Love and Deepspace - Headcannons

When you have a high pain tolerance

based on this request on my tumblr blog:

This one's a request for all 4 of the lads boys with a reader who has a high pain tolerance which basically means she doesn't notice a bleeding injury immediately until pointed out or they spot red in their peripheral vision. Depending on the situation it can get angsty or crack-y but the boys are already suffering in canon so 😭 (perhaps reader gets a minor cut injury or some form of non-fatal injury but something that also hurts a lot for the average person?)

You're a hunter, a very good one you like to think. Your reflexes are top shelf and your stamina is in another league. And there is something else that rises you above the level of an average hunter: you have a very high pain tolerance, or better you don't feel pain immediately. Unless it's a very severe injury like a broken bone or something like that. Minor injuries like cuts, bruises or such you hardly feel. Unfortunately, that brings you some weird situations in domestic situations also.

And so you are quite startled as your boyfriend states that you're injured.

"Cutie? Why are you bleeding?" Comes Rafayels slightly worried voice as you place the dishes with your cooked meal on the counter.

You hand is gently catched and your Lemurian examines your finger thoroughly. "Let me see... looks like you cut yourself there." His gaze snaps up to you, brows furrowed in a little scowl "Why didn't you tell me that you cut yourself earlier? I would have finished chopping the vegetables."

He hushes you into the bathroom, disinfecting and wrapping a band-aid around the wound that is luckily only two inches long but bleeds heavily.

You explain to him how you didn't recognize it and Rafayel only clicks his tongue in disapproval but kisses your finger that is now taken care of "My bodyguard is a badass I get it. But please take better recognition of your body, yeah?"

You get out of the car that just arrived at Sylus base in the N109 Zone after escorting him to one of his "business meetings" again. As often, the whole thing ended in an unpleasant way and you need to shoot your way out.

"Did you get injured, Sweetie?" Sylus asks you with a tinge of worry in his deep gravelly voice. "There are pools of blood in the car and it is dripping along your leg."

You don't have a clue what he is talking about as you been already lifted in his arms as he carries you inside. Immediately after entering the mansion, you are placed on a table and Sylus rips off the jeans from your leg with a displeased grumble and inspects the injury "Looks like you've been hit by a glancing shot."

Crimson red gem-line eyes boring into yours "Tell me next time you got hurt instead ignoring it." but you can only shrug and explaining that you didn't feel anything.

That only gets you a shake of fluff white hair, the back of his head everything you see as he starts tending to the wound "What a fierce kitten."

"Pip-squeak, where'd you get that red bruise from?" is Caleb's first question after you accepted his video call. Of course, he noticed the red splotch at the side of your neck. Purple eyes, tinged with pink immediately scanned your whole appearance and spotted that suspicious bruise right away.

"Is this a..." Caleb hesitates just a second, but it doesn't go unnoticed by you "... a hickey?" his nebula-like eyes now narrow in suspicion and slight unease.

after a short gaze into the mirror on your nightstand, you explain that it has to be a bruise from that wanderer you fought at your last mission, hardly recalling that something hit you there because you barely feel the pain

A relieved sigh is heard on the other end of the little screen of your phone

"Don't make me worry about nothing. Your heightened pain tolerance will give me a heart attack one day." as the grin of your cheerful childhood friend distracts you immediately. "Especially when I'm not there to protect you."

You finished helping Xavier with the vast amount of plants on his balcony, just about to go inside as he holds you back gently with a soft grip on your wrist

"Wait! You're bleeding." as he lifts your hand to his face

"Looks like the thorns from that last one scratched you. Doesn't it hurt?" big pools of azure gaze into yours.

With your shake of the head, Xavier chuckles tenderly "You're stronger than I am. I remember how painful it was the last time I was scratched like this."

"What happened this time?" Zayne asks you with a lifted eyebrow as you meet him outside the hospital to spend lunch together. You hurried over as soon as you could and don't know what he means.

"The blue bruises on your arm." he points at the spots in question where some dark spots on your skin are blooming.

"Were you late again and bumped yourself in hurry to get here in time?" comes his amused but nonetheless right statement

"However, just because you don't feel the pain immediately doesn't mean it's okay to be careless."