Hurt/Comfort Meme

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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. 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...

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[light_of_willpower]

There's a hint of tired smile, Trunks moving to lean against the doorway. "Apparently." Then a small head shake, amused. "Y'know, before living with you I wouldn't have pegged you for a night-person, Celestia." Not considering her role as Sun Goddess. Then again, he was usually up early himself.

[letteropener]

"And for most of my life you would be right. Raising the sun each morning meant waking up properly on time every day. It took me quite some time here before I could break the habit, so now I take the luxury as a vacation. Juice?" A container of apple juice poked up above the door, swathed in her magic.

[light_of_willpower]

A moment of thought, then a nod and a soft "Thank you." Then coming further in, and taking a seat on one of the few chairs Celestia owned. "You did mention being a Goddess here is easier than in Equestria. I can imagine you enjoy the luxury. Like flying."

[letteropener]

"The freedom in general is wonderful," Celestia said, going back to her rummaging as the juice sailed over to the table to join a glass drifting out of the cupboard. She made this look easy. "I view this as a long vacation."

[light_of_willpower]

Her control over her magic didn't surprise Trunks at all, and she did make it look easy. "I can imagine vacations weren't easy to come by, in Equestria." Pouring himself said glass, once the juice and cup were safely on the table.

"So I know why I'm awake, what about you?" Was she having trouble sleeping, or just a case of needing a snack, or something else? (To be fair, with both of them in the temple the food consumption had gone up. Celestia ate...well, like a pony--and Trunks was a shinki and half-saiyan.)

[letteropener]

Celestia poked her head back up, a carrot already in her mouth -- which she hurriedly bit in half, catching it up with her magic to add to the rest of the bundle as she backs out of the fridge's depths. "Oh, likely the same as you."

[light_of_willpower]

Which told him very little. It could be restlessness, nightmares, something else, or all of them. And while he was concerned--Celestia was a dear friend, as well as his Goddess--he wasn't sure yet whether he should pry more.

"Ah. Want me to make you something, since some hunger seems part of it?" It wouldn't be trouble, and would give him something to do.

[letteropener]

"Oh, if you're offering, how could I say no?"

Luckily, pony kitchens and human kitchens were practically identical, and Celestia had done whatever she needed to make sure her shinki could be comfortable anywhere -- here included.

[light_of_willpower]

It meant a lot to him; the inclusion of meat had been the biggest change most likely, and Trunks tried hard to not have that impact Celestia too much. Likewise there were certain things she could eat that he...well, actually he'd discovered he could eat, but didn't care for. Like Hay.

Her comment brings a tired chuckle. "Glad those cooking lessons Mai and I had are coming in handy. Anything in particular you're in the mood for? Like, actual hunger or just a snack?"

[letteropener]

"Oh, just a snack. Can't let myself get fat on vacation, after all." She winked playfully at him, backing up to the table to sit. On the floor, as she did, but her height and build made it as good as her being on a chair would were she human.

[light_of_willpower]

That brought another tired chuckle, and an amused snort. "Celestia--I know very little about pony-builds, but I can't see you even getting plump, never mind actually fat." Then again he wouldn't judge even if she did. He had an unfair advantage with his metabolism, and penchant for training--which was fun as well as practical.

"Snack it is then. Sweet, savory?" She'd gone after a carrot already, so as Trunks traded places with her at the fridge, he grabbed several of those.

[letteropener]

"Wherever your heart leads you, Trunks." She found what he made more interesting if she added no preconditions to it. And since she had a desire to snack rather than a hunger, it mattered little what it actually was. "I'll work it off!"

[light_of_willpower]

"Almost sounds waaaaaaaaayyy too serious for me just making us food, Celestia." Trunks was able to quip back at least. Pulling out some more ingredients--but not too many. mini-orange slices and juice, some sunflower seeds, a yellow pepper, and some spinach leaves.

All rinsed in the sink and set aside, while a pan was gathered and a knife and bowls. Nor did doing the work bother him any--Celestia often made pancakes for breakfast, so it was an even share of the labor in his mind. She'd really done her best to help make things comfortable during his adjustment, and he really was grateful to her.

"I don't think you'll have to worry about working it off Celestia, but you know I'll help with that too." Pan out, chopping up all but the spinach and seeds, and heat medium as he watched the carrots and peppers and orange-slices carefully.

[letteropener]

She stuck her head out slightly to watch what he was doing, curious on any number of levels. He really was quite good at this, she had to say -- certainly better than she was, save for specific things she had practiced. Now that she'd mastered pancakes, she needed to work on something new.

"Perhaps not, but I shouldn't get complacent. Though I do get much more exercise now than I used to."

[light_of_willpower]

"I remember you saying that whenever I asked you for help with the sky-course." Trunks called back, with a hint of grin. "Besides, you don't strike me as the complacent type."

[letteropener]

"Yes, but I am also not the 'be on vacation' sort, and yet here I am," Celestia said, gesturing to the dim kitchen.

[light_of_willpower]

"Even on vacation!" Trunks shot back gamely, adding the juice from the oranges, along with a bit of spice. Salt, pepper, pinch of ginger, pinch of paprika. Not much of any of it really, just enough to taste--since the juice was the main sugar component. Letting that simmer and saute. Then turning off the heat, adding it over the spinach in bowls, and heading back out to join Celestia.

Simple snack-salad with carrots and yellow pepper, spinach, sunflower seeds, and mandarin slices.

"Seriously, just having a restless night?" Gentle concern, but honest too.

[letteropener]

Celestia licked her lips at the sight of the salad, though her delight diminished a little at his question.

"If I am being truthful? I miss my sister very much."

[light_of_willpower]

"Ah." A sympathetic smile, as Trunks could sympathize. And empathize, to a degree--since he had some memories of his life now. Besides just the obvious, that he missed Mai. A lot. "She was like your counterpart, in some ways right? I can imagine whenever you were restless she was a comfort."

Because he did understand.

[letteropener]

"Very much so. She was lost to me for a very, very long time, and we were only recently reunited... so to be missing her again feels like a terrible weight."

She was honest about such things with Trunks, as she was with few others. It was only fair. She had to coax him to unburden himself to her, so to not return the favor would be capricious if not cruel.

"She is the Princess of the Night, so the night is hardest."

[light_of_willpower]

He appreciated her honesty, and did his best to give it in return. Even if he was quieter and more prone to brooding than when he'd first arrived with others, she'd become his friend early. Quiet now while he had some of the salad, choosing his words.

"It's...I mean, I can't claim it's the same. But I understand. Before I had my memories, Mai and I would often sit out late at night under the stars. I know she'd had a really hard life, before becoming a Goddess, and that it was a relaxing change of pace for her. When I first recovered some of my memories, we'd go do that again when I had nightmares... Sometimes we'd go flying, sometimes we'd just stay on the grounds."

Nights were still hard, even though Celestia had done everything she could for him, and he was truly grateful.

[letteropener]

"She was a good friend to you." And more, Celestia was convinced, after hearing him talk about her as he had. "And it is harder on you, when you have never really had the chance to remember losing people, and how you dealt with that, before."

[light_of_willpower]

It's a bit of a sad laugh, and rueful smile. "True--and the I gained a memory of losing at least one person, among other memories. I'm not sure if that's more or less painful." Gohan--not the Gohan here. But Gohan all the same--lying in a puddle in the rain, like so much discarded debris. The emotions...

After regaining that memory, and having some entirely reasonable anger at certain people, Trunks understood some of why Mai (and at least one other) was protective of him in him in turn. He'd been happier in ignorance.

"I'll manage though. I seem to be good at that, at least." Yep--soldiering on through it. "I have a good purpose here, and I'm not alone--I have good friends, including my current Goddess." The smile is somewhat more genuine.

[letteropener]

"That's true. You are not alone, Trunks," Celestia said, smiling over a bite of salad. "It is all right to grieve, but never forget the joy you had from knowing those you have lost, or let that loss blind you to what you still have."

[light_of_willpower]

Which brings a genuine chuckle. "Spoken like a wise Goddess with centuries of experience, oh Princess." Teasing her, but at least a little less sad. "I was actually gonna go look at the stars, when I heard the noise in the kitchen. If you're still restless, you could join me?"