Curate, connect, and discover
-The whumper grabbing them roughly by the chin and forcing them to look them in the eye
-Or pulling them closer so they can cut/burn/whatever them in just the right spot
-OR carefully turning their head so they can “admire” their work, and the whumpee is either too exhausted or too conditioned to resist despite their gentle touch
-Caretaker trying to turn a semiconscious whumpee’s head to look at a face wound, but they flinch away thinking it’s the whumper
-”Don’t look at them/it. Look at me. Just me. Focus on me and everything will be okay.”
-Caretaker telling a feverish whumpee who’s lying in bed to turn their head to the side so they can hold a cold compress to the back of their neck
-Or so they can clean a wound
y’all understand