Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2020 Letter

Hi Hurt/Comfort Author! Below you'll find my signups for H/C Exchange, including prompts for various relationships, and at the very end is a catch-all list of Stuff I Like in fanworks.

I am comfortable with all ratings and AO3 content warnings. 

Requests (alphabetical order):

Game of Thrones (TV)
Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen (hurt Daenerys)

Tags:

• Came back from dead the same but traumatized by having died + the circumstances of their death
• Came back to life wrong
• Aftermath of Temporary Character Death
• Canonically Dead Character Survives
• Temporary Character Death - Revival Quest

Notes/Requests/About: What I'd really like for this pairing is something that tackles and addresses canon, though whether it would count as a "fix-it" is up to you. (In my opinion, literally anything written by fans is superior to season 8 of Game of Thrones and it all counts as a "fix-it".)

I'm a huge fan of Dany/Yara and their limited canonical interaction. I think the manner of Dany's death in S8 was sloppy and unsatisfying. If she never died in the first place (but was likely still in some way betrayed) or did die and through some magical means returned to life, how would she cope, and how might Yara respond? I am not looking per se for a happy ending, here, just something that explores their relationship and what things might look like for Dany after the war's end. Feel free to take things dark; maybe a post-series Dany is even more justified in her actions of vengeance. Maybe she does become Queen of Westeros despite everything and rules, beautiful and terrible, with Yara by her side. Anything that features Drogon is a plus, but certainly not a requirement.

The Man From UNCLE (2015) (Set 1 - OT3)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (all hurt)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Gaby hurt)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Illya hurt)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Napoleon hurt)

Tags:

• A's seriously injured on mission; B's ordered to leave A and proceed with the mission but disobeys
• [Blank] to Lovers - A gets in trouble or injured protecting B; which makes B see A in a new light
• Aftermath of sex pollen
• Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
• Career Ending Injuries
• Both hurt/sick and trying to take care of the other
• attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendable
• Bedside Vigils
• Character Must Convincingly Pretend to Betray Others
• Hurt/Comfort While Undercover
• Sharing a Bed
• Stuck in a Blizzard (TOGETHER)
• Truth Serum
• Whump - Character hiding illness/injury collapses
• World-weary broken people find comfort and understanding with each other
• Wilderness Survival
• Character breaks down upon seeing transcripts of coworkers standing up for them to IA
• Taking care of hurt friend(s) leads to realization of romantic feelings
• Hurt/Comfort

I love this trio of beloved dumbass spies so much, and I am absolutely here for any kind of h/c scenario you can come up with for them. I've just chosen some classic tropes that I think are reasonably consistent with canon and fanon for spy shenanigans to throw at the wall. Spy shenanigans = trope goldmines. Obviously read "both" as "all" and anything with "A" and "B" as being assignable to any one or two characters as long as at least one is experiencing the hurt and one is there to comfort. (Any two out of three being hurt is also great, I just didn't want to go overboard with the nominated relationships.)

I live for them being unexpectedly gentle with one another and being vulnerable in front of each other, but also at the same time absolutely dedicated to The Job and general world-saving as UNCLE agents. I would say that the tag "World-weary broken people find comfort and understanding with each other" is kind of my personal headcanon for how they'd work out as a team post-film; they are obviously skilled, smart, and resilient. (And, aside from Gaby, rather ill-used by their superiors.) They are also very obviously superstorm bisexual disasters with extremely mixed feelings about their partnership, both professionally and otherwise, but already deeply fond of one another even before the film's end.

While I'm happy to see these tropes apply to literally any arrangement of the characters, I tend to think the "character breaks down upon seeing transcripts of coworkers standing up for them" might work particularly well for Illya (particularly if we imagine Illya as one of very few, if any, Soviet agents aligned with UNCLE, and potentially not trusted) while "attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted" and "character must convincingly pretend to betray others" might work best for career criminal Napoleon. That said, if you want to go in a different direction, please feel free!

Note: I've watched very little of the TV show, but I'm well-read enough in the fandom that I can enjoy using TV worldbuilding (THRUSH, UNCLE HQ in New York, etc) details.

The Man From UNCLE (2015) (Set 2 - Napoleon/Gaby)
Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (both hurt)
Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Napoleon hurt)

Tags:

• Comfort-getting together while mourning the person they both loved
• waiting to see if someone both characters love recovers from serious illness/injury

• Whump - A sacrifices themself to protect B; B is forced to watch A being tortured
• Blaming Themself for the Other Character Being Injured

• Hurt/Comfort

I primarily ship the OT3 in this fandom, but I have a weird soft-spot curiosity for the comparatively rare-pair side of the triangle, Gaby/Napoleon. Their canon interaction is obviously far more limited than Gaby/Illya and Illya/Napoleon, the two major ships in the fandom, but I'm kind of itching for something where they hook up while mutually grieving a dead (or presumed dead?) Illya, or while they wait to find out if Illya survives a very serious hurt. Whether they both previously had a relationship with Illya, or just one did while the other was pining, or both were pining furiously doesn't matter to me. Extremely angsty sex would be wonderful and an explicit rating welcome, but not necessary. (If this eventually turns into an OT3 thing once Illya recovers or is recovered, that's great, but feel free to take it dark, tragic, or painful.)

The other possible Gaby/Napoleon prompts I'm curious about would be specific to the Hurt Napoleon variation - maybe some kind of lingering resentment (or even permanent injury, physical or psychological) as a result of the torture Napoleon experienced at the hands of Gaby's Uncle Rudi after she double-crossed Illya and Napoleon and gave up their covers to the Vinciguerras. I tend to agree with Waverly's in-film assessment that their covers were as thin as cellophane by then anyway, but even "put on a bright smile when your blackmailer boss asks" Napoleon Solo might nurse some resentments over that as they find their footing as a new team post-film, and Gaby's young and inexperienced enough in the spy game that she might be feeling a lot of guilt or blame that she covers over with bravado. Alternately - Solo sacrifices himself and gets tortured again (maybe even with electricity again specifically) and Gaby has a front row seat this time around. (I'm also more than fine with this scenario having OT3 elements and Illya's involvement if you're inclined, as long as the Napoleon-Gaby relationship gets explored as well.)

Note: I've watched very little of the TV show, but I'm well-read enough in the fandom that I can enjoy using TV worldbuilding (THRUSH, UNCLE HQ in New York, etc) details.
 

The Witcher (TV)

Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier/Yennefer of Vengerberg (hurt Geralt and Yennefer)
Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier/Yennefer of Vengerberg (hurt Geralt)

• Character is ashamed of needing help/comfort
• Character is extremely bad-tempered about comfort
• Fairy Tale Curses
• Guilt-tripping reluctant character into getting injuries seen to
• Loss of Powers
• Sharing a Bed
• Stuck in a Blizzard (TOGETHER)
• Taking care of hurt friend(s) leads to realization of romantic feelings
• Whump - Character hiding illness/injury collapses

Geralt and Yennefer are hugely-powerful, magic-infused beings...and absolutely terrible at accepting help and comfort when something's wrong with them. I want to see Jaskier and Yennefer taking care of Geralt, or Jaskier taking care of both Geralt and Yen to the best of his ability, and with sheer determination forcing them to accept his aid and gentle care, despite his/their protests and snarling and "I don't need your help, bard!" grumbling. Handwave away his/their powers with a curse or a spell! Overwhelm his/their ability to shrug off lesser harms and give him/them the damn (magical fantasy world) flu! Geralt and/or Yen can be totally bad-tempered sulky babies about it and yet they absolutely need Jaskier's help, and maybe discover that it's not so terrible to accept some assistance or bundle up against the weather together.

If there is sexual comfort or just plain sex I tend to prefer Geralt bottoming (to either Jaskier or Yenn or both) and even a little submissive in bed as he's cared for but if you're moved to write any sexytimes differently please feel free.

General trope preferences (these are in no particular order, may not apply to all fandoms/characters/pairings and include both plot tropes and sexual acts, with my most bulletproof trope/kinks in bold, so feel free to run with one if you're inspired): 

 

hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, torture, soulmates and soul bonds (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when one person or both/all participants are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances, such as "bad guys/magic made them do it" or sex pollen), bondage, canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever for a character and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, loyalty kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, cuddling, spooning, competitive sex games (who can make the other orgasm the fastest, who can resist orgasm the longest, who can successfully finish a task while the other partner tries to get them off or tries to entice them into sex, etc), begging for/during sex, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples/trios, magical aus (give non-magical characters/canons magic), alternate magical system AUs (keep the magic, but make it different somehow), Dominance/submission (I prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff, however, and if it's het I generally prefer the female character be dominant), sex between platonic friends, future fic and "next gen" fic about children of canonical characters, ghosts, communicating with the dead (via magic or weird science), enemies to lovers, threesomes, werewolves, time loops/Groundhog Day premise, competence kink, vulnerability, undercover antics and/or identity porn, sleep deprivation/exhaustion, hair touching/running fingers through hair, helping others with personal care (hair washing, injury tending, etc)