Author goals! That's awesome. I'd feel very very uncomfortable if it happened in my fandoms? I think? But still awesome.
I'd never even heard of altitude sickness, not by that name at least. Heart attacks just get done WRONG so much, and I think there's some growing awareness that media depictions are very narrow and misleading that they're sort of being avoided. Maybe.
I'm glad you made this post because I'm sketching out a fic where (way down the road) the characters end up in exactly these situations: One is injured, feverish, has potential to die, just have to wait, and the other is going mad sitting or pacing at their bedside. Because it's SO GOOD for getting all the feels out - as you say, stripping them down emotionally until it's raw and open and honest in a way that they've got too many barriers up normally to manage.
(It's also annoying because it's so far down the track and I need build-up first, but it's much harder to write characters when they're presenting their protective facades.)
Anyway, I don't have particular favourite h/c tropes, though I do have some I avoid for various squick reasons, so sorry I can't help more.
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I'd never even heard of altitude sickness, not by that name at least. Heart attacks just get done WRONG so much, and I think there's some growing awareness that media depictions are very narrow and misleading that they're sort of being avoided. Maybe.
I'm glad you made this post because I'm sketching out a fic where (way down the road) the characters end up in exactly these situations: One is injured, feverish, has potential to die, just have to wait, and the other is going mad sitting or pacing at their bedside. Because it's SO GOOD for getting all the feels out - as you say, stripping them down emotionally until it's raw and open and honest in a way that they've got too many barriers up normally to manage.
(It's also annoying because it's so far down the track and I need build-up first, but it's much harder to write characters when they're presenting their protective facades.)
Anyway, I don't have particular favourite h/c tropes, though I do have some I avoid for various squick reasons, so sorry I can't help more.