Hurt/Comfort Ex 2020
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fencesit
Hi! Thanks for creating for me, or for otherwise taking a look at my letter. I’m fencesit on AO3! I'm requesting all fic for this exchange.
You may notice that I have less details or prompts for some fandoms/ships/mediums than others. Please don't take this as an indication that I want those things any less than other things! I very much desperately want everything I've requested, I've just had more time to request some things than others.
And: please don't feel like you need to follow one of my prompts to keep from disappointing me. I've provided all the information below in an attempt to help my writer feel confident in producing a gift for me, but if prompts and extra details don't work for you then feel free to ignore them.
I'm up for recursive fic of my own fic or recursive of gifts I've received in the past (assuming you have the author's permission). I'd be open to art treats if you want!
- Do Not Wants
- Likes
- Naruto
- The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
- Leverage
- Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
DNW:
- unrequested AUs (canon divergence is okay)
- cannibalism or vore
- necrophilia (ghost sex is fine)
- PWP
- sounding
- rimming
- bodily waste
- suicide/suicidal ideation
- vehicle accidents
- detailed or graphic descriptions/depictions of wounds, medical procedures, torture, etc.
- unrequested noncon
- anal tearing or other serious injury during sex
- incest
- sickfic (specifically: I DNW characters being unwell because of illness and I DNW coughing, sneezing, nose-blowing, and vomiting.)
- dissociation, which includes:
- derealization — An alteration in the perception or experience of the external world so that it seems unreal.
- depersonalization — The persistent feeling of observing oneself from outside one’s body or having a sense that one’s surroundings/body aren't real.
- If you're writing a character who's literally having an out of body experience (like, because they're a ghost and something else has taken over their body) or dealing with a, actual fake world (like, because they're trapped in a magical illusion) then that's okay as long as the situation is clear to the reader, even if the character doesn't know.
- anyone can die as many times as you want if it's going to be fixed via time travel or other means.
- Special Naruto note: yes, ABSOLUTELY kill Izuna please.
- magically preserved non-rotting undead like vampires or skeletons are fine
- Special SVSSS note: TLJ vaguely falls under this umbrella I guess? Please gently skip over too many details about that whole situation if he appears in your fic.
- I'm fine with his canonical one-sided crush on SQQ being mentioned in these fics!
- I just don't want SQQ and LBH to get together or for there to be implications that they definitely will in the future because that's not what these requests are about for me.
- Background and minor mentions are fine!
Likes
Fic likes:
- Canon divergence
- slice of life, canon-compliant fic, missing scenes from canon
- time travel
- especially peggy sue/with a fix-it focus
- time loops
- see my Past Imperfect letter!
- fake/fantasy politics/science and explorations of systems/relationships (eg magic systems, fictional governments or economies, the local gossip network)
- character backstory, noodle incidents, references to past canon or noncanon events, a sense of history between two (or more) characters
- vivid/specific details that relate to things like where a character is, what that location is used for, why, and how the character feels about it
- casefic/missionfic
- investigations/mysteries
- characters with specific goals or problems to solve (finding some treasure, getting a glass of water, murdering their nemesis)
- monster/murder/crime-of-the-week type plots
- the enemy of my enemy is my friend
- making friends under unusual circumstances
- A being uncertain of or surprised by how deep B's loyalty runs
- found family
- friends reconnecting after being out of contact for a long time
- signs of familiarity/intimacy, like knowing each other's habits really well or feeling comfortable touching them/being touched in a society where that's notable
- in terms of physical hurt: sprained ankles, dislocated shoulders, concussions, bruised/broken ribs, broken bones where the bone isn't sticking out, blood loss....pretty much anything non-permanent and not too gorey or with the gore skimmed over. special mention for Naruto-esque eye loss where it's traumatic and bad but the eye can just be put back in if they find a good medic.
- also as implied by my DNWs I'm not a big fan of sickfic but I love huddling for warmth and hypothermia fic!
- poisonings and venom are also good — I like a good spout of dizziness or swooning or confusion!
- in terms of emotional hurt: self esteem issues and unexpected mercy! Special mention for everything below.
- character convinced no one would help even if they asked (but someone does help!)
- character convinced there will be no rescue (but there is a rescue!)
- usually powerful character is helpless due to drugs (and at the mercy of someone they don't trust? :D)
- cynical/pessimistic/distrustful characters being proven wrong by things turning out better than they could have hoped for — for example: "I could never be loved!" -> Is absolutely loved, "We could never have peace." -> Peace is had
- aftermath of captivity, torture, rape, isolation, etc.
- injured character can't complete rescue mission without help from unlikely source
- lying so that the other will accept comfort or help
- hands too shaky to complete task
- forcing exhausted character to get some sleep
- characters who have to work hard to function in the same space and also characters who don't like each other — see my Hate Exchange letter!
- handcuffed together
- sharing a bed because they're safer together than apart
- captured together, working together in enemy territory
- 5+1
- drabble series
- outsider POV
- second person POV, especially if it's thematically relevant
- I'm not really into letters or social media fics, but articles, essays, textbooks, mission/case records, and wikipedia entries are all great.
- I've never received interactive fiction/CYOA before but I'm down to try it!
- I'm open to a mix of text and images and I view works with the creator's skin enabled. I do sometimes download my gifts or read them on mobile, however, so I appreciate when unconventional works use tricks like display:none (explained in this tutorial in the "What do I do if the Creator's Style is hidden?" section) which also makes works with HTML/embedded pictures more accessible!
- curses
- garbage-tier magical items
- extra senses
- worldbuilding around learning/doing magic
Smut likes
I don't usually request smut but if you want to include it then I don't mind. I know that that's kind of an extremely bland and unenthusiastic way to start out but it's, uh, really honest, at least? I'm usually after character interaction, plot, or worldbuilding with my requests, but getting a sex scene along with other stuff definitely wouldn't ruin a gift. Overall, I want you to feel free to write sex if you would enjoy doing so/if you think the fic will be better with it! I'm generally just enthused by my writer getting to have fun writing something they're proud of, you know?
There are obviously some things I do like, and I know some folks really enjoy tailoring their fic (i'm one of them!) so:
- Extremely emotionally charged sex — No matter what kind of sex acts they do, I really love when the sex has a lot of feelings involved, especially if it's sad emotions or desperation or part of some hurt/comfort or whump.
- Sex that's very directly relevant to the plot or character arcs — I love sex scenes where I learn more about a character or relationship. Is 'character driven smut' a thing? Because if so, that's my favorite. And also porn with plot.
- anal and pegging, PIV, frottage, intercural, handjobs, all kinds of fingering, strapons, toys
- overstimulation and edging, orgasm delay/denial
- bondage — handcuffs, spreader bars, honor bondage, and honestly pretty much anything in the general category of restricting someone's movement during sex
- praise kink, loyalty kink, hurt/comfort, trust and sex otherwise overloaded with emotion
- magic/super powers being used in fun and inventive ways
- clothing/uniform kink, half-clothed sex, one naked and the other not.
- hair petting, cuddling, lazy mornings in bed, touch starvation
- size difference, size kink, come inflation, large insertions
- pregnancy, including mpreg — impregnation porn and pregnant sex welcome, eggpreg and het mpreg are also fine. And while we're talking about it, narratively speaking I love a fic where being pregnant/mpregnant is upsetting because the character didn't plan for it, thinks their partner doesn't want it, conceived in a nonconsensual or dubiously consensual way, can't afford it, etc, all of which could be comforted away with or without sex. I'm not much for birthing scenes.
- for noncon: humiliation, bruises/rough sex, manipulation, forced feminization (of men or women!), public/group sex, X made them do it
- probably other things that I'm forgetting! I'm pretty open to a bunch of things that aren't on the above list or mentioned in my DNWs, and if you're unsure if you should include something please feel free to ask through the mods.
Art likes
- soft colors, and also specifically moss green and all shades of purple, especially for slice-of-life and domestic pictures
- lineless art and thick lines and messy lines!
- dramatic lighting, especially if the moment is tense or dangerous
- cartoony styles
- realistic styles
- movement and foreshortening
- crosshatching, stippling, visible brushstrokes, and other techniques that let me see what the artist physically did with their pencil/brush/digital equivalent
- that thing where it's all back and white or greyscale except for one (1) color
- art that explores the minutiae of a character's life, like what exactly is on their bookshelf or in their bag
Naruto
AO3 matching tag: Naruto
Fandom note: As a quick reminder, references to Boruto are in my DNWs — I haven't seen it, so that content would be wasted on me. On a related note, the end of Naruto, with Kaguya and stuff, didn't really do much for me, so I'm happy to pretend Madara was the final villain; the worldbuilding I'm interested in is unrelated to Kaguya anyway.
Requested medium: fanfiction
Requested relationships:
- Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara (both hurt)
- Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara (hurt Tobirama)
- Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara (hurt Madara)
- Uchiha Izuna & Uchiha Madara (hurt both)
- Senju Hashirama & Uchiha Izuna (both hurt)
- Senju Hashirama & Uchiha Izuna (hurt Izuna)
Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara (both hurt)
Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara (hurt Tobirama)Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara (hurt Madara)
This ship has just SUCH good potential for tension, conflict, politics, and iddy, iddy goodness. They're from two warring clans! They're at the center in a crazy shift in ideology and warfare! They're both hot! Listen, I could gush about them forever.
I'd love something that explores how hard it is for them to trust each other, especially when vulnerable. Pre-village is fine, or post-village! Have Tobirama kill Izuna, have Izuna die some other way, have Izuna be alive — whatever works best for you! I'd prefer a happy or at least hopeful ending and I want them to have a real positive emotional connection of some kind, but I'm not married to the ideal of them being In Love, you know? Something pre-relationship would be just fine with me.
I'd prefer both characters be over 16 if anything sexual is going to happen.
Anyway most of these freeforms are what it says on the box but...
Freeforms:
- Canadian Shack
- Character is Exhausted From Overwork — Tobirama seems more prone to this than Madara, but it could definitely happen to either of them! Paperwork overwork in the tower or mission overwork would both be great.
- Falling Asleep As A Sign Of Trust
- Hurt to Protect the Comforter
- Lying So That The Other Will Accept Comfort Or Help — Including one of them being disguised!
- Soulbond Forms During Moments of Extreme Empathy — They both feel the same feeling at the same time and BAM whoops stuck together. I'm thinking it makes them share emotions? I like soulbonds not to be permanent unless the characters want it to be permanent.
- Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs and at the Mercy of Someone They Don't Trust
- Character taken prisoner; expects torture/humiliation; gets kind & honorable treatment
- Dubcon - Trading Sex for Safety Even Though Safety Would Be Offered Anyway
- Hands too shaky to complete task
- A discovers B was threatened/coerced into sex with A by third party
- A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help
- Comforter stunned by how much comfortee trusts them
- Forced Marriage — Maybe the Senju and the Uchiha need to band together against a bigger threat or a natural disaster? Maybe Hashirama insists? It can be forced for just one of them or for both of them.
Uchiha Izuna & Uchiha Madara (hurt both)
...Yeah, I really really want something about Izuna's canonical death! It feels very classically tragic, in that it feels like it was pretty inevitable that Izuna would get himself killed any reject medical attention, and I would just like to roll around in that delicious slightly manipulative angst.
I'm not opposed to a happy ending, but I also don't require it! Feel free to just kill Izuna off as is canonical.
Freeforms:
- Dying Character Comforts Already-Grieving Comfortee
- Bedside Vigils
Senju Hashirama & Uchiha Izuna (both hurt)
Senju Hashirama & Uchiha Izuna (hurt Izuna)
Izuna was so against peace and so unwilling to trust Hashirama that he literally died for it so I would LOVE to see him be Like That with Hashirama. Maybe they do a sort of enemies-to-friends thing where Izuna realizes he's wrong...or maybe Izuna remains staunchly certain that Hashirama is his enemy! I would honestly enjoy either. Overall any kind of focus on how terrifying Hashirama is to other ninja/Izuna in particilar would be wonderful, as well as any look at the sort of general suspicion and caution required in the warring clans era! Like, is it hard for Hashirama to trust Izuna? Is helping Izuna a difficult choice, despite Hashirama's dream?
Freeforms:
- Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape — Captured by bloodline thieves, maybe?
- Character believes comforter is taking care of them for practical or selfish reasons
- Comforted By An Enemy
- Dying Character Is Given Life-Saving Medical Attention Against Their Will — Set right after Izuna's canonically mortal wound or at some other point!
- Falling Asleep As A Sign Of Trust
- Lying So That The Other Will Accept Comfort Or Help
- The Worst Person Is Also Comfortee's Only Hope — Well, the worst from Izuna's point of view.
- Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs and at the Mercy of Someone They Don't Trust
- Character taken prisoner; expects torture/humiliation; gets kind & honorable treatment
- Character doesn’t trust comforter’s motives
The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
AO3 matching tag: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
Fandom note: I'm pretty sure I've read all the available extras, so no worries about spoilers.
Requested medium: fanfiction
Requested relationships:
- Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu/Liu Qingge (hurt SQQ)
- Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu/Shang Qinghua (hurt SQH)
- Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu/Shang Qinghua (hurt SQQ)
- Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua (hurt SQH)
- Luo Binghe & Shang Qinghua (hurt LBH)
Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu/Liu Qingge (hurt SQQ)
Liu Qingge is terrible at comforting so of course I want to see him have to do a bunch of it! He's a very direct person who I think is both uncomfortable with being vulnerable and uncomfortable with other people being vulnerable, especially emotionally, and I am just fascinated by characters being put in situations they hate and forced to deal with problems they'd rather ignore. I also really love the inherent tension in him growing to care for Shen Yuan!SQQ after his tumultuous experiences with the original goods, and I extra love a good dose of Liu Qingge pining for SY.
Pre-relationship, getting together, and established relationship would all be fine with me, and I'm not concerned about a fic being "shippy enough" as long as the characters interact! What I'm saying is, I will lose my damn mind about them just touching hands, you know?
Freeforms:
- Canadian Shack — Isolated mandatory snuggling! Plus, having to rely on each other and maybe get undressed and maybe accidentally admitting some feelings??? Hypothermia welcome.
- Hurt to Protect the Comforter — SQQ is so self-sacrificing and values others much more than he values himself! I would love something placed after SQQ gets Without A Cure but I would also love some kind of alternate first meeting where LQG can be extra stunned that this is happening and guilt himself into being SQQ's primary caretaker.
- Medical Problem Can Only Be Managed With Regular Penetration/Fingering — I know, this tag is so horny and that's so unlike me! But I need it. I'm thinking about Without A Cure here but if you want to give SQQ a second chronic medical problem then go for it! I am down for something fully consensual focused on fluffy pining or for something that leans into the dubcon-y implications.I'm very interested in the potentially complex emotions brought on by them having to have medically necessary sexual contact with their hot coworker who they initially think doesn't like them, you know?
- A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help — SQQ undervalues himself and totally misses how much other people like him, which I find really iddy. Also, he thinks about LQG helping him against Binghe at first, but never actually directly asks for it and when it comes down to it just goes to the Water Prison to avoid a fight. So, I'd love to see something where LQG realizes SQQ won't ask for his help but really wants it? Or something!
- Character Comforts By Taking Immediate Action To Solve The Problem — LQG doesn't want to talk about feelings he wants to stab the thing that hurt SQQ. Sometimes there's nothing to stab but he'll do his best.
- Comfort focusing on little hurt because the big hurt is massive and unapproachable — I'm thinking about the period of canon where everyone thinks SQQ is mourning LBH! No preference on what the little hurt is.
Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu/Shang Qinghua (hurt SQH)
Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu/Shang Qinghua (hurt SQQ)
Both of these characters are disasters and I would love to read about them being disasters together! I definitely prefer something that takes place after their transmigration. I feel like they're both really insecure about how much other people like them but SQH is much, much worse at pretending he doesn't care. Also, I really love how they see each other wildly differently from how anyone else sees them because they know about each others' transmigration and I find that really interesting!
Freeforms:
- Canadian Shack — Isolated mandatory snuggling! Plus, having to rely on each other and maybe get undressed and maybe accidentally admitting some feelings??? Hypothermia welcome. Also I feel like SQQ would be offended that this trope his happening to him despite eventually warming up to it. (Haha get it? Warming up? :D)
- Character believes no one is coming to save them — This is some delicious, DELICIOUS angst, followed by lots of comfort!
- Character Believes They're an Unimportant Hookup — Or, honestly, both of them believing this?
- Hurt to Protect the Comforter
- Comforter Is Oblivious That Hurt Character Is Pining For Them — Could be either or both of them, let's be real.
- A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help
Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua (hurt SQH)
The fact that MBJ and SQH are almost never on the same page about anything but still get together is INCREDIBLE and I love them so much. I am okay with post-canon fics or with fics that take place before they get together OR with fics that get them together in a different way. Live your hurt-y comfort-y dreams!
Also my id is very simple and just likes SQH getting protected and comforted but I'm not opposed to MBJ being a little roughed up too.
Freeforms:
- Character Believes They're an Unimportant Hookup — The angst! The drama! The miscommunication! The part where SQH realizes MBJ likes him too!! \o/ \o/ \o/
- Hurt to Protect the Comforter — I mean I know this happens canonically but I will eat it up with a spoon. SQH is so squishy and so loyal.
- Mistakenly Believes the Other is Dead — To be honest I would love this either way: either SQH needs comfort because he's been grieving MBJ, or SQH needs comfort because MBJ has just rescued him from whatever missing-and-presumed-dead situation he was in.
- Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting — MBJ tries so hard but he is a demon and demon comfort is weird.
- A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help — I mean literally anything where SQH needs MBJ's help but just assumes MBJ will say no or make the situation worse bc SQH doesn't think MBJ values him. But then surprise! MBJ does help!!!
Luo Binghe & Shang Qinghua (hurt LBH)
We don't get to see SQH and LBH interact much, presumably because SQH was deliberately avoiding LBH, but I DESPERATELY want to see SQH have to figure out how to comfort LBH! All of these freeforms were picked with the idea that LBH is a pre-abyss white lotus, or maybe even pre-SY's transmigration, but if you have an idea that takes place later in canon I'd be really into that too for sure!
...also I think these are mostly just what they say on the tin. Some could happen in an AU where SQH snatches LBH up for An Ding before original goods SQQ can take him as a disciple, maybe! Or SQH could just run into LBH after he's gotten to Qing Jing and be suddenly moved to help him.
Freeforms:
- Abused Character B finds good surrogate parent in Character A
- Character expects to be punished for failure but is shown unexpected concern
- Character used to suffering alone is gratefully surprised to recieve comfort
- Neglected Child Finds Parental Figure
- Materially deprived character experiences small comforts/pleasures for first time
- Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
- A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help
- A used to mistreatment from others unsure if B will help them
Leverage
AO3 matching tag: Leverage
Fandom note: This is my favorite TV show of all time and I really deeply love all the characters. Especially the minor characters! But really really all of them. I like that the show is so hopeful and the characters are so competent and the found family vibes can't be beat.
Requested medium: fanfiction
Requested relationships:
- Alec Hardison & Jim Sterling (hurt both)
- Alec Hardison & Jim Sterling (hurt Hardison)
- Alec Hardison & Jim Sterling (hurt Sterling)
- Eliot Spencer & Alec Hardison & Parker & Jim Sterling (hurt Sterling)
- Eliot Spencer & Jim Sterling (hurt both)
- Eliot Spencer & Jim Sterling (hurt Eliot)
- Eliot Spencer & Jim Sterling (hurt Sterling)
- Parker & Jim Sterling (hurt both)
- Parker & Jim Sterling (hurt Parker)
- Parker & Jim Sterling (hurt Sterling)
...okay listen. Listen. I love that they all hate Sterling and that Sterling is their antagonist and my favorite episodes are basically 100% the ones where Sterling is there, especially the ones where they have to work with Sterling. So that's what this request is for. I'm not even going to elaborate on these freeforms because I will be very pleased with anything where they have to work with Sterling for any reason, no matter who's hurt/not hurt!
If you want to include or hint at ships, I like Parker/Hardison/Eliot and Sterling/Maggie and Sophie/Nate(/Sterling, if you want) and don't mind background mentions of other ships! I requested all gen because I really want gen interactions with Sterling, though, obviously.
Freeforms:
- Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape
- Character Comforts With Awkward Shoulder Pat
- Comforter Turns Down Reward/Fee And Helps For Free
- Comforting Out of Obligation Turns Into Real Sympathy
- The Worst Person Is Also Comfortee's Only Hope
- Character doesn’t trust comforter’s motives
- Neither comforter or comfortee will directly acknowledge that comforting is taking place
- Character Comforts By Taking Immediate Action To Solve The Problem
- Character offers comfort even though they don't really want to interact with character
- Hurt character is reluctant to accept help
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
AO3 matching tag: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
Fandom note: I've only seen the anime, not read the manga, but I'm fine with manga-only details!
Requested medium: fanfiction
Ling Yao & Mei Chang (hurt Mei)
You know that part after the Promised Day where Mei is crying because she's glad her Amestrian friends didn't die and all but she failed to get the philosopher's stone so now her whole clan is totally fucked? And then Ling promises to help her and protect her clan and your heart grows three sizes? That scene is a DIRECT HIT to my id. It's literally the iddiest scene in FMA for me. Sorry, all those other scenes, but THIS is the best scene. When I watch that episode alone I sometimes rewind to rewatch that scene! Sometimes more than once!
What I'm saying is, I'm really into the idea of Ling Yao being Mei's big brother despite all the obstacles and I really love unexpected kindness/mercy and I also really love that Mei's clan is poor and weak while Ling's clan is rich and powerful. It's excellent! It's so good!
I'm interested in both canon compliant fics and canon divergent fics for these freeforms but will probably only prompt one or the other because uhh I really need to post this letter lol. Also, I'm okay with Greed!Ling & Mei if you want — feel free to very vaguely handwave Greed surviving if you're writing post-canon. Or don't! I could go either way.
Freeforms:
- Character expects to be punished for failure but is shown unexpected concern — Maybe Ling becomes emperor without him and Mei actually managing to have that nice scene after the Promised Day, so Mei gets to be surprised by Ling's kindness later and more dramatically!
- Comforted By An Enemy — Ling realizes how young she is before they're forced to work together, or helps her out of a situation he wouldn't even leave his worse enemy in and then gets attached.
- Comforting Out of Obligation Turns Into Real Sympathy — Where "comforting" can also be taken to mean "rescuing" or "protecting", I suppose.
- Lying So That The Other Will Accept Comfort Or Help — Ling hides his identity, maybe! Or lies about why he's in Amestris! Or literally anything.
- Soulbond Forms During Moments of Extreme Empathy — They feel the same thing so strongly that it gives them a platonic soul bond.
- Surprised Not To Be Viewed As An Enemy
- Character makes a mistake and expects the worst due to past experiences; is met with gentle kindness — The former emperor was presumably not a forgiving man, so of course it would catch Mei off guard when Ling is different!
- A is too uncertain of their place in B's life to directly ask for direly needed help — Sure, Ling SAID he'd help...and he's emperor now so he totally has the power to do so....but Mei balks at the idea of actually being so arrogant as to believe the emperor of Xing will really help her.
- Character Comforts By Taking Immediate Action To Solve The Problem
