bakerstreet | I'm hurt.

I'm hurt.

Florence Nightingale Effect Meme

1. Previously aloof tough character gets injured, lets the love interest treat their injuries, and reveals a newfound trust and intimacy. This might or might not involve the tough person making that hissing sound when the love interest touches their injured face, but not quite pulling away...

2. The love interest gets injured, and the tough character treats them and suddenly reveals a tender side.

It's an old trope, admittedly, but an understandable one. You're hurt - physically or emotionally - and perhaps even on the brink of death. And then, out of the blue, someone saves you and brings you back. They heal you, they feed you, cloth you, wash you. In the human mind, the intimacies can bring up warm feelings, even in the hardest of hearts. Will you fight them or let them grow? And what about when it's time to leave? You may not feel like leaving your angel...

HOW TO PLAY
1. Comment with your character and preferences. Mention if you'd prefer to play the healer or the healed - or both, for greatest versatility!
2. Reply to others.

NOT EXACTLY PROMPTS, BUT IDEAS

- The finding and saving
- The hurt/comfort care process, I.E. cleaning wounds, bathing, wrapping bandages, etc.
- Feeding, finding clothes, etc.
- Mother hen behavior ("you're still hurt, don't do that!")
- Comforting from trauma
- Unwilling patient
- Pulling away, trying to be all aloof
- Realization of growing emotions
- Denial
- Attempts to instigate something more
- Jealousy at seeing your savior with someone else
- Confessions
- Mutual attraction
- First (accidental or no) kiss
- Obligatory sex scene option
- Make your own scene

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[ a drafted russian medic in ww1. def looking more for the slowburn or unrequited angle, as he's working through quite a lot at the moment, and would prefer to play him in the role of healer. also game for gen! ]

Edited 2023-03-25 23:55 (UTC)

( hurt/comfort, protective sam? info in the places! )

[this dumbass gets banged up a lot.]

( She's definitely doing the patching up for any physical injuries. But she could just as easily receive emotional comfort of some kind from the more gruff/aloof character. )

[She's a terrible patient.]

[[Could be either- he technically has medical knowledge- but it's a little more likely that he's the one being treated.]]

[ Considering everything...probably the one getting patched up. ]

[Probably the hurt one]

It could...be worse.

[The joke was meant to lighten the mood but of course it would have worked better if he hadn't choked on his own blood in the middle of the sentence and had to cough it up before finishing. It hurt like hell. It hurt like hell and he couldn't believe that he was still alive.

Was he still alive? Maybe he couldn't tell the difference because he had died in hell and once he died he just ended up back in the same place.

Except Harrington was here. He thought maybe he'd heard Dustin a little earlier but it was all kind of a blur. He hoped to high heaven that neither of them were in hell with him. That they had all made it out alive and kicking Vecna's ass.

He took in another shaky breath and tried to smile at Steve.]

I mean, right? It could be worse. [a beat] Hey. What do you think of scars, eh?

( This isn't supposed to be how it goes, but Steve has to admit it was bound to happen sooner or later. Each time the Upside Down came knocking on the door, things got worse and worse, and more and more people got injured or didn't make it. It's a fucking miracle Steve is still standing with how many close calls he's had.

But when he ran into the clearing with Dustin crying over Eddie, Steve felt himself go completely numb. It had been like every single interaction he had with Eddie over the past week, from the boathouse to now, replayed in his head. He barely heard Nancy and Robin urging him to run for the portal, but there was no way in hell he was going to run out of here without Eddie.

Which was why he picked Eddie up, hurled him over his shoulders in a fireman's carry and made a break for the portal, barely registering the way his own wounds felt like they had reopened and were soaking the makeshift bandages. But the fact is, they managed to get to the other side, and somehow Eddie hasn't died despite all of his injuries.

Then it was just a matter of getting Eddie to his house. )

Hey, man, don't try to talk or move, yeah? Help is coming.

( He manages a pained smile, trying to disguise the fear he knows must be clear as day. We should get him to a hospital, Robin had said, but Steve knows the moment they walk through the doors Eddie is going to be ripped from his hands.

No, he's not letting Eddie help save Hawkins and then take the fall for it. Their only hope now rests in Nancy being able to smuggle some medical supplies while at the hospital to visit Max. )

I think we're both gonna have scars after this, though. ( He shakes his head. ) I told you not to be a hero, man.

[He wanted to laugh and say something smart like 'I couldn't even if I wanted, man' but it hurt too much to laugh so when his muscles started moving he winced and quieted immediately instead. He fell silent for a moment and simply concentrated on breathing.

A few seconds after the fact Steve's next few sentences sunk in. He couldn't help himself and this time replied with a weary smile.]

Yeah, well, when I thought of you getting [hurt because the ruse hadn't lasted long enough] all the glory... I couldn't help myself. I suddenly realized I didn't want to [see any of you die because he had failed] be left behind.

[He took a deep breath and tried to exhale all at once without choking. He wasn't entirely successful.]

No more running... [He said softly, almost inaudibly. He couldn't stand the thought of it. Not after what happened to Chrissy... never again.]

( Steve isn't that stupid. The kids might give him shit for it, because he's not a nerd in the way that they are, but he is people smart. He had to be in order to climb the social ranks. So he knows that Eddie isn't being completely honest with him, but now is not the time to press him for the truth.

Besides, Eddie is safe, at least for the time being. He's safe, and now Steve is going to take care of him, make sure he heals, because it's the least he can do for someone who risked his life for a town that would rather string him up as a martyr. )

Asshole, ( he says instead, though there's no bite to it. The tears in Steve's eyes are enough to show that he really means what he's about to say as he hesitantly reaches a hand to take Eddie's. ) You really scared the shit out of all of us. Please...don't do that again.

( And then, a roll of his eyes, as he averts his gaze, knows that if Eddie looked into his eyes while he says this, he'll see right through him. ) For Dustin's sake, man. That kid's been beside himself this whole time.

[It hurts to laugh but a small bit escapes him this time anyway. It was the way Steve said 'asshole' to him. Like, he deserved the name but coming from Steve it just didn't sound sincere. Which was amusing.]

Can't make any promises.

[He said lamely. Reputation aside, he didn't want to make himself a lair one day. He was quiet for a moment after that. Debating on whether to call Steve out or not. The guy was clearly torn up over all this. Wasn't that an interesting surprise.

It was probably just human simply, Eddie. Don't read into it, dumbass.]

Yeah, for Dustin's sake, let's hope this never happens again.

( There's a knot in Steve's throat as he swallows, and he has to look away because he knows if he looks in Eddie's eyes, even in his current state the other man's going to see right through him. It's a terrible sense of irony that he feels when he considers that just a couple of days ago the very thought of hanging out with Eddie grated his nerves, and now that he's almost lost him?

He doesn't know what it is that he feels now, but he knows it's not the casual feeling of "I'll put up with his presence for Dustin's sake." )

You're gonna give me grey hairs, man.

( Steve's laugh is wet as he wipes away tears with the back of his hand. Eddie's alive, he has to keep reminding himself, even though he remembers vividly the panic he felt trying to keep pressure on Eddie's wounds while they carried him back, and managed to get him into Nancy's car to shuttle him back to Steve's. )

You, uh. You need anything? Like water or painkillers? We've got you bandaged up as much as we could, Nance is out making a supply run for better bandages as we speak.

( probably the hurt one, let's be real here )

( could go either way, though leaning towards the injured )

She hadn't expected the sudden influx of wounded. She really should considering the current situation on the land. But now she went to the next patient on the bed with her dwindling supplies, a basin of water and washcloth in her arm.

"How are you feeling, sir?" The man was a typical warrior/fighter type. She wasn't afraid in the least.

[Preference for him to be the one in need of healing!]

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