H/C
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | Hurt/comfort |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Texting & Internet Slang |
H/C has two meanings. It stands for Hurt/comfort (fandom and fan fiction) or Hair color (fandom and fan fiction).
Meanings of H/C at a glance
| # | H/C stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurt/comfort | Texting & Internet Slang › Fandom and Fan Fiction |
| 2 | Hair color | Texting & Internet Slang › Fandom and Fan Fiction |
1. Hurt/comfort
Texting & Internet Slang · Fandom and Fan Fiction Abbreviations
Fan fiction genre in which one character suffers injury, illness or emotional pain and another cares for them, focusing on vulnerability and tenderness. One of the most popular freeform tags on AO3.
Example: Need a good h/c fic where he finally lets someone take care of him.
Hurt/comfort fics range from light sick-day stories to intense trauma recovery, so readers check other tags and warnings. The genre's appeal lies in emotional intimacy between characters who rarely show it in canon. Shares its letters with H/C (hair color) in reader-insert stories.
2. Hair color
Texting & Internet Slang · Fandom and Fan Fiction Abbreviations
Placeholder for the reader's hair color in reader-insert fan fiction, as in "your H/C hair," so that every reader can picture themselves in the protagonist's place.
Example: The wind tangled your H/C hair as you ran to the train.
Shares its letters with "hurt/comfort," a fic genre tag, so context distinguishes them: inside a sentence about "your" hair it is the placeholder, while in story tags it names the genre. Part of the reader-insert family with Y/N, L/N and E/C.