A Healer's Hands
poll results came in: team whump, medic is broken down to be made an example of
cw: gore, medic whump, creepy whumper, team dynamics, captivity, torture
The Medic's crew stumbled through the cell door, one after the other.
Captain, with a black eye and a limp, lifted two fingers to their temple in a mock solute. Their clothes were torn and there was blood on their uniform's collar.
Youngest trembled as one of the henchmen shoved them inside the gated door. They looked around, eyes brighter than a deer's in headlights. "H-hey Medic." They wrapped their arms around themself.
"Hey," Medic swallowed down the twisting feeling that rose up. He forced his voice to soften, to not carry any of the sharp panic he felt. "Where are you hurt?"
"We're fine," Captain cut in, gesturing behind Medic's shoulder. "It's--"
Medic had already whirled around.
Lieutenant.
The Lieutenant held onto the cell wall with a shaking grip. Where he touched it, blood trickled down the stones in a steady faucet run.
Drip.
Drip.
"Lieutenant?"
He glanced up. His nose was gushing red. It stained his uniform, bright and electric in the dull light.
"Turns out those fuckers can throw a punch after all," said Lieutenant with a hoarse laugh. Still unceremoniously reckless.
But he let Medic hold a makeshift bandage--ripped from Medic's shirt-- to his nose.
As Lieutenant sat down, Medic crouched beside him, correcting how he was holding the bandage. "Don't tilt your head up."
Lieutenant winced when Medic readjusted the bandage.
Medic drew away and reevaluated the situation. "It's broken," he said.
"It’s just a new look I’m trying out – call it avant-garde." Lieutenant tried to laugh but ended up grimacing. He waved Medic away. "I'll survive."
Medic shook his head. "Wiseass." But he smiled. Then. "Are you hurt anywhere else?"
Lieutenant tilted his head against the wall, pieces of choppy hair falling away to reveal a swollen eye and pulsing bruises. He closed his eyes. Through a clenched jaw, he managed, "I think they broke my ribs."
Medic swallowed down a wave of helplessness. "Just stay still."
Lieutenant kept his eyes closed, breathing shallowly. "My pleasure."
Medic turned to Captain and Youngest. "So, you and you, where are you injured?" He only asked to make conversation. He had already identified that Youngest's arm was dislocated, hanging loosely at their side. And on Captain's right thigh was a raw-edged wound, seeping and damaged.
Medic took off his jacket, ready to tear it into makeshift bandages and a sling.
But neither looked at him.
Youngest was staring at something over Medic's shoulder. They pressed back into the wall, shaking.
"No," they whispered. "No. Not again."
Captain put a comforting hand on their shoulder, mouth set in a thin line.
Electric fear whispered a spider-like path down Medic's spine. They turned just as the cell door opened.
Whumper entered with two henchmen strolling behind them. Whumper grinned, teeth canine-sharp. His blood-red hair was tied back, accentuating fox-like features. He didn't look quite human-- too tall, too much of a bounce in his walk.
And he wouldn't stop smiling.
He swung a crowbar.
Even Lieutenant flinched.
Oh.
Oh.
Whumper arched an eyebrow when Medic stood his ground. "You're Medic?"
Medic glanced at Lieutenant-- saw panic and web-woven fear-- then back at Whumper. "Yes."
Whumper flicked the crowbar side to side. He kept talking, a paper mache smile at the corner of his mouth. "I don't appreciate you wrecking what I'm trying to build here."
Medic failed to understand. "I'm a medic. I have to provide care," he said automatically.
His head buzzed. He couldn't-- couldn't think clearly.
Whumper appeared to consider this. He tilted his head to the side. "I see. Well, I have to do things too, I get it."
"Yeah. Wait. No, what?"
The henchmen grabbed Medic. One kicked him in the back of the knees, forcing him to kneel.
Medic struggled, lashing out like a trapped animal.
A henchman brought the edge of their gun over Medic's head and Medic slumped forward.
His vision suddenly doubled.
The short-wired tension burst into flame.
Captain lunged forward. "Leave him alone!"
It took two henchmen to restrain Captain, pinning their arms behind them, and another to kick Lieutenant in the ribs, so he doubled over coughing. Incapacitated.
Whumper leaned over Medic, tilting his chin up to look him in the eye. "You should have left well enough alone," he whispered.
Medic snarled something unintelligible. A curse. A plea. He didn't know.
Whumpr straightened. To the others, he said, "You all break as easily as his hands will. And if you don't believe me? Watch."
There was a sharp intake of breath. Realization hit with a dull, sick thud. "No!" Lieutenant cried out, "No! No-- don't!"
But the henchmen had dragged Medic's hand out and splayed it on the tiles, kicking him when he tried to pull it away.
Whumper lifted the crowbar.
Medic's eyes widened in horror.
"No-- no, nonono! Please--" His voice arched into a desperate cry, more animal than human.
Crack.
A splintering sound.
All Medic could see was white. Electric pain filled every nerve, spilled into every bone, coating his teeth and burning-- burning, burning, burning.
A terrible sound ripped itself out of his throat.
And then again--
Crack.
His left hand.
Medic screamed.
Maybe he had screamed before.
Had always screamed.
Maybe he would scream forever.
Darkness filled the corners of his vision, blurring the sharp flashes of red of white--
Electric, pulsing red.
Burning, vicious white.
Blood trickled down his arms, bright and throbbing with a cinching pain.
Whumper wiped the gory crowbar on Medic's shirt.
His henchmen let the unconscious medic slump to the floor, little more than a bundle of clothes. They released Captain, who sank to the cell floor, unable to look away from Medic.
Whumper bent down by Lieutenant, whose breaths were coming in sharp drags. He wiped a tear off of Liutenant's face. "Crying?"
"No." His voice shook.
Whumper smiled generously. "Oh, no." He stood. "Tomorrow, one of you will offer up the information on your base. I do not make idle threats."
The door locked on the blood-soaked cell.
Lieutenant muffled a sob.
"We...we can't," said Captain. Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry.
They didn't know if they were apologizing to the unconscious Medic or to what remained of his hands.
tagging the people who interacted with the poll: @acer-gaysimpstuff, @yet-another-heathen, @another-whump-sideblog
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underwater underneath
Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen | 14.2k words | Series: tell me a secret
Tags: Fluff and Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Tenderness, Established Relationship, Jos Verstappen A+ parenting, mentions of gries and losses
Summary:
"We can't change the past, Charles."
"But we can avoid facing it." He sounds sad and a little desperate.
"The reminders will be everywhere, always." Max tells him, softly running a hand through his hair again. "Wouldn't it be easier to accept and get rid of the fear?"
"Perhaps." Charles shrugs, averting his gaze. "Easier said than done though."
OR: Charles and Max go to a special place from Charles' childhood. They talk about their feelings, losses and insecurities, helping each other to overcome them.
i'm aroace and english is not my first language. i'm not tactile and i'm scared of the sea. no shit, i have no idea how did i write this. maybe that was an aftermath of red bull overconsumption. who knows? not me, that's for sure.
posting this actually at 3:30 am bc im done. can't take it anymore. i need a break. i want to sleep so badly.
anyway, love you all, enjoy!
previous work: are we still adults?
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PFTTTT
im sorry but this shi funny asl(im still mad at you)
bro whole band(separately headcannons) with there bf who sleeps with his eyes open💀💀
like bro it'll be the middle of the night and tom would prolly be more freaked out thinkin readers dead or smth and wakes him up and reader is just like "huh.." ALL OF THEM ARE SO MF CONFUSED I CANT💀💀🤚🏾😭
BAND X READER: SLEEPING WITH EYES OPEN
got me giggling omg. ermmm also u shouldnt be mad at me 🤨🙏
BILL:
・He thinks he's seeing things.
・Glancing over at you and your eyes are open? He thinks he's tired and his eyes are playing tricks on him.
・Yet he keeps glancing at you and your eyes still aren't closed.
・Panic starts to settle in.
・Squeezes your arm lazily, not hard enough to bruise yet hard enough to definitely wake you up.
・Shaking you by a shoulder, muttering a soft "M/N" groggily.
・Relief washes over him when you hum back, turning your head slightly towards him as you blink a few times to see him better.
"Huh?..wha'cha need?"
"...nothing. Go back to bed."
・He's so fucking confused but he's too tired to ask about it, just snuggling closer to you.
・Can't help but giggle everytime the event re-occurs , it's just funny to him for some reason 💀
TOM:
・HE'S SCARED.
・Waking up in the middle of the night, turning over to you about to admire your face and your FUCKING EYES ARE OPEN?
・nearly pissed himself.
・At first he'd think you were just staring off into space but after a minute or so of not blinking he'd get concerned.
・Actually thinks you died in your sleep or some shit.
・Frantically shaking you awake, his eyes blown wide and his heart thumping.
"M/N! M/N!"
"...huhhhh..?"
・He's petrified...
・You being confused makes him even MORE confused.
・he had to sleep on the couch the first night it happened.
GEORG:
・Thinks your looking at something on the wall/ceiling.
・He'd ask what your looking at (nothing lol), getting confused when you don't respond
・He thinks your ignoring himmmmmm
・Gives you a little push on the shoulder, whispering your name under his breath
・When you haven't been blinking for a while he checks your pulse, his own heart beating so fast he could hardly breathe
・If your pulse is going at a normal pace he just kinda...ignores it
・Letting you lay down, hell he probably takes a picture to show you in the morning
・Idk I feel like in the middle of the night he'd try to close your eyelids of some stupid shi like that 😭😭
GUSTAV:
・..Okay.
・He'd be like the least freaked out.
・Nearly screamed but like...y'know
・He finds it quite funny, can't help but snicker anytime he realises your sleeping while looking at the ceiling
・but if your facing HIM with your eyes open in the middle of the night? shit he's 'bout to hit you.
・Nothing against you, bae! It just scared the actual shit outta him
・He honestly doesn't really wake up in th middle of the night, he's a pretty heavy sleeper so he hardly notices.
・Few times he does notice his heart stops...but then he remembers that's jus what you do so🤗🤗🤗🤗
・He might've woke you up the first time just to make sure you were okay but he just leaves you alone now
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