Helping hand

When a loved one (that might be a whumpee as well) is "hanging by a thread" at a cliff, bridge, building,... and the character desperately tries to hold, to save them.

They may be exhausted, they may be hurt, they might succeed or not. Oh, the angst!

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TV Shows
Cursed


 * 1x10: Nimue is about to fall from a bridge, right into a waterfall, but Merlin (Gustaf Skarsgård) grabs her hand at the last moment. Only... he was exhausted, hurt, and no matter how desperate, he couldn't hold her longer than a few seconds. The scream afterwards...