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->''"And nothing makes us identify--feel with--another person as immediately as empathy for their pain. It's instinctive. It's the root for the highest of human virtues--compassion--and the lowest of human evils--sadism. In HC, one can shade into another and it's ''okay'' because no real people are being hurt during the filming of this fanfic."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.trickster.org/symposium/symp55.html Hurt/Comfort: a Confession and a Celebration]]''

Also known as "whump", a Hurt/Comfort Fic is a FanFic about comforting one who is hurt. Usually based on either [[StoicWoobie Break The Stoic]] or BreakTheCutie, often to the point of [[TheWoobie Woobiefication]]: a regular character is damaged, either emotionally or physically, and another character (usually the character's [[BuddyCopShow partner]], [[OneTruePairing love interest]], or a [[TrueCompanions teammate]]) must comfort them. This comfort ''can'' become… [[IntimateHealing intense]]. Alternatively, the author can create a SympatheticSue to get damaged so the author's favorite canon character can comfort them. A story can take place after specific episodes or installments of canon, or else the writer creates a new predicament.

Vice versa, the above methods are often used by fanfiction authors as a way to pair up two characters that would otherwise be at each others' throats or have nothing to do with one another. Maybe the characters don't know each other too well, or maybe they wouldn't get along well under normal circumstances, but once they see that poor kid bleeding on their doorstep there isn't much alternative to taking them in and nurturing them back to health…

Often used as part of {{Shipping}}. Sometimes, RonTheDeathEater is responsible for the "hurt" part and DracoInLeatherPants is responsible for the "comfort" part. (In fact, the derivation implied by those {{Trope Namer}}s is quite common, typically with [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione]] on the receiving end.) At other times, the characters stick to canonical roles ([[OutOfCharacter if not canonical characterization]]). In cases of physical hurt, it may be accidental or deliberately inflicted, but almost always there's some reason given why the injured cannot be taken to get medical attention (at least at first), which would involve them being cared for by ''mere'' strangers (with medical training) rather than [[ThePowerOfFriendship someone who cares]].

Fanwriters love this device because it gives the characters a situation which they both must struggle to overcome, without having a lot of other characters or outside obstacles intruding. These types of fanfics will often be either sweet and fluffy or dramatized scenes in which the injured character lays out their entire tragic past for their rescuer to sympathize with, and more often than not transforms the characters' relationship from strained to romantic in ways that would not always fit with canon.

[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Can be done well]], if the affliction is realistic and the story is well-written. Done especially often in medical show fandoms and [[BuddyCopShow buddy shows]].

Often effective when combined with the MoralityPet, but ineffective when combined with {{Ukefication}}. Compare AfterActionPatchUp.

!Common setups
* AbusiveParents: Often the cause of some bad trauma that the caretaker needs to help the character through.
* AfterActionPatchUp: Usually the job of the caretaker, which sometimes turns into AfterActionHealingDrama if things are serious enough.
* CaretakerReversal: Sometimes in these fics, someone you'd normally expect to be a caretaker for someone has to be taken care of themselves, usually by the person they usually take care of, after getting hurt or "whumped".
* ColdBloodedTorture: Sometimes the "hurt" is having been tortured.
* ComfortingTheWidow: The "hurt" might be a female character's husband dying, and the "comfort" could be someone else sleeping with her.
* [[DrugsAreBad Drug Withdrawal]]: It tends to be written as platonic or just open to interpretation--probably because the sufferer would be ''severely'' ill-equipped for typical romance, and the whole "needing a substance so much that it makes you violent towards your own TrueCompanions" part. Almost always leads to SleepCute (or MyGodWhatHaveIDone) situations after the worst of the symptoms leave.
* FreakinessShame: Giving a character visibly non-human traits, then finding another who sees this as beautiful. Wingfic is a common form of this.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: If the "hurt" is the death of a child character's parents.
* IntimateHealing: If it's physical hurt, and the "comfort" is in the form of sex.
* LoveMartyr: Abusive relationships are a common form of "hurt".
* MindRape: If the "hurt" is an assault on a character's mind/soul.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: If the "hurt" is being brutally beat up.
* ParentalAbandonment: If the "hurt" is the character's parents not being around.
* PostVictoryCollapse: If the "hurt" is an amazing feat taking its toll on a character.
* RapeAsDrama: For when the "hurt" is rape.
* RapeAsBackstory: The "hurt" could be a character having been raped a while ago.
* SickEpisode: For when the "hurt" is a disease.
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!Examples

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* The ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2644766/1/Blind-Vision Blind Vision]]'' is an [[DeadFic unfinished]] fanfic where Sakura helps nurse Neji, emotionally and physically, after he's blinded on a mission.
* The ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}''/''Franchise/OnePiece'' fic "Fanfic/FlyFree" is built up around a lot of things, but the cornerstone is Robin playing the role of a comforting adult to a lot of the messed up kids in Konoha... and beyond.
* In the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' fanfic ''Fanfic/KissItBetter'', Goku has to get the rabies vaccine after being bitten by a raccoon. Vegeta helps him through the two-week process.
* The ''Light Within Us'' ''Literature/BlackBullet'' fanfic has some moments of this.
* The ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' fanfiction, ''Fanfic/PassionatePragmatism'' has a lot of this (which is somewhat to be expected, considering the nature of the series and all the awful things that happen to the characters). In it, Erwin is filled with guilt for everything he's done while Hange tries to convince him that he's a good person.
* In the ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic ''Fanfic/QuirkIncubus'', the premise of the fic involves Izuku being the victim of his sexual predator teacher and the fallout that comes after he is caught, complete with [[TookALevelInKindness Bakugo becoming less of a Jerkass in the process]].
* "DarthWiki/TailsReturns": Cosmo is hurt and Tails is the healer.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9656278/1/An-Able-Victim This]] fic has Harley Quinn and Abel from The House of Secrets acting both as victim and comforter to each other.
* Underneath the layers of religious conversation and fight scenes, ''FanFic/AngelOfTheBat'' is mostly a story about Cassandra Cain trying to overcome her own self-hate and struggle to view herself as a complete person worthy of love, as opposed to a weapon. She ends up finding that comfort through her newfound faith and her family. Also, Stephanie Brown's entire subplot is focused on trying to overcome the pain of Batman attempting to make her an {{Unperson}}, and is only resolved when he acknowledges his fault.
* ''{{FanFic/Anglerfish}}'': Jason interrupting a fight with bullets is the reason Tim ends up so badly injured at the start of the story, and he spends the rest of it caring for Tim.
* "[[http://senoraalcazar.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4ht6t7 An Evening at the Airport]]", a long ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' fanfic, has a scene of this between Tintin and Martine. However it is a more subtle version of this as it is pretty understated and Martine's problems are shown as being more existential than the result of some trauma.
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[[folder:Crossover]]
* ''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante'' has traits of this, as Hoshi gets hurt emotionally and physically numerous times throughout the story, though his "healer" is almost never the same and is never a LoveInterest.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'':
** In "The Blood Brother," Bolt [[HeelRealization eventually realizes how callously he has been treating]] Mittens, following which he tearfully apologizes to the cat. Mittens [[{{Forgiveness}} forgives]] him.
** In "The Kippies," Mittens gradually comes to the realization that she will never have kittens, being greatly saddened by this. Bolt tries to comfort her with a spooning hug, telling her that he won't have offspring either and to be happy for the advantages she has. He eventually succeeds.
* ''Fanfic/MoreFamilyMoreHappinessRight'': Alberto and Giulia have a very rocky relationship, tend to argue a lot and resent each other (Giulia resents Alberto because she thinks that Massimo gives less work to him than her, while Alberto resents Giulia because he thinks that she doesn't know how much he works every day). As if that were enough, Alberto is still traumatised by his biological father's abandonment. At the end of the story, the two siblings make up and slowly start to develop a stronger and better bond.
* In ''Fanfic/NowThatYoureBleeding'', after years of self-hatred, SelfHarm, and depression, [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]] has to learn to break down her barriers with the help of her sister Anna.
* "The Rehabilitation Of Dawn Bellwether", focuses on Bellwether getting paroled after 4 years in prison, trying to clean up her act, being on the receiving end of scorn from all of Zootopia, being haunted by her worst actions in the past, and, throughout all of it, forming a bond with a wolf OC named Vernon Hunter, who also has his moments of being comforted himself, [[spoiler: like when Bellwether goes with the ZPD after being suspected of a local terrorist act, and then when she performs a HeroicSacrifice to save the city]].
* ''Fanfic/ToAMerryChristmas'' is a SlashFic where Belle comforts Aurora about her traumatized past at a Christmas party. It quickly [[SexForSolace turns less platonic]] than Belle had intended.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15299694 Born of the Same Impulse]] combines this with PeggySue. Tony Stark is sent back in time and manages to prevent Ultron, Sokovia, and Civil War. But he is left to deal with the lingering PTSD and trust-issues that were a consequence of the events that he's undone, plus the paranoia that some other disaster might take their place. The Avengers spend the majority their time trying to cheer him up and get him out of his shell, even though Tony can't really tell them about his issues, because they technically don't exist anymore. Tony himself plays the role of comforter in his interaction with his fellow time-traveller, Stephen Strange, who has now lost his powers, and struggles with existential crisis as he relives his accident and the long road to recovery.
* A lot of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' fanfic focuses on Bucky coping with the psychological trauma of seventy years of brainwashing and memory erasure from HYDRA, usually with Steve as the main comforter. ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1427173/chapters/3000040 miles to go before i sleep]]'' is one such example.
* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'':
** In ''[[https://idontticwhen-i-bustghosts.tumblr.com/post/677407766288138240/dont-be-sorry Don't Be Sorry]]'', an OriginalCharacter consoles an anxiety-ridden Egon, who's written as her boyfriend.
** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38861628 Nurse Ray]]'' and its sequel ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38877522 Making Egon Wait]]'', Ray nurses a sick Egon back to health.
** In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49941118 Of Your Sugar]]'', Egon has a stomachache, so [[SlashFic Ray snogs him to cheer him up]].
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12573127/1/Under-the-weather Under the Weather]]'', Egon has a cold, so Janine takes care of him.
* A ''Film/GirlVsMonster'' oneshot, [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/8750156/1/Girl-VS-Abuse Girl VS Abuse]] focuses on Skylar going to Sadie to escape her abusive relationship with Ryan.
* [[FandomSpecificPlot A lot]] of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' fanfic is about this, as the movie itself is about Maleficent being hurt and comforted. Some fanfic focuses more than the movie on the relationship with Diaval, like for example [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2161020/chapters/4724541 "Aftermath"]]
** ''Fanfic/YourServantMistress'' has this in spades, as Film/{{Maleficent}} really, really needs some comforting. (Though in that fic, Diaval also needs comforting.)
* [[http://pennies-4-eyes.livejournal.com/13831.html#cutid1 This]] fancomic for ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''. Notable because both characters [[MediumAwareness know perfectly well]] that they're in a Hurt/Comfort fanfic. Holmes isn't too pleased about always having to be the sick one.
* The "Springsteen Trilogy" by Ars Longa is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' example. [[TheScrappy Callista]] just left Luke and Kyp heals him. But Kyp was [[RapeAndSwitch molested on Kessel so now he's bi]] and Luke is the healer. It just gets weirder from there.
** Another example of Star Wars fanfiction of this genre is [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357345/1/As-One "As One"]] by Shy Snootles. It's an Alternate Universe of Return of Jedi, where Luke seduces Darth Vader/Anakin to the Light Side, making him face his scars and inner demons in process. This fic is notable for being written as a counterpart to many fics where either Vader or Palpatine suceed in seducing either Luke or Leia to the Dark Side.
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[[folder:Literature]]
%%* Creator/CatherineAnderson has basically built her entire writing career on the published version of this.
* ''Literature/TheFriendshipSong'' has in-universe examples. Harper and Rawnie are fond of these sorts of scenarios, with Ty usually saving Nico from some kind of trouble, or both of them dying together but being comforted with their unbreakable friendship.
* ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' / ''Series/TheUntamed''
** ''Fanfic/TheBeastOfGusu'', a ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' series, has its moments, especially at the end of Chapter 3 and the beginning of Chapter 4 of “Unstoppable” during Wei Wuxian’s missing months under the influence of the Wen drug and while Lan Wangji looked for him.
** ''Fanfic/GoldPoisons'': The portion centered on Xichen, who spends much of the fic on death's door, then recovering from a poisoning that nearly destroyed his golden core, is this.
** The ''Fanfic/TwelveMoonsAndAFortnight'' series has some elements of this. Any time a character is hurt, they are sure to be comforted by a loved one.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4464089/1/Yellow_Submarine Yellow Submarine]]" is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' Hurt/Comfort fic. In an interesting variant, not only does the rescuer immediately find the rescued a doctor rather than trying to physically heal her himself, the story only really starts years later, as they both begin to heal the emotional wounds of the other.
** ''Fanfic/TornApartWorld'' is about Snape comforting Harry as he recovers from being abused for years by the Dursleys.
* An official version for the ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy'' can be found in the first [[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Other Tales of Valdemar]] anthology, ''Sword of Ice''. Mark Shepherd's short story "Chance" expands on an anecdote told in ''Magic's Promise'', where Vanyel fondly remembers his short-term boyfriend Guardsman Jonne. The short story features Vanyel's clothes getting cut to pieces in a mage attack, followed by Jonne taking him to a [[HotSpringsEpisode hot spring]] in a crystal cave and giving him an AfterActionPatchUp that then leads to [[TwoPersonPoolParty sex]]. Compared to his characterization in the second two books, Van is more willing than usual to take a break from his duty and enjoy the moment. Maybe he just likes that Jonne's a few years older than he is and StraightGay, so can't really remind him of Tylendel. The story also contains this line.
--> Fortunately, Vanyel's injuries were bad only above the waist.
* ''Fanfic/TheLondonSyndicate'' is listed as one, and has its moments.
* ''Fanfic/MissingSherlockHolmes'': While many of the early segments are devoted to the mystery, the drabbles after the storming of the gang's headquarters edge increasingly into Holmes attempting to help Watson deal with the physical and emotional hurt endured during his captivity, and receiving some comfort in return.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SafeAnchorage'' revolves around Theon Greyjoy and Jeyne Poole looking after each other in the wake of their canon abuse and torture.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures''
** Chapter 15 of the novel ''Set Piece'' by Kate Orman is actually ''called'' "Hurt/Comfort". In fact ''most'' of Orman's ''Series/DoctorWho'' novels ([=NAs=] and [[Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures EDAs]]) have at least one chapter like this.
** Chapter 5 of the NA ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresHumanNature Human Nature]]'', by Creator/PaulCornell, is titled "Hurt/Comfort".
* ''Series/ICarly'':
** This applies to a recurring plot in the Carly/Freddie fic fandom in ''Series/ICarly'', that involves having Freddie hooked up with Sam, then playing Sam's violent and abusive tendencies from the show straight, without any of the RuleOfFunny that it has on the show itself. An example can be found here: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5600467/1/Candles Candles]].
** In the Sam/Carly story ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6470871/1/iFreak-Out iFreak Out]]'', Carly convinces her girlfriend to see a gynecologist for her heavy periods. To help build up her nerve, Sam asks Carly to see them too. As it turns out, Sam is fine, but Carly has uterine cysts. Carly needs surgery, but she's scared and needs Sam for support. She's especially freaked out because [[MissingMom her mother died of ovarian cancer]] and she worries she might die the same way.
* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'':
** A ship manifesto [[http://ship-manifesto.livejournal.com/36413.html "Horatio Hornblower/Archie Kennedy (Hornblower)"]] by tanacawyr argues that Horatio Hornblower and his [[HeterosexualLifePartners Heterosexual Life Partner]] Archie Kennedy are an ideal {{Fandom}} for shippers who like their SlashFic and enjoy Hurt/Comfort fics. The series has got it all, in the author's opinion: "Beauty, war, danger, drama, fits (Archie's epileptic seizures), hysteria, (almost) canon sexual abuse, swashbuckling adventure, explosions, loyalty, delicious dialogue, devotion, tender midnight confessions, hurt and comfort by the bucketloads." The episode "The Duchess and the Devil" has Horatio sitting by Archie's bedside as Archie [[CatapultNightmare catapults himself up in a nightmare]], and Horatio gives him a drink of water. Horatio is terrified that he might not be able to save his friend's life. There's intense hurt/comfort like that in canon. It's no wonder that fans like to elaborate on this subject matter.
** ''Fanfic/MuchAdoAboutShakespeareLovesLaboursWon'': Archie's trauma of past rape and panic attacks appear in full force. Horatio is only happy he can assure him that he's his best-est, closest friend and most competent-est officer. And they have a RelationshipUpgrade: they go from friends to boyfriends.
** ''Fanfic/HarbouredAndEncompassed'': Hurt and comfort is present in almost every chapter. There's Archie's epilepsy, his PTSD, his frequent panic attacks and his sleeplessness, then there's Horatio's fear of heights and a subsequent panic attack, and also Jack's attack of Horatio... lots of time is devoted for them to worry over their boyfriend, to comfort him and make it all better.
* "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3551860/1/Memories_that_Haunt Memories That Haunt]]", a ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' Maliver fic (Captain Mal Reynolds and River aka BreakTheCutie). Warning, lemon, rape (as drama), and angst. Good fic if you like that particular pairing.
* ''Series/Numb3rs'':
** ''Fanfic/DontStayAwayFromHomeForTooLong'', Don is infected with a virus and Charlie and Alan try their best to be there for him as he fights the virus.
* A number of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fics, such as "Perdition's Flames" and "FanFic/MemoriesBornOfFire" center around the aftermath of "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]", with Kirk helping Spock recover from the [[ItsAllMyFault emotional trauma]].
* The 1977 ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MojaveCrossing'' is an early and influential example of the genre.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** ''Fanfic/MaybeSproutWings'' has as human Castiel rescuing Dean from slavery, which is used as a metaphor for rescuing him from Hell and features many scenes of Castiel comforting Dean as the latter recovers from his ordeal.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23493103 You're a Horrible Bowl of Soup, Cara Dune]]'', based on ''Series/TheMandalorian'', Cara takes care of a sick Din Djarin.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* The ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fandom is a hurt/comfort goldmine, in part because the "hurt" part is as easy as [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes trapping Edgeworth in an elevator or earthquake]]. One popular example of the genre is a (clean) KinkMeme fill called [[http://bludhavens.livejournal.com/17966.html?thread=4621614#t4621614 Sleepless]].
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3345067/1/Bartending_101 This]] ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' fic focuses on Telma the bartender comforting [[HeroicMime Link]] after the events and [[ButNowIMustGo ending]] of the game.
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'': This trope is the bread and butter of the game's fanfiction community, primarily regarding the Survivors (Dwight and Quentin are especially popular choices), but occasionally also applied to the more sympathetic killers like the Spirit or the Nurse.
* "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6857894/1/Lara_Croft_Tomb_Raider_Force_of_Good Force Of Good]]", a ''Franchise/TombRaider'' fanfic that has Lara visited by an angel-like being after the death of her mother in ''Legend''.
* ''Fanfic/HerFracturedSpirit'' is a fanfic where Callie suffers PTSD after the events of ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'''s single-player campaign. Her cousin Marie tries to help her recover.
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'': ''Fanfic/HomeSickNoonboryKedabory'' focuses on Disco Kid looking after a sickly Aran Ryan. Although he is typically a CombatSadomasochist, Aran can't stand being ill, which softens him up to Disco. They end the story an unofficial [[GleefulAndGrumpyPairing couple]].
* ''Fanfic/HordeChampion'': The entire premise is both Sylvanas and Anevay working through their mutual trauma and healing as people.
* ''Fanfic/IveGotYourBack'' revolves around [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Pearl and Marina]] working through their [[DarkFic past traumas]] and growing to trust each other, with some lighthearted moments sprinked throughout to ease the tension.
* ''[[https://masterperrymartin.deviantart.com/art/Let-Me-Float-708735573 Let Me Float]]'', from the creator of ''FanFic/FreedomDiesWithMe'', is a very...interesting take on this. Partly from the fact that the Hurt and the Comfort are the same character from two different timelines. One is a [[VideoGame/FreedomPlanet Sash Lilac]] who drowned and returned as a sort of water spirit, the other is also a Sash Lilac that was rescued by the No-Zone after her Carol betrayed her. The former appears one day while the latter is having a swim, and they set about dealing with the former's hydrophobia.
** ''[[https://masterperrymartin.deviantart.com/art/Abandoned-Heroism-729305526 Abandoned Heroism]]'', a later fic from the author, is very similar if not an outright SpiritualSuccessor; only instead of a normal Lilac and a wraith-like Lilac bonding, it's a depressed, homeless Lilac getting some comfort from an asexual, Red-Scarf-aligned Milla[[note]]Though info in the author's multiverse lists shows that the Milla the homeless Lilac is grieving over is in the same group as Drowned Lilac - part of the Elemental Wraiths, alongside a Carol and Neera who have yet to be elaborated on[[/note]].
* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OldScars'' follows the stories of Clementine and an Original Character as they both struggle to cope with their traumatizing pasts with the help of their new companions.
* The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario]]'' fanfic "A Sick Day", where Luigi catches a cold. HilarityEnsues as Mario ([[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers and a friend]]) nurse him back to health.
** From the same author, there's [[http://catimakittykat.deviantart.com/art/Helpless-a-Mario-sneezefic-491677072 "Helpless"]], in which Mario's allergies get the best of him.
* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': Kogasa Tatara is a youkai created by abandoning an umbrella. A disturbingly large amount of fanart and doujin applies the same abandonment issues to her human-looking body, and only sometimes with a happy ending.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* While the first story, ''First Contact'', in the ''Fanfic/GoldenAge'' series has minor shades of this, the second story, ''The Great Escape'', is this in spades.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Even though this story's genres are romance and drama with some comedy sprinkled in, throughout the story, Germany and Japan have to comfort [[StepfordSmiler Italy]] whenever his insecurities arise, from never being able to get a lover to his inner demons...
* The ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12612608/1/All-Cats-Go-To-Heaven All Cats Go To Heaven]]'' is about Marvin getting hit and killed by Sasha's drunk father and Zach tries his best to comfort Tiger who has become a tearful, violent, manic-depressive wreck (even moreso than usual). As Tiger opens up to Zach, we learn that he has one heck of a TearJerker backstory and had virtually no friends and was horribly abused by other dogs before he met Marvin.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* This ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' fanfic [[https://www.wattpad.com/49797714-a-turn-of-events-brittany-and-mackenzie-fanfiction A turn of events]]. The setup is a SickEpisode.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6079358/1/Fix-You Fix You]]" is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' fanfic that focuses on the Mistress comforting and healing the Warden while Superjail's inmates are rioting.
* The ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' story "Fanfic/TheTimesTheyAreAChangin2013" identifies itself as one of these, but this tragic tale of [[BreakingTheFellowship the pets' relationships deteriorating]] when Blythe abandons them and Penny's owners move away also has strong DarkFic elements.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
** ''Fanfic/IrrationalFear'' is a fanfiction about Lincoln comforting Lisa about her FearOfThunder. Unlike most examples, it's completely platonic (Lisa and Lincoln are siblings, after all) and not angsty at all. In fact, it's kind of comedic.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13167842/1/Stormy-Hearts Stormy Hearts]]'', Lincoln nurses Girl Jordan, who [[CatchYourDeathOfCold caught a cold because of the rain]], and develops a crush on her.
** Another platonic sibling example occurs in ''[[https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MrTyeDye/Fanfiction:_Doctor_Luan Doctor Luan]]'', in which Luan patches up Lana when she sprains her ankle.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
** It has a ''lot'' of this type of fic. "[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/03/story-out-in-cold.html Out in the Cold]]" and "Fanfic/KindnesssReward" both revolve around one of the mane six (Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy, respectively) finding, taking in, and [[SlashFic falling in love with]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse The Great and Powerful Trixie]], [[BreakTheHaughty humbled and suffering]] after the events of "Boast Busters".
** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/58418/shut-the-blinds Shut The Blinds]] Following a dragon attack Rainbow Dash is stricken with blindness and must adapt to her new life without the use of her eyes, being cared for by Twilight Sparkle.
** "[[http://patroison.deviantart.com/art/A-Sight-for-Really-Sore-Eyes-251506676 A Sight For Really Sore Eyes]]" is a classic hurt/comfort fanfic: love, accident, guilt, comfort, and finally shipping.
** ''Fanfic/ACanterlotWeddingAftermath'' is another example.
** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/333265/when-rainbows-cry When Rainbows Cry]] has Pinkie Pie comforting Rainbow Dash after the latter attempts suicide.
** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/66897/1/a-zebra-in-the-bed/a-zebra-in-the-bed A Zebra in the Bed]]'' is a platonic example -- the Apples take care of Zecora, who has a disease called "trio cold", which is a very bad cold that lasts for three days.
* ''Fanfic/MySuperBestFriend'' is a fan fiction of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' that takes place after season 21. It focuses on Stan, Heidi, Nichole, and the boys trying their best to comfort Kyle and help him recover from his trauma developing from accidentally, and indirectly, getting Canada nuked.
* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fanfic (and FixFic), "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5961606/1/ Payback from a Pipe]]" acts as an epilogue to the episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E18QuagmiresDad Quagmire's Dad]]." When Stewie finds out about [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown what Quagmire did to Brian]], he [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge hunts him down, beats the crap out of him]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells him off about everything that's wrong with him and what he did to Brian]], and lastly forces Quagmire to apologize to Brian for attacking him earlier.
* "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8063013/1/Plankton-s-Eye-View Plankton's Eye View]]" is a ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' [[FanFic/PlanktonsEyeView fanfic]] that focuses on Plankton's life after ten years in prison, his hurt, bitterness, regret, and his HeelFaceTurn. The comfort character here is [[HeterosexualLifePartners Howard]], the OriginalCharacter who allows Plankton to experience friendship again after so many years in loneliness.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind sequences in ''VideoGame/FlawedCrystals'' take this form. The gems are shown at their lowest, beaten down by their worst fears, traumas, and mental illnesses. Steven has to show them love, care, and real understanding in order for them to recover.
* ''Fanfic/SnowBlind'': The first three chapters are more tense and dramatic, as Donnie's been severely injured and kidnapped (not knowing that [[spoiler:the kidnapper was Raphael in his vigilante gear]]). When Raphael shows up in chapter four, however, the fic becomes more this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
** ''Fanfic/ATDALoveTriangleWithBettyCodyAndGwenny'': Cody tries to help Bridgette and Gwen, both girls going through some very serious, hurting issues. Unknown to both girls, they're also giving Cody some comfort over his own insecurities and past troubles to get a girlfriend.
** ''Fanfic/CandyForYourThoughts'': Cody comes down to the cargo hold to chat with a heartbroken Courtney after Duncan's affair with Gwen is revealed, and sympathizes with her due to his crush on Gwen. This eventually develops a full-blown romance between the two.
** ''Fanfic/DreamsScentedOfCoconutAndApple'': The story is this for both of the main characters in different ways. For Cody, Lindsay helps him stop being the isolated victim of bullying with her friendship. And for Lindsay, Cody helps her deal with Tyler breaking up with her.
** ''Fanfic/PredatorAndPrey'': Bridgette is raped by Alejandro during her time as a competitor on ''World Tour'' and develops StockholmSyndrome, which leads to her cheating on Geoff, who breaks up with her for it when she returns to the Aftermath studio. The Peanut Gallery works to have her and Geoff reunited, so that Bridgette can get the help she needs and have Geoff hear her side of the story.
** ''Fanfic/SecondChanceAtLove'': Lindsay, Leshawna and Cody are obviously hurt over breaking up with their boyfriends (in the girls' case) and not being able to get himself a girlfriend, in Cody's case. This creates a bond between them, and soon start comforting each other.
* The oneshot ''Fanfic/GetsWrecked'' features a platonic example. When Valerie suffers amnesia after a car accident, her elementary class and her sister Fiona help her try to regain her memories.
* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6665180/1/The-Very-Hungry-Nematode The Very Hungry Nematode]] is a ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' fanfiction that involves Squidward (reluctantly) taking care of a sick Spongebob, who has a bad case of the suds. A bit funnier than the usual angsty/shippy example, mainly because Spongebob is [[AnnoyingPatient taking advantage of Squidward's hospitality]] so he can spend time with him, and it emphasizes the brotherly relationship between the two characters.
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