Hurt/Comfort Exchange Letter 2020
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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
- 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 Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character Forced to Reveal Past Trauma
Character works so hard while mildly ill that it turns severe
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Flashbacks
Fever Dreams
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Panic Attack
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Trust Issues
Character(s) find out about the childhood sexual abuse of other member of requested ship
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)
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character Forced to Reveal Past Trauma
Character works so hard while mildly ill that it turns severe
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Flashbacks
Fever Dreams
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Panic Attack
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Trust Issues
Comforter Has Dubious Motivations
Comforter’s goal is to manipulate comfortee
Non-Consensual Comfort
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
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 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)
Enduring Pain to Protect Another
Bedside Vigils
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
A confession in a desperate situation has to be dealt with afterwards
Dizziness
First kiss after almost dying
Entering a dream/nightmare to help the dreamer
Internalized Homophobia
Sharing a bed while mutually pining
Temporary Character Death - Orpheus and Eurydice
Watch hurt/sick character sleep
Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
Soulbonds/Soul Sharing - being physically far away from partner causes pain
Something made them do it - Getting together in the traumatic aftermath
On the Run with a Sick or Injured Partner
Hurt Character And Comforter Are Mutually Pining And Oblivious About It
Claustrophobia
Both hurt/sick and trying to take care of the other
Staying Up Together after a Nightmare
Optional : Trapped/Injured in a Cave-In
Delirious character asking where a dead character is
Using Humor To Deflect Attention From Emotional Turmoil
Character A is cursed to obey every order; Character B protects them when it goes wrong
Overusing Powers
Forced to relive trauma through psychic attack
Characters forced to fight to the death by a third party
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character A says hurtful things in anger and Character B takes them to heart
Most of the tags could apply to both 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)
Awkward Comforter
Bedside Vigils
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character insists on completing mission despite injuries
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Doing Bad Things So Others Don't Have To
Flashbacks
Forced to accept comfort
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Using only stopgap solutions for pain/trauma until made to stop
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
Characters argue over the best way to comfort hurt character
Optional : Character Reassured They Are Allowed To Rest
Fever Dreams
Panic Attack
Hurt character minimizes how much comfort affects them
Mental Breakdown
Enduring Pain to Protect Another
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
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
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Flashbacks
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Using only stopgap solutions for pain/trauma until made to stop
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs and at the Mercy of Someone They Don't Trust
Comforter’s goal is to manipulate comfortee
Trust Issues
Comforter Has Dubious Motivations
Non-Consensual Comfort
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
Dub/Noncon - Aggressor uses knowledge of victim's kinks against them
Deception
Comforter caused the Hurt
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 post season 1 with the Handler coming back from the dead somehow. 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
Enduring Pain to Protect Another
Bedside Vigils
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character A keeps doing things to make Character B happy even if they don't want to
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
Character doesn't care about their own wellbeing
Character insists on completing mission despite injuries
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Dizziness
First kiss after almost dying
Lovingly Touching Scars
Watch hurt/sick character sleep
Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
Old Injuries Acting Up
Hurting Someone to Save them
Forced to watch the other undertaking a dangerous task
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character A pretends not to care about character B so enemies won't hurt B to get to A
Both hurt/sick and trying to take care of the other
Optional : Delirious character asking where a dead character is
A's seriously injured on mission; B's ordered to leave A and proceed with the mission but disobeys
character a convincing character b that they're allowed to feel hurt/traumatised/angry/cry
Staying Up Together after a Nightmare
On the Run with a Sick or Injured Partner
Carrying
Blood Loss
I'll guard you while you sleep
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Nonverbal Comfort
New shiny ship! A lot 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
- 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 Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character Forced to Reveal Past Trauma
Character works so hard while mildly ill that it turns severe
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Flashbacks
Fever Dreams
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Panic Attack
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Trust Issues
Character(s) find out about the childhood sexual abuse of other member of requested ship
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)
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character Forced to Reveal Past Trauma
Character works so hard while mildly ill that it turns severe
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Flashbacks
Fever Dreams
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Panic Attack
Character is reluctant to eat because they are exhausted/in pain
Trust Issues
Comforter Has Dubious Motivations
Comforter’s goal is to manipulate comfortee
Non-Consensual Comfort
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
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 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)
Enduring Pain to Protect Another
Bedside Vigils
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
A confession in a desperate situation has to be dealt with afterwards
Dizziness
First kiss after almost dying
Entering a dream/nightmare to help the dreamer
Internalized Homophobia
Sharing a bed while mutually pining
Temporary Character Death - Orpheus and Eurydice
Watch hurt/sick character sleep
Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
Soulbonds/Soul Sharing - being physically far away from partner causes pain
Something made them do it - Getting together in the traumatic aftermath
On the Run with a Sick or Injured Partner
Hurt Character And Comforter Are Mutually Pining And Oblivious About It
Claustrophobia
Both hurt/sick and trying to take care of the other
Staying Up Together after a Nightmare
Optional : Trapped/Injured in a Cave-In
Delirious character asking where a dead character is
Using Humor To Deflect Attention From Emotional Turmoil
Character A is cursed to obey every order; Character B protects them when it goes wrong
Overusing Powers
Forced to relive trauma through psychic attack
Characters forced to fight to the death by a third party
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character A says hurtful things in anger and Character B takes them to heart
Most of the tags could apply to both 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)
Awkward Comforter
Bedside Vigils
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character insists on completing mission despite injuries
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Doing Bad Things So Others Don't Have To
Flashbacks
Forced to accept comfort
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Using only stopgap solutions for pain/trauma until made to stop
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
Characters argue over the best way to comfort hurt character
Optional : Character Reassured They Are Allowed To Rest
Fever Dreams
Panic Attack
Hurt character minimizes how much comfort affects them
Mental Breakdown
Enduring Pain to Protect Another
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
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
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Collapsing from exhaustion
Dealing with PTSD
Dissociation
Dizziness
Flashbacks
Hallucinations
Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation
Using only stopgap solutions for pain/trauma until made to stop
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs and at the Mercy of Someone They Don't Trust
Comforter’s goal is to manipulate comfortee
Trust Issues
Comforter Has Dubious Motivations
Non-Consensual Comfort
Hurting Oneself to Win/Complete the Mission
Dub/Noncon - Aggressor uses knowledge of victim's kinks against them
Deception
Comforter caused the Hurt
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 post season 1 with the Handler coming back from the dead somehow. 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
Enduring Pain to Protect Another
Bedside Vigils
Catching Hurt Character as They Collapse
Character A keeps doing things to make Character B happy even if they don't want to
Character being protected isn't used to being cared about
Character doesn't care about their own wellbeing
Character insists on completing mission despite injuries
Character doesn't realize how badly they're hurt until they collapse
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Dizziness
First kiss after almost dying
Lovingly Touching Scars
Watch hurt/sick character sleep
Treatment Of Injury Leads To Inconvenient Arousal In Injured Party
Old Injuries Acting Up
Hurting Someone to Save them
Forced to watch the other undertaking a dangerous task
Circumstances make it impossible to stop immediately to treat injury
Character A pretends not to care about character B so enemies won't hurt B to get to A
Both hurt/sick and trying to take care of the other
Optional : Delirious character asking where a dead character is
A's seriously injured on mission; B's ordered to leave A and proceed with the mission but disobeys
character a convincing character b that they're allowed to feel hurt/traumatised/angry/cry
Staying Up Together after a Nightmare
On the Run with a Sick or Injured Partner
Carrying
Blood Loss
I'll guard you while you sleep
Character pushes themself too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
Nonverbal Comfort
New shiny ship! A lot 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. :)
