My favourite h/c is more angst and comfort than physical hurt and comfort in itself - ie, whump is great, but please don't leave out the angst side of it!
Of course, I wrote loads of fic with physical whumpage, often leading to angsty angstness (but not always), but I think my favourite is where the angst is something bad from the past that comes back to haunt the present. Like in that WC fic (with Rodney from SGA in it), 'The Past That Haunts Us', where Neal was supposed to shoot someone when he was a teenager and wouldn't, but the guy put his hands over Neal's and pressed the trigger, so he kind of did. All this comes back as an adult, and cue, lots of lovely angst!
Though I also like banter (though my idea of banter isn't the kind that's just plain mean or offensive. There's too much of a trend today to pass off horrible comments as 'just banter' and I don't think that's what banter is at all!), and a touch of humour too! Physical whump for me is secondary to angst. Though that's not to say I haven't read cracking good physical whump fics, because I have, but I'm much more there for the angst.
And yet, I don't cope with suicidal fics at all. So there is a limit to the angst I can handle *shrugs*
Comas might work but it would need to not be my fav character in the coma. I'd want him to be the one worrying. Though worrying about someone and being full of angst aren't quite the same to me, so I guess there'd need to be more. Like if thinks it's his fault the character is in a coma, and then I'd need other characters to be telling him it wasn't - but only when the coma character recovers and tells him it wasn't does he really start to believe it. So yeah, the coma and worrying on its own might not be enough, then again, it might be in the hands of a skilled writer!
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Of course, I wrote loads of fic with physical whumpage, often leading to angsty angstness (but not always), but I think my favourite is where the angst is something bad from the past that comes back to haunt the present. Like in that WC fic (with Rodney from SGA in it), 'The Past That Haunts Us', where Neal was supposed to shoot someone when he was a teenager and wouldn't, but the guy put his hands over Neal's and pressed the trigger, so he kind of did. All this comes back as an adult, and cue, lots of lovely angst!
Though I also like banter (though my idea of banter isn't the kind that's just plain mean or offensive. There's too much of a trend today to pass off horrible comments as 'just banter' and I don't think that's what banter is at all!), and a touch of humour too! Physical whump for me is secondary to angst. Though that's not to say I haven't read cracking good physical whump fics, because I have, but I'm much more there for the angst.
And yet, I don't cope with suicidal fics at all. So there is a limit to the angst I can handle *shrugs*
Comas might work but it would need to not be my fav character in the coma. I'd want him to be the one worrying. Though worrying about someone and being full of angst aren't quite the same to me, so I guess there'd need to be more. Like if thinks it's his fault the character is in a coma, and then I'd need other characters to be telling him it wasn't - but only when the coma character recovers and tells him it wasn't does he really start to believe it. So yeah, the coma and worrying on its own might not be enough, then again, it might be in the hands of a skilled writer!