87th ♫ | would someone please come by and wind me up today?

[mytarget]

Hurt/Comfort - Hurt/comfort is a fan fiction genre that involves the physical pain or emotional distress of one character, who is cared for by another character. The injury, sickness or other kind of hurt allows an exploration of the characters and their relationship.

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1. INJURY. You've been injured. Broken bones or bleeding out or maybe just a tiny little papercut. The choice is yours.
2. SICKNESS. You're sick and laid up in bed, at home or in a hospital. The severity is up to you.
3. FEAR/ANXIETY. Something is happening and you're scared beyond belief.
4. LOSS OF SENSES. Sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, etc. You've lost some important sense or ability and now you're left to deal with it.
5. DESPAIR. Nothing is good or right anymore and you can't shake the depression. Maybe that friend of yours can help though...
6. BREAKUP. You've been dumped. You need someone to comfort you, possibly by the one who dumped you.
7. MAKE UP. Fight or break up, it's time to makeup.
8. RESCUED. You've just been held captive and/or tortured for however long and finally, someone has come to the rescue.
9. BAD ROMANCE. Fight, cheated on, abused, whatever the case is, someone else can clearly see you need comfort from someone who isn't your terrible lover tonight.
10. LOSS. You've experience a loss of some kind and need help getting through it.
11. INSANITY. You're seeing things that aren't really there, hearing voices, or you're just convinced you're at your wit's end finally and you're going to crack. Maybe someone can give you a helping hand.
12. TIRED. You've had a heard life recently and you're just worn too thin to really care anymore. There's no fight left in you anymore. Can someone help change your mind?
13. ADDICTION. Drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, or any other type of addiction has got you in its grasp. First time or relapse. Will someone be able to save you?
14. INSOMNIA. You can't sleep anymore, no matter how hard you try. Maybe someone can give you company.
15. NIGHTMARES. Or, on the other end of the spectrum, you can't sleep without gruesome, horrible nightmares. Either someone is stuck in your dream with you, witnessing it or they're just waking you up, soothing you out of it.
16. BLACKMAIL. You've been caught doing something you shouldn't and you were blackmailed because of it
17. SEPARATION. You're going to be separated for awhile or were separated for a long time. Either make up for lost time or try to spend every last moment together.
18. VIOLATED. You've been violated in some way. Can include sexual overtones or not. Can someone help you through it?
19. STRANDED. You've been stranded somewhere remote, with no help of anyone finding you for awhile. Can you survive this together?
20. SINS. You're feeling the weight of your sins and guilt clearer than ever. Can someone give you absolution or lessen the ache any?
21. SECRET. It's difficult having to keep that secret of yours, be it a relationship or something you just don't want to share with anybody else. Maybe it's okay to talk about it now though...
22. ADDITION. Babies should be joyous things unless you're in a situation where you know you won't be able to care for them. Either you've adopted or found out you're pregnant.
23. WILDCARD. Anything missing? Make your own, and tell us about it in your top level!.

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[divinereaper]

[ Naoto definitely appreciates the promise, and the scooting closer. He smiles weakly, trying to figure out the best way to talk about his nightmare without trying to lose his mind in guilt and despair.

His voice was small as he replies, finding his hands a lot more interesting. ]

Well... The nightmare... it was about how I lost my family-- fire, blood, screams, and how... how it was all my fault. I could have stopped it, I could have... and yet...

[ He was shaking, trying to stifle his tears. ]

God, could I even have done anything to save anyone?

[prismatically]

[ That's... heavier than she was expecting. Jeez, that's a lot heavier than she was expecting and there's something weirdly jarring about hearing Naoto of all people say it. She's so used to him being in good cheer that hearing him so wound up is a little stomach churning. ]

... Jeez. I had no idea you... man, I'm so sorry. I'm not gonna ask you what happened if you don't wanna talk about it but...

[ She has no idea if he wants to be touched when he's so tense and still shaking off the grip of that awful dream, so she errs on the side of caution and gently bumps her shoulder against his – a reassurance that she's here and she's present and she won't be going anywhere.

If Naoto wants to talk, Stella's here to listen. ]

[divinereaper]

I-It's fine, really...

[ He's really struggling not to cry over it. It shows in his shaking shoulders, downcast eyes, and the pain in his chest. Was it always this hard to breathe? He wasn't sure, but he takes a shaky breath-- only to blink at the shoulder bump.

His gaze shifts over to look at her, eyes threatening to spill over. That alone made a small, frail smile cross his lips, breathing a sigh through his nose. It helped a lot more than he let on. ]

You don't mind if I just... let it out, do you? [ He had to ask despite his shaky voice, even though he knew that her just being there was enough permission. ]

[prismatically]

[ The strained smile on Stella's face, pasted on automatically to try and mask her own panic and mild discomfort at not knowing what to do or what to say to him – it finally slips off, with warm concern taking its place. She's never seen Naoto like this. If you'd asked her this morning, she probably would've said it wasn't possible.

Man. Just what could have happened to Naoto that even dreaming about it gets him like this?

Her voice is uncharacteristically quiet when she replies, a soft murmur. ]

Yeah. You can let it out if you need to. Uh– here.

[ She feels like she should give him a handkerchief or something, but she's not organized enough to carry one of those even when she's actually dressed for the day. So she slips the comforter off her shoulders and offers it to Naoto – it's the closest thing to some privacy she feels she can give him right now. So he doesn't have to show her whatever face he makes when he finally lets some of this go, not if he doesn't want to. ]

[divinereaper]

[ Naoto takes the comforter with a small, shaky smile. It was the gesture that mattered the most to him. As he tugs the comforter towards him, he decides to bury his face in it.

It was to hide the tears and horrible tremor of his lower lip. He couldn't say it if he was even looking at Stella. She was such a ray of sunshine, how could he ever think about telling her this?

He had walked into it, so he might as well continue. ]

It... It was my sister. She killed our family. All that blood, the fire... the screams, the pain... God, she even tried to kill me too... I want to save her! I really do!! [ He pulls the comforter closer as the tears make it harder to enunciate. ] But I don't know how.. I don't know how...