I'll go back to the flat to get Arthur.

[Or, more likely, he will get Mycroft or Mrs. Hudson to bring him.]

[ Joan shakes her head at that, still not looking at Sherlock. ]

No. I don't want him here.

[ I don't want him to see me like this. ]

[Sherlock watches Joan for a few seconds. He won't bring Arthur to visit her if she really doesn't want him around, but he doesn't see why it would be a bad thing for the child. Sherlock's already exposed him to crime scene photographs and the boy's learning from a young age that the world isn't always a pretty place, but that doesn't mean he can't find happiness with his family.]

He'll stay with Mrs. Hudson, then.

[Because Sherlock's made his decision to stay with Joan.]

[ She wants to see him, wants to hold him and kiss him. But she knows he'll ask about the bruises and cuts on her face. Right now, as she is, she isn't sure she will be able to keep it together around him. She knows he has to be confused as it is; she doesn't want to make it worse.

She doesn't say anything else, even after the sedative has been administered. She finally looks back over at Sherlock, weakly extending a hand to him. She doesn't expect him to hold her hand the whole time she sleeps. Just while she's still awake. ]

[Sherlock stays out of the way when the nurse adds the sedative to the drip. He expects it will kick in after just a couple of minutes. When the nurse leaves, he stays in his chair until Joan reaches for him. Only then does he scoot closer to take her hand.]

I'll be here when you wake up.

[And if he isn't, it means he's in the loo.]