#self stitches

[shion-yu]

Day 14 - Bleeding Through the Bandage/Field Medicine/No Anesthesia

Rey can’t heal himself magically, but he knows how to use a needle and thread... Whumptober 2023! I’m using the @ailesswhumptober's prompt list. This story is about my OC Rey - here’s his profile if you’re so inclined: https://toyhou.se/23741197.rey. Oh, this one comes with art :P (this is the original! Just traced/modified by me.)

They were way out of their depth this time. Even for Felix, ten men to the two of them was a bit much. Rey had his own sword out and was mostly covering Felix, who handled the offensive side of things. It was their usual configuration when Rey actually had to fight; if it was three guys or less, usually Felix could handle it on his own. 

“To your right,” Rey said. Felix struck his hand out as he was told without looking and punched a man’s face in. 

They were a surprisingly adept pair. Rey wasn’t strong, but he was a quick thinker and had very good eyesight. He worked as a shield and blindspot monitor for Felix. Felix trusted him implicitly when it came to battle.

Rey swung his sword and parried another attacker, giving Felix the second he needed to knee him in the stomach and send him flying. That was the last of them. Rey sighed in relief, sheathing his sword and brushing his bloody hands on his pant legs. “How troublesome,” he said coolly. Felix turned to tell him he was a magnet for trouble, right before an arrow came flying down and pierced Rey’s side. 

Felix shouted in shock, grabbing Rey as he collapsed and looked up from where the arrow had come from above. It was a young child high in the trees above, unkempt and dark eyes burning with a hatred that didn’t match his young age. Child or not, he’d just attempted to kill Rey. Felix wasted no time grabbing the nearest rock and throwing it at the child with deadly aim. The child fell from the tree onto the ground a few meters away, groaning in pain. 

Felix was over the child in a second, sword drawn mercilessly. “Don’t move,” Felix growled.

The child moved anyways, pushing himself onto all fours and screaming at Felix with an unbridled fury. “You killed him! My father!” Tears streamed down his face.

“We didn’t kill him.” Rey’s voice came from behind. Apparently he’d woken up and had begun crawling in the direction of the other two. “None of them are dead. Don’t worry.”

The boy looked hesitant to believe Rey, but now that he was closer he could indeed see the shallow rise and fall of his father’s chest. Felix righted his blade to the correct angle and threatened the child not to move another inch. “I don’t care if you’re a child or not. Do you know who you just shot?”

“I’m fine, Felix,” Rey said. One glance at him told Felix that he was not, in fact, fine. He was deathly pale and covered in sweat. Blood ran from his side down his leg, leaving a trail of red behind him as he crawled closer. “He’s just a child. Don’t hurt him. Let’s just go.”

Felix sighed. He didn’t prefer killing either, especially when it came to children. But Rey’s pacifist attitude could also be infuriating. “Rey, he shot you. Shouldn’t we at least arrest him?”

“No. If he wants to kill me when he grows up, he can challenge us in a fair fight,” Rey said pointedly. “Look, he only had one arrow to begin with.” He coughed, groaning as it strained the wound in his side. “Come on. That’s an order.”

Felix rolled his eyes. “You don’t need to order me around,” he muttered. He gave the child a very angry glare. “You stay away and keep your nose out of trouble. A child like you doesn’t need to know what it feels like to kill a man at such a young age.” With that he went over to Rey and picked his prince up easily, stalking away. The child said nothing as they retreated.

Rey was panting, his face scrunched up. The child hadn’t managed to hit any vital organs but a flesh wound to the side was still immensely painful. “Dammit,” Rey groaned. “How far are we to the next town?”

“At least another day,” Felix said. “We’ll have to set up camp halfway. Can you make it?”

“Certainly,” Rey said. “Let’s get on with it.”

Felix mounted their horse, pulling Rey up in front of him so he could hold the prince as they rode. Usually Rey sat in back, but Felix was a bit worried he was going to fall off with his injury. Indeed, each time the horse bobbed up and down in its gallop Rey seemed to become harder to hold on to. Felix only brought them far enough to be safe from the bandits before tying up and setting up camp. He sat Rey against a tree to rest while he did so, handing him their overly used medical kit so he could begin bandaging himself up. Rey always complained Felix did a poor job at making them tight enough after all.

When everything was set up and he had water boiling over a fire, Felix checked on Rey again. It only took a moment to realize there was a problem. The bandages that Rey had managed to wrap around himself were already soaked with red blood. “It won’t stop,” Rey grimaced. “I’m going to have to sew it up.”

Felix looked alarmed, bending at the knees to crouch besides Rey. “Are you sure? We don’t have any anesthesia...”

“It’ll have to be,” Rey said. “The question is, do you do it or shall I?”

The idea of sewing Rey up with nothing to dull the pain made Felix want to throw up, but so did the idea of Rey doing it himself. “Which way will hurt less?”

Rey managed to chuckle darkly. “A needle going through skin will hurt either way... I’m not sure if there is a way that it hurts less,” he said. “I’ve been through worse before, though. Can you do it?”

“Do you think you can stomach doing it yourself?” Felix said hesitantly. Usually he was willing to do absolutely anything for Rey, but doing what would probably constitute as torturing him did not appeal to him at all. Plus, Rey was the one who always mended any of their torn clothes; Felix didn’t know how to sew anything but a few crude and uneven rows. Not that he could imagine Rey would be going for style here.

“I think so,” Rey said. “You’ll have to gag me first though.” Felix felt his stomach lurch at the idea but nodded. He followed Rey’s instructions - first they poured alcohol over the sewing needle and thread, and disinfected the area as much as they could. Felix realized he probably should have gagged Rey first. The burn of alcohol on open skin made Rey scream right away.

“I’m sorry,” Felix said. He would repeat it about a hundred more times during the procedure.

“Let’s just get this over with,” Rey panted, eyes streaming with automatic tears. He had Felix stuff a rag in his mouth and then began. It felt like it took forever, but in reality it only took Rey about two minutes to sew everything up. He had Felix dry the area repeatedly to avoid the surface becoming too slippery with blood. Unsurprisingly, he did a good job. Once he’d tied the knot off Felix took the cloth from his mouth. Rey looked like he was about to pass out; Felix probably did too.

“Good job, my prince,” Felix muttered. “I’ll bandage you up now. I’ll try to make it tight.”

Rey nodded shakily. Felix was about halfway through wrapping when Rey’s eyes rolled into the back of his head and he passed out cold. Felix directed him to fall forward against his chest so he could hold Rey up while finishing wrapping the bandages quickly. They were indeed sloppier than the job Rey would have done, but they were done and they were not immediately turning red which was a good sign.

Felix was nervous about moving Rey too much now that the stitches were in and so set up Rey’s sleeping bag right there under the tree. He made his own right next to it and lay Rey down properly, covering him with blankets and wiping what blood he could off of Rey’s hands with a wet cloth. It had been a disturbing sight, watching Rey stitch himself back together. But somehow he’d managed, and Felix was incredibly proud of him. Rey did have a certain mental fortitude that came out when he really needed it, something Felix was grateful for. He wasn’t sure if he would have been able to do this himself.

He brushed Rey’s sweaty bangs from his pale face and rubbed his thumb back and forth across Rey’s forehead. “You’re incredible,” he whispered fondly. “If you were this strong all the time, you wouldn’t even need me anymore.” For some reason the quiet atmosphere - the distant crackle of the fireplace, the nighttime critters, and Rey’s shallow breathing made Felix feel like he was in a trance. He leaned forward and kissed Rey’s forehead before he could stop himself. “Sleep well,” he said gently. “I’ll watch over you all night.”

[somediyprojects]

Microsoft Office Suite stitched and designed by CachalotTheUnlikely.

I had an idea for the office White Elephant—and thanks to fednews—I turned it into a office suite of art. I hope y'all enjoy it as well! The patterns were self-drafted using flosscross.com and crosstitch.com caption maker. The aida and floss were from my stash. I used DMC 906, 702, 699, and 890 for the Excel icon. I've hung them up behind me for all to see when my camera is on.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

ACE CRIES IN HIS DREAM OHHHH THE DEVELOPMENT FOR ACE MY HEART HURTSSSSSS b4 ace would have deflected yuu going oh it was a joke when i said you can message me if you feel lonely and now b7 ace is actually being more honest going dont say that i'll feel bad MS RAVEN IM ALL OVER THE PLACE

AND NOT MOST OF THE BOYS' DREAMS REVOLVING AROUND THEM AND THEIR FAMILY/DORM MATES BUT ACE'S DREAM HERE IS LITERALLY ABOUT YUU??? U TRYNNA TELL ME SOMETHING??? OUGHHH MY HEART IS IN PAINNNNNN AND THE TANGLED EVENT COMING SOON THEYRE OVERFEEDING MEEEEEEE

[Referencing the JP Feb 2025 schedule; you can read my thoughts on book 7 chapter 12 part 2 here!]

I wasn’t expecting Ace to get a unique crying expression but here we are 😂 Pretty proud of myself for calling that Ace’s dream would address these oddly dismissive comments from back in 7-17:

It’s so Ace of him to be blunt when calling others out but also having trouble being honest about his own feelings. Those lines in 7-17 definitely read as deflecting and being in denial to me. That’s just how Ace chooses to cope with his problems.

You can even see this same mentality carrying through into his new crying expression… See? He’s still trying to smile and laugh, even through his tears.

fbskwbuwnsma I find it really funny how people were theorizing that Malleus would OB over the threat of Yuu going home when he ended up OBing over the thought of losing Lilia… Then it turns out that Ace is the one centering Yuu in his foremost desires 😭 I mean, I know Ace made that long trek back to Sage’s Island back in book 4, but so did Deuce and Deuce didn’t dream of Yuu staying—only Ace did. This is most likely the result of Ace not properly processing his feelings in the waking world (because of his deflection and denial), despite deep down valuing his friendships with Yuu, Deuce, etc.

Come to think of it, it makes sense that Ace’s dream ended up taking place during summer vacation on the Stitch island… because Stitch talked about ohana—family, which means no one gets forgotten or left behind. Ace’s dream is to be able to move forward (ie the summer after the end of their first year)… with all of his friends and NRC family. That includes his Heartslabyul classmates (yes, even his tyrannical dorm leader that he always complains about) and his friends at Ramshackle.

I can see why this would feed the brain rot of Ace yumes www It really slots in with the “I-It’s not like I care about you or anything, idiot! (jk I care so much)” kind of trope. And his dream taking place on a remote island screams “stereotypical beach fanservice episode”. Bro just keeps slotting in sk well with all the classics… Wishing all Ace yumes fun with this update ^^

[tartppola]

very specific au thought, silver if he was the shield instead ( read the tags to see explanations )

[thekingwade]

Ohana🫵

[amphibianaday]

day 1765

[bamsara]

Finally finished this wip that I actually started last year. I'm not entirely happy with how it came out, but I kept getting frustrated with it. The plan was also to make the Y/N customizable too which I sorta did even though I ran out of energy/motivation to do all the parts planned

But yeah! The Y/N here is (somewhat) customizable, and I plan on fixing stuff and adding more options later like glasses, body types, ect. Patrons can download the Photoshop file to make Y/N combinations. That being said, this is not a piccrew. Please don't repost it and only use for personal use.

Some Y/N combos. They're very basic but they are a start.

[space-adora]

‘Don’t you leave him, Samwise Gamgee,’ and I don’t mean to, I don’t mean to!

[blank-barrel]

Another Faust post (featuring color 3).

[princessrainbowpastel]

(Credit for the Hades x Persephone art goes to razzberrypopcans! 🥰 also sorry for the repost! was trying to update the original and it glitched out on me so I had to delete it 😅)

[samuraijacksoff]

HELLO i have finally finished putting together a little book of cross stitch patterns made w minecraft. for free on Internet Archive !! :)

[ganondoodle]

should surprise absolutely no one that i much much much prefer radahn when hes older (and not mindless! or mindcontrolled!)

(doesnt look amused about what malenia just did in that ol trailer- and possibly even moreso about what she said)

that (and base game) version of him is the only one to meeeeeeeee

[lamelarts]

Color wheel challenge: Blue 💙

Blue characters name 💙:

- Kapyy (Just Dance 2024)

- Boblu (Just Dance 2024)

- Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)

- Megumi (Food wars)

- Min Gi (Infinity train)

This color is probably the hardest of all the colors to pick out my 5 fav characters 😩🙏 Still i was able to find them all lol im pretty proud of how i drew Stitch here hehe as it was my first time drawing him 💙 Coming up with the interaction between him and Megumi was fun 👏🥺

[somediyprojects]

Book of Warrior Queens stitched and designed by HauntedFrames. Pattern, $6.77.

Book of Warrior Queens was stitched on 18 ct aida, using 4 colours of DMC floss. Contains cross stitches and a decent amount of back stitching! Framed in a 5x7 gold frame. The backstitch makes such a difference, especially around the border. It was tough to get through but worth it!

[mitchelf-citadel]

Stitches

Far beneath the pale light of the sulfur sun, she turns many into one.

Certified Termina Moment

Fear and Hunger: Termina

[vividvexation]

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be a bit less shy about posting my cross stitch designs so uh… here you go, a kiwi band :D it’ll be turned into a bracelet soon enough but it does actually quite work as a bookmark.