Imagine Your F/o Comforting You While You Cry. You Hate Crying, Especially Around Other People. It Makes

Imagine your f/o comforting you while you cry. You hate crying, especially around other people. It makes you feel terrible. Your f/o immediately picked up on your emotions, pulling you into their arms and shielding you from the outside world. They allow you to let it all out, whispering reassuring words and phrases to you as they stroke the back of your head gently.

We need more of whumpees who are stressed, skittish and sleep-deprived and caretakers who know just the Secret Weapon to help them relax. They’ll be subtle about it, though, i.e. making idle conversation while casually carding a hand through Whumpee’s hair until A) Whumpee’s practically purring under their touch or B) They’re still trying to protest in little grumpy mumbles as they doze off. 

Bonus points if Whumpee later asks them how they knew something like that would put them to sleep and Caretaker plays dumb. “Oh, does it? I never noticed!”

*patpatpatpatpat* HALLO!! It is I, the little goblin that ran up to you. I have come to say that your F/O(s) LOVE YOU!! The way you're sitting rn?? BEAUTIFUL/HANDSOME/LOVELY!!! (Stay like that so you can receive some cuddles from them.) Feeling sad?? No worries! Your F/O(s) will comfort you! You deserve all of their love! That is all for today. Keep gushing my fellow self shippers and happy early pride month!!! <3

Sleep disordered self shippers: your F/O’s get it.

I know, one of the biggest issues with sleep disorders is that not a lot of people ‘get it’- we get a lot of criticism for being ‘lazy’, when in reality it couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Your F/O’s would give those people a piece of their mind.

They see you every morning, struggling to wake up. They give you soft kisses and gently rub your back to keep you from dozing off again. They’ll say “Good morning” as many times as they need to.

They see you having sleep attacks, head dipping, losing balance in your chair. They’ll carry you to a couch or your bed before you get hurt. They want nothing but the best for you, and they don’t see it as an inconvenience. They never will.

They see you struggle with basic tasks, whether from executive dysfunction or just plain old fatigue. They’re always willing to help, but they know it can feel infantilizing at times- they always ask first, and never assume you’re incapable. Because you are capable! Your body is just stubborn.

So to those people that try to call you lazy, they say: “Fuck off. You don’t know them like I do. You have no right to judge them without understanding their struggle. They’re not lazy, and you can eat your words.”

(This was written with narcolepsy/chronic fatigue in mind but anyone can rb or add to this- even if you don’t have sleep disorders, you may relate to the scenario, and that’s valid!)

#19

Imagine your parental f/o finding out about some trauma and/or disorder after unintentionally triggering you. Imagine their heart shattering into pieces when they realise how hurt you feel.

Okay not one of my official imagines but I can’t get over the thought of your F/O gently laying their fingertips under a mug to help you drink.

Oh, wait… context…

So, if you’re a person who trembles (for me it’s anxiety and Life that causes it, but just for any reason), then imagine your F/O noticing. They don’t act patronizing, but they can see the frustration building between your brows when the cup you’re trying to drink from looks like it’s containing a tsunami, the shaking walls of the cup clashing against your teeth as you try to take sips.

Imagine them silently sitting/laying next to you, perhaps as you’re fighting raging tears that make you shy away from them. Imagine the soft touch of your F/O’s fingers just barely grazing over your hand and grounding you, bearing the cup’s weight so you can drink in peace and take a breather (like you deserve). It’s not seen as a grand gesture, just a wordless exchange where they saw you struggling and wanted to make life that much easier for you.