byok ([personal profile] byok) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2016-03-22 08:21 am

Healing the Broken



healing the broken meme
a shipping meme


The events of many canons have left its characters ravaged, unable to be the whole people they once were. They can never go back to the innocence they had before. However, they can find someone who can pull you back from the brink. Some say love can conquer all ills and cure all broken people - the jury is still out on that, but enough people subscribe to the notion that it may have some merit. With the right affection behind it, can it be the elixir to heal traumas or mend angst? For this meme, it can be. No matter what your what your problem is, from daddy issues to being mind controlled to hating all humans or being just a jerk, all you need is healing from the right person.

All in all? This is a shameless meme playing with the idea of "cured by love." Love it or hate it, it's prevalent in fiction, both fan and published. And sometimes, no lie, you just want to play it and not be judge for the pure shlock you know it to be. Here is the place; now is the time. However, you don't have to go for unrealistic escapism. One partner trying to help the other through trauma is not an easy task, and there are bound to be setbacks, resistance, and hurt feelings. And what if BOTH partners are a little bit broken? Can they survive together, or will they bring each other down?

how to play
- Comment with your character and preferences. Feel free to talk about your character's problems. You might also want to mention if your character is the one who needs to be healed or can do the healing. Or perhaps you and your thread partner can play two roughed up characters learning to trust again!
- Reply to others.

tigerjack: (Grin / Laughing)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-09 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
A huff against the searching mouth, he threw himself into the affection and desperation. Tugged Jim from the chair and into his lap, poking a grape between his lips, keeping him eating. "You are tired, Love." Dehydrated too, if he didn't miss his guess, not missing the loose waist of the trousers. "Another nap would be good for both of us."
And stuffing you silly.
What?
Food and me.
moriarty_was_real: (Yes Lovey?)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-09 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim was tired, that much he knew was true, but it was an antsy kind of tired. He was physically worn out but mentally spinning his wheels in the mud. His skin had finally stopped shedding but now he was crawling out of it, restless and over-alert. "My brain hurts," he muttered, not bothering to deflect the steady stream of fruit and liquids even though he felt he would dissolve in a mushy puddle from being overhydrated. Jack was right, though. Sweat had been pouring out of him for way too long, salt stinging his perpetually raw exposed layer of skin. Half a day hadn't been enough to recover from it, even with Jack's relentless efforts.

His perpetual exhaustion wasn't entirely due to his delicate constitution, a tiny wildflower that could only be found in a tiny hamlet in the British Isles and could not be kept from wilting and dying when uprooted. He had started their journey in laughably poor athletic condition. Every day had challenged his stamina to the breaking point. Starting with long treks through huge marketplaces and most recently climbing up and down the sides of a moving train had beaten his reluctant body into the grudging, but inexorable, process of creating lean muscle mass. Jim didn't have a heavy build, he tended towards a sinewy sort of strength. Even though he lived in his body full-time and tended to notice such details in other people, he was oblivious to what was happening so deep under his skin.

"Teach me something. Tell me a story." Too weary to keep his eyes open and too awake for a small distraction to be enough, Jim started chewing on Jack's fingers in an attempt to persuade him to start biting and scratching, to start leaving new marks on new skin, something to ground and settle him, something familiar in a sea of strangeness.
tigerjack: (Potentially Sentimental)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-09 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
A slice of starfruit was substituted for Jack's fingers. "Partnership Dominoes is a popular game here as is Fourteen, a type of gin rummy." Gin only required 2 players, dominoes needed four, because as he said, 'partners'. Naan, the hot flatbread with a smear of hummas and a chunk of tasty goat, followed the fruit, held up to be bitten. "I have a deck," Of course Jack had a deck of cards, when there was nothing to read, he would practice his hands and counting what had fallen to the deck.
moriarty_was_real: (It will all look different in the light)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-09 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim had been lackluster about the idea of being banged up anyway, and settled down easily when Jack passively refused the suggestion. Resting the side of his head on Jack's shoulder so the silly man could keep sticking things in his mouth, he let his arms hang in a loose embrace around Jack's waist. The food was pretty good, actually, now that he thought about it.

"Tell me how to play poker." Not show me, Jim had no intention of opening his eyes anytime soon.
tigerjack: (I See You)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-09 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
While continuing to hand feed Jim, a few bites between thrown in his direction, Jack outlined the definitions of the terms used and what the various winning hands were. Play, specifically a typical play of Hold'em, or Texas Hold'em, because it is the game played for the World Series of Poker (WSOP), was explained first. Kept popping food into Jim's mouth, handing off a glass of tea, when he also paused to take a drink. His voice had settled into a comforting rumble. Next, Jack explained five card stud, which he was often observed playing solo.

"The rest of the game is knowing or reading your opponents." That, Jim could do his sleep.
moriarty_was_real: (You can't REALLY be that stupid.)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-09 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
By the time Jack had finished the explanation, Jim was been willing to hold his own glass of tea and drink from it. Now he even opened his eyes, just a bit, to give Jack a sidelong look.

"So, that's it? That's poker? It's a hell of a lot simpler than people make it out to be."
tigerjack: (I See You)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-09 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"Luck of the draw, luck which is reduced by counting the cards, again not difficult," agreeing. "Poker is a way to pay the bills. I use it to suss someone out who is being stalked." Not necessarily playing with them however, that was only done if he wanted to actually get closer. "You have easier ways to put zeros in the bank."
moriarty_was_real: (You're starting to bore me.)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-10 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh don't worry. I'm not going to try muscling in on your turf. That vice is all yours." Jim snuggles closer after Jack runs out of food, nuzzling at his neck.

"Tell me how to play 'gin.'"
tigerjack: (Potentially Sentimental)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-10 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Didn't think that Jim would care for that socialization unless he needed something and didn't think that Jack could win. Realistic.

"Ten cards in each player's hand. In the center one card is face up, the rest of the deck face down. The object to to make sets of what is in your hand, helped by taking the face up card or an unknown card from the deck then discarding any one card in your hand, so you always have ten." Again Jack described what would be a set and the point counting system. "The difference between Fourteen and Gin Rummy is that each player has 14 cards in their hands, jokers are wild, and two decks are used. You cannot pick up the discarded card unless using it to complete your hand and ending the game and the also count the points differently."
moriarty_was_real: made especiall for me by spohkh! (No really that's very interesting go on)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-10 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Jim contemplated it for a moment, then showed some guarded approval. "Seems more interesting than poker, anyway. So how do you place bets?"
tigerjack: (Potentially Sentimental)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-10 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Muslims do not bet," winking. "If arrangements are made on the side, then that is something else." Yes, he rather liked gin, it took more intelligent to crafting a winnable hand and the points were more comples. But all of that said, but poker was considered to be 'a man's game', so poker it was when down on the docks.
moriarty_was_real: (Brought out the good china?)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-10 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure that we, as proper Muslims, could find something of value to wager between us that doesn't constitute betting."

Jack would have to be a stone headed idiot to play against Moriarty for actual stakes, for any number of reasons. None of them would include the boss somehow losing.
tigerjack: (I See You)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-10 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Jack was certain of a few things. First that he could easily be read by Moriarty, second that he would be caught if he cheated, third that Moriarty could count card better than he could, Jack was no slouch by occasionally he missed something, and fourth...well he was sure there was something. Besides, at this point, there was very little he had that Jim hadn't provided, except for his weapons, those had stayed the same even if stray things like boots and clothes had been replaced over the years, albeit in Jack's familiar and comfortable style.

"We don't have to play for anything, Jim. A kiss for the winner or some other favor, if that is what you are hinting at," which would also make for bad Muslims, but who was he to point out the obvious? especially when he wasn't Muslim or even a good catholic boy. If anything, he liked the idea of reincarnation and coming back to get things right.
moriarty_was_real: (I sense an opportunity for mischief~!)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-10 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
A kiss? Well, that might actually be the sort of stakes he was considering. Nah, they could come up with something better. "Maybe after you rack up a certain number of wins, I would agree to learn how to do something practical, like how to make my own tea. You know, just for emergency situations. That kind of thing." Technically, Jim knew about combining boiling water with tea leaves, but he had refused to pay attention to certain nuances like the actual amount of tea leaves to use, or how long to steep them. It wasn't that Jack had enabled this kind of helplessness. If anything, Jim would have been even worse off with his usual strategy of hiring other people to do it for him. The boss refused to fraternize with the help at all, but his Tiger had been allowed to perform this skill in his presence hundreds of times now. "If I win, you have to make me a page of paper dolls. Or figure out how to hire a local to deliver a singing telegram to me."

What about Moriarty's ability to identify the individual wear patterns on the backs of Jack's deck of cards? Or his sleight-of-hand skills? What, did Jack somehow assume that Jim was a reformed man now, that he would actually play a friendly card game without cheating every which way at once?
tigerjack: (Bad Habits)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-11 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, all of that and more, that's fourth. Except it doesn't matter. The game or the cheat or just unrighteous win means something to Jim and Jack will use it to entertain him, to give him something else to think of. A bit of mischief won't hurt one of them and Jack's been too solid as of late, thinking he's the big dog.

"I could go either way," as if he reluctant.
moriarty_was_real: (Oh you're cute I like that.)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-11 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, don't pretend you're uninterested." Jim pressed his face down against Jack's shoulder, his small amused smile easily apparent even though it wasn't visible. "If waving a deck of cards under my nose has even the slightest chance of working, you would grow a third hand just to add it to your tea-and-food routine."
tigerjack: (Potentially Sentimental)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-11 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Kissed his forehead, "You know me too well, Love."

Never a small letter 'l', it was always capitalized. Not something an old duffer would say, but a name attached to the best bits of James Moriarty that Jack wanted more of.

"Shall we play at the table or on the bed." No offense, Jack was going to keep score in this game of Fourteen.
moriarty_was_real: (Ooh this one's a cuddler~!)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-11 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not just yet." Jim sighed into relaxation against Jack's body. "I'll need to think up some interesting enough stakes. Feel free to add to the list yourself. We can negotiate worthy equivalent bets."
tigerjack: (I See You)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-11 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"As you wish."

Pulled out his phone and tapped on the memo pad to keep track. Tapped in the suggestions made so far. Would need a pair of scissors for the dolls, wasn't going to dull his knives on paper. Was tempted to play for not going to Sudan, but saying that he was concerned and wished to avoid it was asking for it.

"What else?"
moriarty_was_real: (Don't wrinkle the Westwood.)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-12 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
"I know you have some ideas you're just dying to propose."

Considering how often Jack had clearly wished he could push Jim around, and how seldom he ever dared try, he had to have racked up lots of random ideas over the years.
tigerjack: (Speak No Evil)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-13 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps." Jim's mouth around his cock
No Teeth!
was the first thing to leap to mind...and it quickly degraded into the man turning his own clothes right side out and putting them in a hamper, scraping a dish or rinsing out a cup, shopping for his own toothpaste. Although he wouldn't say he was dying to propose any of those.
moriarty_was_real: (You're starting to bore me.)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-13 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure you can come up with a few random petty ones in the meantime. We need something to match up with 'paper dolls.'"

If they didn't start out with truly trivial stakes then there would be no build-up. After all, Jim had to establish a track record of Jack managing to win half the time, at least at the beginning, or Jack would never bother with anything interesting.
tigerjack: (Stubbornly Determined)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-13 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Started tapping on the screen spelling out the mundane things that occurred to him.
Turning clothing right-side out, unwrinkling, putting in hamper
Scraping own dish into trash and putting in the sink
Washing own dish
Rinsing out tea cups
Shop for own toothpaste
Shop for own shoelaces


Thought about the last two and added Go out to shop for - to each one.
There wasn't anything Jack wanted. He didn't need anything.

An idea hit and he entered it as well,
Read a children's book and do the voice of the characters. Characters' voices must be different from each other.
because it was usually Jim prodding Jack to talk.
moriarty_was_real: (Oh you're cute I like that.)

[personal profile] moriarty_was_real 2016-05-13 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"You've got a few? Good. Pick one of them, don't tell me what it is, and we'll play for it against 'paper dolls.'"

Yes, Jim was getting impatient now. He also began nuzzling at Jack's neck more insistently, suggesting that he could be entertained in two separate ways and leaving it up to Jack to choose the order.
tigerjack: (Bad Habits)

[personal profile] tigerjack 2016-05-14 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Was borrowing trouble, had since he drew his first breath.

"Alright," Lifting slightly, a pack of cards was fished out of a pocket. Shuffled the cards, their weight, their pattern familiar. An old deck of World War II cards, the planes RAF personnel needed to identify printed on their face. "My other deck is in my coat." Afganistan's most wanted, or at least most wanted back when Jack was in the military.

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