The Hurt/Comfort Meme

[winterbolt]

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...

From Bakerstreet

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[showyouthesight]

[Rin waves him off.]

You can keep it for now.

And what you need to be focusing on is getting better. Not all these speculations that keep stressing you out.

[He kneels down by the bed.]

Come on, I'll give you another ride so you don't have to walk on it at all.

[naggysa]

[He seems a little surprised but takes the device back readily, holding it close as Rin moves to kneel by the bed. Nagisa doesn't waste any time getting over there, though it does take him a minute to do so with his foot still hurting as it is.]

I'll try, Rin-chan. If nothing else, maybe this just means I'll get to stay home from school or something, huh?

[It's an attempt to lighten the mood as he carefully climbs onto Rin's back, wrapping his arms around his shoulders.]

[showyouthesight]

You're not supposed to get happy over that!

[He exaggerates his voice to make it sound more aghast than he really feels, his own attempt to play along with Nagisa's game, as he adjusts Nagisa on his back and moves to his feet. The train station isn't quite as far a walk as the beach had been and it won't be half as hot. But it's still not going to be easy. He's mostly doing it because Nagisa loves being pampered and the attention should distract him some from his more frenzied thoughts.

Rin heads carefully down the stairs and toward the front door.]

We can call your parents from there, if we need to.

[He'd rather not leave a note and worry them. He knows how his own mother would react to something like that.]

[naggysa]

[Nagisa nods before letting his chin drop to rest against Rin's shoulder. He hopes that they can get back without having to call his mom and dad...or that his mom doesn't come looking for him in the meantime and find him gone. That would be even worse.]

Kinda hope I won't have to...mom's been on my case enough as it is already.

[She'd always been fussy over him when he was sick, but this was at a whole new level. And while Nagisa never tired of the attention, he didn't like her insisting that he stay put constantly. At least...not before his foot got so bad that he had no choice but to stay still.]

[showyouthesight]

[Rin looks back at him as they walk, the way to the station practically memorized by this point.]

Yeah, moms can be like that. They think it's their job to worry themselves to death. Even Lori got like that once in a while.

[Wow, Rin can't remember the last time he really thought about his home-stay parents. He'd been such a wreck the last time he saw them, not that he ever let them know. They'd probably appreciate a call. Or at least a letter.]

[naggysa]

Yeah?

[He giggles in Rin's ear in spite of himself. It's hard to think about Rin being told what to do by an adult, but at the same time he can't help but smile at the thought.]

Did you get in trouble a lot?

[showyouthesight]

Ehh? No way! I didn't want to cause Mom any grief while I was overseas. Besides, I was representing Japan in a way too. Being an exchange student is a huge responsibility.

[Though that's not to say that he didn't spend a large chunk of him time, holed up in his room hating himself out of view. But Rin has always been good at keeping up appearances. He maintained his grades and he kept swimming because his mother had paid too much money for him to just throw it back in her face. But he also knows he was practically a ghost for the last year or so there. The family dog saw him more than anyone else. He had still confided in her at least.]

[naggysa]

I believe you~ I bet you were just the biggest goody two-shoes over there.

[He grins broadly, tightening his grip lightly around Rin's neck. His tone betrays that he's teasing him, just to see what sorts of reactions he'll get for it. That's one thing that always cheers Nagisa up, at least.]

[showyouthesight]

Oi, don't go overboard. I wasn't that boring. And there's nothing wrong with behaving once in a while.

[Rin smiles at the increased grip and the bouncier response, even as he puts on his fake pout. He has to play along, of course.]

[naggysa]

I bet you didn't have as much fun swimming over there as you do back here with us in Japan, right?

[He knew Rin had a good reason to spend all those years in Australia, but he was still glad that he came back home all the same. If he hadn't, they all might not have been able to swim together again.]

[showyouthesight]

I didn't.

[He doesn't even have to pretend about that.]

It's always been different with you guys. Even when we're not on the same team.

[naggysa]

Awww Rin-chan~ You do care.

[Nagisa giggles, pressing the side of his cheek against Rin's as he looks ahead to see if he can spot the station when they come up onto it.]

[showyouthesight]

[Which probably makes it a lot easier for Nagisa to note that said cheek is becoming slightly pinker, making Rin walk a bit faster. Stupid Nagisa.]

Ah, lay off it.

See anything yet?

[naggysa]

[Nagisa just grins. Mission accomplished, as far as he's concerned. At Rin's question, he sits up a bit straighter, shielding his eyes with one hand.]

Uuhm...yeah! We're almost there. Then you won't have to carry me anymore...unless I can convince you to let me sit in your lap on the way there.

[showyouthesight]

Don't push your luck.

[Rin keeps his own eyes peeled for the station.

Admittedly, he will be grateful for the rest the train ride will provide. Though, it will also give him more time to think about what the doctors might say. As much as he wants to reassure Nagisa, his mind is just as prone to jump to extreme scenarios. He just doesn't let them keep him from doing what needs to be done.]

[naggysa]

Alriiight, I won't.

[Nagisa's been trying not to think about it, himself. Ignoring the problem obviously hasn't helped him this week, but he intends to continue to ignore it as much as he can get away with, now that he's actually agreed to have it checked out.]

[showyouthesight]

[Luck does seem partly on their side today, as the train rolls into the station around the same time they arrive. Rin has to do a bit of a jog to reach the platform in time and spends the next few minutes catching his breath in hard pants, but otherwise they make their ride and are on their way to the hospital. It also helps that not a lot of passengers are on the train at this time, giving them enough room to comfortable situate Nagisa on a seat without moving his foot around too much.]

[naggysa]

[By the time he's sitting down and they're on their way to the hospital, Nagisa's had time to reflect on just how much Rin's doing for him. How much he's done the past few weeks. He saved him back at the beach...possibly his life, depending on how long he would have been stuck out there, bleeding. Now, if it wasn't for him checking up on him, all of that would have been for nothing.

The thought of that causes an uncomfortable pit to form in Nagisa's stomach as the train rolls along, his attention centered up at the clouds out the window. His foot isn't hurting as badly now since he'd been keeping off of it, but he knows without looking how bad it looks beneath those bandages.

If he's being completely honest with himself, he really doesn't know what to expect for the doctors to tell him.]

[showyouthesight]

[Rin glances over and notices Nagisa's distraction. He's stopped his chattering again, which can only mean one thing...

Without warning, he reaches over to lightly flick his forehead.]

Don't overthink it. No matter what happens, you have plenty of people to help you work through it. It's going to be all right.

[And this Rin can say without doubt.]

[naggysa]

Ouch-! Heeeey...

[Nagisa pouts, looking over at Rin with his cheeks puffed out. He's right there, and that fact isn't something Nagisa will argue against. He's grateful for all of the friends he has. Nagisa isn't sure how he would be able to make it through things like this without them.

He lifts his arm to rub the heel of his hand against his forehead, huffing even as a small smile creeps back onto his face.]

Might have to ask the doctor if I've got a permanent dent in my forehead, too.

[showyouthesight]

[Rin smirks by his shoulder.]

I'm not paying for any medical bills.

[naggysa]

Even if you've scarred me for life? So cruel...

[Nagisa sighs deeply, falling back against his seat.]

[showyouthesight]

The price of friendship.

[Rin laughs and turns back to the route map.]

[naggysa]

[That seemed to loosen Nagisa up enough to talk to Rin the rest of the way there, poking at him now and then or cracking a joke about something or other. More often than not about his own plight. Making light of the situation dampened the severity of it, at least a little.

But once the train got to their stop he looked out the window again, breathing a sigh.]

Better get this over with.

[showyouthesight]

[Not wanting to leave Nagisa more time to fret, Rin decides to forgo the piggyback approach to just scoop Nagisa into another princess carry. He's thankful that the few remaining people in the car give him some space so he can disembark from the train without too much trouble.]

We'll pick up lunch after this. [He murmurs to Nagisa just to keep his mind off other things, as he walks the rest of the way from the station to the town hospital.

It's nothing fancy, but it's well suited for a small population and has the essential specialists, as well as a waiting room stocked with a variety of popular magazines and a small television set playing some baseball game. He grabs a clipboard for Nagisa to fill-out and helps him into a chair before picking up a magazine to flip through. Rin has no real interest in the contents, other than to have something new to converse with Nagisa about while he fills in the information and waits to be seen.]