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go away! let him rest! you've all done enough already!
#tommyinnit#wadds art#dream smp#dsmp#tubbo#ctubbo#ctommy#dsmp fanart#tommyinnit fanart#tubbo fanart#cclingyduo#dsmp pogtopia#pogtopia#injuries#burns
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Wound Care For Adults
So the wife was on backpacking reddit and found that a lot of people can't tell the difference between wounds you need some vaseline and a bandaid for, wounds that need a little home TLC, wounds you need to go to an urgent care for, and wounds you actually need to go to the emergency department for, so we're gonna talk about that here.
Wounds that need some vaseline and a bandaid:
A blister that popped
A non-gaping cut
A skinned knee (small amount of fresh, shallow road rash with nothing embedded)
Keep in mind that you should NOT use rubbing alcohol, iodine, mercurochrome, or hydrogen peroxide on any of these. It will just hurt and potentially kill healthy cells in the wound. Neosporin or other antibiotic ointment is okay if you happen to have it, but the antibiotics themselves don't last long and are generally not worth the extra money.
Wash the wound with plain tap water, pat it dry with a clean cloth or piece of gauze, dab on a little petroleum jelly (Vaseline) and slap a bandage on that beby.
Wounds that need some TLC at home:
A small, shallow burn with nothing stuck to it
A slightly infected open blister or non-gaping cut
Slightly infected road rash or shallow road rash with something embedded in it
Cut gaping less than 1/4 inch (1/2 cm)
Small, shallow burn: Right after you get the burn, run it under cool tap water for 5-10 minutes, even if you think it's already cool. This will help clean the wound and stop the burn from getting any deeper. Do not ice. Do not put oil or butter or vaseline on the wound. Use an over the counter burn gel and a bandaid to hold it in place.
Slightly infected small wound/road rash: You'll know it's slightly infected if there's redness and swelling around the edges (up to 2cm), if there is drainage, and if it smells bad. It will also probably hurt more than you think it should. For this you'll want to do hot compresses about 4 times a day for 20 minutes per time until the infection goes away. To do this, get a pot and get water hot enough that it is uncomfortable to touch. Then put a wash cloth in that water, pull it out, wring it out, and hold it against the wound. It should be uncomfortably hot and just a little painful. When it cools down, dip it back in the pot, wring it out, and do it again. At the end of 20 minutes the whole area around the wound should be pink.
Road rash with something embedded: If there's a tiny stone or pieces of visible dirt on this section of road rash, you'll need to clean it with a moderately forceful stream of water. You can do this with an irrigation syringe you can get from the pharmacy, or you can make your own using a plastic zipper bag. Fill a bag with water, then cut a teeny tiny hole in one of the corners. Squeeze the bag to make a stream of water, then direct that stream at the wound. This will take potentially a lot of water. Keep at it until there is nothing visible in the wound, then treat with vaseline and a bandaid.
A cut gaping less than 1/4 inch: If this is on your face, genitals, or hands and you care about scarring, go to an emergency department. If this is on another part of your body and you're okay with a scar, keep reading. Stop bleeding with pressure. Clean the wound by running clean tap water through it and pat the edges dry. Make some butterfly bandages out of strong tape- I recommend silk medical tape, but in a pinch you could use duct tape or similar.
Starting on one end, tape down one side of a butterfly bandage, pull it across the cut, and tape it to the other side. Move a 1/4 inch down the cut, and tape another one down, then another, until you have taped the length of the cut. Put some kind of breathable bandage on top of this.
Wounds that need to go to an urgent care:
Cut gaping more than 1/4 inch but that you can still stop bleeding with pressure.
Open blister, cut, burn, or road rash that is draining thick, yellow-or-white drainage and is not getting better with hot compresses, but you don't have a fever
Stop any bleeding, clean by running water over the injury, and go to an urgent care or your family doctor if you happen to be able to get in for a same-day appointment.
Wounds that need to go to an emergency department:
Any cut that gapes on the face, palm of the hand, or genitals
Infection with streaks or with which you have a fever/chills, or for which the red area grows by more than a cm in an hour
Burn larger than the palm of your hand or that is more than skin deep
Any wound that was spurting blood or that needed a tourniquet to stop bleeding
Go to the emergency department as soon as possible, they'll take care of it.
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Donald Trump died at 4:23 pm on Friday, September 19th, 2025 from severe burns to his cranium.
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Kitty's Burns
Stuffed animals and dolls get burnt in many ways. Some are in fires. Some get burnt in the dryer, or with a blow dryer, in an attempt to dry them after a wash. But another common burn is from a lightbulb. Sometimes, you catch the burn early, so there's just a touch of discoloration. This happened to one of my teddy bears when I was in college... he fell off the bed onto a light. But I caught him pretty quick. Here he is today with some of his friends: Eeyore, a quoll, and a quokka:
'and here's his burn. It's on the back of his leg, and it still feels like the rest of his fur, so 'and here's his burn. It's on the back of his leg, and it still feels like the rest of his fur, so I've opted to leave it as is. Any transplant wouldn't match perfectly, and would be pretty invasive surgery. He earned his scar and he's proud of it. :-)
But sometimes, patients get really burnt by lightbulbs. As in charred, third degree burns. And that's what happened to Kitty. She was sitting on a light that was accidentally turned on and no one noticed till it was too late! Here is her diagnosis photo:
The (nice?) round burn went all the way around to her backside, but was quite localized. Burning had not only changed her fur color, it was charred, the fur melted, and so did some of the stuffing underneath. For this type of burn, the treatment is to excise the burnt fur and stuffing, and then give the patient new fur and stuffing as needed to restore the damaged areas. This is different from the usual fur transplants for bald spots, which go over surviving skin. Kitty's family decided she would get a spa too. She arrived and after stuffingectomy, started her bubble bath:
She got new stuffing, with a heart of original, unburnt stuffing:
And then she had surgery to treat the burn itself. Here she is all better and ready to fly home:
It's pretty hard to see the new fur, which was great! And it will blend even more as she's hugged in her natural environment. Her family wrote "Oh wow! She looks fantastic! :) I just shared photos with my wife, and sheâs very happy :) .... couldnât be more pleased!"
So Kitty flew home for more hugs and adventures... but no more lightbulb seats!
#stuffed animal repair#stuffed animal hospital#burns#cat#kitty#toy cat#toy kitten#stuffed animal#stuffed toy#stuffed cat#stuffed kitten#stuffed animals#lightbulb#lightbulbs#teddy bear#teddy bears#teddy bear repair#quoll#quokka#eeyore#stuffed animal cleaning
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Andrew Tate started beef with a 19 year old.
She then beat his ass publicly.
And im dying at this tweet.
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Kane & Jim AU: Slow Cooked
Chronological masterlist / Writing order masterlist
content: vampire whumpee, torture, burns, body horror / gore, isolation, touch starvation, rescue, caretaking
just some whump that wouldn't leave my head. i'm on an AU kick. 2 pieces in a day!! woo!!! also posted a catharsis chapter earlier :D
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It was day one-thousand one-hundred and thirty-three since theyâd left Kane in the sun.
Unlike in his cell, it was easy to count the days out here. Impossible not to, unless he lost count amid the endless pain. He couldnât see, hadnât opened his eyes in years, but fire licked at his toes once more, slowly working its way up.
Kane did not scream. The last time heâd screamed, a hunter had wrapped a cord around his throat and threatened to leave it there forever if he made another sound, leaving his lungs perpetually empty. That was day 14.
He had air. As his already burnt-beyond-recognition body lit up once more under the unforgiving heat of the sun, Kane reminded himself he could breathe. It was the only thing he had left.
It hurt. It hurt, hurt, hurt, always. There was no end to it, not even at night, when his wholly maimed form was given far too little time to even start to heal. There was only agony at night and more agony in the day.
He missed his cell. He would do anything to go back to his cell, in the blessed dark.
The morning sun rose enough to reach his face, his entire body once again swallowed as he burned alive.
Please. Please make it stop. Please, somebody help me! Iâll do anything. I just need it to stop. Mercy.
Every day, the same wish, unanswered. Kane was left to his unbearable existence, forgotten.
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Somebody touched him. It was the first time Kane had been touched in over three years.
It was a light touch, just the graze of what he thought to be a hand to his jawline. Not enough to make it hurt more than it already did. Whoever it was said something, but he couldnât make it out. Melted flesh had filled his ears for quite some time.
Kane did not move. He didnât think he was capable of moving, anymore. But he had to do something. Maybe if he did, theyâd let him inside, just for a little. Just for a few days. He would do anything to be allowed inside for a few days, even if they tortured him.
Please, I need help, please help me! Make it stop!
A small, raspy whine escaped the back of his throat, muffled further by his sealed-shut lips. It was all he could manage.
The hand retreated.
If Kane was capable of crying, he would. If Kaneâs tear ducts hadnât melted away under the sun years ago, heâd never have stopped.
Please. Please. Somebody. Help me.
His heart cried out, yearning for the touch to return. Even if they never helped, even if they hurt him. He just needed to feel for one moment like he wasnât alone.
He keened again, a quiet thing, though he tried. Wordless begging to not be left.
The hand returned to his cheek, and he quieted once more. If the agony never stopped, at least he had this. The ability to breathe, and one gentle touch.
Without warning, something pierced his chest, and his cursed consciousness was blissfully lost.
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Kane did not wake outside.
His arms and legs were no longer spread into the corners of the board, ensuring every vulnerable inch of his front was exposed to the sun. The board no longer touched his back, in fact. Instead, he laid on something soft. The sun did not shine.
Either it was nighttime, or heâd been allowed inside.
It was almost unthinkable that heâd be allowed to rest on something soft and let inside. Surely, it had to be nighttime.
Despite his relative freedomâhe could still feel a shackle on one ankle, not silver, but nothing elseâhe was far too mangled to move around. He simply laid there, trying to bask in the wonder of the soft thing.
âKane?â a voice asked, hours later. He could hear it, he realized. His ears were cleared.
He knew that voice. That was the humanâs voice. Jimâs voice.
The fragile hope that he might be allowed to remain on the soft thing vanished.
âAre you awake?â Jim asked. âI saw you⌠twitching and stuff.â
He would cry if he could. He was crying, he realized, tears falling down his burnt-up cheeks.
âItâs okay, donât be scared. I mean, thatâsâthatâs a tall order, yeah. Youâre not going out there again. Youâre gonna be okay.â
That gentle hand returned, to his hair this time. There wasnât much of it left, he was reasonably sure. Jim stroked what was there, his touch feather-light, like he was afraid Kane would break into pieces.
âIâm not going anywhere. Iâm here. Itâs over,â Jim promised. His voice shook like he might be crying, too.
Kane wanted to believe it so, so badly. It was everything heâd ever wanted, for someone to help. Finally, finally, for the pain to end. It hadnât even ended yet, his body was a horrific mess of seared skin, but it had been promised. No one had ever promised to help before.
He couldnât be dreaming. It never hurt this badly in dreams, his only refuge.
âCan you open your mouth?â Jim prompted.
No. He couldnât. He tried, just to prove it, andâŚ
His lips popped open, revealing a perfectly-preserved, unburnt mouth.
How long had he been out? Days? Had he not been touched by the sun for days?
âYouâre doing great,â Jim encouraged. âI know youâre hurting pretty bad right now. So, um, I justâŚâ
âHere, Iâve got it.â A different voice, female, unfamiliar. Before Kane could even worry about who she was, a lid opened with a pop, and the smell of blood filled the air.
Kane did manage more than a whine, then. A desperate howl of need.
The blood poured into his mouth, cold and refreshing and salty and sweet. There was so much of it. He drank and drank and drank until there was no more. He was actually sated for once.
âThatâll help him heal faster?â Jim asked.
âYeah. Should do the trick.â
â...Do you think heâll be mad at me?â
Mad? How could he possibly be mad? Jim took him away from the sun. Jim let him inside. Jim gave him blood. He was going to be allowed to heal!
âI think heâll just be happy to be out of the sun,â the other voiced his thoughts.
There was a creak on the soft thinkâa bed? A couch?--as someone sat next to him. âThree years ago, the hunters told me they had you,â Jim said.
Three years. That was the end of it, then? Kane had paid his price, he wouldnât have to do it anymore? It felt too good to be true.
âI told them to kill you,â he continued. âI was scared. I thought you would be like⌠before. I thought you would come after me. I didnât know what they were doing, and they told me theyâd done it. I thought you were dead. I never wanted you to suffer, not like this.â
Did that mean no more? It was truly over?
âNo m-more?â Kane rasped out, his voice struggling to find itself after so long.
âNo more.â That gentle touch returned to his hair, and for the first time in years, there was hope.
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#whump#my writing#kane and jim au#torture#burns#gore#isolaton#touched starved#rescue#caretaking#vampire whumpee#vampire whump
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"I have to believe our worst moments don't make us monsters."
Starring: Miklos the Gray Mouse as Jimmy Mickey Mouse as Captain Curly Max as Daisuke Pegleg Pete as Swansea Donald Duck as Anya
#Donald Duck#Mickey Mouse#Max Goof#Pegleg Pete#Miklos the Gray Mouse#Anya Mouthwashing#Captain Curly#Swansea Mouthwashing#Daisuke Mouthwashing#Jimmy Mouthwashing#Mouthwashing AU#Ducktales#Duckverse#Mickey and Friends#My Art#Disney#Psychological Horror#Burns#The Disney crossover no one asked for or wanted but they're gonna get ANYWAY.#Pony Express#Mouthwashing#Mouseverse#Crossover#Blood
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"All you have to do is give me what I want."
#whump#whump art#my oc#my art#torture#fear#burns#chained up#vampire whump#Crying#crying blood#terry garland
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Thinking about some weather whump.
The Whumpee being chained up outside like a dog, no matter the conditions. They have a small shelter, but itâs barely enough for them on the best days.
During summer, they canât protect themselves from the heat. Their skin is constantly red and peeling from sunburns. They struggle to breathe in the hot, humid air. They barely have enough water to make it through.
When it storms, they tuck themselves into their shelter, jumping at every thunderclap. Most storms cause their shelter to flood, leaving them freezing and wet. Tree limbs snap and fall, narrowly missing their only shelter.
In winter, all they can do is make a makeshift wall for their shelter with their freezing hands, hopefully creating a windbreak. Maybe if the Whumper is feeling kind, theyâll get an extra blanket.
On the days weather is too bad, which is rare for the Whumper to decide, the Whumpee is tortured in other ways. It leaves them to wonder if theyâd rather be in a tornado or hurricane than inside with the Whumper.
#whump#fear#angst#captured#injured#hypothermia#hyperthermia#burns#exhaustion#thirst#suffocation#barely conscious#weather#writing prompts#frost bite#frostbite#dehydration
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Fire Country s02e04: âI need the rescue team here now!â
#whumpedit#firecountryedit#whump#fire country#bode donovan#max thieriot#unconscious#carried#support#worry#fire#burns#my gifs#queued post#good food!
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Cringetober day 10: ship dynamic
Hi Tumblr, burnsmithers shipper since 2014 here đ§đđ¨
#i just love when theyre obsessed with each other man#subservience and like when one is the others entire world is my absolute SHIT#old man yaoi but theyre actually disgusting#burnsmithers#i even checked on like the old blogs i would frequently look at and some of them are still active so hi wantshimsorely đđĽ°#the simpsons#smithers#burns#cringetober#cringetober 2024#my art
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random horny thought at fucking 10:30 am;
yk the gif re-floating around of logan putting his cigar out on his palm, his little facial expressions of like âoh?? might do that later hmmâ
ok ok ok, now imagine logan is smoking a cigar (bc he doesnât drink that much anymore but he still has his little guilty pleasures), in jeans, in a tank top. wade comes in to bother him bc thatâs his new favorite pastime. wade sees the cigar and makes a possibly terrible/ excellent decision to piss logan off just a little bit
something, something âyou know those are bad for youâ, terrible flirting and mock scolding.
and then he just plucks the cigar from loganâs lips. spins it around. and lowers it to grind the lit end right below loganâs collar bone
heavy eye contact. logan shocked, letting out a small gasp, but so quietly into it. wade freaking out in his head bc it was supposed to be funny (and just a little playfully flirty) but now thereâs something so fucking charged between them itâs threatening to send them up in flames
so wade pulls the cigar off logan, tucks it back into loganâs lips, and hightails it out of there before he does something truly, obscenely stupid
yea⌠oof
#pear shaped rambling#text only#mildly suggestive#but not really#only a little suggestive#cw burns#burns#cw pain kink#pain kink#deadpool#deadpool x wolverine#deadpool 3#wade wilson#wolverine#logan howlett#deadclaws#poolverine#incorrect cigar handling#thereâs a wolverine/ deadpool tag for ya#just the homoerotic move of putting out a lit cigar on a manâs tit#logan wants to smash#wade wants to smash#so so so bad#something like this could lead up to that
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Avatar the Last Airbender (2024) 1x06 "Masks"
#whumpedit#whump#avatar the last airbender#atla#atla netflix#netflix atla#netflix avatar#atla live action#zuko#dallas liu#iroh#paul sun hyung lee#ozai#daniel dae kim#my gifs#mod post#recovery#bandages#burns#burned#bedside vigil#caretaking
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@whumpgifathon | Day 1: Time Loop The Librarians | S02E08 | Ezekiel Jones
#god i love this episode so much. like. the whump. the angst. it's sooo good#whumpgifathon#whump gifs#whumpedit#whump#libra's whump gifathon 2024#the librarians#s02e08: and the point of salvation#ezekiel jones#the librarians gifs#the librarians edit#libra's the librarians edits#libra creates#emotional whump#burns#time loop
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Not sure if this is anything but I really love the bakhauv and would love to see the boys explore the captive\prisoner\belonging\patient thing with Rune. I really love whumpetakers that still have ulterior\immoral motives but are kinda nice\morally conflicted about it. Would love to see rune start to trust the boys some more too, even if wrongly
yees this got me thinking about some interactions right after the last chapter, communication
the bahkauv- francis and rune scene
cw captivity, nonhuman whumpee, references to burning, clinical curiosity, carewhumpers, partial trust, touching
All night, he fought the instinct to run again. Though the urge came in waves, his escape attempt ended disastrously the first time, and no doubt would again. He was far from any wood or fen he recognized. The forest here was old and thick, and the road was traveled by too many humans to even think of using. And there was the other thingâ the three travel companions who held him captive now were the least vicious men heâd come upon since his initial capture.
He slept as far from their campfire as he could get, for the heat hurt his new skin. He preferred shivering in the cold to the feeling of searing slowly. His captives allowed it, and did not force him closer than he wished. They kept a rope tied to his ankles, which led to Stephanâs waist where it was looped like a belt as he slept in his bedroll. Stephan was the largest of the three, with arms like the boughs of trees and a right hook that had rung Runeâs head like a rattle when heâd hit him.Â
Still, any real punishment for his transgressionâ biting one of his captors and drawing bloodâ never came. At least not yet. He jumped when he felt a weight on him in them idle of the night. It was a second blanket, and it had been laid over him by Francis, who stood with his head cocked to one side, his silhouette blocking the black spires of the pines. âYouâre shivering,â he explained. âYouâre sure you wonât come closer? It wonât hurt you.â
Rune considered explaining that even the moderate heat of a campfire did hurt, because his skin was newly formed and highly sensitive. It was sensitive to the ropes on his ankles, the scratchy blankets given to him. It could be foolish to bring attention to such an exploitable weakness. He had explained his bite to Stephan was non venomous, but that was because he had to. He should not explain how easy it was to hurt him when he was freshly regenerated. But Francis was curious. He climbed down to the cold earth beside Rune and sat cross legged looking at him. âWhat can I say to convince you?â
Rune shook his head.Â
âNothing? Truly?"
âItâs not you,â Rune offered. He should offer something. They had been so soft with him.Â
âWhat is it then?â
Rune glanced about to make sure Stephan and Arthur were still asleep. âItâs hot,â he shrugged. âIt hurts my skin.â
Francis narrowed his eyes. âEven just sitting beside it like we do?��
Rune squirmed.
âItâs alright,â Francis said, sensing his discomfort. There was something eager in his posture that Rune found unsettling, even if he was always so concerned, always trying to help. âIs it always like that?â
âNo,â Rune admitted miserably. âIâmâŚâ he pushed his arm out of the blankets to show the virgin sheen of his forearm in the dim light of the camp. âIâm all... new.â
âOf course,â said Francis, eyes widening in realization. âIt's never been in sunlight, or water, or anythingâŚnever had a scratch, or even a touch.â He reached for Runeâs arm and then hesitated, waiting for him to draw back or allow the contact. Heart pounding, Rune placed his wrist in his captorâs hand, remembering every touch of the hunters who held him for so many weeks. A gentle thumb brushed over the underside of Runeâa wrist, back and forth. It was not to elicit any sort of reaction in him, but to marvel at the new skin and its properties. âAny man burned like that would have diedâŚâ he murmured as if to himself. âYou're immune to festering. To infection.â
Runeâs temples and armpits itched as a sheen of sweat broke cold over his body. He tensed his arm and shoulder, not quite daring to pull away. As if awoken from a trance, Francis noticed and let him go. He pulled his arm back beneath the blankets. Blankets Francis had given him, he reminded himself. For presumably no reason other than his comfort.
âI study disease,â Francis told him.Â
âYouâre a healer?â
Francis scrunched his face in partial disagreement. âNot in the usual sense of the word. More studying. You donât suffer the same way humans do.â He realized his mistake when Runeâs eyes flashed up to his. He held up his hand, a gesture that seemed among humans to mean he meant no harm. âI didnât mean you donât feel pain. I know you do. I misspoke. I mean you donât suffer the same consequences for things as we do. Like infection. Your wounds heal without festering. Is that protective magic, or something in your physiology?â
Rune drew the blanket closer about himself. âI donât know, sir.â
Francis seemed to sag. The eagerness went out of his shoulders and his oft-animated hands and he hung them limply from his knees instead. âI know,â he said in the low tones of an apology. âOf course you donât. And call me Francis. Iâm no knight.â
Rune nodded, eyes down. He managed not to flinch as his captor reached out and tousled his hair with a gentleness that bordered on timidity before retreating to his own bedroll.
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@clickerflight @daffyduckcommittedtaxfraud @scoundrelwithboba, @blood-and-regrets @morning-star-whump
@pumpkin-spice-whump @why-not-ask-me-a-better-question @shiningstarofwinter @vampiresprite @thealchemistal @risk606
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#fantasy whump#captivity#failed escape#torture mention#nonhuman whumpee#burns#I donât think this is long enough to put under a cut tbh
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Kane & Jim x Catharsis - Kane & Luan
K&J chronological masterlist / K&J writing order masterlist
Catharsis masterlist
content: vampire whumpee, escape, begging, starvation, caretaking, dubious caretaker, whumpee turned caretaker, death wish, suicide attempt, recapture, torture, gore, burns, rescue, brief self-harm for vampire feeding purposes, side robot whumpee
Whumpmas in July Day 15: A Soft Reprieve
the first time i've ever done a crossover between two different series of mine! this one's been living in my brain rent-free. massive props to @sowhumpshaped for inspiration!
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Luanâs heart practically stopped when he looked through the doorbell camera to find a vampire.
The camera wouldnât matter if it was a vampire. The door wouldnât matter if it was a vampire. He would be taken, again, this time manhandled from his own apartment. The fact that he couldnât sleep all night was the only reason he had this last moment of freedom.
âStay back,â he said through the speaker, trying not to let his voice shake like his hands as he clumsily looked up the number for the local hunters. There was no way theyâd get here in time, not even with their base just down the road. Not with a vampireâs speed.
âPlease,â the vampire whimpered, kneeling on his doormat. âPlease help me, I beg of you. Iâm not a threat, I promise, please donât call the hunters, Iâll do anything!â
Now that Luan really looked, he could see beyond the bright-red of his eyes and the intimidating fangs: the figure at his door was⌠not well. Clearly emaciated, a feeling Luan knew all too well. He could see what looked like burns, and what were definitely cuts. Tears tracked from terrified, desperate eyes.
âWhat do you want?â Luan snapped, thumb hovering over the dial button.
âPlease, please, sir, I canât find anything to end myself, the sun is coming, theyâre going to find me, please, mercy, I canât go back, please help me!â the vampire begged, weeping into his hands. âI canât use persuasion, I promise, I wouldnât even if I could!â
It was objectively stupid. It was going to get him killed or worse. If Luan opened this door, that would be the end of it. The vampire would take one look at him, use persuasion, and his freedom would be gone again, just like that.
There was no faking the way his stomach turned inward like that, worse than Luan had ever been. If Luan had ever starved that badly, he suspected he would have died.
Would there be any point to a vampire going to these lengths just to trick him, when he could have just used persuasion from the first moment?
âOne minute. Stay there.â He dashed to find something, ending up with a ruler he hasnât dug out in years. Sawing at it with a kitchen knife made something resembling a stake, though he knew in his heart that it likely wasnât strong enough to get through flesh. He just had to hope it would be intimidating enough.
Luan hesitated. Was he really going to do this? Let a starving vampire into his home?
He looked through the camera again, at the pitiful man collapsed on his porch.
He opened the door, makeshift stake in hand. âGet inside.â
The vampire scrambled in, crouching like a cornered animal on his floor, panting hard. âTh-thank you, sir. Thank you so much. Please donât call them, please, I justââ
âYou can stay the daytime and thatâs it.â It wouldnât be the first time Luan had stayed awake a full 24 hours. He could do it again. âAt sunset, you leave, and you donât come back. You never take a human. Agreed?â He pointed the stake at the vampire with both hands. âTry anything and itâs the stake.â
What Luan wasnât expecting was for the vampire to look up at him with utter adoration. âYes, sir! Thank you, sir! Iâll be good, I promise, thank you so much! You can kill me if youâd like, I donât mind, I wonât resist. Whatever you want.â
Luan slowly lowered the stake. âThatâs⌠probably not necessary.â A look around the room. The sun would start rising in a few minutes, he had to act fast if he was really offering this vampire refuge. âGo wait in the bathroom,â he pointed, âThereâs no windows in there.â
âYes, sir!â The vampire started to run, but tumbled over himself, collapsing to the floor. Before Luan could react, he picked himself up to his hands and knees, crawling quickly to the bathroom and closing the door.
âJesus,â Luan muttered. The blinds were already closed, always closed, but he knew some light could trickle in through the gaps.
What to do next? He knew what he wanted next when he was rescued. To feel safe, to feel free, to feel in control, to know Cyrus couldnât hurt him anymore. Food, water, blankets, a fucking warm shower. Home.
What had even happened to the vampire to make him like this?
In the end, he gathered up some sweats and sneakers he wouldnât missâhe wasnât going to make the vampire run home half-naked and barefoot when sunset cameâand a blanket, then knocked on the door, stake stowed in his pocket. âHey.â
âYes?â the vampire called back.
Luan opened the door, finding the vampire huddled in the bathtub. âBrought you some stuff. You can use the bath and whatever too if you want, you know.â
The vampireâs eyes widened as Luan set the bundle down on the edge of the sink. âThank you, sir! Thatâs so kind of you! Thank you so much!â
âMm-hm.â It felt good to be the one in control. Safe, somehow, even with a vampire.
He wanted to ask what happened to him, but he hated when people asked for details. Those fucking true crime junkies. If the vampire wanted to talk, he would talk.
âIâm Luan,â he offered. âYou?â
âM-my name is Kane. No oneâs asked me that in a very long time.â The vampire stared at him like some kind of divine being.
âAlright, Kane. Glad this isnât going to shit immediately. Iâll be⌠out there. Knock if you need anything, I guess.â
âYes, sir!â
With that, Luan let him be. The vampire did not return, staying locked in there well after his shower ended. As the hours ticked by, he couldnât keep his mind off the vampire in the bathroom. How could he?
Food. He was probably hungry. Starving, if his appearance was anything to go by. Luan knew that feeling, the never-satisfied clawing in his gut.
He pinched at his skin. He had blood to go around, didnât he? Just once.
Luan knocked at the door. âKane? You doing okay in there?â
âYes, sir,â came the vampireâs muffled voice, âDo you need something?â
âYou need something,â Luan corrected. âIâm gonna feed you some blood. Open up.â
The door opened fast, Kaneâs wide, red eyes greeting him. âYou would give me blood?â he asked in a hushed whisper, the blanket still wrapped around him.
âYeah. Here.â Luan held out his arm. Thatâs where they did blood draws at the doctorâs, right? âI know youâre hungry. Go ahead.â
Kane burst into a huge, fanged grin. âThank you, sir!â He took Luanâs arm gingerly, with a gentleness he wouldnât have expected from a monster of the night. Deciding on the wrist, he bit in slowly, carefully at first.
As soon as he broke the skin, all that gentleness disappeared.
The vampire bit in hard, making Luan wince at the pain of it. But heâd expected pain. It was a goddamn vampire bite, of course it was gonna hurt. He grit his teeth and bore it. Heâd had worse.
âOkay, thatâs enough,â he announced as he started to feel woozy. âI get youâre hungry, I wanna help, but Iâm not a buffet.â
Kane paid him no mind, continuing to gulp down mouthfuls of blood, eyes wild.
Luanâs heart began to race, either from the depleting blood or the sudden terror or both. Suddenly, he wasnât in control anymore, and that meant the vampire could do anything to him. It wasnât like with the robot, who had to follow his orders. This was a vampire. What was he in comparison to that? He was powerless. He wasâ
No. Not again. He would not be that helpless thing again.
Luan hit the vampire as hard as he could, bringing his fist down on the back of his head. âI said stop!â
Kane reeled back, his bloody fangs tearing from skin, the blow jerking him back to reality. Landing clumsily on the floor, he looked up in horror as he realized what he had just done.
âIâm sorry!â he cried. âIâm s-so sorry, sir! I didnât mean to, I swear, I was just so hungry I couldnât control myself, Iâm sorry!â
His eyes grew watery, his breaths quick and panicked. Kane backed away on the floor, cowering against the tub. âPlease just k-kill me, please kill me, Iâll be good, I wonât resist, please, please, Iâm sorry, I canât, please kill me!â
Luan clutched his bleeding arm, staring at the pathetic creature before him. Was that what heâd looked like?
âYouâre fine. Just donât do it again or itâs the stake,â he said firmly. He was in control again. He got to make the rules.
âPlease donât call them,â Kane begged. âIâll do anything, sir.â
âYouâre fine,â Luan repeated. He picked the blanket up off the floor, having fallen in the chaos, and draped it back over the vampire. He instantly clung to it, his shaky hands curling tight in the fabric.
âTh-thank you, sir.â Kane gasped. âThank you, thank you, Iâm sorry.â
âGood.â Luan grabbed a box of bandages out of the cabinet and left, closing the door behind him. He was sure the both of them would feel better that way.
-
Luan woke up to insistent knocking at his door.
He wasnât supposed to fall asleep. There was a fucking vampire in his apartment. As soon as his head was clear enough to realize, he bolted upright, looking to the still-closed bathroom door, then to the window.
The evening sun still filtered through the blinds: it was still daylight, at least for a few hours more.
âWho is it?â he asked, unlocking his phone. An emergency alert from hours ago plastered the screen before he could check his doorbell camera: VAMPIRE IN AREA.
âIâm with the local vampire hunters. We just wanted to ask some questions,â the man at the door said.
Not a sound came from the bathroom.
It would be more suspicious if he didnât answer the door, right? Luan opened it. âWhat questions?â
âWe were holding a vampire in the base a few streets down when it escaped last night. This one canât hypnotize you, and we had it pretty weakened, but itâs still dangerousâcaught it before it could take anyone, thankfully. We know it couldnât have gotten far, already combed outside. It has to have snuck into someoneâs home, so weâve been making the rounds before it can escape come nightfall. Have you seen anything suspicious?â
â...Take anyone?â Luan asked, the floor falling out from under him.
âYep,â the hunter nodded, âWhen we caught it, it already had someone. Almost got away with her, too. If that thing managed to get her over the border, thatâd be it. Last thing we want is for that to happen again. Luckily, weâve got the sun on our side.â
How could he have been so stupid? Of course a vampire wouldnât be in human territory for any good reason. Kane had already gotten a taste for his blood. He was just a few hours away from being lured into captivity again, and this time, thereâd be no one to save him.
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Luan grit his teeth, chest tight. Cyrus would never let him hear the end of it if he knew. âHeâhe tricked me,â he mumbled. âHeâs in the bathroom.â
âFuck. Least we caught it before sundown. Read up some on vampire safety,â the hunter instructed him, strolling inside.
The bathroom was no longer silent.
A sob accompanied the frantic scratching of nails against wood for only a moment before the hunter yanked the door open, the shitty lock giving way on only the third try.
âNo! No, please, I was out!â Kane screamed, clawing at the sink cabinet ever-harder. âPlease, please, mercy! I canât! I was out!â
âBehave yourself,â the hunter spat, and Kane and Luan both flinched. He grabbed the vampire by the hair. âCome quietly and you get a tarp, not that you deserve that much after the stunt you fucking pulled today. Make a fuss and itâs the sun.â
Kane wailed, a cry of anguish so long and deep Luan thought it might never end. When it did, a shaking Kane wrapped his arms around himself. âIâll be good, sir,â he whispered, eyes distant.
He offered no resistance as the hunter dragged him away, only tears.
Alone once more, Luan knew heâd made the only choice he could to protect himself, but the tightness in his chest didnât go away.
-
In the coming weeks, Luan couldnât get the vampire out of his mind.
Even taking it out on the robot didnât help, not that it ever really did. He found himself turning it on less and less, leaving it in the closet. Seeing Cyrusâs face just made him feel worse.
The hunters had to have killed Kane, right? That would be fine. Humanity would be safe from him if they did that, and Kane had been begging for it, anyway. What reason would they have to keep him alive?
Luan knew the answer to that better than most.
One call to the hunters confirmed it: the vampire was alive, though they promised âimproved securityâ.
âCan I see him?â he blurted out.
It took some convincing, but Luan was able to secure himself an appointment.
-
âKeep away from the bars,â the hunter leading him downstairs instructed. Down, down, down. Concrete walls, concrete floor. Luan fought the urge to run. âYou can talk with it for five minutes. Get some closure on whatever it was doing in your place. Iâll escort you back up later.â
âMm-hm,â Luan agreed.
At the bottom of the stairs was a cell, and in the cell was a metal trunk. Luan dug his nails into his palm.
âIt might look a little gnarly, but remember, these things arenât human. They heal like that.â The hunter snapped his fingers. âWait here.â
The hunter unlocked the cell, then the trunk. âOut.â
The lid flung open, a skinny, burnt hand retracting as soon as it appeared. Kane climbed out of the trunk, landing in a mess on the floor.
He was much worse-off than Luan remembered him. In only six weeks, the clothes heâd given him had become so torn and bloodstained as to be practically unrecognizable. Nearly all the skin he could see was burnt, his face a mess of severe welts. He looked to Luan with utter terror in his eyes, far more than the robot could ever hope to mimic.
âH-hello, sir,â Kane stammered.
Luan had to run. He knew he was safe, he wasnât a vampire, but the danger emanating from every crack of this place was far greater than any heâd felt with a vampire cowering in his bathtub.
He didnât move. He didnât speak.
âIâm s-sorry,â Kane continued, clutching at his shirt. âPlease, please, Iâm so sorry.â
âWhat?â Luan asked. âWhy areââ
âPlease donât take the clothes away! Iâll do anything!â Kane bowed his head, trembling. âAnything, anything, p-please, I need them, Iâm so sorry, please! Theyâre the only thing protecting me from the silver!â
He picked his head up to look back at the trunk and then Luan with a sob. âPlease, I know I donât d-deserve it, Iâm sorry, but please, please, Iâm trying. I wonât run again, Iâm sorry!â
âTheyâre yours,â Luan assured him quickly. âIâm not⌠taking them. Thatâs not why Iâm here.â
Kane let out a massive, shaky exhale, the grip on his shirt still tight. âThank you for your m-mercy, sir. Thank you for letting me keep them. Thank you for giving me one good day. I treasure it, sir. Itâit was the best day I ever had. What can I do for you?â He looked up, eyes shining and watery.
Luan turned and ran.
-
He brought the robot out that night. No one else had the guts to tell him what a piece of shit he was. No one else who wasnât in prison.
Luan didnât tell Russ what happened. He didnât need to. The robot did its job, and by the time he was done, his knuckles hurt. The robot winced as Luan reached down to switch it off, then fell limp.
He called the cops. They didnât care. It wasnât a crime to hurt a vampire.
Luan thought about moving, but he didnât. Instead, he did the opposite, took long walks out to the huntersâ base with his hand on the unused pepper spray in his pocket. It was just a building, as far as he could see, but he knew Kane was in there. Someone had to know.
Until one day, Kane was outside.
He was strapped to a propped-up metal board, baking in the sun, the clothes Luan had given him gone. It was the least human heâd ever looked: his skin boiled like sugar syrup on a stovetop in some places, crisped like burnt marshmallow in others.
There was no one else out there.
He ran home, came back even quicker with his car, and hopped the fence. Barbed wire tore at his skin, but didnât slow him down. Kane writhed, pulling at his bound wrists.
âIâm getting you out of here,â Luan whispered, taking bolt cutters to his shackles. Kane fell to the ground, letting out a muffled shriek as his yet-untouched back set ablaze.
He didnât have time to be careful. He hauled Kane upâhe hardly weighed anythingâand threw him over the fence, following quickly.
Tossing the vampire into his trunk, he added, âDonât say youâre sorry if you have nothing to be sorry for. Iâm sorry. Youâre going home.â
Kaneâs mangled face was unreadable, but Luan could have swore he saw him relax just a little amid the pain.
-
Luan drove. He couldnât go home yet, that much he knew. Theyâd find him in a heartbeat. He drove as far away from that place as he could get, the cargo in his trunk surprisingly quiet.
When heâd gotten a few hours away, he found a secluded corner of a parking garage and popped the trunk.
âEasy, itâs me,â Luan shushed when Kane started to cower. âWeâre far away. Here.â
Kaneâs mouth was sealed shut, his lips fused together by the heat of the sun. It took some prying, but he managed to get them unfused. Kane didnât seem to mind, not even when his skin tore and bled.
There were no fangs in his mouth.
Whatever. That wouldnât stop him. He grabbed his pocketknife from the glove compartment and slashed his palm open. Kane writhed again, a desperate whine dragged from his throat, but stopped when Luan made a fist over his waiting mouth and squeezed.
âDrink up,â he encouraged. He kept going for a while, eventually bringing his hand to Kaneâs mouth to let him lick the excess blood from it. His hand left scabbed over, as if it had been healing for hours rather than minutes.
âBetter?â he asked.
âYes, sir,â Kane rasped, his voice hoarse. âThank you, Iâll b-be good this time. Thank you for giving me another chance.â
Oh, heâd screwed this guy up bad. Another achievement in his worthless fucking life.
âWho should I contact about getting you home?â he asked. Time to get straight to the point. âAny vampire who could come here when itâs night and get you?â
Kane was silent for a moment. âBellamy Verta,â he said eventually. âS-safe. Safe for humans.â
The guy wasnât hard to find, and from what his profile said, he sure seemed to live up to safe for humans. His profile linked to a website that looked like PETA for vampires.
âIâm sending a DM. Heâs probably asleep right now, but heâll probably see it when he wakes up,â Luan reported.
Kane wept, blubbering gratitudes.
-
Luan cleared the area an hour before Verta was set to arrive. No matter how innocent his page looked, he wasnât taking any chances. He left the trunk closed so no one would find Kane besides the one who was supposed to, not that he expected vampire hunters to be prowling an unpopulated parking garage in the middle of the night. Not exactly prime vampire ground. He was sure Verta would be able to figure out opening it.
He didnât go back to the car until he got an emoji-filled DM back from Verta with a picture of what looked like Kaneâs attempt at a smile.
His trunk had a hand-shaped dent in it, not that he really gave a shit. By the time he got home, it was almost sunrise. He really had to do something about his sleeping before Monday.
Luan stared blearily at the closet.
He opened it, turned on the robot. Russ flinched back at his touch, looking up at him with a harsh glare. âWhat?â he spat.
Luan unplugged the charger and shoved it into Russâs hands before backing away. âYou can go.â
Russ opened his mouth, then closed it, the glare melting from his face. He turned and ran through the door without a word, off into the sunrise.
It felt better than any time Luan had hit him.
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