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Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Character A is a depressed alchoholic who's pretty much given up on everything. Character B is a really good long-term friend. They're both in their late 20's-early 30's. Not sure how to really write a confrontation or make A try to give the tinyest of fucks. Ideal scenario is H/C porn, but not sure how to or if appropriate to lead into that.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Is this a modern(ish) canon? Could A get a DUI or into a car accident after going out one night that is bad enough that it rattles them and they have to rely on B while they can't drive/are recovering from injuries, which leads to H/C (emotional and physical) porn?

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Victorian, but I like the way you think. I'd do something with horses, but A is broken to the point where he doesn't leave the fancy mansion a lot.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Oooh gotcha! Yes, drunkenly decides to drive his own carriage and ends up in a ditch, drunkenly agrees to a duel, drunkenly picks a fight at some gaming establishment and gets beat up, I like the Victorian options! And then yes, lots of opportunity for A to physically lean on B (which is a fav component of h/c for me).

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Again, I love love love your ideas, and if it were any other historic fandom, I'd go with them in a heartbeat. But A just doesn't duel or fight, since he's quite the coward(hence why he drinks).

...Though having A lean on B is really really cute, so that's a definite taker.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Gets drunk and falls down the stairs?

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Drunkenly breaks something and cuts his hands so he needs someone around to help him with tings. He falls as was suggested above. He drunkenly tries to get something from a high shelf (books or some heavy items) and either falls when climbing to get it or pulls heavy things down on top of him resulting in injury (and maybe being trapped until B arrives in rescue). Trips and hits his head. Takes a tumble from a first story window that he fell alseep in during a drinking session. Drunkenly gets angry at a maid and tries to show her how to clean properly which leads to injury ( trying to climb to dust something, mopping himself into a corner and slipping on wet floor). Tries to cook something and burns himself.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

Drunkenly sets something on fire and the fire gets pretty serious as he doesn't notice it and/or drunkenly tries to put it out?

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

A needs to dry out for some reason (court date, need to see family they haven't interacted with in a while, new job, doctor told them they gotta stop drinking or they'll die) and they ask B to help them through it. Cue lots of h/c (you can focus on shakes/fever, being ill, or moodswings depending on the h/c the recip likes) and there's lots of opportunities for sex while A is looking for distractions to keep them from drinking.

If either of you is into unhealthy shit then you could have the addiction shift from booze to B.

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

This was my initial thought, just wasn't sure if I could fit sex into there, somehow. But I really like the 'distractions' part, so that's going in there. Thanks, nonnie!
(FYI, we're both into unhealthy shit. *thumbs up*)

Re: Prompt help

[(Anonymous)]

What if B is the one who gets hurt and A realizes they care enough to help them? You could even have A dealing with withdrawal at the same time for some mutual h/c.