#fingore whump

[lumpsbumpsandwhumps]

unpopular opinion but whump should and deserves to be messy

"Yeah duh there's plenty of scenarios with blood and tears--" no. I want more.

I want pink tinted spit dribbling out of Whumpee's mouth. I want strings of saliva connecting between their busted lip to Whumper's tongue. I want drool running down the corners of their mouths because of a gag that makes it difficult to swallow.

I want sweat making Whumpee feel sticky and clammy to the touch. I want their skin to be slick and soaking into their soiled clothes. I want them to squirm in discomfort of a dirty shirt clinging to their back from precious fluids that are going to risk further dehydration. I want their hair to be continuously damp and hanging in thick strands in their face.

I want the scabs to turn white with pus and black with infection. I want old wounds to tear open and bleed a thick red. I want the pink flesh underneath to pulse and quiver, the sight of yellow fat and cartilage. I want blood vessels and capillaries to burst and spread over an area, I want burns to start brown and peel away to a tender pink.

I want Whumpee to vomit out of their nose because their mouth is gagged. I want bile to reek on their clothing and on their tongue. I want them to grow use to the taste of bitter blood and burning chyme forever in the back of their throat. I want them to have to snort and hack to be able to spit out whatever was still caught on their tongue or risk swallowing it down.

I want their tears to remain unwiped and crusting over their eyes. I want snot to smear over their cheeks and leave their lips uncomfortably tacky. I want their face to remain blotchy and red because they just can't get it clean. I want dirt and blood and skin to build up under their fingernails to the point they risk infecting their own wounds if they try and mess with it. I want Whumpee to only be sprayed down with cold water and an old towel, never any soap and never in all the creases of their body.

I want their bodies caked in grime and viscera and bodily fluids. I want Whumper to never give them the luxury of feeling clean and in fact actively making them more filthy each time. I want Whumpee's clothes yellowed and their hair matted and their skin sickly. I want injuries to never properly heal so that the only option is to amputate the necrosis. I want Whumper to force Whumpee to clean up whatever kind of mess they made by licking it off the floor.

I want arteries to spew like a garden sprinkler. I want the exposed roots of pulled teeth to dangle freely in their mouth. I want Whumpee's hair, including all of their body hair, to grow to unruly lengths that are constantly tangled and ingrown. I want them to find comfort in starving because it means there's nothing to risk throwing up. I want them to scrub their skin raw and bleeding, uncaring how much it aggravates their injuries or how the soap stings, the first chance they're given for a real bath.

I want it to be nasty!!!!!!

[painsandconfusion]

Imagine grabbing a whumpee's finger and bending it slowly backward until it either breaks or dislocates. Then, when the back of the finger is flush against the back of the hand, push it outward until the bone presses through the skin and flesh, returning the bones (albeit backwards and upsidedown) to it's original location.

[whumpshaped]

tw depersonalisation, derealisation, self-harm, gore (fingore)

Whumpee was getting a little too hasty with the knife as they diced their onions. The blade cut through the flesh of their finger like butter, and blood quickly pooled to the surface in its wake.

They stared at it, uncomprehending. It didn’t even hurt. It looked like their finger and their blood, but it didn’t… feel like it.

They used the tip of the knife to poke at the wound, sliding it under the half-detached flap of skin and folding it back. They dug the sharp point into the raw flesh and their muscles twitched, but at best they felt like they were a doctor, hitting someone else’s knee with a reflex hammer.

Blood, so much blood from just a tiny little cut. Maybe Whumper was right. Maybe they had gone easy on them. Maybe it wasn’t that hard to leave them in a puddle of their own blood.

They angled the knife and made another cut, severing that small piece of flesh entirely. They made another cut, entranced by the idea of dicing up their own fingers along with the vegetables. Were they even their own fingers? They should’ve felt something by now, right?

“Whumpee!” Someone grabbed them by the shoulders and pulled them away from the cutting board, and the knife fell from their hand, loudly clattering to the floor. “Holy shit– fuck– what are you doing?”

They were guided to the sink and their hand was put under running water, but they couldn’t tell whether it was cold or warm. They felt nothing apart from fascination with the way it painted the sink pink.

“Whumpee,” their friend tried again, and they slowly looked up to meet their eyes. They looked so concerned. And for what? They were completely fine. “What were you doing? That– that doesn’t look like an accidental cut– and there’s so much blood…”

“Dicing.” Their voice sounded distant and unfamiliar, and they wondered whether they’d ever find their way back to their own body or they were permanently locked outside. “I was dicing.”

[ashintheairlikesnow]

IRL whump but it's me cutting the tip of my finger off with a mandolin slicer

Description includes blood and discussion of pain and what it looks like below cut

I was trying to make spring rolls. I was slicing carrots and cucumbers and sliced a huge chunk off and my finger won't stop bleeding because, like, a big part of it is missing and my kitchen looks like I committed a gruesome murder against some cucumbers and rice paper and I had to dig out my skin from the fucking mandolin I had to DIG IT OUT and I could SEE THE EDGE OF MY FINGERPRINT

Also it fucking hurts like hell, the pain is sharp and throbs with my heartbeat and we don't have any gauze WHY DO WE NOT HAVE GAUZE so I had to wrap paper towels around it but I kept bleeding through them it took so fucking long to stop bleeding and all my nerve endings are PISSED OFF and I am. I am so mad at the mandolin right now.

It took my fingertip as a blood sacrifice. It cost ten dollars and it requires blood.

I can see the fucking wedge missing. I liked that wedge. It was my favorite finger skin! Which I did not know until it was gone and left me with PAIN.

When I can write again I am doing this to a whumpee and they will feel my pain

Probably Kauri or Chris

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Hands in Whump

- Caretaker with shaky hands as they dress a deep wound for the first time in their life

- Whumpee’s fists clenching absentmindedly while they are restrained, as the only way they can possibly calm themselves

- Whumpee who puts their hands in their pockets to hide the fact that they’re bruised and bleeding (and the pain that comes with shoving your raw hands into rough denim)

- Whumper who strokes their torture implements to show them off (or because they’re just fascinated by them) before using them

- Whumpee who bites their hands out of nervousness

- Caretakers with a featherlight touch and steady hands

- Accidentally getting a nail ripped off in an accident

- Nerve damage from getting a hand sliced through with a knife

[b0amagination]

Tastes of Whumptober: Day 3

Fingerprints

“You’re going to make the perfect secret weapon for me. Why shouldn’t I?”

“For you, what the hell?!” He pulled back from the detective, heart pounding in his throat. “We’re doing this together. That’s what we agreed from the start.”

“Yes, of course, but we agreed on different roles. You knew this would require sacrifice. You aren’t backing out on me now, are you?”

Of course carrying out the crimes would be more difficult, even with the detective planning them all. He eyed the bottle of acid: entirely out of place in his friend’s tidy kitchen.

“No, I just- I’ll wear gloves. That’s an option we established as well.”

“In summer? What happened to being inconspicuous, hm?”

“Nobody’s going to see me-”

“Oh, I didn’t know we agreed to kill witnesses now.” A bitter laugh slipped out from behind sneering lips. “Listen to me. We’re too close. If they suspect the secretary, the detective he clings to loses all credibility. And god forbid you get arrested… I’ll bail you out and beat you senseless myself.”

Their partner snapped to attention at that last sentence, lips parting to say something, but no words came to mind except…

“You’re scary when you get like this,” he breathed and, to his relief, the detective deflated a bit.

“I just can’t risk you leaving behind proof. Even if we tucked your hair away, a strand could fall out. It’s safer not to have any. Same with fingerprints. We should only have to maintain it every month or so, alright? You can do that for me.”

He faltered but nodded, still trembling as the other slid on a pair of thick rubber gloves and carefully poured the acid into the dish. Then they stood up.

“Your hand.” It extended, palm up, allowing them to lean over his shoulder and turn it over. The secretary held his breath and squeezed his eyes shut as a harsh grip forced his hand down.

“Fuck! Fuck, oh my god!!!” The burn started as a tingling before slamming against him, tearing a violent scream from his lungs. “Stop, stop, stop-!” He pulled and turned to beg his friend, but his tears were met only with a sick grin that made him freeze. His hand was released after a few seconds more, but he couldn’t move.

“For good measure,” they said, grabbing a towel to wipe dripping acid from swollen fingertips.

“Owwww! Don’t touch those!” Further pain snapped him out of it, but his hand was still forced up to be examined, soft squeezes forcing out hisses and whimpers.

“Looks good. Come on, let’s get the next over with.”

He was still heaving for breath to respond with when the detective tried to grasp his other wrist, but he finally wrenched it away.

“What’s gotten into you?!” The secretary stood to face the other, still cradling his throbbing hand. “Do you enjoy this? Because I sure as hell don’t.” 

“And if I did?” A brow challenged him and, in the moment of stunned silence, they lunged for his forearm. They twirled him and twisted the arm up against his back, still pushing forward.

“Fuck off, let me go- ghh!” The impact with the table forced the breath from his lungs and power he’d never felt folded him over the surface, landing dangerously close to the acid. A drop spilled onto the tablecloth and melted a hole right through.

“I wouldn’t have to hold you if you’d stop struggling,” they called down darkly, already with his other hand in theirs. “Now if you don’t spread out your fingers I’ll dip them anyway, you understand?”

His clenched fist quickly relaxed. And then the acid washed over him all over again, taking away every thought until he was curled up on the ground, screaming, sobbing, staring at his inflamed hands.

When the detective stepped closer, he scrambled away.

“Shhhh, hey. I was just kidding with you, you know.” They held out a hand, thought better of it, and lifted him by the shoulders instead. “Learn to take a joke.” 

He was unsteady on his feet, but he could stand. They rubbed his head and took him gently by the elbow.

“Come on. Let’s get those washed off and bandaged up. You’ve got a few days off to look forward to.”

[whumblr]

First, a finger...

Continuation from Half strength CW: Fingore, broken bones

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With an almost desperate scream, that just lacked the volume to intimidate, Whumpee launched themself at Whumper in what was to be a final attempt to gain the upper hand.

The man stepped back with a sly grin, easily deflecting the weak punch, and turned with Whumpee’s momentum, grabbing them by the wrist when the follow-up punch sailed past his face. He cranked their arm up, twisting it up their back. Then he swiftly stepped behind them and pressed them further against him with his other hand around their throat.

Whumpee writhed against him, doubling over in an attempt to gain distance. But he wouldn’t let them; the hand on their throat tightened, encouraging them back up.

Their entire body was more interested in just collapsing than to gather the final bits of strength they needed to break free. Why bother, seemed to be the message.

But Whumpee didn’t want to give in. Their shoulders bucked uselessly against him. In reply his hand just tightened around their wrist and they whimpered when their arm was forced ever further up to their shoulder blades in an unnatural angle that nearly tore their tendons.

“Oops,” Whumper merely said, something akin to a chuckle in his voice. He let go of their arm and pushed them away from him. “Nearly forgot myself there. Not yet.”

Whumpee stumbled, nearly fell over nothing but air as their own body was too keen to tilt to the floor. They drew up, just in time, to see him advancing on them like a panther stalking its prey.

“Come on, now. Fight with all you have,” he taunted, “While you still can…”

And they did. They had. They had fought with all they had, they fought with their freedom – their life – on the line. So why, why were they still beaten into the ground.

A final punch connected hard with their cheekbone and the next thing they knew they crashed hard against the concrete floor, with nothing to break their fall.

Arms trembled under their weight, but didn’t even have the strength anymore to lock at the elbows or to push their body more than a few inches from the floor. They slumped back down, the low fall still punching the remaining air out of their lungs.

And they remained there, breathing hard.

They flinched, the clacks of hard heels on the concrete drawing closer, and with a mewl they drew in on themself, expecting a gut-wrenching kick to their stomach.

But nothing happened, and the shiny black shoes –speckled with dust and some drops of unclear colour – walked past them.

“Now then…”

Whumpee winced at the sound of his voice, curled in on themselves on the floor. Everything hurt. Everything. Like they’d been stretched out too far, crumpled back up and smashed to the floor and just remained there.

“Get over here.”

No… No, they couldn’t get up! They couldn’t even move. And they knew what would happen when they struggled to their feet, when they were in front of him.

The sinister promises rang in the back of their mind: First… a finger.

They mewled softly into the crook of their elbow. They couldn’t handle more.

Then your wrist.

This was just the beginning, just like he had promised. With everything - from their blood to their spirit - beaten out of them without mercy. And still, still it was not enough. They were already in so much pain and they were doing all they could to pass out to avoid the pain to come. But their body refused.

“Whumpee.” The warning in his voice made them snap out of it and they glanced up.

He sat there, leering at them, leaning forward, arms resting over his knees with his hands clasped. They could see the blood on his knuckles, but he made no attempt to wipe it away. Probably didn’t even bother him. In fact, those hands ached for more, to feel the crunch of bone.

“Get over here. Now.”

They shook their head. “No… no, please, I— I can’t get up I—”

“I don’t care if you have to crawl over here. Do not make me say it again.”

A sharp yet sniffling intake of breath shuddered through them. They closed their eyes for a second. Then their hand scraped through the dust on the floor and firmly settled under them.

They yelped, they hissed, pain and exhaustion slowing everything as they tried to push themself to their knees. They buckled as soon as a hint of their weight rested on their ankle. They glanced up where merciless eyes took in their struggles and silently demanded for them to try again.

With every bit of effort, sobbing in pain and humiliation, they dragged themself over to him. Not even on their hands and knees; barely by their elbows, one knee, and their one leg that still had a bit of strength to propel them forward.

They came to a halt in-between his legs, pushing themself up – without even the dubious help of a hand to drag them up by the hair – and leaned heavily against his knee, panting hard.

He held his palm up. “Hand,” he merely said. Gestured impatiently up with his fingers. “Now. Or I’ll break two.”

They slid a trembling hand into his palm and he folded his other hand over it. Almost as if protecting it, but Whumpee knew better. His index finger slid under their fingers, nudging them up one by one, before settling on their ring finger. He lightly pushing it up until it strained and he grabbed it tight.

Whumpee squeezed their eyes shut, against the pain and they didn’t want to see the increasingly unnatural angle of their finger being forced back.

“Watch,” came the cold command. “Keep watching, don’t close your eyes. See how it folds back—” Whumpee did, feeling ever more sick with every tilt further, “—Feel how the tendons strain against the pressure. Feel the bone gritting against its joint, until finally—” Something snapped and a scream rose up. “It explodes.”

Whumpee’s hand jerked in his grip, but he didn’t let go. His own finger stroked lightly over their knuckle, the dislocated digit poking out at a sickening angle. Whumpee couldn’t take their eyes off it, even though it disgusted them. Whumper noticed, seeing their eyes gleam with tears.

And his grip moved over to their wrist.

“No…” they sobbed, but didn’t dare protest further. They weren’t even half way. And he could make things still so much worse.

Whumper shushed them gently. His other hand gripped their wrist as well and Whumpee twisted their head away. But besides the vice-like grip, two hands tightening and pulling at their arm, nothing happened.

He chuckled lightly. “Why, I’m flattered you seem to believe I’m strong enough to break this with my bare hands.” Another squeeze in their arm before he let go. “Believe me, I wish I was.”

He sat forward, moving Whumpee a bit so he could get up.

“As a reward, I’ll make this as swift as possible.” He gently pushed them off and stood straight.

Whumpee slumped as soon as the support of Whumper’s leg was removed. He walked behind them and Whumpee could hear him rummage about. They didn’t pay it much mind, much more concerned with their hand in their lap. But when they heard a clanging behind them and the scraping of iron over the floor, their shoulders shot up to their neck and their head spun back to see.

Whumper crouched over a metal crate, and in his hand he loosely held a crowbar. As he stood, the bar scraped over the floor, before the end flew up and came to a rest with a firm pat in Whumper’s palm.

“Put your arm on the chair.”

They did. Trembling and sobbing, but they did, without complaint. Four fingers rested shakily against the surface, with the one just sticking up at a painful angle.

A heavy and cold pressure settled on their wrist, with Whumper letting them experience the weight of the steel. With effect; it made them panic even more. But they made sure to keep it in. Their heartbeat thundered in their chest, creeping up higher and higher in their throat, fear settled in their stomach with a weight equal to the steel on their wrist, and their pleading was kept silent with only their lips moving.

As he raised the crowbar, they squeezed in on themself, eyes shut, shoulders shooting up again, and they turned their head away.

But the blow didn’t come. All they felt was a brush of air.

They peeked an eye open. Another when they saw the crowbar hovering over their wrist. They glanced up, hoping for a ray of mercy in the form of his sly grin, that this was just all meant to scare them and that their palpable fear had been enough to sate him.

His merciless cold eyes looking down on them told them otherwise.

“I said,” he nearly hissed, “watch.”

And before they could even protest or look away, the crowbar sliced through the air and crashed down on their wrist.

They howled in pain. They twisted in his grip but he held their arm firmly down.

Cool steel teased over the hot skin, the blood rushing under it already forming a lump. The cold was nice, but merely a drop in the ocean as the pain flared white hot through their arm.

His hand firmly pressed their arm to the chair and with the other ran the crowbar from their wrist over to the thick part of their forearm, just under their elbow. Then he raised the steel again.

“No!” They shrieked by now. “No, no, pleA—AaahH!”

A final hit. A last scream tore their throat. Steel tore through bone. They felt the snap of their radius under the force, and they were pretty sure they heard it.

Full on sobbing, heaving gasps, they bend over their arm, a half-hearted attempt to protect it. But that wasn’t necessary anymore… right? It was over. He delivered on his promises. Surely now… they were allowed to… pass out?

Hands curled over the back of the chair. Whumpee glanced up through their tears, barely making out an almost soft and fond expression on that always cruel face.

Then he tore the chair away from under them and they collapsed in a heap on the floor.

As predicted, as promised, they couldn’t do more than further curl in on themself in pain, cradling their arm, their only defence a soft mewl when he stood in front of them.

But the black shoes inching dangerously close to their shattered arm remained at distance and he crouched down and merely whispered to them:

“Welcome back.”

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Tag list: @firewheeesky @myfriendcallsmeasickwoman19 @hold-back-on-the-comfort @whumpawink @painsandconfusion @whump-me @briars7 @dustypinetree @whump-it-like-its-hot

[saccharine-suffering]

Can I get uhhhhhhhh rookie whumper?

They don't have the poised and graceful intimidation of an experienced whumper. You can see their hands shaking with excitement and nerves. They try to sound tough, but they can't contain their eager smile.

Whumpee would almost prefer someone who knew what they were doing. At least then they could know what to expect. At least then they could take some comfort knowing that they won't be accidentally killed because their torturer was just a bit too trigger happy and inexperienced.

Whumpee would really rather not be the guinea pig for testing which torments scratch Whumper's sadistic itch. They really don't want to be the unfortunate soul who years and years of fantasizing would finally be let out on.

Not to mention how sloppy this whumper can be. They have no idea how much force it takes to break a bone or yank a fingernail. It'll probably take them a couple tries to get what they were going for. A couple of tries that whumpee has to sit through.

[galaxywhump]

Could you write an AU where Berkeley was never caught and he recaptured wren for revenge?

[SV-240 masterlist]

contents: recapture, defiant whumpee, tied to a table, death threats, torture, knives, carved mark, non-graphic fingore/amputation.

~~~

"Rise and shine, sweetheart."

Wren flinches, blinking slowly but not seeing much, still groggy after… whatever happened between him being out and about and waking up here, wherever here is.

A firm slap to the face sobers him up. He wishes it hadn’t.

He’s tied up again - or rather tied down, lying on his back on something, probably a table, his wrists and ankles held in place by coarse rope. He’s shirtless, vulnerable, and the air is cold against his skin. Pulling at the restraints achieves nothing, and he starts panicking, struggling to breathe, because this was supposed to be over, he was free, and now he’s been kidnapped again by-

“Daniel taught me how to tie a good knot, so don’t bother. I’m sure he’d send his regards if he could.”

Daniel. Sweetheart. Whoever this is knows, must have known his tormentor, and when Wren turns his head to face the source of the familiar voice, his breath catches in his throat, his eyes go wide and his blood runs cold.

Berkeley.

He looks different - his hair has been shoddily cut short and dyed brown, he’s wearing colored contacts to hide the blue of his irises, and his freckles are concealed, but Wren still recognizes him immediately. Just like the last time he saw him there’s fury in his eyes, but no more hysteria or fear; only something dark and resigned.

“My disguise is no good, is it?” he snorts. “Is it my voice? Or is my face just burned into your mind? Or is it because I’m the only other person who knows what Daniel used to call you?”

This can’t be happening.

“You know you won’t get away with this,” Wren says, trying to mask the trembling in his voice.

“Is that really the best you can do?” Berkeley rolls his eyes. “Fuck, you’re pathetic.”

“This isn’t like that.” Wren shakes his head, but his heart stutters for a moment when Berkeley swears, as if that, not the kidnapping, not the restraints, not the unnerving expression, was proof that something was wrong. “People know I’m not dead. They’ll find me and finally lock your cowardly ass up.”

“They haven’t found me yet, though, have they? So I’d say we have some time for ourselves.” Berkeley shrugs and approaches slowly, step by step - and once he’s right by the table again, in a blink of an eye he wraps his hands around Wren’s throat and presses down, making him gasp.

“I could kill you.” He tightens his grip, and Wren’s hands twitch as the restraints stop him from instinctively reaching up to grab his attacker. “That would be it, Daniel would be avenged, yada yada. But I don’t give a shit about Daniel.” The corners of his lips rise slightly, a half-hearted remnant of his usual smirk, as he takes in Wren’s panic, wide eyes, frantic gasps. “I told him buying you was insane, but he convinced me. Then I told him he was too lenient with you, letting you wander around like you were free just because he wanted to play house. Of course I was right, and now he’s dead, and I’d just call it karma if you hadn’t ruined my life too. Everyone I worked with has been locked up. I’m being hunted.” His voice wavers a little bit. “And it’s all thanks to you, Rackham.”

His grip gets even tighter, and Wren’s eyes glaze over with tears. He’s still struggling, but he doesn’t control it; it’s pure instinct trying to save him from something he can’t be saved from.

Berkeley lets go, takes a step back and watches as Wren starts coughing, turning his head to the side to avoid choking. He’s still panting, his chest rising and falling rapidly, when he glares at Berkeley and asks, in as defiant a tone as he can muster:

“So what do you want from me?”

Berkeley laughs - his laughter is different, not genuine like it used to be, not hysterical like during the call, but completely dry; the laughter of someone completely disillusioned, with nothing to lose.

“I want to make you suffer. I want to see you cry and beg, because that’s all you’re good for, isn’t it? And Daniel’s not here to stop me from hurting his precious little sweetheart too much.” He lays his hands on the edge of the table, close to Wren’s side, and leans over him. “I don’t know how long I want to draw it out yet. I feel like no matter how much you’ll scream and cry and beg it will never be enough to make up for what you’ve done, but when I feel like the time is right… that’s when I’ll finally kill you.” He can’t help but smile at that, and a shiver of excitement runs up his spine.

No. Wren has to press his lips together to stay quiet, avoid protesting out loud, but his heartbeat is painful and deafening. If the air in the room was cold before, now it’s downright freezing. No, no, no, not again, I was safe, I survived, I can’t die now, I can’t die like this.

“Hey, don’t worry, Rackham,” Wren flinches, still staring at Berkeley in horror, when he pats his cheek, smiling. “Like I said, I won’t kill you until I’m through with you, and I haven’t even started. So, what should we do first…?” He runs his finger down Wren’s chest, making him shiver, and cocks his head to the side, thinking. “I guess I should warn you that Daniel is- was,” he lets out a dry chuckle, “better at this than I am, so there’s a chance I’ll kill you by accident, or something. I want to start with something safe, though, so we can have more fun later.”

Wren is more than familiar with the meaning of the look in Berkeley’s eyes, together with his smirk - the gleam of an idea he’s not going to like at all.

“There’s this word you don’t like, right?” Berkeley walks over to a counter lined with various tools he’d found in the hideout. “Daniel told me to stop using it after my first visit.”

He picks up a knife and lifts it up to let his helpless captive take a good look at it; he inspects it with narrowed eyes, humming to himself before deciding that it’s the right tool for the job. He takes a rag and some antiseptic as well and turns around, delighted to see terror in Wren’s eyes, obvious despite his attempts to hide it behind a glare.

“I think it’s fitting, though.” Berkeley returns to the table and sets the knife aside for the time being. “After what you’ve done.”

“You’ve always liked the sound of your own voice,” Wren says, eyeing the knife anxiously, knowing exactly what Berkeley’s talking about but not wanting to accept it.

“Maybe.” Berkeley smiles; it's easier to smile now, when he can escape from his bleak reality back into the thrill of being fully in control. “But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to hear your voice, and by that I mean your screams. Feel free to do that as much as you like. No one’s gonna hear you here.”

The good news is that Wren is fairly sure he won't give Berkeley the satisfaction of hearing him scream; Daniel - whom Wren hasn't thought about this much in weeks, but he has more pressing matters to worry about right now - had cut him so many times that it had become part of the routine, such mundane torture. He’d be terrified if Berkeley plunged the knife into his abdomen with full intention of finishing what Daniel had started, but apparently the plan is to keep him alive.

For now.

The bad news, of course, is that he’s been kidnapped, brought somewhere no one can hear him scream, and he’s going to be tortured all over again.

I’m on Earth this time. Everyone knows I’m alive. They’re going to save me.

He closes his eyes.

Before it’s too late.

He flinches when Berkeley wipes down his chest with the rag, which he must have dipped in the antiseptic. When he notices his captive’s frown, he shrugs.

“Just to be safe. I can’t exactly take you to a hospital if something goes wrong, can I?”

"Why not? I'm sure everyone would be happy to see both of us," Wren says, fixing his eyes on the ceiling. "You could still do a good deed and not be charged with murder on top of everything else."

“So you think this is going to be my first murder,” Berkeley snorts, and Wren’s eyes snap to him in shock.

“You-”

“Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t.” He shrugs, amused. “It’s just funny you assumed that. Anyway, Rackham,” he says as he grabs the knife and grins, “let’s get started.”

It doesn’t matter how much Wren had gone through with Daniel. It doesn’t matter that this shouldn’t affect him. He starts shivering, and he decides to blame it on the cold. He doesn’t want to close his eyes and show his torturer how scared he is, so he goes back to staring at the ceiling; the downside of that is that he can see Berkeley lowering the knife in his peripheral vision.

The sensation of the knife cutting into him is familiar, but so much time has passed that it still comes as a shock. It’s just a short line, the knife is dragged downwards and then raised, all but confirming Wren’s suspicions.

I.

It’s just a word. A stupid word. Soon to be carved into him, sure, but he is going to be found soon, and surely the cuts will be healable then, they will be gone without trace and that will be it. 

He still has to blink away tears when the knife returns. A line, a semicircle, then another, separate line.

D. I.

“So,” he says through gritted teeth, “now it’s your turn to leave your signature on me, huh?”

Berkeley rolls his eyes, but can’t hide a smile.

“Very funny, Rackham.”

“Thanks.”

O, cut out agonizingly slowly - and yet Wren doesn’t scream, barely even whimpers. It’s his tiny victory, not giving Berkeley the satisfaction he was hoping for. No matter what he does, it won’t be worse than what Daniel used to do. 

“How about I make a pun? I’m disappointed you’re not delivering.” He grits his teeth when the knife pierces his skin once more to carve the final letter, and he has to stifle a groan. “Alright, I got it: Your lack of appreciation for my jokes cuts me deep?”

Berkeley snorts at that and shakes his head. “Alright. I do appreciate them, for the record, cause I know what you’re hiding behind your idiotic humor.”

Wren frowns, but it’s not like he can argue with that. As the last line is added, he has to blink away new tears.

T.

Idiot.

Berkeley takes a step back to take a critical look at his work - even bloody letters on Wren’s chest, where he’ll have no choice but to see them, impossible to ignore unlike the brand on his back.

“Smile for the camera, idiot!” He snaps a few pictures, making sure to capture Wren’s expression, so desperately blank, but tense with pain and emotion, until he’s happy with the result. “Perfect. I can add these to all the damn photos Daniel had sent me. Maybe I’ll show you someday, take a trip down memory lane, hm?”

“I’ll pass,” Wren spits, glaring at Berkeley as he leans against the side of the table.

“You should still see this one, though,” he says, holding up his communicator - found in the hideout too, modified to be impossible to track down - with one of the photos displayed.

Just like when his mouth was stitched shut for the second time, it’s seeing the effects of the torture in a picture that finally hits. It’s not a picture of a survivor - it’s a picture of a hopeless, powerless captive at his captor’s mercy. 

It was supposed to be over. I was supposed to be free. I won, and it doesn’t mean shit.

“This is what your body will look like when they find it,” Berkeley says in the tone of casual small talk. “I mean, I’ll probably make a couple more modifications, but this” -he runs his finger around the carved letters, careful not to touch them- “is the first thing they’re going to see. A completely normal word for them. They’ll probably wonder why I’d choose something so mundane and… tame, but it doesn’t matter, does it? We know why, and that’s enough.”

Trying not to dwell on the promise of more modifications, Wren follows Berkeley with his eyes as he pushes himself upright and starts pacing to and fro: three steps, heel turn, three steps, lost in thought.

“You know, you disappointed me, Rackham,” he sighs.

“I’m so sorry,” Wren says, trying to sound unbothered, yet his heartbeat picks up the pace. It was supposed to be over. What else does he want?

“I wanted to hear you scream, remember? And you didn’t deliver at all.”

Wren swallows when Berkeley stops to pick up the knife and twirl it in his fingers.

“I should've expected that, honestly. It’s not your first time, and Daniel had cut you more times than you can count, hm?”

“It’s kinda what you signed up for when you sold me to a sadist.”

“Guess so,” Berkeley laughs, looking at Wren with narrowed eyes. “In that case I think I should try to come up with something Daniel never did to you, to really keep you on your toes.”

Then he smirks, and Wren knows he’s doomed.

His thoughts are racing when he follows Berkeley with his gaze as he circles the table, gently tapping the tip of the knife with his finger. Something he’s never experienced - or at least Berkeley thinks so, because he can’t know about everything Wren went through on SV-240. Even though the last thing he wants is to recall Daniel’s voice, Wren desperately tries to remember any torture methods Daniel had told him about, lamenting not having the means to try them out, but his mind draws a blank. He doesn’t have much time to try and predict what’s going to happen to him anyway; when Berkeley finally stops by Wren’s side, his movements are so fast that Wren barely has a chance to process what’s happening.

Berkeley takes his right hand.

Cut my hand?

Straightens out his fingers.

But it’s nothing new.

Grabs his pinky.

Wait-

Holds the knife right above the joint connecting the finger to the palm.

No, no, he can’t-

“You were complaining about the lack of puns.” Berkeley smiles down at Wren, who stares back at him with wide eyes. “So here’s one: keep your fingers crossed that the cut is clean.”

“No-”

It takes a second or two for Wren to get past the initial shock of having his pinky cut clean off, and when he does, the pain catches up to him, new and nauseating.

This time, much to his captor's delight, he does scream.

~~~

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[whumpberry-cookie]

(Cw: implied fingore, finger whump)

AI chat bots make writing so much easier.

Now I just write to the "Writer's helper" and they respond with description how the wounds after losing nails heal and how the hands look afterwards.

And I don't have to write in google search very sketchy and awkward questions.

(Tho I still overexplain to the bot that it's for the story and I am in fact NOT a murderer)

[lumpsbumpsandwhumps]

he's not a big fan of copycats...especially the ones that go after his final girl

[painsandconfusion]

Breathless

Merry Whump of May - Day 1

[“Get back in there” | Ring box | Cliff] (tw: claustrophobia, panic attack, phobia, death threat, failed escape attempt, punishment, self inflicted injury (panic), splinters under nails, manhandling)

[Merry Whump of May Masterpost] [Phobia Whumper Masterpost]

Whumpee’s eyes were burning and blurring over as they gripped at Whumper’s fingers. “N-noonononno please no-”

“Shut up already and get back in there-” Whumper shoved them further into the crate. It had started off as a large shipping crate and now felt like an apple crate, bruising in at their shoulders and knees and ankles as they tried to twist and curl to stash themself tighter into the space. As it closed in on them. Sucked their breath and whisked it away to an unknown darkness that pervaded their mind and dripped cold through their white-hot flesh.

“PLEASE- Pelas e I w-won’t d o it again pl-ease-pplease-!”

Whumper shoved the lid on the box, latching it into place. “Try to pick that lock, you little pest.”

The air in the quickly-heating space stuck at their lungs and slammed in and out of their throat in choppy, uneven bursts. They gasped and shoved and clawed, only distantly aware of the bruises pressing at their bones and the shards of wood wriggling up under their nails. The panic was too thick. Too stifling. 

Forget the apple crate. This felt like a bread box now. A ring box, even. Impossibly small and crushing their bones under its infinitely shrinking horror. 

Pleas and screams kept exploding from them, sucking what little air they had into worthless desperation. “PL-EASE PL LEASE WH HUMPER PLLLEASE- LE T ME OUT O-OPEN TH- SSSTOP-STOP STOP-PLEASE-”

The boards over and around them creaked slightly as Whumper settled their weight onto the crate. Whumpee froze, dreading for a moment the thought of Whumper’s weight cracking through the box and crushing them only to realize that would mean the box was broken and they would be better able to wriggle out or at least get some fresh air inside. They pushed against the spot. 

Whumper mused as they sat there, “I could do anything right now, you know… Couldddddd…..toss you in a lake. Off a cliff. Bury you in the garden..”

Whumpee’s sobs started fresh, thrashing gaining new strength. Their heart twisted and stabbed. They couldn’t breathe- “Nn--onp plp-lease-ep-pleas-”

“We don’t have to do that, though, do we? Because you’re not gonna pick any more locks.”

“Y-ees-y– nn-n-omore-!” Just desperately agreeing to anything that had even the vaguest promise of getting out. Nothing else held their attention as darkness grew and their head weighed more on their aching shoulders.

“Good. I’ll leave you in here tonight to let you really think that over before we try again.”

tagging isn't sparking joy today, i am so sorry-

[whumpshaped]

Whumper walking on Whumpee during their escape attempt, where Whumpee has somehow escaped their restraints and managed to get a weapon. Bonus points if Whumpee is surprisingly competent with weapons.

this doesnt get bonus points but its so close i have to link it

tw guns, whumper turned whumpee, whumpee turned whumper, gore (fingore), death threat

Whumper froze for a moment when they saw the empty shackles, knowing well that they’d left all their usual weapons in the cell with their captive. If their captive was out–

“Don’t move,” Whumpee said calmly, punctuating it with the click of the gun being cocked.

“Now, let’s not get carried away.” Whumper slowly turned their head to look at Whumpee, flashing them a charming smile while trying to reach into their pocket. “I think–”

Bang. The bullet hit their hand with clinical precision, blowing two fingers clean off. Whumper let out a scream of sheer horror at the sight, cradling their wounded hand against their chest.

“Don’t. Move.”

“What the fuck?” they shouted. “What the fuck is wrong with you?”

Whumpee didn’t waver; their hand stayed steady, and the gun was still pointed straight at them. “I’m going to tell you exactly what to do, and you’re going to do it. Every time you fail to comply, I’m putting another bullet in you.”

“Oh, you’re going to run out very fucking quickly,” they snarled, and Whumpee allowed themself an amused smile.

“I know exactly how many bullets this has — the last one is going in your head. But at that point, I’d wager it’ll be at your request, as a last little mercy.” They tilted their head to the side, and Whumper saw nothing in their eyes but the murderous intent to support that statement. “I’ll give you a moment to think about whether you really want to spite me.”

[scratchandplaster]

Stack The Deck - PART 6

CW: hand gore, broken bones, violence, passing out, emeto warning, torture

PART 5 ⇽ [Masterlist] ⇾ PART 7

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

With the fifth blow, he finally came to.

Fighting through the wild ocean drumming inside his skull, he felt white-hot pain creeping up his arm, unknown in his source. As he tried to pull his hand towards him, dizzy with nausea and not sober enough to realize what was happening to him, the pain only started to multiply.

With every second that passed, hundreds and thousands of tiny needles made his nerves mewl in chaos. The signals normally designed to keep him safe and alert ran rampant up to his neck and directly behind his eyes; dragging and dragging to no avail, his hand stayed wrenched against the table.

"Just one more..." a voice at the end of the storm spoke, soft words accompanied by a sickening crack just beside him.

As the steel met flesh again, the world went blinding white.

If he were able to hear his own screams, he would have noticed his scarf slipping back against his palate, the awfully familiar threat of choking came to his mind. Helpless to any of it, the pain rutted itself deeper into his insides, spreading throughout his whole body.

Even as he finally managed to rip his limb protectively to his chest, the despair kept on building. 

Blooming itches crept up and down the limbs, a primal attempt to push out as much pain as possible. His heartbeat frantically pressing against the hand on his chest, which started to feel more like a liquid; flowing through itself and back down his forearm, it became dangerously shapeless, numb at the places where skin split to let agony flow freely to the outside.

What did I do? I haven't… I wasn't...

A face became visible behind the white fog clouding his vision. Morris called out to him, pushing the squirming form back into the chair and held him in place. 

He did this. 

The fog, a presence he was too familiar with by now, gave room for just one single thought. 

He did this to me.

Elliot had never seen him so nervous, quickly talking to him but keeping an even level to eye him thoroughly. He must have knelt down to continue his gibberish. His face had gone rosy again, eyes bulging out of their sockets to underline his panicked expression.

"-ve to take a picture. I fix you right up, okay?"

Snatching back control over his body, Elliot used the fading shock to bring his head forward, smashing it against Morris' nose. Instantly, the pressure on his chest faded away and without thinking any further, he jumped up to get as far away as possible.

--------

Morris snapped back quickly after Elliot, obviously confused and semiconscious, pressed his forehead uncomfortably harsh against the other's face. It didn't even hurt, Morris was too agitated himself to react in any other way.

The wild expression in his captive's eyes was surrounded by a light splatter of red. Somehow, his method of choice must have spread the escaped blood all over its surroundings.

With a kick to the bound legs, useful for once as a point of contact, Morris simply knocked him down to the floor again to curb any kind of escape attempt.

He should have stayed asleep, that's all he tried to achieve with this theater, but nothing seemed to go as planned anymore.

As he laid on the carpet, still cradling his left hand and utterly lost in painful shivers, Morris quickly used his opportunity to grab him by the ankles.

He couldn't work like that.

Elliot had gone slack again, staring up at the ceiling with watery eyes so raw around the edges, it looked like they too were about to stain him red. 

Pulling him through the threshold, Morris managed to get them both settled onto the bathroom floor, ripping fingers away from the protective grasp and fixed them quickly onto the once white tiles.

--------

He remembered everything now. The car, the alley, even the fight that followed shortly after - like time was turned back to the biggest mistake of his life, to give him another chance. He would make use of it. 

Spurred by his new will to survive, Elliot let his free hand grab up into Morris hair, nails digging into the soft scalp and twisting the head away from his mauled side. 

Both their breathing went rapid now, but Morris still had the upper hand. His knee connected painfully with Elliot's stomach, threatening to cause even more damage than intended. Taking advantage of his loose grip, his right arm was ripped to the floor and kept in a tight squeeze under Morris' knee.

"Don't make me do this, Elliot!"

Never even thinking about stopping his struggle, Morris looked down at his captive horrified, nearly apologetic, as he pushed the fingers apart with his own. Trapped in violent hand holding, the man above let his body weight shift onto the vice-like grip, thus leaning directly into the abused flesh.

Unable to keep himself together anymore, the agony took over his higher brain functions with a high-pitched wail. Pushing the cursed scarf out of his mouth through a simple retch, everything his stomach could handle during the day just emptied itself onto the bathroom floor, to find its place within blood and tears.

A broken yelp slipped through the room, as Elliot let go of all consciousness; escaping his torture after all.

--------

He should have never done this alone, how stupid could he be? The mashed appendage on the bathroom floor let its blood pool freely, teared skin ripped open to reveal thin bones underneath, visible for anyone who would watch.

"Fucking hell!" Morris murmured to himself, taking a good look at the surrounding damage.

The tremors ripping through Elliot didn't seem to halt for even a second, though his eyes were half-closed and staring blankly into the void.

It was better that way, gave him more time for clean-up. Grabbing the first aid kit from his bag, he nearly forgot about the photo until the antiseptic fell out of his shaky grasp.

He needed to calm himself, immediately. A voice deep inside forbade him to leave his little bane on the ground like that, between piss stains and vomit. He tended to underestimate the risk of infection when it came to this house.

Snapping some quick close-ups of the mess Elliot caused him to inflict, Morris could finally get back to damage control.

If Amber wouldn't answer now, what would be had left as an alternative? He didn't plan anything after this point, frankly, not even after he got Elliot to the house.

His gaze stayed fixed onto the man's face: The horror of the last minutes, or day maybe, was etched into his features. Old and new bloodstains finding each other to blend seamlessly into his clothes and hair.

Morris would not resent him for this, he wasn't erratic enough to expect a man just to sit and take it.

Not knowing what else to do, he started to pour the disinfectant over the open gashes, thinned crimson seeping into the grout.

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

Thanks for reading 🤍 [Febuwhump 2023 Masterlist]

@febuwhump

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Two Truths and a Lie, Whump Edition #1: Fingore

Which of the following is not inspired by true events I have either experienced firsthand, or heard firsthand accounts of?

CW: Light mention of animal harm from an automobile; broken finger; nail whump

1.) Whumpee accidentally peels off their own pinky toenail in the middle of conversation because they got too excited about being able to talk about their interests. They don’t realize they’re bleeding or in pain until they go to the bathroom to trim the part of the nail that refuses to come off. They leave the remaining nail alone, spray ointment on the wound, and dress it in a bandage.

2.) Whumpee rescues a squirrel they found injured on the side of the road. It is still conscious, so Whumpee takes their scarf off, placing it over the squirrel’s eyes so it doesn’t freak out when they move it. This, however, only works to calm the squirrel’s visual perceptions, and not its physical sensations; Whumpee accidentally manages to press on an injured area of the squirrel, causing it to lash out and crunch their knuckle to the bone. Whumpee lifts the squirrel more carefully the second time and drives home one-handed, with the injured hand in the cup holder to collect the blood.

3.) Whumpee is working on a carpentry project while wearing leather shop gloves. They accidentally misplace their hands while working with heavy equipment and experience a blinding stab of pain in their finger; when they look down, they see it is bent 90 degrees. Whumpee, very logically, decides to grab a hammer and pound the broken digit in the opposite direction until it is straight again. This works. Whumpee removes the glove to inspect the injury and realizes it is an open fracture; there is blood everywhere. Whumpee proceeds to pour straight rubbing alcohol into the open fracture, wrap the wound with duct tape, and shove the whole hand back into the glove.

[b0amagination]

Tastes of Whumptober: Day 14

A different style of writing today! Friendly reminder that ACAB, I'm just using them as a device in my story because the concept can make some fun scenarios when not in a real life corrupt system.

Blackmail

Esteemed Chief Nelson,

I would like to bring yet another issue to your attention. As of late, a certain Mx. Gent has been digging into a case unrelated to their duties as a homicide detective. I’m sure such misuse of time on the clock would call for disciplinary action, including a reorganization of their official case assignments, to prevent results and suspects from being skewed by an untrustworthy perspective. I look forward to the consistent improvement and adjustment of our city’s police system. I’m sure our mutual friend is interested in these developments as well.

                              Yours Truly,

                              C

C,

+1 (2xx) xxx-xxx. I’d like to discuss these accusations further. You must understand that such egregious tips can’t always be taken at face value.

                              Chief Nelson

                              Ring ring.

                              Ring ring.

                              Ring ring.

                              Ring-

“Chief Nelson speaking.”

                              “Nel! What a delight it is to finally hear your voice again. How is everything at the precinct these days, hm?”

“Let’s talk business.”

                              “Always so impatient! And here I thought you’d like to have a word with our dear friend. How long has it been, now? One month? More?”

“Let them speak.”

                              “Let them? What do you take me for Nel, a monster?”

“I take you for much worse, C.”

                              “Goodness. I wouldn’t speak to me that way.”

                              Metal clinks against itself, then falls to the floor. Then a different voice.

                              “Sir?”

“Oh, Trent…”

                              A harsh slap of skin against skin.

                              “Agh! Nelson, I meant, I’m sorry.”

                              “That’s right. They’re not your superior anymore.”

“What-! What the fuck is he doing to you?!”

                              “I’m okay, I’m- I just screwed up, I’m gonna be okay.”

“Has he hurt you? I’ve been managing his demands, he said he wouldn’t, and we’re all trying our best. Nobody’s forgotten about you, Trent.”

                              Sniffling.

                              “Thank you, b-but… please, don’t do it for my sake…”

“Don’t say that. Are you hurt?”

                              “Are you, Trenton?”

                              “No, he’s… he’s not hurting me.”

“Trent, that’s not what I asked. Ignore him.”

                              A shuffling of clothes. Then,

                              “AAAAAAUGH!”

“C! He didn’t do anything wrong! Stop it!”

                              “I- I did, I lied. He’s been- been- …He hurts me when I break his rules.”

                              “Who is he, again?”

                              “You, Sir.”

                              A cruel laugh.

“I thought we had a deal.”

                              “As did I.”

“I’ve done everything you asked. There shouldn’t be a damn mark on him!”

                              If you’d carried out my previous demand, there may have been no need.���

“I did.” A voice crack, and a clearing of the throat. “Jean no longer works here.”

                              “Ms. Jean works from home, completing the same tasks she did before.”

“I did as you said.”

                              “And poor Trenton suffered your punishment.”

“Leave him out of this!”

                              “Can’t a man have collateral? Honestly, Nel, you of all people should understand.”

“The fuck is that supposed to mean?”

                              “Your force is full of collateral. You rest up in that luxe office while forcing your officers to do your dirty work: looking for me, my information, and when they get too close? I’m forced to step in. Just like with your precious pet here.”

“He’s not- ghh. You seem to be hurting him on your own whims anyway.”

                              “His rules? An unfortunate necessity he’s put upon himself. All he has to do is follow them, and no harm comes to him.”

“You’re sick.”

                              “Will you amend your mistakes, Nel?”

“Trent, please, do what he says. I’m gonna get you out of there, I promise! Protect yourself, I promise I’m close!”

                              “Sir, don’t let him-”

                              Click.

Esteemed Chief Nelson,

I’m saddened to know that neither of my boys can find it in them to simply follow orders. Perhaps you’ll reconsider next time. There are other items that can be sent by priority mail, you know. I trust that certain employees will be let go, lest I make good on my promise.

                              Yours Truly,

                              C

Inside the envelope were ten fully intact bloody fingernails, each with the indent of pliers on the end. And a small scrap of paper, dotted with blood.

"He screamed your name."