Whump Collection Bucket

(This is especially good when paired with really extreme abuse/whump that's jarring compared to their otherwise 'normal' lifestyle)

my boyfriend, concerned: are you oka-

Luxuries such as blankets

Extra bedding that's there for comfort, such as double pillows, soft ones or plushies

Warm baths/showers

Food that tastes good just because

Clothing in bright colors

Music

A door that locks from the inside

Clothing that favours comfort over functionality/protection

Pets

Floor time

Books

Pain medicine

Lazy days where you can just take it slow instead of being always at a strict and unforgiving schedule for maximum efficiency always

the first time they get to sleep in a real bed

the first time they get to take a warm shower/bath

the first loving touch they get

the first time they feel sun on their skin again

the first choice they make that’s truly their own

the first genuinely good night of sleep they get

Whumpee:

Whumpee and Caretaker working long-term deep undercover in a power-imbalance dynamic:

* Slave and Owner

* Servant and Noble

* Drug Runner and Crime Lord

* Living Weapon and Handler

The longer they stay in role, the blurrier the lines become.

Maybe you have whumpee struggling to separate Caretaker from the role, even when it's just them two:

- Flinching when Caretaker moves

- Using rank/title/honorifics even in private

- Waiting for permission before acting

- Defaulting to submissive body language

Maybe Caretaker's behaviour is starting to change too:

- Waiting expectantly for whumpee to serve them even when in private

- No longer apologising for the things they have to do to keep cover

- Using violence/verbal abuse in role with increasing frequency.

- Accidentally using the degrading names for whumpee in normal conversation

whumpee knows that people are noticing. how could they not? whumpee is exhausted and it’s getting worse. they dread going to sleep at night, and they avoid it as much as they can. they know that every night is going to bring a new violation, a new round of horrifying, painful abuse. even when they do sleep, they don’t get any rest. they’re getting irritable, jumpy, they’re fraying to the point that they don’t know how much longer they can keep going before they’re going to break.

and every day they look at their friends, the people around them, and they want so badly to say something. they want to tell someone what’s being done to them, but the thought of what they would actually say makes them choke on shame and fear. what would they say? nothing is even happening, nothing real. how are they supposed to whine and cry about abuse that doesn’t exist? they can feel hands on them but their body was never touched. every night they’re raped, brutally and violently, and every morning they wake up to phantom pain in a body without a mark on it.

-Caretaker gently carrying a spider or other creepy crawly out into the garden instead of squashing it gives the Whumpee who was always considered expendable a lump in their throat.

-Caretaker having a “scary” dog breed like a Pitt bull or Rottweiler but treating it like a pet and lapdog, loving on it instead of training it to attack. Living Weapon Whumpee watches hopefully from their spot standing guard as the dog lays its head in Caretakers lap.

-Caretaker fixing their old beater of a car instead of getting a new one, even though they could afford it, and the Whumpee who was replaced after get hurt/making a mistake/getting too old/etc feels a sense of overwhelming relief.

-Caretaker feeding and watching over a feral stray cat from a distance, never trying to trap it or get too close, just making sure it’s okay. Stoic/defiant Whumpee not letting themselves think about how that makes them feel. Also, if/when Caretaker has to catch and treat the stray because it’s gotten injured or sick, realizing that that’s what Caretaker had been doing for them. They just were too scared to understand.

-Caretaker oiling and polishing their tools, putting them away carefully, taking pains that they were well taken care of and would last forever. Mentioning offhandedly that if you take care of your tools, they’ll take care of you. Slave Whumpee nodding emphatically, hoping that mindset extends to them as well.