Hurt/Comfort Letter 2025

Hello and welcome!

Below, you will find my DNW list and a list with my general likes. I'm also adding a couple of ideas you may get inspired by or not. I'm sure I'll love whatever you create :)


DNW:

•  abortion and miscarriage (mentions of past miscarriages are fine, just don’t make it the focus of the story)
• age gap relationships (more than 10 years or equivalent if ages are finnicky)
• canon characters paired with OCs 
• character bashing
•  cheating/infidelity
•  coffeeshop AU
•  college AU
•  eating disorders (vividly described)
•  eye trauma
•  flowershop AU
•  gore
•  homophobia/transphobia
•  humiliation kink (and related)
•  hurt & no comfort
•  incest
•  kids/kidfics (kids and pregnancy are fine it they aren't the main focus of the story)
•  Major Character Death
•  mpreg
•  omegaverse
•  plotless smut
•  power imbalance
•  pregnancy (unless it's canon or not the main focus of the story) and related kinks
•  Rape/non-con
•  Reader insert
•  scat (and other kinks of that nature)
•  school AU
•  soulmates
•  terminal illness
•  underage
•  unrequested fetishes/kinks
•  unrequested trans, neurodivergent & mental illness headcanons
•  unrequited love (with no positive resolution, it's fine if it's temporarily unrequited or if the person falls out of love)
•  vore
• 1st person POV

General Likes:

•  (enemies) friends to lovers
•  action and combat
•  angst (with comfort)
•  arranged marriage
•  case fic
•  character bonding
•  character studies
•  complicated characters
•  fix-it fics
•  found family
•  friendship
•  humour
•  hurt/comfort
•  identity porn
•  mutual pining
•  outsider POV
•  plot heavy story
•  requited unrequited love
•  queerplatonic relationships
•  time loops
•  time travel
•  whump with comfort
•  worldbuilding

 

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Ace Attorney

Relationships:

• Apollo Justice/Klavier Gavin (both hurt)  
• Apollo Justice/Klavier Gavin (hurt Apollo)
•  Apollo Justice/Klavier Gavin (hurt Klavier)                                                  
• Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth & Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright (both hurt)     
• Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth & Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright (hurt Miles)                                                 
  
• Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth & Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright (hurt Phoenix)
• Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth & None (hurt Miles)                                                  
• Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth (both hurt)                                                  
• Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth (hurt Edgeworth)                                                  
• Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth (hurt Phoenix)

 

Tags:

• 'I just need a couple minutes to walk it off' says character who's clearly too hurt/sick to walk
  
• 'I just need to sit down/lie down for a minute' says character who's clearly about to pass out
  
• 'I just need to sleep it off for a minute' says character who's clearly more sick/hurt than that
  
• "Stay with me."                                                  
• Altered States - Past trauma surfaces when character is feverish/delirious                                                  
• Attempted Murder                                                  
• attempted self-sacrifice                                                 
•  Character A creates safe space/stable life for traumatized Character B
• Character discovers loved one's trauma is much worse than they had been led to believe
  
• Character downplays their trauma responses but others notice and look after them anyway
  
• Character gets sick/hurt and expects to be left behind now that they're a burden/no longer useful
  
• Character is too hurt/sick to drive; needs another character to drive them where they need to be
  
• Character too sick to walk; has to be carried                                                  
• Character who has never been sick gets sick; does not handle it well                                                
• Character who's usually the most grounded one is so sick/hurt that they wake up visibly disoriented         
  
• Comforted by the person who hurt them                                                  
• Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Gently coaxing out-of-it sick/hurt character back to bed                                                  
• Ill/injured A is in too much pain to fall asleep but feels too sick to get up/do anything else
  
• Stoic character downplays their illness/injury to everyone but their trusted significant other

 General likes:

• I really like fic where Miles comes to terms with his past and learns to trust Phoenix and his family (and friends!)
• Case fics are always a good choice, so if you're filling up for it - write me a murder mistery! <3
• I like it when Miles pretends he's fine and then, when things get bad (he gets injured/sick) he hides it and Phoenix (or anyone close to Miles, really) discovers it and runs to take care of him
• pining is always a good choice

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Avatar: The Last Airbender

Relationships:

• Iroh & Lu Ten (hurt Iroh)                                                 
  
• Iroh & the Gaang (hurt Iroh)                                                  
  
• Iroh & Zuko (hurt Iroh)                                                
  
• Toph Beifong & Iroh (hurt Toph)                                                  
  
• Zuko & Iroh (hurt Zuko)                                                  
  
• Zuko & The Gaang (hurt Zuko)                                                  
  
• Zuko & Toph (hurt Toph)

 

Tags:

• "Who did this to you?"                                                  
• Abusive Parents/Family                                                  
• Aftermath of Torture - Pain management                                                  
• Caring for someone who should be your enemy                                                 
•  Character acts casual about their scars from childhood abuse                                                  
• Character in time loop is trying to protect hurt character over and over                                                  
• Character loses everything and can only turn to enemy for help                                                  
• Character w/Redemption Arc is hurt Protecting Ally who used to be Enemy                                                  
• Comforted By an Enemy                                                 
•  Comforted by the person who hurt them                                                 
•  Created as a weapon and then learning to be a person                                                 
•  Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Found family proves greater comfort than biological family                                                  
• Hurt character held as hostage                                                 
•  injured character rescued from prison by enemy                                                 
•  Longing for family                                                  
• looking up to a non-family character as a healthy replacement for toxic bio family                                                 
•  Time Loop - Characters who hurt each other stuck together in timeloop                                                  
• Time Loop - The part where the looper breaks and stops giving any fucks                                                  
• Trauma Induced Pain in Scars
  

 General likes:

• Zuko, the Firelord, suffers in an attempted assassination (Iroh/the Gaang help)
• Toph suffers an injury that lefts her stranded in an unfamiliar place + she gets blinded (she can't see eben through her feet and Earth magic)
• emotional hurt when Zuko has to dress a burn wound of another member of the Gaang
• I'm a big fan of Zuko angst (my favourite episodes of the show are Zuko Alone and the Blue Spirit haha)

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The Hobbit

Relationships:

• Bilbo Baggins & Thorin's Company (hurt Bilbo)                                                  
• Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (both hurt)                                                  
• Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (hurt Bilbo)                                                  
• Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (hurt Thorin)

 

Tags:

• Who did this to you?"                                                  
• Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection 
• Character acts casual about their scars from childhood abuse                                                  
• Character stoically hiding trauma finally gets to talk about it                                                  
• Comforted by the person who hurt them                                                  
• Created as a weapon and then learning to be a person                                                 
•  Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Emotional/mental scars manifesting as physical wounds                                                 
•  Hiding an Injury Successfully                                                  
• hiding an injury that is steadily getting worse                                                  
• In hiding while one of them is ill or badly injured                                                  
• Old Emotional Wounds Are Healed (Not Without Suffering)                                                  
• Political Betrayal                                                  
• Post-Battle care                                                  
• Reconciliation while Trapped and Injured                                                 
•  Reinjured on top of old traumatic injury                                                  
• saving someone the other person loves to ensure a found family reunion                                                  
• Soulmates - Broken soulbond                                                  
• Time Loop - A is trying to save the life of B; the one they're secretly in love with and pining for  
  
• Time Loop - Lingering Trauma from Things That No Longer Happened

 

 General likes:

• I'd like to see Bilbo get hurt in Erebor and refuse to tell the Company (let's pretend they are all alive in this scenario)
• An exploration of Erebor and Dwarven culture
  
• An exploration of Hobbit culture and traditions (maybe someone broke the unspoken rules of Hobbit society and now Bilbo is suffering the consequences TM?)
• I enjoy reading fix-it fics where Dwarves are all alive and live with Bilbo in Erebor

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Star Wars

Relationships:

• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker (hurt Obi-Wan)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Cody (hurt Cody)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Cody (hurt Obi-Wan)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & None (hurt Obi-Wan)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn (hurt Obi-Wan)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn & Anakin (hurt Obi-Wan)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & the Clones (hurt Obi-Wan)                                                 
•  Obi-Wan Kenobi/Cody (both hurt)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi/Cody (hurt Cody)                                                  
• Obi-Wan Kenobi/Cody (hurt Obi-Wan)

 

Tags:

• 'I just need a couple minutes to walk it off' says character who's clearly too hurt/sick to walk 
• "Who did this to you?"                                                  
• A goes into hiding mistakenly thinking their love is unrequited; B won't rest until they find A 
• A Sells B To The Enemy                                                  
• Battle - Battle injuries pile up over time                                                  
• Battle - Waiting & worrying for lover to return from dangerous battles                                                  
• Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection 
• Character acts casual about their scars from childhood abuse                                                  
• Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Emotional/mental scars manifesting as physical wounds                                                 
•  Enemy realizes character is being mistreated by friends/loved ones                                                  
• Enemy still capable of hurting character through a long distance                                                
• Guilt Felt Over Another's Injury                                                 
• Guilt-induced misunderstandings                                                 
•  Hurt/sick A and comforter B are mutually pining and in denial about said pining                                                  
• Mutually patching up injuries after battle                                                  
• Post-Battle care                                                  
• Soulmates AU - Soulmark erased or hidden under scars                                                  
• Trauma Induced Pain in Scars                                                  
• Wounded characters stumble away from battle together

 

 General likes:

• An exploration of Obi-Wan's past (Melida/Daan, his apprenticeship, his master/padawan relationship with Qui-Gon), maybe he tells the clones about his past? Or Anakin?
• Obi-Wan gets hurt while on a mission and refuses to tell anyone until it's too late
• In general, I love reading about a traumatised Obi-Wan who gets comforted or faces his trauma
• Jedi council learning about the trauma Obi-Wan has suffered
  
• Din Djarin + the creed/Mandalorian culture causes emotional hurt?
• pining (Cody/Obi-Wan) is always welcome (especially when it's resolved but I'm open to anything)
• war and its consequences - what it does to people, culture, the Clones, the Jedi, etc.
• I also like Andor so if that's more of interest to you - write about that! Maybe about Ferrix and its people, or about the friendship between Bix, Brasso and Cass? Or the Maarva/Clem relationship, or Maarva and Clem adopting Cass and their family bonding over time

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Six of Crows

Relationships:

• Kaz Brekker & Inej Ghafa (hurt Inej)                                                 
•  Kaz Brekker & Inej Ghafa (hurt Kaz)                                                  
• Kaz Brekker & Jesper Fahey (hurt Kaz)                                                 
•  Kaz Brekker & None (hurt Kaz)                                                 
•  Kaz Brekker & the Crows (all hurt)                                                  
• Kaz Brekker & the Crows (hurt Kaz)                                                  
• Kaz Brekker & Wylan Van Eck (hurt Kaz)                                                
• Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (both hurt)                                                  
• Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (hurt Inej)                                                  
• Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (hurt Kaz)
   

Tags:

• 'I just need a couple minutes to walk it off' says character who's clearly too hurt/sick to walk 
•  'I just need to sleep it off for a minute' says character who's clearly more sick/hurt than that 
• character A is in a time loop and character B tries to help                                                  
• Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection 
• Character in time loop is trying to protect hurt character over and over                                                  
• Comforted by the person who hurt them                                                  
• Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Emotional/mental scars manifesting as physical wounds                                                  
• Enemy still capable of hurting character through a long distance                                                 
•  Escaping and Cutting All Ties with Abusive Family and Never Regretting It                                                  
• Found family proves greater comfort than biological family                                                  
• Hurt character in emotional distress over family estrangement                                                  
• patching each other up after a fight                                                  
• Scar Kissing                                                  
• Stranded Together & Have To Rely On Each Other To Survive                                                  
• Trauma Induced Pain in Scars                                                 
•  Unexpected rescue followed by tenderly patching up wounds

 General likes:

• Give me Kaz being underestimated, pushed around, sick, etc. I love reading about that bastard and seeing his armour peel off. Adding Inej to the mix would be just *chef's kiss*
• Wylan showing the Crows the extent of his childhood trauma would be amazing, as well as a touch-starved Wylan (although I'll love anything to do with a badass Wylan as well, my boy is amazing)
• The Crows seeing Kaz's scars (or anyone's, really, maybe Wylan has some scars from chemical incidents?) and reacting to them
• Also, I love AUs where Mathias lives
• pining Kaz and/or Inej
• Kaz unwilling to keep Inej near him despite loving her deeply, Kaz not being selfish for once in his life

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DCU

Relationships:

• Alfred & none (hurt Alfred)                                                 
•  Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne (hurt Alfred)                                                  
• Damian Wayne & Jason Todd & Tim Drake (hurt Tim)                                                 
•  Dick Grayson & Jason Todd (hurt Dick)                                                  
• Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne & Tim Drake (hurt Tim)                                                  
• Dick Grayson & None (hurt Dick)                                                  
• Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne (hurt Tim)                                                  
• Tim Drake & Damian Wayne (hurt Tim)                                                  
• Tim Drake & Jason Todd (hurt Tim)                                                  
• Tim Drake & None (hurt Tim)
  
  

Tags:

•  'I just need a couple minutes to walk it off' says character who's clearly too hurt/sick to walk 
• 'I just need to sleep it off for a minute' says character who's clearly more sick/hurt than that 
• "I didn't know where else to go"                                                  
• "Who did this to you?"                                                  
• Accidentally Making Wounds Worse                                                 
•  Bodyswap - Bodyswapped Character Must Prove To Their Friends/Loved Ones That It’s Really Them 
  
• Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection 
• Character acts casual about their scars from childhood abuse                                                  
• Character forced to complete mission despite illness/injury                                                  
• Character gets stabbed and pinned to the wall                                                 
•  Comforted by the person who hurt them                                                  
• Created as a weapon and then learning to be a person                                                  
• Emotional/mental scars manifesting as physical wounds                                                  
• Enemy to Caretaker - Begging Crying & Misunderstandings                                                 
•  Feeling Unloved or Romantically Rejected Leaves Physical Scars on Body                                                  
• Found family proves greater comfort than biological family                                                 
•  It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better                                                 
•  play fighting turns serious                                                  
• Stabbed in multiple places at once                                                  
• Stitches

 General likes:

• I enjoy fics about Tim, his relationship with his parents (are they good parents, like in some of the comics, just travel a lot, or are they abusive, like in some head canons? It's up to you, really!), and the Batfam
• Fics with Tim hurting and hiding it are welcome, especially if Tim himself doesn't realise how hurt he is and just carries on (or he knows exactly how hurt he is, he just doesn't care)
• Dick feeling left out because he's the oldest is also my jam, as well as Dick hurting but being unable or unwilling to show it
• Bruce taking care of his kids, just love the found family trope
• Everyone losing their shit because Alfred gets hurt somehow

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Final Fantasy XV

Relationships:

• Gladiolus Amicitia & Prompto Argentum & Noctis Lucis Caelum & Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis) 
• Gladiolus Amicitia & Prompto Argentum & Noctis Lucis Caelum & Ignis Scientia (hurt Prompto) 
•  Gladiolus Amicitia/Ignis Scientia (hurt Gladio)                                                  
• Gladiolus Amicitia/Ignis Scientia (hurt Ignis)                                                
•  Ignis Scientia & None (hurt Ignis)                                                  
• Prompto Argentum & Noctis Lucis Caelum (hurt Prompto)                                                  
• Prompto Argentum & none (hurt Prompto)                                                  
• Prompto Argentum/Noctis Lucis Caelum (hurt Prompto)
  

 

Tags:

• 'I just need a couple minutes to walk it off' says character who's clearly too hurt/sick to walk 
• 'I just need to sit down/lie down for a minute' says character who's clearly about to pass out 
• 'I just need to sleep it off for a minute' says character who's clearly more sick/hurt than that 
• character thought no one was coming; rescues self (people were coming)                                                  
• Competency through trauma                                                 
•  Concealing illness/injury at a formal event                                                  
• Concealing illness/injury to avoid worrying others; is found out                                                  
• Created as a weapon and then learning to be a person                                                 
•  Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Found family proves greater comfort than biological family                                                  
• Post-Battle care                                                
• Stitches                                                  
• The Toy Soldier’s ‘Not A Real Person’ Thing                                                  
• Time Loop - Lingering Trauma from Things That No Longer Happened                                                  
• Time Travel - Character changes the past to prevent traumatic events and succeeds                                            
  
•  Time travel fix-it - time traveller is still traumatized                                                 
•  too important to be ill                                                 
•  Trauma Induced Pain in Scars                                                  
• Two hurt characters with similar experiences provide understanding for each other                                               
  
• Wounded characters stumble away from battle together

 General likes:

• Prompto being hurt and hiding it
• Exploration of Prompto's childhood, his trauma, etc.
• Ignis getitng hurt, exploration of Ignis' character (his need to constantly keep busy and take care of everyone's hurt)
• pining Ignis and/or Gladio or Prompto and/or Noct
• exploration pf Prompto's creation (and his connection to Ardyn)

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Tatort

Relationships:

• Esther Baumann & Pia Heinrich & Leo Hölzer & Adam Schürk (all hurt)                                                  
• Esther Baumann/Pia Heinrich (both hurt)                                                  
• Esther Baumann/Pia Heinrich (hurt Esther)                                                  
• Esther Baumann/Pia Heinrich (hurt Pia)                                                 
•  Leo Hölzer & Adam Schürk (both hurt)                                                  
• Leo Hölzer/Adam Schürk (both hurt)                                                  
• Leo Hölzer/Adam Schürk (hurt Adam)                                                 
•  Leo Hölzer/Adam Schürk (hurt Leo)                                                  
• Pia Heinrich & Adam Schürk (hurt Adam)                                                  
• Pia Heinrich & Adam Schürk (hurt Pia)

Tags:

• "How long have you been like this?"                                                 
•  "I Already Forgave You" - Character w/ Redemption Arc Injured Protecting Ally they Previously Hurt 
•  "What did they do to you?"                                                 
•  "Who did this to you?"                                                  
• "You Were Everything I Believed In; What
• Am I Supposed To Do Now?"                                                  
• Aftermath of losing everything                                                
•   Aftermath of Torture - Pain management                                                 
•  Bruises on the Face                                                 
•  Canonical Child Abuse                                                  
• caretaking in small but obvious ways                                                  
• Character believes it's obvious that they're the expendable one; other characters strongly disagree 
•  Character Finally gets a Hug                                                  
• Character is Exhausted From Overwork                                                 
•  Character is forced to wear bomb vest                                                 
•  Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• patching each other up after a fight                                                 
•  The Toy Soldier’s ‘Not A Real Person’ Thing                                                 
•  Time Loop - Lingering Trauma from Things That No Longer Happened                                                  
• Time Travel Fix it - lingering trauma of things that haven't happened in new timeline 
• Unexpected rescue followed by tenderly patching up wounds

 General likes:

• Anything to do with Adam and Leo
• Adam and Leo finally talking
• Team as family
• case fics!
• slice of life with Leo and Adam being domestic
• good old fashioned pining (either couple is fine!) with a resolution (preferably requited love)

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Original Work

Relationships:

• A Queen of a fallen kingdom/A knight that stayed by her side (F/F) (hurt Knight)   
• A Queen of a fallen kingdom/A knight that stayed by her side (F/F) (hurt Queen)                                                  
• A royal mage/her queen (F/F) (hurt Queen)                                                  
• Crown Prince/His Personal Guard and Childhood Best Friend (M/M) (hurt guard)                                                  
• Crown Prince/His Personal Guard and Childhood Best Friend (M/M) (hurt prince)                                                  
• Royal Princess/Court Poisoner (F/F) (hurt Princess)                                                  
• Winning General A/Respected Opposing General B Who is His Postwar Arranged Spouse (hurt B) (M/M)

 

Tags:

• "Who did this to you?"                                                  
• Bruises on the Face                                                 
•  Character A is self-conscious about their scars; B touches them for comfort and affection
  
• Character Finally gets a Hug                                                 
•  Character lies badly about where their bruises came from                                                  
• Character stoically hiding trauma finally gets to talk about it                                                  
• Comforted by the person who hurt them                                                  
• Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Hiding an Injury Successfully                                                  
• hiding an injury that is steadily getting worse                                                  
• Loyalty - slowly realizing the object of your loyalty is a terrible institution                                                  
• Stoic character is unwell/in pain to the point of tears                                                  
• The Toy Soldier’s ‘Not A Real Person’ Thing                                                  
• Trying to find bruises

General likes:

• Anything that is consensual and doesn't have a huge age gap
• I like both F/F and M/M, no real preference (M/F is fiiine)
• pining
• resolved romantic tension (sexual is fine, as long as it's not really explicit)

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Call of Duty

Relationships:

•  John "Soap" MacTavish & 141 (hurt Soap)                                                 
•  John "Soap" MacTavish & John Price (hurt Price)                                                 
•  John "Soap" MacTavish & John Price (hurt Soap)                                                
•   John "Soap" MacTavish & None (hurt Soap)                                                  
• John "Soap" MacTavish & Simon "Ghost" Riley (hurt Soap)                                                 
•  John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley (hurt Ghost)                                                 
•  John "Soap" MacTavish/Simon "Ghost" Riley (hurt Soap)                                                 
•  Simon "Ghost" Riley & 141 (hurt Ghost)                                                  
• Simon "Ghost" Riley & John Price (hurt Price)                                                  
• Simon "Ghost" Riley & None (hurt Ghost)

Tags:

• 'I just need a couple minutes to walk it off' says character who's clearly too hurt/sick to walk                                
  
• "How long have you been like this?"                                                  
• "Who did this to you?"                                                 
•  Accidentally Making Wounds Worse                                                  
• Character forced to complete mission despite illness/injury                                                  
• Character gets hurt; comforter realizes they can't stand to lose them                                                  
• Character goes looking for answers; it's a mistake                                                  
• Character is afraid of losing control and harming loved ones                                                  
• Comfort after a mission gone sideways                                                  
• coughing up blood                                                  
• Created as a weapon and then learning to be a person                                                  
• Emotional hurt from (wrongly) believing their pining is unrequited                                                
•   Emotional Hurt/Comfort                                                  
• Emotional/mental scars manifesting as physical wounds                                                 
•  Hurt/Comfort During A Case/Mission                                                  
• Mutual Protectiveness                                                  
• Reading to sick/injured character                                                  
• Recovery - Healing After Undercover Mission                                                 
•  Trauma from having been a child soldier                                                 
•  Trauma Induced Pain in Scars

General likes:

• Soap being competent (bombs! explosions!)
• Soap having self-esteem issues (from his past? maybe? It's up to you!)
• Anyone from the teams getting hurt on missions and hiding it
• good ol' banter and bad jokes
• mission fics!
• the team (or members of your choosing) resting after a mission
• the team getting to know each-other better!