Team voltron get those mind melding headbands on are encouraged to share their feelings and emotions for a bonding activity but everyone feels lance holding back and it just feels blank when they try to feel his emotions. After a little prodding he finally gives up and the intense wave of negativity, self hatred, inadequacy, and so much more washes over the team. they are all shocked and overwhelmed and take the headbands off, they're horrified 'cause even now, lance is acting completely normal
Dude, yes!They take their headbands off, Lance being the last one. He carefully puts it on the ground, drawing out the moment he would need to look at his team, cause he expects… Well, he doesn’t even know what he expects from them, but he at least wants to apologise for putting them through this.But when Lance lifts his gaze, he sees something he totally did not expect.Shiro’s forehead is sweaty and his Galra arm is glowing, left hand holding it tightly by the wrist. Lance’s emotions triggered some of his worst memories and now he is fighting an upcoming episode.Pidge is outright crying, ugly, their glasses on the floor, hands wiping away tears in angry motions until the skin under their eyes is red.Keith stares into nothingness, he looks like a wax figure, so still, you almost can’t see his breastplate moving from breathing. He fell into some sort of catatonic state.Hunk is so very pale, he squishes his cheeks painfully with the gloved hand, covering his mouth. The headband that he holds in his other hand crunches from the force of his grip.Everyone’s so overwhelmed by this waterfall of feelings, they can’t calm down, desperately fighting it, but their brains can’t discern their own emotions from Lance’s. They’re drowning in the whirlpool of fear, self-hatred, a desire to lie down forever and never get up. There’s is a thin voice at the back of their heads that reminds them that this is how Lance feels all the time.Lance is horrified. He doesn’t know what to do.
