brave. sansa took a deep breath. i am a stark , yes , i can be brave.
@tymptir said : there is nothing bad inside you. nothing. , from gwayne to helaena .
a slow, delicate shifting of her gaze to look at her uncle, a momentary pause as she considers just how much he reminds her of her mother. of the fact that if she allows her eyes to close, she could almost imagine that alicent had said the words instead, that her mother had comforted her this way, instead of looking upon her with the same confused, uncertain look she tended to have for her. but there was something inside of her that wasn't . . . inherently good, of that, helaena was almost certain. good did not conjure nightmares, did not plague dreams with visions of futures – good was benevolence, kindness, gentility. whatever gifts had been given to her had not been done in good faith.
her lips pull into a smile that does not reach her eyes, a pale hand extended out to gently press fingers to his arm in acknowledgment of his words before said hand falls away just as quickly – an echo of a graze, like being touched by a ghost. “ there is nothing bad in you. ” she repeats, her eyes held onto his face, despite the fact that helaena did not often feel comfortable doing so for anyone. it felt right to do so now, felt imperative that lilac tinted hues hold onto his face.
“ i think it is too late for me. ”
lacking the brain bandwidth to write tonight — but friday is my day off from work so i’ll plan to catch up on things here then <3
she is not the easiest person to understand. something helaena knows without being told, without having to bear witness to the abject horror of the faces of those at court who do not even begin to attempt to consider the depths of which her mind reaches. to them she is merely yet another strange girl, yet another targaryen whose coin had tipped to madness. perhaps she was, but it had not been of her own volition – the dragon dreams had not been something she'd asked for, nor something she'd wanted. to be so haunted was not within the wantings of any girl. but there are moments of respite, moments of ease in the cloudiness she finds worthwhile. this afternoon is one of them, her head less full than it's felt in months, helaena is uncharacteristically chipper, a wide, beaming smile as she spins down the hall, arms laden with sweets from the kitchens, intent on spoiling her maids with the desserts she's procured.
until @cataschism catches her wrist, and guides her back gently to the wall instead, desserts spilled onto the floor and sidestepped as wide amethyst colored eyes fall onto his features.
“ aeg – ” no ability to answer, her lips caught just as soon as they'd begun to form his name by his descending and pressing swift. in an instant, the sweets are long forgotten on the floor, her hands busied as they curl into the collar of his doublet and then into his hair. it is not until he has kissed the very breath from her lungs and left her gasping for it that she manages to remember herself, her forehead rested against his as kiss - swollen lips rest mere centimeters away, and pull into a gentle smile. “ good afternoon to you too. ”
eepy , discord lingering for tn; tackling the inbox & drafts tomorrow
"When the Prince of Dragonstone took his dragon back into the cold autumn sky, he did so with the knowledge that he had won three powerful lords and all their bannerman for his mother..."
"...Prince Jacaerys had proved himself a man, and a worthy heir to the Iron Throne."
Independent Jacaerys Velaryon from Fire & Blood, book and headcanon based with slight show influences. Written by Nadia.
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in my returning to this blog i am once again speaking it into the universe that the best way to start interacting with me is to send me a meme .-.
sansa stark , novel & headcanon based - timeline / era flexible for interactions . i personally did not watch past sansa's marriage to r*msey b*lton on the show , and have no interest in any television based storylines. generally speaking, i will always find a work around to settle sansa into nearly any fantasy / historical / medieval based verse as is desired; for the sake of brevity, i will try to list them out below as they are created & thought of ! faceclaim is hannah dodd for most things - any aged up interactions will have a different face, though i am not yet settled on who it'll be.
house of the dragon / dance verse — the daughter of lord bennard stark, raised alongside cregan at winterfell as her father served as his regent. when her father and brothers were imprisoned for bennard's inaction and refusal to relinquish the lordship of winterfell back to cregan, sansa was made to swear fealty to her cousin, ever promising her loyalty to cregan over her father, in exchange for being allowed to continue her life as a highborn lady within the walls of the only home she had known -- with cregan acting as her intermediate to eventually wed her off, allowing him a bargaining chip he had not previously been given.
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But when Brienne asked about Sansa, she said, "I'll tell you what I told Lord Tywin. That girl was always praying. She'd go to sept and light her candles like a proper lady, but near every night she went off to the godswood. She's gone back north, she has. That's where her gods are."
Brienne II, A Feast for Crows