Roundup: Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2023

[firecat]

Hurt/Comfort Exchange (hurtcomfortex) is for fanworks using the trope of one or more characters being hurt and receiving care, physical or emotional. This is its fifth year as a full exchange.

Over 300 works were posted in 175 fandoms this year.

I wrote Adar/Halbrand from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Who's comforting whom? Good question...

I got three wonderful treats! A story about a noir detective and the ghost of his former partner, an artwork about a noir detective being comforted by his cop frenemy, and an artwork about Persephone comforting Hades.

What I wrote:

And whither then? (2206 words) by firecat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Adar/Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
Characters: Adar (The Rings of Power), Galadriel | Artanis, Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hopeful Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Memories, Identity, Enemies to Lovers

Summary:

Halbrand dimly recalls who he once was. He knows who he has been ever since he found Galadriel half-drowned in the sea. He knows what others have named him since then — returning king of the Southlands. But doesn’t know as yet who he might become.

This Adar might lead him to some of the answers. They were once bound up together in some way, and their fortunes might also be linked in the days to come.

What I received:

Manhunt (1391 words) by gaensebluemchen
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Noir Detective/Ghost of Former Partner
Additional Tags: POV First Person, angst with a somewhat happy ending, i guess?, Established Relationship, and death does not part them
Summary: After the murder of his partner, the detective seeks revenge.

Hurt/Comfort - Noir [ARTWORK] by shouta_aizawow
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Noir Detective/Cop Frenemy (hurt detective)
Characters: Noir Detective - Character, Noir Cop
Additional Tags: Blood and Injury, Rain, Digital Art
Summary: While on patrol, a cop finds a familiarly irritating detective slumped on the cold, wet ground.

I'll Protect you by Reagy_Jay
Fandom: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hades/Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Hades & Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Characters: Hades (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Protective Persephone, Hurt Hades (Lore Olympus), Digital Art, Inspired by Hades and Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Hurt, i don't really know what to tag?, References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Alternate Universe - Ancient Greek Religion & Lore Fusion
Summary: Persephone protecting Hades