Prompts used: Dialogue, Winter

Content Warnings: Torture implied, captivity implied, death, blood, hunted by whumper implied

“Are you cold?” asked A, already slipping off their heavy woollen coat.

B just nodded, her lips bound by the cold that whipped around them both.

A carefully arranged the coat on B’s shoulders before cupping her face with their hands. They were slowly cooling but still had some precious warmth, and A smiled, happy to give their girlfriend a part of them.

B closed her eyes, leaning into A’s hands and tried to forget where they were, lost on the moors.

Gradually the chilly bite of the wind hit her cheeks again and her eyes flickered open. Dense fog surrounded B, and A was nowhere to be seen.

B tried to call out for A, but her mouth was so unaccustomed to speaking now, from both the cold and what had been allowed. So her yell came out as a croak, garbled by months of silence and horror.

Gingerly, B began to move in the direction A and her were heading in, against the harsh wind.

“Are you there?” B managed after walking for a while and seeing nothing but empty shadows.

No answer.

B continued over browned heather and frosted grass. Her whole body felt like it was ceasing up, bit by bit. First her fingers, then her toes. Now her ankles and now her wrists as she tried to pull the coat closer and feel A’s love.

Head bowed, B followed a sheep’s track cut through the heather and scrub grass until red flowed onto the sepia scene. 

And there was A, their hands so so cold as blood flowed from their wrists and throat into the earth.

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“Are You Cold?”

The Merry Whump of May - Day 21

[Burning | Faked Love | Winter]
(tw: hypothermia(maybe), burn, manhandling, threat)

“Are you cold? I can move you a little closer to the fire.”

Whumpee shook their head minutely, tense and unsure. They pressed back against Whumper’s body.

“Aw come on, you’re still cold. I can feel it.” Whumper’s breath was hot against their ear. “It’s deep in your bones already, don’t you want it to just…melt away?”

Whumpee shook their head harder. Too close. Too fucking close already. 

They could feel the heat drying out their skin, burn flirting with the crease of their toes as they tried to squirm back away.

“Don’t be so ungrateful, I’m only doing this because I love you. Or would you rather go back outside?”

“N-no - no please, just. I’m okay now, thank you - this is close enough-” Whumpee yelped as Whumper gave them a final shove, stumbling forward toward the hearth. They screamed as their foot landed on the stone - toes brushing red-hot coals.

They flew back immediately, crumpling into Whumper’s arms.

“See, it’s like I always tell you. If you don’t listen, you get hurt.”

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