𝐃𝐀𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍

you were all i had,

"Your father is still occupied. You have plenty of time to go to your chambers and evade another reprimand." After taking a step back, inevitably, that awkwardness that has followed them for days once again seems to seep in when she fails to produce any more words.

because I do. i love all of you. even the parts that you believe are too dark and too shameful. every scar. every flaw. every imperfection. i love you.

her gaze faltered from his eyes for but a moment as she drew a quiet breath. even the faintest touch of his soothed her in ways no maester ever could. taking the hand that lingered in her hair, she lifted it to her lips, placing —

we were innocent once.

i wasn’t born like this. i was a sweet boy with dreams, who played too hard & treated my mother like a mythical being.

my savior's in a bottle and he keeps my edges soft. ╱ his sympathy's relentless while i let my insides rot.

green eyes, i’d run away with you.

i will love you until our bodies sink; ’til the soil takes us gentle and slow and the wildflowers grow from our bones.

we have always been meant to burn together.

there will always be a part of me that waits for you.

i know i am not good for you, but please let me be selfish enough to have you.

show me your thorns and i'll show you hands ready to bleed.

i wanted to be better when you saw me again. and i thought i could be, somehow. but i'm not. and even if i did get better, the best i could ever be is still some other version of me.

"lemon cakes?" a tiny hum, burying her cheek against the center of his chest.

feeling his long arms wrapped around her, she rests her forehead against his before gently brushing her nose against his cheek. on some nights, beside the nightmares he endures, her own troubles seem to fade into insignificance. “ nothing —

Shuffles closer, arms held out.

It was rather strange to approach him after all that has happened, the sudden distance between them, but she cannot just erase the soft spot she has for her cousin . . . and betrothed. "You will hurt your neck if you insist on sleeping here."