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just cause everyone's laughing doesn't mean you weren't shot by tired_but_hopeful

Fandoms: White Collar (TV 2009), DCU
22 Apr 2025
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The first time, Peter didn’t notice. It was only in hindsight that he recognised that this was in fact the first time Neal had hidden an injury on the job, not just another near miss.
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Peter didn’t usually notice. Or at least, if he did, he made a rare attempt to respect Dick’s boundaries and didn’t make a big deal out of it. Which didn’t sound like Peter, really.
So, yeah.
Peter didn’t usually notice.
This time, he very much did.
(a.k.a. 5 times Dick as Neal hid an injury from the white collar team + 1 time he couldn't)

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- Part 7 of there's always another secret
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keep your enemies close by tired_but_hopeful

Fandoms: Stargate Atlantis
18 Oct 2024
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“Oh, my god.” Elizabeth’s voice was full of dread, clear even over the connection.
The Wraith looked exhausted. It was half-dragged between the guards, but something about the look in its eyes…
It was hungry.
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Whumptober 2024, day 12: starvation, underground caverns
day 17: nowhere else to go

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- Part 9 of Whumptober 2024
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as though across a dream by tired_but_hopeful

Fandoms: Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order Series (Video Games)
16 Oct 2024
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The buzzing came back worse. The world was off a little. Dark around the edges. Shit.
He’d done this whole thing before. Wonky thoughts were a new one, but it made sense that the cold and adrenaline had masked whatever pain he was feeling enough to let him get this far before passing out.
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Whumptober 2024, day 10: passing out from the pain, blow to the head, "i can't think straight", slurred words (kinda)

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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2024
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in your blood by tired_but_hopeful

Fandoms: The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare, Shadowhunters (TV)
15 Oct 2024
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He stepped up next to them on the ridge, clasped Simon's shoulder tightly, then turned to face whoever it was that needed him this time, and the ground fell out from under him.
Jace was only identifiable by the few streaks in his golden hair not stained by blood, or darkened by sweat and mud. That and the hunch in his shoulders, the tight-muscled stillness broken only by hitched breathing and a slight sway, as if a breeze might knock him over but if an army tried the same he wouldn’t budge.
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Whumptober 2024, day 6: "It's not my blood", not realising they're injured (healed wrong, unhealthy coping mechanisms)
day 14: alt prompts "shivering" and "regret"

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- Part 6 of Whumptober 2024
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if i tell you this is drowning by tired_but_hopeful

Fandoms: Leverage (US TV 2008)
12 Oct 2024
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“Don’t-” He half-grumbled, half-sighed, then pinched the bridge of his nose. “Don’t bother. Don’t run it again. We’re not doing it.”
“Eliot!” Sophie admonished, “We can’t just abandon these people. They need our help!”
“Not this time.”
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Whumptober 2024, day 1 (search party, "if only we could hold on")

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- Part 1 of Whumptober 2024
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Machine - Whumptober 2025 Days 5, 8, 12, and 19 by ElementalWinter

Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
19 Oct 2025
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When Rawlins arrived that morning, Connor felt the first pang of unease.

The man was large, broad-shouldered, with the kind of weathered face that looked carved from stone. Deep-set eyes, a nose that had been broken at least twice, and the permanent shadow of stubble along his jaw. He wore his coat like armour, unbuttoned, revealing a holster strapped openly at his hip.

He didn’t offer his hand. Didn’t greet Connor with so much as a nod. Instead, his eyes flicked once to Connor’s LED, and his mouth twisted. “So this is the machine I’ve heard about.”

“Hello, my name is Connor,” Connor supplied. “I’ll be your partner until Lieutenant Anderson is cleared to return.”

Rawlins grunted, brushing past him. “We’ll see.”

Or, after Hank is placed on medical leave, Connor is reassigned to a new partner from a different precinct. Unfortunately, his new partner is more interested in using Connor as a tool than treating him like a living being.

Whumptober 2025
Day 5: Quivering
Day 8: Held at Gunpoint | Dissociation
Day 12: Withholding Medical Treatment
Day 19: “You’re on your own, lost in the wild.” | Dehumanisation | Living Weapon | On Patrol | Song: Psycho, Muse

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- Part 5 of ElementalWinter's Whumptober 2025
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09 Nov 2025
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Hope, Dangling by a String by Wahkeetcha

Fandoms: Carnival Row (TV)
13 Apr 2020
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The Row is cut off from the city. There is no hope but the residents try to muddle through in uncertain times.

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17 Aug 2025
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Growing Up in the Brotherhood by bewize

Fandoms: Burn Notice
06 Apr 2008
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How do you survive in an abusive household?

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25 May 2025
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after the way down by mightypenguin

Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005)
05 May 2025
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It still manages to astonish Dean how well and thoroughly one’s life can get fucked into little pieces in a manner of seconds.
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Dean is a retired tree surgeon, artist, and reluctant babysitter

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17 May 2025
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what can i hold you with? by alasse

Fandoms: The Pitt (TV)
16 Apr 2025
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Three different moments in Robby and Abbot’s relationship—when they first meet, when they make a mistake, and when they finally get it together.

The first time Jack Abbot meets Michael Robinavitch doesn’t actually happen in the ED, and he won’t realize how strange that is until years later. They meet during their General Surgery rotation, as it happens.

Both of them are med students with something of a reputation—Robinavitch for apparently having done a rockstar turn in his ED rotation and collecting accolades and a mentor even though he’s barely just an MS4; Jack, of course, because he’s a “jarhead”, nevermind that he’s a goddamned Navy Corpsman and he only serves with Marines but he isn’t actually one of them.

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06 May 2025