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support · 10 years

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Everything okay?

If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. There are many support services that are here to help. For 24/7 peer support and other resources, message KokoBot on Tumblr.

If you are in the United States, please try:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) The Trevor Project (LGBTQ youth, ages 13-24) National Eating Disorders Association (online chat, text) RAINN (National Sexual Assault Hotline)

If you are outside the United States, visit IASP to find resources for your country.

For more resources, please visit our Counseling & Prevention Resources page for a list of services that may be able to help.

#tumblr #counseling #prevention #self harm #psa #tumblr support #tumblr help #tumblr staff #depression

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youmatterlifeline · 11 years

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thoughtsonhurtandcomfort · 2 days

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Shun the Light - Ch. 11 - Tend

Author's Notes: have some caretaking, as a little treat

Content Warnings: werewolf whumpee, vampire caretaker, sprained ankle, cuts, bruising, exhaustion, cold, stitches, hypnosis, guilt

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By the time they're through the front door Matteo is barely standing on his own. Even with his enhanced strength Dante doesn't think he can get him up the stairs. He doesn't want to do this, but...

"Right here is fine," Matteo mumbles, starting to sink to the floor.

Dante looks into his eyes. "Stand up," he says.

Matteo straightens.

"Walk with me."

He obeys, though it clearly hurts him. Dante gets him up the stairs as quickly as he can and sits him on the edge of the bed.

Matteo's head droops forward. " 'm fine," he mumbles.

Dante tilts his chin up so he can meet his eyes again. Matteo peers back up at him through his damp, messy hair. He lets Dante ease the coat from his shoulders even though he's still shivering.

"Lie down."

With Dante's help he manages to get fully onto the bed, sighing when his head finally hits the pillow. Dante sits beside him and takes his arm, lifting it to his mouth to bite.

"Wait...wait, I don't..." Matteo's arm wiggles a little in his loose grip but he isn't even strong enough to pull it away. Still, Dante stops and listens.

"I don't...deserve it..."

His eyes are clouded and his voice slurring. Dante touches his forehead and finds it feverishly warm, while the rest of him still quivers from the cold. He looks utterly exhausted but can't settle when every movement pulls at his injuries.

Dante pushes damp hair from Matteo's face. "Sleep," he commands softly. He lifts the arm again and slowly sinks in his fangs.

Tension gradually eases from Matteo's body. His arm goes slack in Dante's hands and he's out like a light.

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Dante quickly realizes that treating Matteo isn't going to be easy. Any medicines left in the house have long expired, he doesn't have sutures or antiseptic for the cuts, and he has absolutely no idea what he's doing.

He takes a medical book from the office, gathers whatever bandages and supplies might help, and returns to Matteo's side.

It's hard to even look at Matteo's body. Dante shudders to think what would have become of him if he hadn't found him. None of the wounds are life threatening on their own, but he would have been too weak to make it very far. He could have starved, or gotten an infection, or been found by animals.

Their afflictions are vastly different, but Dante feels for him all the same. To be other is hard enough...to be other and alone is dangerous.

"Alright," he says, "where to start..."

With a pair of tweezers he carefully removes each piece of glass from Matteo's skin. Most are small and superficial, but the one in his hip is thick and embedded deep. The skin around it is tender and swollen. When Dante pulls at it Matteo groans in his sleep, and he's quick to inject more anesthetic before he can wake. He resolves to keep him sedated and out of pain until he can get his hands on some real medicine.

As soon as he gets the shard of glass out the wound starts to bleed. Acting on instinct he leans in and catches it with his tongue, licking softly until the bleeding slows.

It's a strange, intimate moment. If Dante could still blush, he would be beet red by now. To add to his embarrassment, he finds he is acquiring a taste for Matteo's blood.

That definitely won't be a problem later down the road...

"Time to stitch you up. Lucky for you I'm pretty good at embroidery. Will that help here? Maybe not. We'll see."

Thinking out loud helps him remain focused as he prepares an embroidery needle and some dental floss. He speaks softly to Matteo as he makes tight, careful stitches. When he's finished he cleans all of the cuts and bandages him as best he can.

There isn't much he can do for the extensive bruising, so Dante moves on to Matteo's ankle. It is badly sprained but fortunately not broken. He props up his foot on a pillow and then puts his cold hands on the hot skin, holding them there until the worst of the swelling subsides. He adds ice pack to his mental checklist.

"That's the best I can do for now. I hope it's enough. You just rest. Everything will be okay."

He really hopes that's true.

Dante pulls an armchair over to the bedside and gets as comfortable as he can. It has been a long night, but he wants to be here when Matteo wakes, so he settles in and reads aloud from the medical book until he falls asleep.

#werewolf whump #vampire caretaker #treating injuries #caretaking #cuts #blood #sprained ankle #bruises #exhaustion #cold #hypnosis #guilt #stitches #whump writing #my writing #my ocs #dante #matteo #shun the light

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verawhisk · 3 months

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behold the pale horse carrying the burnt corpse

#astarion #bg3 #my art #blood #astarion ancunin #baldur’s gate 3 #injury #cuts #gore #idk if this falls under that but just in case!

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depression-took-over-my-liiife · 2 years

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#depressed #depression #alone #lonely #sadness #sad #mad #madness #angry #hate #selfharm #self harm #cutting #cut #cuts #scars #suicide #suicidal #black and white

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thetrevorproject · 13 years

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#talk to me #trevor project #kevin mchale #talktome #suicide #lgbt #conversation #suicide prevention week

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whatareyoureallyafraidof · 2 months

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Social Security and Medicare might not be important to you, but I guarantee it's important to someone you know, whether it's your parents, or grandparents, or friends... someone you know relies on that money. Plus, you're paying into those programs with every pay check. That's your money. You will never get that money back.