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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[One day, a year or so after the rooftop fall of Mister Sherlock Holmes, a man with a torn open arm is ushered into the waiting room at John's surgery. He has a handkerchief keeping the wound mostly clothed, but blood is still seeping through.

The similarity between him and the still-vanished Sherlock Holmes might be enough of a shock that they'll both need medical attention.]

[When John was told there was a patient with a severe injury to the arm, he went to scrub up. When he entered the room, what he saw was entirely unexpected.

For a second he just stares at the man's face. My God, the resemblance was incredible. He bigger, though, with far more muscle than his elegantly slender friend, but that face couldn't be ignored.

When the nurse spoke his name, John snapped out of it and approached.]

What happened here?

[He tried to sound and remain professional as he looked at the wound.]

Sparring accident.

[Harrison intones, and the voice is close, too, only he seems to inhabit a much lower register than Sherlock ever did.]

A clean wound, but a little deep. Shouldn't need more than a few stitches, I'd imagine.

[He has Sherlock's gift for flat, disinterested boredom about the extraordinary, too. His arm is seriously gouged and he isn't batting an eyelash.]

[Yes, it was uncanny.]

You're going to be here awhile. Might as well get comfortable. You can lie back while I work on this.

[The nurse is already bringing over the instruments.]

What's your name?

[It's hard to even ask that question.]

John.

[He turns his head, reading John's ID badge, and gives a half smile.]

Harrison is fine. [Since they share the first sign.] I'm in your capable hands, Doctor Watson.

[It's as simple as observing what's plainly written in front of him, but it's just Holmesian enough to make it all even more eerie.]

Harrison.

[John smiles a little but he knows he must look a bit pale at the same time.]

I'm going to numb the area. It might hurt a bit but then it'll be fine.

[Even if this is a small surgery, Harrison is in capable hands. Another doctor might've suggested Harrison go to a hospital, but John is confident he can deal with this and he doesn't want this man to leave.]

Did you have a run-in with a knife?

Quite unintentionally. I moved my forearm into a jagged bit of metal on a research and design project and succeeded in opening it up.

[He dismisses, intent on letting this one go.]

I've done far worse. This won't bleed much longer.

And you chose to come here?

[Seems like an odd pick. John takes out a syringe with the intent of numbing the area. He'll inject Harrison unless there's a real objection to it.]

We're just a few buildings down.

[He explains, watching the injection without batting so much as an eyelash.

It's convenient, medical attention being so close.

Really? I've never seen you before.

[His eyes linger on the man's face.]

We're fine here nurse.

[The woman nods and leaves the room. Once she's gone, John continues disinfecting the wound.]

Actually, you look like a good friend of mine.

That's funny. I don't hear that very often.

[Their features aren't common ones.]

Our office just set up a few weeks ago.

[John pauses a moment and goes to a drawer where he pulls out a booklet. There are some old newspaper clippings in it. He offers it to Harrison to look while John gets back to work.]

You see? It's uncanny.

I'd almost think you were him.

[There's almost a question in his voice. But it can't be. Can it?]

[He blinks, at the grainy clipping, then up at the man who keep it so close to hand.]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[It is, after all, captioned tellingly.]

[For a moment, John is thrown off guard. He didn't expect that sort of response. Even a year later he still has to insist to some people that he never believed Sherlock was a fraud.]

Thank you.

[He stares down at the wound to avoid eye-contact.]

You're going to need a tetanus shot for this, and a follow-up shot in three days.

[But first he'll stitch the man up properly.]

I've been inoculated before, but not since I was a child. I'm sure I'm due up.

[The most uncomfortable thing might be how he watches John's face, as though he enjoys having him rattled.]

Then we'll take care of it.

[John is indeed rattled, though he tries not to show it. It's been awhile since he's stitched someone up, but he's done it enough as a military doctor to still show great skill when it comes to the task. The stitching is neat and done in no time.]

So, what's this work you mentioned doing?

hurt / comfort

John Watson || BBC Sherlock

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awesome :o

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