Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2020

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This is the Hurt/Comfort Exchange letter for Labocat on AO3! Just to start things off, I'm so excited to receive anything on this list, and I'm so excited that someone signed up to offer them! In general, I'm incredibly easy-going as to what I like; it’s hard to find something that I absolutely don’t like hard stop.

In going through and coming up with more umbrella situations, I ended up leaving out possibilities for things like AUs - I normally love AUs, but for this, I'd like to ask no full AUs - i.e. canon divergence, alternate events, or AUs that fit within the canon setting are fine, but no space opera or dragon rider or high school AUs, please. That said, if a specific AU really calls to you to write, this isn't a hard DNW, so ODAO. Also road trips are always okay. Always.

Some tropes I adore that are relevant (non-comprehensive):

- hurt/comfort and whump
- alternate PoVs of scenes
- pre-canon backstory
- curtainfic/established relationship
- casefic
- fake relationship/arranged marriage/accidentally married/accidental confessions
- found family
- enemies/rivals to lovers (also friends to lovers)
- secret relationships/friendships
- reincarnation/fated/soulbonds
- trapped somewhere together/canadian shack
- loyalty
- magically bonded together (either physically or telepathically)
- redemption or corruption
- road trips
- the 90s anime onsen episode
- pollen/aphrodisiacs (sex or truth, but oh man, forced to choose between sex and truth pollen is especially good)
- sharing a bed, either by choice or circumstance

General hurt/comfort likes are one party stoically bearing whatever hurt they're bearing until either circumstances or the other party forces them to stop (and then subsequent caring/recovery), small tells that a character is close to that edge, the collapse or injury causing a feelings or truth reveal (either an internal realization or suddenly blurting feelings), and hurt/comfort situations revealing hidden feelings!

A couple notes on things like pairing order - I've requested quite a few cnovels in which there are canon "orders", but I do not care in the slightest and encourage switching if you're feeling it - first time topping or first time reversing is always of interest! (Exception: Cang Ji/Jing Lin)

Really Optional Details That Are Entirely Optional (okay let’s just call them kinks, also non-comprehensive): If you wanted to go a M/E route, and are comfortable writing any of the following, I really enjoy size difference, blindfolds, orgasm denial, sex pollen, messy/sloppy sex, intercrual, oral, semi-public sex (like in a closet or alley), sensory deprivation, breathplay, toys (especially hidden plugs/vibes), marking/possessiveness, overstimulation, body worship, slow, drawn-out sex that can really tie in with the aforementioned body worship, or awkward first times. I also like a lot of things that tend to be opt-in so they are Extra Optional: dubcon, vore/gore, tentacles and xenophilia, oviposition, come inflation, a/b/o, bloodplay, threesomes/moresomes, double penetration, degradation, non-con body mods, and collars.

Below are the sections for each fandom with the requested freeforms! I've listed a short canon paragraph and some expansions on the tag if there was a preferred situation or direction I had in mind for it!


Scum Villain
Nan Chan (Carp Gong)
Tian Guan Ci Fu (TGCF)
Wushuang (Peerless)
Sha Po Lang
The Untamed



In general, assume my signup is correct and this letter is not if there are any disparities between present tags!

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System:
Luo Binghe/Shen Qingqiu (hurt LBH)

I love their relationship a lot, how unshakeable Luo Binghe’s faith in Shen Qingqiu is, and how Shen Qingqiu tries to be strict with him and utterly fails at it in the end, even as he tries to continue to be cool and aloof and just ends up patting Luo Binghe’s head instead. I love that Shen Qinqiu’s intervention tips Luo Binghe from entirely Dark Demon Lord to this so eager to please puppy with yandere tendencies, and oh my god, I still think about the moment when Shen Qingqiu realizes he probably could’ve just asked Luo Binghe to walk down to the Demon Realm instead of shoving him in and Luo Binghe would’ve nodded happily and done it for Shizun. They’re so gone for each other and don’t realize just how far gone and it’s amazing.

- Accepting Injury to protect someone
- Awkward comforter - Sqq doesn't always know the best thing to say...
- Bridal/princess carry - I am ON FIRE for sqq carrying binghe in his arms
- Canadian shack
- Catching hurt character as they collapse
- character sloppily caring for their own wounds
- coughing up blood
- fuck or die
- sharing a bed
- soulbonds - feeling each other's emotions
- trapped together while one is injured

Nan Chan:
Cang Ji/Jing Lin (hurt Jing Lin)

I still cannot believe I got into this novel under the description of "the gong is a carp, the gong very much wants to eat the shou" and then it ended up as this really striking, fascinating novel about love and suffering and memories and relationships and how they change us. While still very much being about a carp who wants to eat everyone. Cang Ji is kind of incredible in both how shameless he is and how excessively protective he is of Jing Lin because how dare anyone touch Jing Lin before he has a chance to consume him (or figure out just what the feelings underlying the desire to consume are)! I am so, so here for training montages where both of them are too close and flustered and don't know what to do, sensual blood licking (after either sensual or not-sensual biting or blood loss), Cang Ji figuring out what sex is and what his desires towards Jing Lin are, Cang Ji's conflation with voring Jing Lin and keeping him by his side always, the conflation of consumption and love, flashes of memories coming back and not knowing what to do with how they make him feel, anything!

I adore how much of a delicate woobie Jing Lin is while still being someone that the entire heavens fears or respects on some level, how apart he's been, both by choice and not, and how Cang Ji breaks through those barriers both times. I love both of their emotional journeys and the concept of a "tributlation" fascinates me so much in terms of what it means for them.

Please note: I am following and will be keeping current with the English translation on Jade-Rabbit - please no spoilers beyond what has been released.

- bathing/washing
- blood drinking
- bridal/princess carry
- canadian shack
- catching hurt character as they collapse
- coughing up blood
- fuck or die
- lying so the other will accept comfort or help
- sharing a bed
- soulbonds - feeling the other's emotions
- touch-starved - will only accept touch from one trusted person
- touch-starved character having overwhelming tender long foreplay first time sex

TGCF:
Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (hurt Xie Lian)

800 years of pining and it was so worth it in the end!!! I love how much they're in love and a married couple before anything actually happens, I love every silly excuse for kissing they come up with, I love that the solution they found to Xie Lian's abstinent cultivation path is just for Hua Cheng to share powers with him every morning, I love that they're just sweet and domestic while still being this incredible power couple who actually complement each other incredibly well. I love how doting and protective both of them are, so I would be so happy with anything for the two of them, whether it be something mid-canon, post canon, new hijinks, or just some sweet fluff.

A lot of these are based on both of them being so protective of each other, to the point of taking on pain willingly for the other and considering it more than worth it/their due and the hurdle of letting the other know they're hurt because they don't want to worry the other.

- bathing/washing
- bridal/princess carry
- canadian shack
- catching hurt character as they collapse
- character can take pain from others onto self
- character doesn't realize how hurt they are until they collapse
- fuck or die
- sharing a bed
- soulbonds - feeling each other's emotions

Sha Po Lang:
Chang Geng/Gu Yun (hurt Gu Yun)

OPPORTUNISTIC CARETAKING AND COMPETENCY. I love how competent both of them are, especially how Chang Geng especially uses his competency solely for the sake of Gu Yun, even as it sends everyone else into fearful scatters trying to figure out what sort of power grab he's going for. I'm weak for Gu Yun being surprised at how spoiled and shameless Chang Geng is when it comes to him like he didn't spend most of his life spoiling him, but I also dearly love moments when both of them realize just how fearfully competent the other is and fall even more in love. I am also extremely, extremely here for Chang Geng's opportunistic caretaking of Gu Yun when his medicine fails - please exploit this and Gu Yun's touch sensitivity because canon has not given me nearly enough of Gu Yun shivering at Chang Geng's touch because of his oversensitivity or Chang Geng's combination service/yifu kink. I love that there are so many opportunities for frantic reunions, excellent hurt/comfort, pining, and protectiveness. I still can't believe Chang Geng got jealous of a /doorframe/. They're ridiculous and Gu Yun indulges him and I love them both.

- back rubs to ease a headache
- bedside vigils
- bridal/princess carry
- canadian shack
- catching hurt character as they collapse
- character pushes themselves too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
- character with high pain tolerance is in too much pain to hide it
- coughing up blood
- forcing exhausted character to get some sleep
- helping hurt character dress/undress
- sharing a bed
- touch-starved character having overwhelming tender long foreplay first time sex

Wushuang/Peerless:
Feng Xiao/Cui Buqu (hurt Feng Xiao, hurt Cui Buqu, hurt both)

I'M SO HERE FOR THESE TWO AND THEIR ARGUMENTS??? I love how they're both hyper-competent and are constantly either already one step or trying to be one step ahead of the other and trying to find ways to get under the other's skin. The fact that they're both clearly enjoying this budding rivalmance is everything. There was a line like "soulmates are easy to find, a true rival is once in a lifetime, he wasn't going to lose him now" and I actually yelled out loud. Obviously this is a novel where their relationship is going to evolve, but I dearly love that even without any tender feelings, they were both already so important and dear to each other, even if they are /entirely/ too good at fake arguments and riling each other up. Feng Xiao is so shameless and has so much fun with everything he does, especially if it annoys someone else, and Cui Buqu is such a good foil, quieter and more closed-off but no less willing to do what it takes when it comes down to it. I love the trust that's starting to build between them, even if it's come so far as information exchanges and mutual respect. I'm just ON FIRE THIS IS FINE.

I AM ALSO ON FIRE REGARDING CHAPTER 113 AND SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS and just what that did to their whole dynamic and feelings and just PERFECT HURT/COMFORT FODDER. I requested all configurations of this because I fully thing all of these rom any direction, including both of them hurt and either trying to hide it or be strong for the other or to make it out would be INCREDIBLE.

Please note: I am following and will be keeping current with the English translation on Dust-Bunny - please no spoilers past what has been released.

- accepting injury to protect someone
- accidental love confession from hurt character due to them not thinking clearly
- awkward comforter
- back rubs to ease a headache
- bridal/princess carry
- canadian shack
- catching hurt character as they collapse
- character doesn't realize how hurt they are until they collapse
- character pushes themselves too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
- checking for fever with gentle touch that lingers
- coughing up blood
- forcing exhausted character to get some sleep
- helping hurt character dress/undress
- lying so the other will accept comfort and help
- no one is allowed to hurt you except me
- sharing a bed
- stuck in a trap
- touch-starved - will only accept touch from one trusted person
- touched-starved character having overwhelming tender long foreplay first time sex
- trapped together

The Untamed:
Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen (hurt Xiao Xingchen)

LOOK. I also love this weird dynamic where Xue Yang keeps trying to drag Xiao Xingchen down to his level just to prove that he can, but then ends up catching feelings and caring way too much when he loses and throws a tantrum to the point of taking on Xiao Xingchen's identity like he's got something to prove but is also obsessed with bringing him back. I like that he's got all of this talent that he's using for all the wrong reasons, and again, literally anything you want to do with this, creepy and bittersweet, trying to seduce Xiao Xingchen during their travels, realizing he's catching feelings, necrophilia, whatever, GO FOR IT. This is also specifically in Untamed because the idea of their history together going so far back thrills me.

- bleeding through bandages
- canadian shack
- catching hurt character as they collapse
- character pushes themselves too hard before they're fully recovered and relapse
- comforter's goal is to manipulate comfortee
- coughing up blood
- lying so the other will accept comfort or help
- no one is allowed to hurt you expcet me
- time loop - character A keeps failing to save character B
- touch-starved - will only accept touch from one trusted person
- trapped together
- watching hurt/sick character sleep