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Disoriented, he leans against a wall, trying to stay calm. He closes his eyes, battling another wave of dizziness.
Hospital, it occurs to him. I’m at a hospital.
OR: Carter stumbles into the ER with a head injury, and no memory of how he got it. His friends take care of him.
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20 Mar 2026
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Carter knows it was wrong of him to lie to Carol, of all people. Lie and tell her that someone is home, when really, Gamma won't be back for another week and his parents are off God knows where. Carol, who's the first to ask him how his weekend was or ask after the few family members he's mentioned in passing to his co-workers. Carol, who always, without fail, brings him water and snacks after his anxiety kicks his ass or even if he's just forgotten to eat during a shift. The lie seemed to bother him more than his actual ailment.
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or, Carter gets really sick and leans on Carol (among others) for help.
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04 Mar 2026
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BTHB prompt- Sleep Deprivation
There was a second, John thinks, when he knew the elastic was going to snap, right before it actually did. His eyes had been closed, he remembers, and his muscles tensed for the impact of the rubber on his hand. Right before the slingshot broke. Right before. Right before.
Right before he snaps, John knows something is about to happen too.
His vision falters. His hearing grows distant. His stomach swoops, and the world tilts.
And then he's on the ground.
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The one where Carter is sleep deprived in S3, except it goes catastrophically wrong.
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- Part 18 of Bad Things Happen Bingo 2025
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19 Feb 2026
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The pain is all in his head.
When John was in rehab, he heard the words so often they became a mantra, one that echoed in his mind from the moment he woke up to the moment he fell asleep. Slowly but surely, the nonexistence of pain became an internalised truth.
Except now he's sitting on a bench outside of the ER, curled into himself because he hurts, and for once, he can't be convinced that the pain exists only in his head. Something is wrong.
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Shortly after Carter arrives back to work from rehab, he starts to feel unwell. He knows he hasn't been using, but does everyone else?
Part 1.
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- Part 1 of Guilty until proven innocent
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13 Feb 2026
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(that means it’s noon) that means we’re inconsolable. by flustraaa
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
26 Jan 2021
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he doesn’t know how to say the words that stick to his tongue— the pain is like a poem without flow— like an epic without meter. it’s a wound that won’t clot, and it’s something so much greater. the words that stick used to feel like a trap, but something about it seems freeing now— a little secret that he’ll take to his grave. because he knows that in the end, not matter what, it’s the one thing he’s sure to reach.
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zuko isn’t okay— and he doesn’t know how to reach out).Series
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30 Jul 2022