I THINK IT'S PRETTY NEAT

Grabbing whumpee by the scruff of their shirt to lift them up, making their legs kick in the air

Holding whumpee up by their underarms and pinning them against a wall

Curling an arm around whumpee's waist to keep their back flush against whumper's chest

Dragging whumpee into their lap and caging them in with crossed legs

Bracing an arm across whumpee's chest while the other puts their neck in a chokehold, preventing them from struggling away

Scooping whumpee up to carry their bridal style, knowing they're too weak to do anything by lay against whumper's shoulder

Alternatively, throwing a feisty whumpee over their shoulder and letting them kick as much as they want

Restraining whumpee in a forced cuddle until they finally run out of energy and go limp in the embrace

Teasingly holding their arms out open for whumpee to go to on their own, their only option to accept

Yanking whumpee down from wherever they've scrambled up to, causing them to fall into awaiting arms

Dragging a hidden whumpee out from their spot by their ankle no matter how hard they try to claw the ground

Pinning whumpee down just for a perfect view of their face, straddling their hips and holding both wrists in one hand

Forcing whumpee to stay quiet and obedient in whumper's hold on display or risk getting snatched up by someone much worse

Idk there's something so good about a team watching their beloved, kind, smart, strong Leader suddenly falling to pieces in front of them.

It's not like they don't have more than a few scars of their own. But they've never known torture like this.

Tearfullt trying to reassure their team that they're fine, they're okay, honest-

Until they're very much not.

Blood dripping down their skin, limbs battered and bruised, broken bones, black eyes-

Worst of all, was the screams.

They tried to keep it in, they really really did. They didn't want to worry and scare their beloved team any more than they knew they already would be-

But it hurt so much.

It hurt so, so much.

Shoved up against a wall and handcuffed.

Pinned to the floor and handcuffed.

Fighting for each limb as they’re forced down on a table, slowly secured by leather restraints.

Overwhelmed by multiple Whumpers, each one working to subdue them.

Yanked back by their hair so a collar or rope can easily be fitted around their throat.

Pinned while in combat (double points for being caged against a wall or trapped in a chokehold)

Improvised restraints like belts, sheets, or clothing when Whumpee won’t be still enough to retrieve proper ones.

Manhandled in a hospital bed, held down for the duration of a procedure.

Injected with a chemical restraint, a sedative or numbing agent that quickly bleeds the fight out of them.

Struggling as a muzzle is wrestled over their head and secured.

They will be safe. It doesn't matter who else or what else burns as long as They will be safe.

I will be safe. The hunger and the cold will never touch me again.

Fuck any bitch who's prettier(/cooler/better-liked/better at making dumplings) than me.

Yes, Master

Love me. Love me. Love me. Love me. LOVE ME!

I know the terrible things these so-called "heroes" will do if I don't stop them (<- is absolutely wrong)

I don't want a better future, I want a better past!

Leader has information that Whumper wants, information that Leader refused to tell Teammate. After hours of torture not working on Leader, they turn to Teammate.

How long until Leader gives up the information? Will they give it up immediately to help Teammate? Or will they watch stoically, knowing that the information they have is more important than Teammate?

He doesn’t join the team when they attempt to bond, sticking to only training them and giving orders. He won’t even eat with them at the same table, let alone initiate conversation outside what is necessary. The team don’t push, out of respect and borderline fear for him. They believe that he’d sacrfice any of them without a second thought if he had to. They trust him to lead them, but they don’t trust that he’d keep them safe.

The leader is scary. He doesn’t raise his voice, doesn’t even look angry when he’s reprimanding any of them. His voice is a monotone to a point where they wouldn’t be surprised if he was actually a humanoid android. Until one day, the youngest screws up badly, almost costing the entire team their lives. Fortunately, the leader manages to save them, getting them all back to safety.

When he is sure that they are secure, he explodes at the youngest. His fingers bunch into fists, drawing blood from his own palms as his fingernails scrape at the skin. They wonder if he was about to punch the youngest across the face. The Leader’s words are harsh but true, making his junior look at the ground shamefully. One of the other teammates decides that everyone has had enough for today, physically pulling Leader away.

The teammate feels something wet drop onto his hand. That’s when they realize none of them had actually been looking at Leader’s face. His face didn’t read anger, as much as it read fear. His eyes were wet with tears that had yet to fall.

Leader realizes that he’s crying, quickly pulling away from his team to retreat to his room after telling the second in command to make sure everyone is patched up.

In his room, he can’t help but glance at the frame on his bedside. A younger version of himself stands in the centre of a group of five, all of them with their arms around each other, proud of the new stripe the youngest wears on his shoulder. The same youngest that got them all killed.

The youngest member who was now a leader himself, so close to losing his team again.

Leader hadn’t been angry at the youngest, who had tried their best. He had looked down at them, and seen himself. Naive, immature and guilty of killing the people who had loved him.

1) The “You’ll do” hostage Whumper has come to target one of Caretaker’s loved ones, but finds Whumpee instead. “Not who I was looking for, but you’ll do.”

2) The ‘grabbed in the heat of battle’ hostage When Whumper grabs Whumpee and holds them at weapon-point, a furious battle slams to a halt.

3) The unaware hostage Whumpee trying desperately to act normal and not give the game away, knowing that Whumper can hurt an unsuspecting Caretaker any time they choose.

4) The ‘maybe I don’t hate you’ hostage Whumpee and Caretaker have been at each other’s throats from the second they met, only for Caretaker to be unexpectedly panicked when Whumpee is threatened.