Hurt/comfort exchange letter 2021
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chiiyo86Dear Hurt/Comfort exchange writer,
Thanks for writing for me! I’ll start with general likes and DNW, then move on to the specific fandoms/relationships. The tags mostly work as prompts as they are, but I'll blabber a bit about what I like about those characters/relationships and add in a few more story ideas. If none of the prompts inspire you, don't worry about it, you can make free use of my general likes and the tags - the prompts are just there to give you some ideas to work with. Some of them are fic ideas that would fit a longer fic, but of course a scene or two from that idea is absolutely fine. :)
General likes:
- canon divergence AUs
- worldbuilding
- sibling relationships
- complicated family dynamics
- subtle gestures of love from closed-off characters
- characters teasing each other/banter
- characters being good at what they do
- characters being bad at communicating/at figuring out their own feelings
- trust issues: a character having trust issues, working through them, shows of trust
- bed sharing (gen or shippy)
- forced intimacy (gen or shippy)
- sleep deprivation, exhaustion
- nightmares/dreams getting confused with reality (especially magically/supernaturally induced)
- PTSD symptoms, character being helped through panic attack/PTSD symptoms
- characters having to get out of a difficult situation while hurt/sick, characters demonstrating their resilience as they keep going/fighting even though they're at the end of their rope
- partial amnesia (either repression or supernaturally induced amnesia), dealing with memories of past events/traumas coming up to the surface, dealing with the consequences of past events/traumas
- characters hiding their injuries (with eventual h/c)
- characters being ruthless because they think they need to be
- murder mysteries/casefic
- eerie atmospheres, spooky settings, quiet little towns that aren't so quiet, places that are inherently "bad"
- outsider's POV
Shippy likes:
- UST that comes through little details/innocuous moments
- UST-filled sparring
- unexpected arousal
- pining (especially if the pining character is resigned to not getting what they want)
- slow burn romance
- kissing: tender kissing, passionate kissing, desperate kissing, rough kissing
- touching wrists, faces, the nape of the neck
- clothed sex
- non-penetrative sex
- wall sex
- guilty masturbation paired with pining
- first-time sex, figuring out each other sexually, messy/clumsy but still intense sex.
DNW:
- A/B/O
- mpreg
- graphic torture
- body horror
- graphic non-con (rape as backstory is fine)
- unrequested dubcon (see my prompts)
- extreme underage (under 13)
- incest
- cheating (but I'm absolutely fine with poly)
- marriage with kids kind of future fic
- unrequested setting change AUs
- porn without plot (what I mean by that: I'm okay with fic that has smut, but I need some build-up, character interactions, and/or plot element to go with it)
- unrequested ships (mentions of canon ships are fine)
- possessive jealousy described as romantic
- major non-canonical character death (dealing with canonical character death is fine)
- character/ship bashing
- amnesia where the character never recovers their memories
- permanent injury/permanent captivity/character being permanently broken. You can make the character go through hell in the fic, but at least the indication that the character will get better/can get out of the bad situation.
- extreme woobiefication where the character becomes just a recipient for the hurt and ends up unrecognizable from their canon selves (the character should always keep some agency in the story).
Kuroshitsuji:
Ciel is my favorite character in the manga and one of my favorite characters ever. If you need to name him by his "real" name I find that "Astre" is the fanon name that makes the most sense in the ones I've seen suggested. I'm NOT a fan of headcanons where real Ciel is evil/manipulative before coming back to life (he can be as fucked up as you want post resurrection).
Elizabeth Midford/Ciel Phantomhive (hurt Ciel)
Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
character being extremly tired/exhausted
Character feels so bad they have to sit down on the floor/ground
Character has nightmare about their trauma
Character is ashamed of needing help/comfort
Character is Exhausted From Overwork
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Dealing with childhood trauma
concealing illness/injury at formal social event
Confessing Childhood Abuse to Current Love Interest
Consensual Sex Causes Flashbacks To Previous Trauma
Dizziness
Dissociating During Sex
drinking poison to protect someone
Fever
Insomnia and/or Sleep Deprivation
Must be coaxed through a panic attack in order to get through ordeal
Panic Attacks
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Sick character admits to/can't hide signs of past trauma
The contrast between Elizabeth being a sweetheart as well as a sword-wielding badass and Ciel being a weakling but also a ruthless chess master with a traumatic past is all the appeal of this ship. Give me all the Elizabeth protecting Ciel, but without losing Ciel's resilience and ruthlessness. I'd love for Elizabeth to get involved in Ciel's job as the Queen's watchdog, or for them to start exploring a romantic and sexual relationship, or dealing with the impact of the twin switcheroo reveal, or Elizabeth finding out about what happened when the twins were prisoners from the cult - or all of those at the same time!
Ciel Phantomhive & Real Ciel Phantomhive (hurt Ciel)
Blood Loss
character being extremly tired/exhausted
Character has nightmare about their trauma
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Comforter exploits the hurt character's vulnerability
Comforted by the person who hurt them
Complicated Grief
Concussions
Deception
Dizziness
Emotional Manipulation
Fever
Insomnia and/or Sleep Deprivation
Made to relive worst memory/experience
Must be coaxed through a panic attack in order to get through ordeal
non-consensual drugging
Nightmares
Panic Attacks
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Character doesn’t trust comforter’s motives
The messed-up counterpart of my other relationship request! I want all the aftermath to Real Ciel coming back "from the dead" (sort of). Ciel having conflicted feelings about his twin, between the longing for the little boy that Real Ciel was and the horror of what his brother has become, guilt from what happened to him and for stealing his identity, but also a ferocious desire to protect what he's built up as Ciel Phantomhive. Real Ciel acting out a sick parody of the relationship they had as boys, trying to force Ciel into the role of the sick one again and Ciel fighting against it (on that note, I don't feel that Real Ciel was taking advantage of his brother when they were kids or drawing some sick satisfaction from his brother being ill, though I believe he might have resented it sometimes; to me, the flashbacks only showed a boy sincerely concerned for his brother and wanting to take care of him; that being said, now that he's back as a puppet it looks like it's a completely different matter).
Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms: Nico Di Angelo/Percy Jackson (hurt Nico), Nico Di Angelo/Percy Jackson (hurt Percy), Nico Di Angelo/Percy Jackson (both hurt)
Abandonment Issues
accepting injury to protect someone
the aftermath of a fuck-or-die scenario
Being bathed while mutually pining
BAMF character A is hurt and is still a BAMF; character B provides comfort anyway
Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
Character A can not be rescued from their situation so Character B helps them endure it
Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
Character A made to live through/experience B's worst memory
Character A realizes their love for character B when B is hurt/sick
Character forced into magic binding ritual
Comforting character is in denial about attraction to other character
entering dream/nightmare to help the dreamer
A has conflicting feelings while B tenderly treats their injuries
Internalized Homophobia
Made to relive worst memory/experience
Pining A saves B's life at great cost to themself then hides it from them
Sharing a bed with hurt character while mutually pining
Waking up from nightmares while sharing a bed
Optional :
after much pining & almost dying A (bloody & bruised) comes straight to B & kisses them in public
Blood Loss
Buried Alive
Curses & Spells - Character A remembers everything except B
Character doesn't realize they've been injured
Most of the tags could apply to both/either characters, but I'd prefer the "Internalized Homophobia" one to be used for Nico. There's so much opportunity with this ship for Greek mythology fucked-upness, canon trauma to deal with (remember how both Nico and Percy have been to Tartarus, hmm? what about Bianca's death?), and excuses for angst and pining at various points in canon. Nico pining for Percy is canon and of course always delicious, but I'm open to some pining!Percy too! If you want to set the fic after Heroes of Olympus, you can either ignore Nico’s confession at the end (and his declaration that he’s over Percy), or you can work with it. If you choose the latter, this is a good opportunity to work in some pining Percy! Like, maybe Nico’s confession suddenly makes Percy look at him in a new light and Percy realizes that Nico grew up hot but oh noes! Nico is now over him and maybe dating Will (you can also choose to never have Nico dating Will at all). If Percy is still dating Annabeth and you choose to go with eventually requited Percy/Nico, Percy and Annabeth can either break up or work out a poly arrangement with each other, but in case of Will/Nico I would prefer Will and Nico to break up if Nico gets with Percy.
For more inspiration, you can find in a letter for another exchange some additional prompts which are not necessarily hurt/comfort specific. They are absolutely not binding: letter
The Umbrella Academy
Allison & Ben & Diego & Klaus & Luther & Five & Vanya (hurt Five)
Aftermath of Torture - Character trying to hold it together is clearly low-key fraying at the edges
Altered States - Hallucinations
Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others
Awkward Comforter
BAMF character A is hurt and is still a BAMF; character B provides comfort anyway
Bedside Vigils
Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
character being extremly tired/exhausted
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Character insists on completing mission despite injuries
Dizziness
drinking poison to protect someone
Family Feels - Fraught Sibling Relationship
getting stabbed to protect someone
hurt character still being the protective one
I'll do the traumatic thing because I'm used to it
Insomnia and/or Sleep Deprivation
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Character finally gets a hug
Optional :
Accidental Time Travel
Blood Loss
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Mental Breakdown
Accidentally revealing trauma
Character feels so bad they have to sit down on the floor/ground
Character doesn't realize they've been injured
Hurt character is used to having to tend to their own wounds
attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendable
Character doesn't care about their own wellbeing
Dysfunctional families are my jam and this show delivered plenty on that front. Five is my favorite - I love the contrast between him having the mind of a crochety old man but the body of a thirteen-year-old boy, I love his resilience, his stubborness, his intelligence, his smug belief that he knows better than everyone else, his deep-rooted love for his family that he incapable of expressing - and of course the canon hints strongly at his mental instability as the result of prolonged isolation, which is fun too (to me). We already know that he has a shaky relationship with reality, so you can play with that! And with his siblings as comforters, there are a lot of opportunities for underlining both the love and the dysfunction they share, and have some nicely awkward comforting.
Number Five/The Handler (hurt Five)
Altered States - Hallucinations
Accidental Time Travel
Buried Alive
Comforter exploits the hurt character's vulnerability
Comforted By An Enemy
Comforted by the person who hurt them
Concussions
Deception
Dizziness
Fever
Made to relive worst memory/experience
Mental Breakdown
non-consensual drugging
drinking poison to protect someone
getting stabbed to protect someone
Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs and at the Mercy of Someone They Don't Trust
I ship them as a hateship, so I'm not interested in ship fic where they develop genuine romantic feelings for each other (as you can probably tell from the tags). It can take place pre-canon, when Five is working for the Commission, or when Five briefly comes back during season 1, or during season 2 when the Handler and Five are working out yet another deal. The Handler seemed really invested in keeping Five under her thumb, so you have to wonder how far she would be willing to go for that...
I also feel like the Handler would have no moral qualms about sex with Five in his underage body, so you can go as far as you're comfortable with in this set-up.
My Country: the New Age
Nam Seon Ho/Seo Hwi (hurt Seon Ho), Nam Seon Ho/Seo Hwi (hurt Hwi), Nam Seon Ho/Seo Hwi (both hurt)
accepting injury to protect someone
Aftermath of Torture - Debrief with higher authorities while still suffering effects of torture
Angry Broken Outbursts Resulting in Desperate Embraces
Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
Character A realizes their love for character B when B is hurt/sick
Character A says hurtful things in anger and Character B takes them to heart
Character realizes the things they've done to protect loved one have put loved one in more danger
Characters who hurt each other but want to fix it
Delirious hurt character & comforter are hiding their relationship from other people present
Forced to hurt someone
A has conflicting feelings while B tenderly treats their injuries
Hurt/Comfort While Undercover
I'll do the traumatic thing because I'm used to it
imprisoned together but not close enough to touch
patching up each other's wounds
Protectiveness - Character A guards character B while B is injured
Pretending to Betray Someone to Save them
Reconciliation while Trapped and Injured
Refusing to Leave Other Character's Side
Optional :
A and B mourn death of person they both loved
Huddling For Warmth
Blood Loss
Battle as Comfort
Hurt in the wilderness
A and B have a troubled past; forced to work together
Character doesn't realize they've been injured
having to hide while injured
Character A Indirectly Responsible For Character B's Injuries
Character A claims they're Character B to save B from danger
Some of the tags are things that happen in canon, but they are delicious so please feel free to give me more of the thing! There are many places where you can set your fic - an AU for the ending where Seon Ho and Hwi somehow don't die is an obvious one, but there other potential AUs. What if Seon Ho and Hwi had been able to make up in Liadong? What if Hwi and Yeon had managed to escape and Seon Ho had come with them? I'm also interested in that four-year period during which they worked together in an uneasy alliance, carrying Nam Jeon's plans while both were plotting to try and get away from under Nam Jeon's thumb - were they really able to always act indifferent toward each other? Was there never an occasion where they slipped and the affection they both still felt showed? It could be an AU where they reconcile earlier, or a canon compliant fic where they return to the status quo afterward. The main thing I care about is for them to be as intensely tangled with each other as they are in canon. :)
Thanks for writing for me! I’ll start with general likes and DNW, then move on to the specific fandoms/relationships. The tags mostly work as prompts as they are, but I'll blabber a bit about what I like about those characters/relationships and add in a few more story ideas. If none of the prompts inspire you, don't worry about it, you can make free use of my general likes and the tags - the prompts are just there to give you some ideas to work with. Some of them are fic ideas that would fit a longer fic, but of course a scene or two from that idea is absolutely fine. :)
General likes:
- canon divergence AUs
- worldbuilding
- sibling relationships
- complicated family dynamics
- subtle gestures of love from closed-off characters
- characters teasing each other/banter
- characters being good at what they do
- characters being bad at communicating/at figuring out their own feelings
- trust issues: a character having trust issues, working through them, shows of trust
- bed sharing (gen or shippy)
- forced intimacy (gen or shippy)
- sleep deprivation, exhaustion
- nightmares/dreams getting confused with reality (especially magically/supernaturally induced)
- PTSD symptoms, character being helped through panic attack/PTSD symptoms
- characters having to get out of a difficult situation while hurt/sick, characters demonstrating their resilience as they keep going/fighting even though they're at the end of their rope
- partial amnesia (either repression or supernaturally induced amnesia), dealing with memories of past events/traumas coming up to the surface, dealing with the consequences of past events/traumas
- characters hiding their injuries (with eventual h/c)
- characters being ruthless because they think they need to be
- murder mysteries/casefic
- eerie atmospheres, spooky settings, quiet little towns that aren't so quiet, places that are inherently "bad"
- outsider's POV
Shippy likes:
- UST that comes through little details/innocuous moments
- UST-filled sparring
- unexpected arousal
- pining (especially if the pining character is resigned to not getting what they want)
- slow burn romance
- kissing: tender kissing, passionate kissing, desperate kissing, rough kissing
- touching wrists, faces, the nape of the neck
- clothed sex
- non-penetrative sex
- wall sex
- guilty masturbation paired with pining
- first-time sex, figuring out each other sexually, messy/clumsy but still intense sex.
DNW:
- A/B/O
- mpreg
- graphic torture
- body horror
- graphic non-con (rape as backstory is fine)
- unrequested dubcon (see my prompts)
- extreme underage (under 13)
- incest
- cheating (but I'm absolutely fine with poly)
- marriage with kids kind of future fic
- unrequested setting change AUs
- porn without plot (what I mean by that: I'm okay with fic that has smut, but I need some build-up, character interactions, and/or plot element to go with it)
- unrequested ships (mentions of canon ships are fine)
- possessive jealousy described as romantic
- major non-canonical character death (dealing with canonical character death is fine)
- character/ship bashing
- amnesia where the character never recovers their memories
- permanent injury/permanent captivity/character being permanently broken. You can make the character go through hell in the fic, but at least the indication that the character will get better/can get out of the bad situation.
- extreme woobiefication where the character becomes just a recipient for the hurt and ends up unrecognizable from their canon selves (the character should always keep some agency in the story).
Kuroshitsuji:
Ciel is my favorite character in the manga and one of my favorite characters ever. If you need to name him by his "real" name I find that "Astre" is the fanon name that makes the most sense in the ones I've seen suggested. I'm NOT a fan of headcanons where real Ciel is evil/manipulative before coming back to life (he can be as fucked up as you want post resurrection).
Elizabeth Midford/Ciel Phantomhive (hurt Ciel)
Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
character being extremly tired/exhausted
Character feels so bad they have to sit down on the floor/ground
Character has nightmare about their trauma
Character is ashamed of needing help/comfort
Character is Exhausted From Overwork
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Dealing with childhood trauma
concealing illness/injury at formal social event
Confessing Childhood Abuse to Current Love Interest
Consensual Sex Causes Flashbacks To Previous Trauma
Dizziness
Dissociating During Sex
drinking poison to protect someone
Fever
Insomnia and/or Sleep Deprivation
Must be coaxed through a panic attack in order to get through ordeal
Panic Attacks
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Sick character admits to/can't hide signs of past trauma
The contrast between Elizabeth being a sweetheart as well as a sword-wielding badass and Ciel being a weakling but also a ruthless chess master with a traumatic past is all the appeal of this ship. Give me all the Elizabeth protecting Ciel, but without losing Ciel's resilience and ruthlessness. I'd love for Elizabeth to get involved in Ciel's job as the Queen's watchdog, or for them to start exploring a romantic and sexual relationship, or dealing with the impact of the twin switcheroo reveal, or Elizabeth finding out about what happened when the twins were prisoners from the cult - or all of those at the same time!
Ciel Phantomhive & Real Ciel Phantomhive (hurt Ciel)
Blood Loss
character being extremly tired/exhausted
Character has nightmare about their trauma
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Comforter exploits the hurt character's vulnerability
Comforted by the person who hurt them
Complicated Grief
Concussions
Deception
Dizziness
Emotional Manipulation
Fever
Insomnia and/or Sleep Deprivation
Made to relive worst memory/experience
Must be coaxed through a panic attack in order to get through ordeal
non-consensual drugging
Nightmares
Panic Attacks
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Character doesn’t trust comforter’s motives
The messed-up counterpart of my other relationship request! I want all the aftermath to Real Ciel coming back "from the dead" (sort of). Ciel having conflicted feelings about his twin, between the longing for the little boy that Real Ciel was and the horror of what his brother has become, guilt from what happened to him and for stealing his identity, but also a ferocious desire to protect what he's built up as Ciel Phantomhive. Real Ciel acting out a sick parody of the relationship they had as boys, trying to force Ciel into the role of the sick one again and Ciel fighting against it (on that note, I don't feel that Real Ciel was taking advantage of his brother when they were kids or drawing some sick satisfaction from his brother being ill, though I believe he might have resented it sometimes; to me, the flashbacks only showed a boy sincerely concerned for his brother and wanting to take care of him; that being said, now that he's back as a puppet it looks like it's a completely different matter).
Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms: Nico Di Angelo/Percy Jackson (hurt Nico), Nico Di Angelo/Percy Jackson (hurt Percy), Nico Di Angelo/Percy Jackson (both hurt)
Abandonment Issues
accepting injury to protect someone
the aftermath of a fuck-or-die scenario
Being bathed while mutually pining
BAMF character A is hurt and is still a BAMF; character B provides comfort anyway
Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
Character A can not be rescued from their situation so Character B helps them endure it
Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
Character A made to live through/experience B's worst memory
Character A realizes their love for character B when B is hurt/sick
Character forced into magic binding ritual
Comforting character is in denial about attraction to other character
entering dream/nightmare to help the dreamer
A has conflicting feelings while B tenderly treats their injuries
Internalized Homophobia
Made to relive worst memory/experience
Pining A saves B's life at great cost to themself then hides it from them
Sharing a bed with hurt character while mutually pining
Waking up from nightmares while sharing a bed
Optional :
after much pining & almost dying A (bloody & bruised) comes straight to B & kisses them in public
Blood Loss
Buried Alive
Curses & Spells - Character A remembers everything except B
Character doesn't realize they've been injured
Most of the tags could apply to both/either characters, but I'd prefer the "Internalized Homophobia" one to be used for Nico. There's so much opportunity with this ship for Greek mythology fucked-upness, canon trauma to deal with (remember how both Nico and Percy have been to Tartarus, hmm? what about Bianca's death?), and excuses for angst and pining at various points in canon. Nico pining for Percy is canon and of course always delicious, but I'm open to some pining!Percy too! If you want to set the fic after Heroes of Olympus, you can either ignore Nico’s confession at the end (and his declaration that he’s over Percy), or you can work with it. If you choose the latter, this is a good opportunity to work in some pining Percy! Like, maybe Nico’s confession suddenly makes Percy look at him in a new light and Percy realizes that Nico grew up hot but oh noes! Nico is now over him and maybe dating Will (you can also choose to never have Nico dating Will at all). If Percy is still dating Annabeth and you choose to go with eventually requited Percy/Nico, Percy and Annabeth can either break up or work out a poly arrangement with each other, but in case of Will/Nico I would prefer Will and Nico to break up if Nico gets with Percy.
For more inspiration, you can find in a letter for another exchange some additional prompts which are not necessarily hurt/comfort specific. They are absolutely not binding: letter
The Umbrella Academy
Allison & Ben & Diego & Klaus & Luther & Five & Vanya (hurt Five)
Aftermath of Torture - Character trying to hold it together is clearly low-key fraying at the edges
Altered States - Hallucinations
Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others
Awkward Comforter
BAMF character A is hurt and is still a BAMF; character B provides comfort anyway
Bedside Vigils
Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
character being extremly tired/exhausted
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Character insists on completing mission despite injuries
Dizziness
drinking poison to protect someone
Family Feels - Fraught Sibling Relationship
getting stabbed to protect someone
hurt character still being the protective one
I'll do the traumatic thing because I'm used to it
Insomnia and/or Sleep Deprivation
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
Character finally gets a hug
Optional :
Accidental Time Travel
Blood Loss
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Mental Breakdown
Accidentally revealing trauma
Character feels so bad they have to sit down on the floor/ground
Character doesn't realize they've been injured
Hurt character is used to having to tend to their own wounds
attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendable
Character doesn't care about their own wellbeing
Dysfunctional families are my jam and this show delivered plenty on that front. Five is my favorite - I love the contrast between him having the mind of a crochety old man but the body of a thirteen-year-old boy, I love his resilience, his stubborness, his intelligence, his smug belief that he knows better than everyone else, his deep-rooted love for his family that he incapable of expressing - and of course the canon hints strongly at his mental instability as the result of prolonged isolation, which is fun too (to me). We already know that he has a shaky relationship with reality, so you can play with that! And with his siblings as comforters, there are a lot of opportunities for underlining both the love and the dysfunction they share, and have some nicely awkward comforting.
Number Five/The Handler (hurt Five)
Altered States - Hallucinations
Accidental Time Travel
Buried Alive
Comforter exploits the hurt character's vulnerability
Comforted By An Enemy
Comforted by the person who hurt them
Concussions
Deception
Dizziness
Fever
Made to relive worst memory/experience
Mental Breakdown
non-consensual drugging
drinking poison to protect someone
getting stabbed to protect someone
Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs and at the Mercy of Someone They Don't Trust
I ship them as a hateship, so I'm not interested in ship fic where they develop genuine romantic feelings for each other (as you can probably tell from the tags). It can take place pre-canon, when Five is working for the Commission, or when Five briefly comes back during season 1, or during season 2 when the Handler and Five are working out yet another deal. The Handler seemed really invested in keeping Five under her thumb, so you have to wonder how far she would be willing to go for that...
I also feel like the Handler would have no moral qualms about sex with Five in his underage body, so you can go as far as you're comfortable with in this set-up.
My Country: the New Age
Nam Seon Ho/Seo Hwi (hurt Seon Ho), Nam Seon Ho/Seo Hwi (hurt Hwi), Nam Seon Ho/Seo Hwi (both hurt)
accepting injury to protect someone
Aftermath of Torture - Debrief with higher authorities while still suffering effects of torture
Angry Broken Outbursts Resulting in Desperate Embraces
Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
Character A realizes their love for character B when B is hurt/sick
Character A says hurtful things in anger and Character B takes them to heart
Character realizes the things they've done to protect loved one have put loved one in more danger
Characters who hurt each other but want to fix it
Delirious hurt character & comforter are hiding their relationship from other people present
Forced to hurt someone
A has conflicting feelings while B tenderly treats their injuries
Hurt/Comfort While Undercover
I'll do the traumatic thing because I'm used to it
imprisoned together but not close enough to touch
patching up each other's wounds
Protectiveness - Character A guards character B while B is injured
Pretending to Betray Someone to Save them
Reconciliation while Trapped and Injured
Refusing to Leave Other Character's Side
Optional :
A and B mourn death of person they both loved
Huddling For Warmth
Blood Loss
Battle as Comfort
Hurt in the wilderness
A and B have a troubled past; forced to work together
Character doesn't realize they've been injured
having to hide while injured
Character A Indirectly Responsible For Character B's Injuries
Character A claims they're Character B to save B from danger
Some of the tags are things that happen in canon, but they are delicious so please feel free to give me more of the thing! There are many places where you can set your fic - an AU for the ending where Seon Ho and Hwi somehow don't die is an obvious one, but there other potential AUs. What if Seon Ho and Hwi had been able to make up in Liadong? What if Hwi and Yeon had managed to escape and Seon Ho had come with them? I'm also interested in that four-year period during which they worked together in an uneasy alliance, carrying Nam Jeon's plans while both were plotting to try and get away from under Nam Jeon's thumb - were they really able to always act indifferent toward each other? Was there never an occasion where they slipped and the affection they both still felt showed? It could be an AU where they reconcile earlier, or a canon compliant fic where they return to the status quo afterward. The main thing I care about is for them to be as intensely tangled with each other as they are in canon. :)
