#ignoring pain

[fantasyismyonlyrealescape]

Whumptober 2024: No. 6 - Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms

Title: Time Lost

Characters: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (Zowens)

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Word Count: 648

A/N: Another addition to Whumptober. Cheers!

Summary: Sami Zayn, not at 100%, insists he's fine and wrestles in a match, getting himself injured further. Kevin is there to make sure he actually seeks out medical this time, not that he has much of a choice with a concussion.

Cross posted on AO3 under user wrestlinginjeans.

Sami Zayn loved working through pain. Well, maybe that was too far of a stretch. He didn’t love it, but he never would turn down a match if given the choice. Wrestling was his life and it was everything that he had ever dreamed it would be. Laying down on the mat now, staring up into the far too bright and artificial lighting positioned above the ring as his whole body throbbed to the beat of his heart, he couldn’t help but question his mindset.

After an unknown amount of time, Sami was usually better at keeping track of time, he felt strong calloused hands on his arms then under his arms, helping him up and towards the ropes. Sami squeezes his eyes shut against the pain and the nausea, breathing in harshly through his nose. By the time he regained some degree of composure, and he opened his eyes, he found himself being assisted up the ramp and through the curtain, surprising himself at the amount of time he had just lost.

A persistent sound louder now was repeatedly nagging him from his left side. It took him far too long to recognize that it was a voice calling his name. He tried to turn his head in the direction of the sound, feeling distinctly like he knew the voice so intimately but couldn’t quite place it. The voice sounded far away now.

The next thing he knew, he was laid out on one of the trainer’s benches. How did he get here? He had no recollection of the walk from the curtain to where he presently was. He tried to place what the skips in his memory could mean, but he couldn’t quite make sense of it all.

A wet cloth is pressed to his head then, concentrated on the right side of his face where his hairline started. It felt cool and comfortable until the biting sensation of alcohol took over and overwhelmed his already overloaded mind. His uncoordinated hands tried to reach up and bat the cloth away only to have the same calloused hands as before grab ahold of his wrists and pin his arms down firmly. The rest of the ministrations were lost on him as he floated somewhere between consciousness and unconsciousness, riding the waves of pain that seemed so at home in his body.

He awoke to a voice, a different one this time, speaking softly as he found himself back in the land of wakefulness.

“… three bruised ribs, numerous superficial bruises and cuts as well as a grade 2 concussion.” 

(What? Who were they talking about?)

He tried to move his arm to cover his eyes, to block out the light that filtered through his eyelids, only to take a sharp breath at the flare of pain which only got worse as the breath jostled his battered ribs.

“Sami!” he hears the voice from earlier call, the one that belonged to the calloused hands as he tries to curl into himself. He doesn’t remember much after that, until he wakes again this time in another location.

He comes to on what feels to be a bed and the first thing he notices is a warm hand resting on his chest, a hand that he would recognize anywhere.

“Kev…?” Sami asks, his voice nothing more than a croak as his throat burns from having not spoken in so long as the hand rises and falls in sync with Sami’s breathing. Kevin mumbles something incoherent, before opening his unfocused grey eyes and upon seeing Sami’s hazel orbs peeking out from underneath heavy lids, immediately sits bolt upright in the chair he was leaning forward towards the bed in.

“Sami!” and the smile that forms on Kevin’s face at seeing his friend awake is enough to make all the pain that Sami was experiencing go away if only for a moment.

[autobot2001]

Ignoring The Pain Too Long

Author: Autobot2001 Genre: Fanfiction Fandom: Transformers Rating: T Warning: Poor mental health Pairing: Drift X Jamie (OC) Description: Drift realizes Crosshairs is in pain and helps him. The two talk about neglecting their mental health. Continued from day 25.

@marchofpain day 22; pain

Drift takes a few minutes to calm down. Crosshairs is leaning on the counter, which isn’t helping much with his pain. “Crosshairs? Are you ok?” Drift realizes that Crosshairs is in pain. He discovers how much pain as he helps Crosshairs get to the couch. He intended to take Crosshairs to his bed, but has Crosshairs sit on the couch because of his pain. Drift grabs the ice packs from the small freezer. He also grabs Crosshairs’ water bottle and the pain relief. Crosshairs takes the pain relief before Drift puts the ice packs in his chest. With how bad his pain is, it takes a few minutes for the cold ice packs to feel good on Crosshairs’ chest. “Why didn’t you say anything?” “I couldn’t while you’re upset.” Drift sits next to Crosshairs. He doesn’t know what to say. It’s been hard watching Jamie struggle even if the two were just friends, but he loves her, which he knows is adding to his anxiety that he’ll lose Jamie. Drift knows this is why Crosshairs acts like he’s ok while watching Jamie struggle, but he hates Crosshairs does this. Even while in pain, Crosshairs moves to hold Drift’s hand. The two know they are neglecting their own mental health and need to improve taking care of their mental health for themselves and Jamie.

[sonic-adventure-3]

it’s crazy that rouge straight up said this and people still see her as a mother figure lmaooo

[hatedbyiife]

"a little sidetracked"

sure buddy

[nyancrimew]

after the earlier coverage from Crikey on australian government use of mSpy, Matthew Petti now provides similar coverage for US government use instead! very happy to have helped with this coverage as well

once again my original broad coverage of the mSpy leak can be found on my website!

[saryasy]

I'm not supposed to be here.

9-1-1 | 7.09 Ashes, Ashes

[thedoodlebuggo]

pirate au leo >:D and the prison dimension at a glance

had a lot of fun playing w the rendering n stuff here

separated vers

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

While you were fighting in the war, I was falling in a pit.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[starrienights-returns]

shout out to disabled people who can't access aids

shout out to disabled people who have to fight to be believed

shout out to disabled people who can't get diagnosed for any reason

shout out to self-diagnosed disabled people

shout out to disabled people who have experienced medical neglect

shout out to disabled people with unsupportive/abusive family

shout out to disabled people who are forced to push themselves beyond their limits

i love you

[localicecreambiter]

its giving whimsy

[marzipanandminutiae]

me, age 11: wow an Uglies movie would be so cool!

me, age 31, after watching the trailer for the most aesthetically generic YA dystopia I've ever seen, where Tally is played by an actress ten years older than the character, the Pretties look like Instagram influencers instead of borderline-naturally-impossible anime characters, and fucking Laverne Cox plays Dr. Cable in a misguided attempt to #DiversityGirlboss that actually comes off as a The Trans Are Brainwashing The Youths Into Surgery implication holy shit who greenlit this: I take it back

[arcanegifs]

Arcane Gif Requests: anon + Caitvi Scenes: 27/? ↳ "We need you back on your feet. What was the name Sevika gave you? Jinx?"

[densewentz]

Edwin has to bite his lip to smother his laugh, shoulders shaking minutely against tanned skin. The rough sound ratchets up a tick. Purring. The Cat King is purring.

Guys I wrote 2k of toothrotting catwin fluff! Check it out on ao3 💕

tags: edwin/cat king, established relationship, Teen, no archive warnings, kissing/cuddling, purring, excessive use of the words warmth and rumbling, just generally a sweet soft little thing tbh

[theminecraftbee]

you know the excellent quadruple life fan comic has me thinking about double life again. and MAN. thinking about the soul bonds mechanically. like, before I get into my meta-analysis it’s worth noting that non-diagetically the soulbond mechanic being based on how many hearts someone has is basically the only way I can think to do it in minecraft that’s sensible, but diagetically…

so do you ever think about how the marker of what made people soulmates in double life was pain?

like, soulmates share injuries/pain! that’s the whole premise! like, to the point that day one people were making up elaborate ways to hurt themselves so they could test for their soulmates! you met your (very romantic-coded) partner and confirmed they were the person you were looking for by hitting each other, generally!

being a soulmate in the double life universe isn’t about being compatible, it’s about literally sharing pain, and it’s just… I think about how for some pairs, they share the burden between each other, and it brings them closer. for some pairs, though, the only way they know how to communicate is by hurting one another. and the thing is, this isn’t just a literal thing. like, mechanically, the thing soulmates do is share pain and communicate with pain, but metaphorically, can you say desert duo doesn’t have trouble communicating because half of how they know how to exist is either sharing in pain or causing it for each other? can you say that ranchers’ strength wasn’t a pair of people who understood each other’s pain and desperation to be better than they’ve been before? can you say that divorce quartet isn’t, well—

so pearl wins after scott hurts them one last time don’t you ever think about that,

[empiireans]

an assortment of elder related sketches from, like, a week ago or smth idk

yeah

[gummi-ships]

I just realized that Riku's hand visibly shakes when he tenses his fingers and wrist during his idle animation.