bakerstreet | ( hurt/comfort )

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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John got under the covers and pulled them up to his shoulders. "I love you."

"I love you, too," she said, looking at him through the dark.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I want you to feel beautiful all the time and I disappointed you."

She shrugged.

"It's not your fault I've got confidence issues when it comes to my looks," she said quietly.

"You shouldn't. You the most beautiful woman over ever seen."

She was quiet for a moment.

"Have I ever mentioned my college boyfriend Jason?" she asked finally. She would be surprised if she had. She doesn't talk about him much.

He shook his head.

She sighed.

"He was my first real boyfriend. First...everything," she said. "I thought I was totally in love with him. He was cute, smart, athletic. And at first he treated me like a princess. Went to museum openings I wanted to see. Theater shows. Got along with my friends.

"But a few months in he changed when we were alone. He started nit-picking things about me. Things I said. How I dressed. My body. He didn't seem to want me as much. And I was young and stupid so I listened to him. I bought different clothes to try to impress him. Lingerie that might entice him. But he still always seemed to find something wrong."

He looked at her with concern as she spoke and when she finished he said, "I would never do that to you. You have to know that. I love you just the way you are. You're perfect."

"I know," she said. "I know.

"But it messed me up. Especially when I found out that he had been sleeping with one of my 'friends' a lot of the time we were together. I just...I felt like nothing. Like I wasn't good enough. For him. For anyone. Like I was probably just a joke to them for ever thinking I was."

She sighed.

"Anyway, I got over it. I worked hard to get back to myself. But those insecurities he bred in me. They're sometimes still there."

He rested his hand on the side of her face, his thumb rubbing her cheek. "Thank you for telling me."

She nodded.

"I don't usually talk about it because he's not worth talking about," she said. "He's not worth giving any more of my time to."

"I love you so much," he whispered.

"I love you, too," she said.

"It hurts sometimes," he murmured.

"What does?" she asked, looking concerned.

"When I think about you. It makes my heart ache."

"Oh," she said smiling slightly. "That kind of pain. Me too."

He pressed his forehead to hers.

She let out a breath and looked at him.

"I would really like it if you wore lingerie for me again," he murmured.

"I will," she said.

"Thank you." He kissed her nose.

"But you have to do a better job of making me feel like you think I'm sexy in it," she said. "Because that's your job as a boyfriend.

"Unless I really look ridiculous for some reason, and then you'll allowed to tell me."

She smiled.

He laughed quietly. "Will do."

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