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[spaceklance]

actually I haven’t stopped thinking about Lance getting blown up since I was 14 so here’s some headcanons for Lance’s back scars/recovery:

He has Hunk help him moisturize because it helps with fading/mobility (eventually he gets comfortable enough with the rest of the team to ask whoever is nearby when he needs)

He has chronic pain that is worse some days than others and randomly spikes and takes his breath away. He fights through it and gets really good at not letting it show, especially in battle because he needs to be at his best performance and can’t let himself miss shots because of it or show weakness for the enemy to exploit

He’s stiffest in the morning and religiously stretches to maintain mobility

He’s always taken hot showers but now they are literally a necessity to relax the muscles

He’s never exactly been body shy but definitely has some issues after the incident where he’s embarrassed to be perceived (until he inevitably embraces the hotness/gets so used to them that he forgets to be embarrassed or insecure)

He definitely has nerve damage that the healing pod wasn’t able to fully prevent or heal, so there’s dead spots where he can’t feel anything. The center spot of the damage is the most desensitized. Sometimes he gets hurt and doesn’t know until someone else points it out or he takes off his armor and sees the blood/bruising (the team is horrified when such cases happen and are Vigilant at checking him for injuries after they witness it the first time and realize what happened and why)

It’s no secret that Lance is Coran’s favorite, and it’s partly due to Lance saving his life. What only Allura knows is that Coran was absolutely certain Lance would become the best/most well rounded Paladin since Alfor because of how selfless and instinctually protective he is, even when he doesn’t know who he is protecting. It was the first indicator of just how grand Lance’s potential was, and he never failed to prove Coran right

Lance still gets nightmares, even years later and despite all the other horrors they’ve all experienced. That first experience of throwing himself in danger to save someone’s life sticks with him so thoroughly he can still sometimes feel the phantom heat at his back when he wakes up

idk I just think the show really glanced over so much of their trauma and this was a HUGE one for me personally, lol. everyone who writes about Lance’s back scars has my entire fucking heart in their hands <3