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Caretaker carefully sitting beside a newly rescued whumpee, keeping their voice low,

“Hey, there… our doctor needs to take a look at you, okay? Don’t worry, nothing will happen. Just need to make sure you’re not hurt too much, before we go somewhere safer. I’ll stay with you, nothing bad will happen.”

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whumpee who doesn't need to be chained up in a basement. whumpee who's hidden in plain sight. whumpee who hides their own bruises and smiles when strangers ask them how they're doing.

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stoic whumpee scrubbing the blood off of their hands in the bathroom behind a locked door while caretaker frantically pounds on the door, begging them to let them in and help

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Don't you just love it when the team get captured and it's revealed that Whumpee has met Whumper before.

The twisted delight in Whumper's voice when they say "Oh, has Whumpee never mentioned me?"

The shame burning in Whumpee's face as Whumper recounts the fun they used to have together.

The confusion, disbelief, and horror on the team's faces as the truth unfolds.

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Whumper throwing whumpee a “happy gotcha day” celebration

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When Whumpee and Caretaker regroup or the rewarding moment when the team celebrates having saved the day, defeated Whumper, etc. Only for Whumpee to utter one word that changes everything.

"Caretaker…", they breathe as they stagger forward. Both of them looking down to see Whumpee's shirt soaked in blood. Caretaker's horrified face the only response as they lunge forward to catch a collapsing Whumpee.

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hmmm... thinking about someone forcibly taking care of you. bathing you by hand, brushing your hair for you, dressing you and grooming you, brushing your teeth for you, hand feeding you etc etc. not just as a form of affection but also to assert control over your every breathing moment...

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"You could say I know them more intimately than you by now. After all..." Whumper grabbed Whumpee's face and forced them to look at Caretaker. "Have you ever seen their face twisted like this? Seen them all desperate? Fear in their eyes? Begging with their whole being? Or a rage that twists their features into something that you would never recognise? Hm?"

Caretaker didn't take the bait. He remained eerily calm, ignoring that deep fear that he had, admittedly, never seen before in those eyes.

"Well, what about you?" he returned the question. "Have you ever seen them look at you with utter devotion? Have you seen their face light up when you enter the room? How their eyes sparkle when you make them laugh? Seen that longing? That love?"

His eyes snapped up to Whumper, whose grin remained on his face, but his eyes had hardened. "After all..."

That's what you want? Right?"

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“They did that to you? And you let them?”

“You think I had a say in how I was fucking tortured?”

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Love when a villain is genuinely trying to help the whumpee. Maybe they’re rethinking being a villain, or they’re not that cruel, or maybe they just wanna give their prey a fighting chance. It doesn’t matter.

The whumpee won’t listen to them. Even in their injured state, they grip furniture to keep themselves upright and away from the villain. They spit every insult like venom. They hate the villain.

But once they’ve passed out, the villain still tends to their wounds. Still wraps them in bandages and blankets. Still tries to help.

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walk with me. when a whumpee who was held captive with constant manacles/handcuffs, years later, after rescue and recovery of all the physical wounds, wears a too-tight watch or a clinky charm bracelet and is suddenly thrown back to then - and scrambles to take it off, just get it off, to the shock and confusion of the people around them. bonus points if the jewellery was a gift, bonus bonus points if they get damaged or broken in the panic and the ex-whumpee ends up, through their ptsd-fueled haze, apologising profusely and ignoring the fact that their loved one cares far more about them than the gift anyway

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Whumpee that on some level falls in love with whumper, to a point that takes even whumper off guard even though they were the one trying to break them to begin with. Whumpee that hates themself for loving whumper, especially if whumper also hurt people they cared about, but doesn't know how to get rid of the feelings. Whumpee that craves whumper's approval more than anything else in the world, that tries to pretend they don't care, but clearly still do, so much. Whumpee that feels like a traitor to everyone that's ever cared about them because of how much they love and miss whumper.

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Fun quirks to give your whumpee:

Never sleeps/lies on their back: a habit they developed when the scars on their back were healing. This could also apply to leaning on the backrest of a chair. Instead they sit bolt upright or slouch over the table.

Holds anything fragile like a glass or a plate with both hands at all times because their grip is no longer strong enough to hold it with just one.

Their pyjamas look like day clothes so they can pretend they're functional when they don't have the energy/motivation/mobility to get dressed.

They have no mirrors in their house because they've changed so much since being with Whumper that they don't recognise themself anymore, and they can't stand being reminded of it.

Alternatively, they have mirrors everywhere so they can always see over their shoulder for any potential threat.

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whumpee who occasionally gives up and just lays there for a few minutes.

maybe they’re safe and just taking a breather, maybe they need a minute before attempting to save themself, maybe they’ve actually given up.

either way, they just lay there and stare at the ceiling. they’re very tired.

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Magic/sci-fi anything method that allows whumpees friends/team to visually see whumpees memories and find out first hand what brutal torture they've been through my beloved

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whats that kink called that you get from reading too much fantasy lit as a child that makes you want to be tortured in front of someone who loves you so you can see the pleading desperation in their eyes and hear how much they love you in between the cracks of their voice and really truly believe they would do anything to save you. also you get to look so cool and brave and covered in blood and soooo able to withstand pain haha no just me? ok

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Noncon but the aggressor is super gentle while doing it, wiping away their tears and telling them how good they are doing