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Headcanon time

Thomas can feel the cold.

I'm new to the fandom so I'm sorry if this has already been discussed before but when Thomas is in the lake we can see his breath when he exhales. The only way that's possible is if his body temperature is similar to that of a living person since condensation only happens when warm, moist breath meets cold air.

Taken that into account, I don't believe it's too far-fetched to think that in turn, temperature has an effect on him as well, meaning he can feel the warmth of a fire or the cold of an autumn wind. We even sort of see that in the show. In the beginning of 3x03, it always seemed to me that Thomas looked a bit uncomfortable, like he was cold and wanted to hunch his shoulders against the wind. I realize that's likely just Mat freezing in that thin shirt of his (I always feel bad for him because everyone else is at least dressed somewhat warmly) but it does fit nicely with the headcanon that Thomas is affected by temperature.

So what if that's Thomas's ghostly power but he never realized it? What if he always thought the other ghosts can feel the cold too and thus never mentioned it? Just imagine if one day, the others or Alison noticed him shivering - or he mentioned it in an off-hand way and everyone's just like, "Uhm, no. We can't feel the cold, mate."

So much chaos and drama would ensue. And Thomas would probably go and drown himself in the lake again.

(Perhaps I should turn this into a fic: 5 times Thomas felt the cold and 1 time someone noticed.)