You know, it’s funny. Philippe always said that mating was destiny, and that when I found her— you… I would just have to accept my fate. But that’s not how it works.
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@starfll
You know, it’s funny. Philippe always said that mating was destiny, and that when I found her— you… I would just have to accept my fate. But that’s not how it works.
GILMORE GIRLS REWATCH ↳ “P.S. I Lo…” (1x20)
ft. @jeyned
✤ - a memory that involves romance/love
IT IS THE EASIEST MEMORY TO BRING UP , and the hardest to reconcile when it lingers for too long . she wakes , as she has for what feels like so many mornings , to the hazy - blue light . the sun is on its way to rising . lips linger on her neck a gentle , sluggish breath warming her ear . a long , toned arm holds her in place , and she can feel the twitch of fingers that have , somewhere in the night , curled themselves into her hair . the world is quiet like this . she is young , she is free , and her heart is full , for she has him . her heart has found its match . the lightening sky is ominous . he must retreat to his chambers , lest an educational visit to the reach be revealed for what it really is .
she turns her frame from the window , knowing that she must task the young lord tyrell with leaving , but finds herself distracted. he is so BEAUTIFUL . she budges up beside him , forehead pressing against his , brushing her nose lightly over his face . a grumble , but not quite an awaken . “tomas , love .” she murmurs , a kiss to his lips , shoulder , to the hollows of his collar , before her ear rests against his heart . the arm around her tightens - - she has succeeded , and feels lips press to the top of her head . “ good morning , “ she murmurs , cursing that this parting will leave them for hours without each other.
violet eyes turn upward , meeting sculpted features . GODS , whichever they might be , she loves him . fingertips reach to trace the line of his cheek , allowing that inexplicable tie between them to tighten , to regulate . “ better be off before your father goes looking .” it’s a laboring process , but he begins to clamber . then , she grasps his wrist pressing her lips to it . “marry me . . .” and what was stopping them ?
@hcllowfm
scigne ( ceryse )
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“Of course.”, she agreed with the other woman’s words, as Ceryse’s eyes focused on the stranger. She must not be from the North or the Reach, or they would have known each other. The woman spoke with a distinct accent, which the ruling lady of the Last Hearth assumed could be Dornish. She certainly seemed to possess the exotic elegance Ceryse had heard of.
“I do not know if I should bother you with my concerns.”, she replied, uncertain if the woman was genuinely interested or was simply being polite by attempting a conversation. “I should probably introduce myself though.”, Ceryse said, offering the lady a gentle smile. “I’m Ceryse Umber, the ruling lady of the Last Hearth.”
. . .
THE NAME UMBER TAKES HER BY SURPRISE . the woman looks a rather delicate mistress in comparison to the stories of last hearth - - of the giants & winter-hardened warriors . she gives the woman a gentle smile , nodding her respect at the greeting . ❛ a pleasure to meet you , my lady . i am dyanna dane of starfall . ❜ the name of her home falls from her lips with a great deal of pride .
❛ to be a good sister to the queen at a time like this must prove most troubling . ❜ she states politely , offering whatever lukewarm condolences she could . her relationship to the stark family extended as far as the north’s alliance with the martells , and her personal friendship with the princess joanna . ❛ if you are in need of an ear , i am happy to offer it . ❜
armoredspirit:
PROMPT : ‘ promises are always made , and they are always broken . always . ’ TAGGING : @starfll
and somehow their conversation and found itself here . despite her being his intended , their conversations were few , somewhat far between . their relationship was the feeling of fall , though not in the romantic way that poets wrote of ; rather , the young lord had been pushed off the edge and into the void with her , waiting to find ground again but simply suspended for years . it was , best put , another complication of the title he had taken after the death of his brother , for two ruling house members could not marry in a way that would resolve in each’s best interest . if there was love , maybe one might have fought to make it work , but that was not the case here .
‘ have you ever sustained a bruise ? ’ he muses in reply to her statement . scrupulous child has become rigid adult , believing he sees truth in the world . whether he’s correcting or agreeing is hard to gauge from his tone . he continues without confirmation from her , of course she had . ‘ when it’s the color of dark wine , you know not to press on it . you know not to go to the maester and complain that doing so hurts , because he’ll only tell you don’t press on it . ’
‘ if we are aware of that matter , lady dayne , then perhaps we should stop putting trust in promises made . yet , there are many fully grown lords and ladies who know this and still push down on the color to see what it feels like . ’
. . .
THEIR CONVERSATIONS ALWAYS BEGIN IN SUCH A FASHION . cathaniel fancies himself something of a wordsmith , more clever than whatever company he is in . truthfully , though , he sounds more like an obstacle in a child’s tale - - some ancient riddler that requires a perfect response before one progresses with a quest . it’s as if every phrase has a coded meaning . in the years of their ( admittedly estranged ) engagement , dyanna would have expected that she had passed the unspoken test. it seems , unfortunately , that the lord blackwood is as cryptic as ever .
she listens to him speak of bruises with a neutral expression plastered over delicate features , pressing her index finger to her cheek in mock rapture . she knows well enough what he means , though one unacquainted might require a TRANSLATOR for such philosophical richness . why would one expect promises to remain unbroken - it is the same as sustaining a bruise and expecting it not to hurt . she cannot tell , though , if he refers to the lingering , unsettled promise that exists betwixt them. a promise without immediate means of being broken , nor kept . there is little desire on either side ( this is not a love match ). they find themselves in a predicament , and dyanna’s problems do require pressing .
❝ that’s all very well , my lord . but are you suggesting that i am pressing on some sort of bruise & somehow expecting to remain unharmed ? certainly not , but bruises are meant to be monitored for change in color - - growth - - healing, regardless if doing so is . . . uncomfortable . ❞
ft. @hcllowfm !
AYÇA AYŞIN TURAN Firuze Pinar | Zemheri 1x05
alysanneb ( alysanne )
the reddened curve of her mouth can only grow more strained with the effort that it takes to keep her words uninflected as purposeful strides are disrupted by someone who had the misimpression that her role as the northern mistress of coin meant that, given enough cajoling, she would be willing to divulge the crown secrets to the ears of outsiders. she understood that masters and mistresses of coin did not always have the best reputation within a small council, sometimes likened to beggars that counted their coins to the last copper or swindlers who looked for ways to extract wealth from the driest of regions, but alysanne could not help but wonder what exactly it was that people expected her to say, beyond stale courtesies that she must recycle every - so - often.
tiring of her feigned ignorance, the conversation is redirected to an end and she allows a heavy sigh to leave her chest through the flaring of her nostrils ─ the only noticeable shift in her plastered expression that is cut short by the interruption of another. dark brows raise in brief surprise at the dornish lick to each word as her skirts sweep across the floor in an attempt to make a move back to clear a path for the other woman, only to find that she is similarly boxed in within seconds, back colliding with another standing behind her. ❝ i suppose the only path is forward. stay close, my lady, lest the horde swallows you once more. ❞ there is a wicked sense of mischief that curls around one corner of her mouth as she pushes forward, bearing no qualms with shouldering her way through the crowd so that a momentary gap is formed behind her for the other to follow.
❝ present difficulty aside, i do hope that your needs have been tended to, my lady. are you purposefully without a guard ? ❞
THE LOUDER , MORE INTENSE THE CROWD BECOMES , dyanna grows more and more aware of the message tucked into her gown , hidden from plain sight . lords & ladies prattle on about restlessness , gossip about suspected dalliances ( she’s sure her name makes the list in that regard . ) it all feels so trivial . the bodies pressed together feel like walls closing in , and every attempt to make a step forward sends images of starfall in ruin , her seat usurped , and dawn in the hands of an unworthy man flooding to the front of her mind . what is it like , she wonders , to occupies one’s day with idle chatter & standing about . dyanna has never been still a day in her life .
her rescuer comes in the form of a rather formidable looking woman. the slightest twinge of envy envelopes her , to be able to stand with such command . she attempts to make a pathway , only to find that the proverbial walls are closing in around them . it is with that presence , that dyanna sees fit to follow closely in her step . she does as she is told , remaining close , creating a sort of barricade betwixt the throng of people and the two women . she manages to part the crowds with practiced ease . it is as graceful as it is powerful .
❝ i have not slipped my guard as so many young ladies seem wont to do in the midst of a crisis such as this , but my companion is unavailable at present . ❞ she refrains from explaining that her ‘guard’ found themselves too deep in their cups to accompany her his morning . ❝ besides , i am in more need of a guard at home than i am here , unfortunately . ❞ she does not hide her predicament. she would rather see the cadet branch of house dayne be exposed for what they are . ❝ i am in need of a raven , but have come to the conclusion that the search may be pointless , all things considered. i am grateful for the swift rescue , however . ❞
oftullly:
She moved about the path like it was nearly home, circling the same crowd of people led to the same route every day nearly. Once in a while she was able to stray, today her company wanted to leave early, it gave Dora a moment to sneak away. Adventure further within Winterfell, despite the darkness that it could offer. Who knew who was around the corner? She slowly let her thoughts consume her as she walked, all but zoning out from her surrounding till a woman cut her trance. “Oh – I apologize. My mind slipped away.”
...
IT’S STRANGE THAT A PLACE AS EXPANSIVE AS THIS can feel so stifling . so cramped . with a slightly warmer temperature , and more putrid stench , one might think themselves in king’s landing. the particularly slow mover in front of her spoke , and dyanna adopted her most winning smile . she had not come to winterfell to make enemies - - QUITE THE OPPOSITE , in fact .
❛ no need to apologize , my lady . i’ll admit , this feels more like herding cattle than it does a leisurely stroll . what crowds ! ❜
hcllowfm ( tomas )
FATE IS A FUNNY LITTE THING . he never used to believe in it . he was a man of strategy and science , a man of his own DESTINY —— to remake it or destroy it as he will . his father wouldn’t allow beliefs of anything else , fate is just another thing to conquer . that’s what powerful men do , THEY CONQUER . but with dyanna , tomas tyrell , was completely and utterly powerless . heart thuds , knees weaken , fingers shake —— he’s just gotten better at hiding it . but not by much . you had to look very closely , but his desire for her was overflowing . it was obvious in how his hands clasps tighter together , FIGHTING the urge to caress her cheek or touch a curl of her hair , his eyes darkening with desire and thoughts of illicit affairs , shoulder moving just the slightest so that he was that little bit closer to her . it’s with dyanna dayne that he bends the knee for fate . it’s with dyanna dayne that his heart surrenders , it’s with her that the conquerer becomes the conquered . though such feelings were hidden ( with some degree of difficulty ) with a placid smile and a simple nod to his companion .
“ you’ll have to excuse me , lord piper . i will come find you later today . ” the other man gives a smile and walks off , despite his words , the tyrell wishes that the lord piper will soon find himself lost in the colossal labyrinth that the starks’ call home . despite the man’s good nature and jubilant spirits , he was rather tiresome , dreary and rather unremarkable . all of which makes him unfit to the be the company of the hand of the king . his attention quickly falls from the retreating man to the woman before him . at the implication of her words , the clandestine meaning behind such simple statements had him needing a mighty inhale of air . for he was feeling his knees weaken , the blood failing to reach his brain . and he was just drowning in everything that was dyanna dayne .
“ i think , dyanna , ” he says her name gently , eyes tracing every feature , from the expanse of her forehead to the slope of her nose before lingering on the curve of her lips . he draws his gaze back up to violet eyes , a smirk playing on his lips at the conspicuous suggestiveness underlying his previous actions . “ that one , you saved me from the most banal conversation i have ever had . and two , we are two childhood friends who have missed each other dearly . and should use the time to reacquaint ourselves . the choice of activity and location for such activities resides with you but i must admit that i do have my preferences . ”
SHE HAS STEELED HERSELF FOR SO MUCH . she has watched her life dissolve into ash , locked away parts of her heart that are too fragile for the life that she leads . she prepares to fight for her seat , for her life - - she is a fortress . and yet . there is one threat to everything , one person capable of evoking the softness - the sweetness that she believes is lost . one person capable of holding the ash of what remains of her & turning it into something beautiful again . therein lies the TRAGEDY . for they have become star-crossed . he is sun , she is moon - - there is not a place for them , except for the fleeting moments where the sun rises & the moon falls . flickers of what could have been , ignited by feeling that has not dissipated.
she cannot help but stifle a knowing smile and look when lord piper is dismissed . she knows tomas too well . the conversation was lacking , and he was bored . a chance encounter has rescued him from mundanity , but has put her heart at RISK once more . dyanna looks at him , and she wants to reach out - to place fingertips against the corner of his lip , against his temple as she had once done so freely , to somehow read him . to catch up on all that she has missed .
her name uttered from his lips sounds as it always does . like a prayer , a promise , and years of regret . she knows where they ought to stand , for she has goals that he cannot help her succeed in , and he has a family that she does not wish to destroy . ❝ well , then i am glad to be of some assistance . for you see , i only threw myself into the masses to come to your aid . ❞ she shakes her head , nose wrinkling . she laughs at his next comment . ❝ do you ? and what might those preferences be ? shall we promenade through the glass gardens - or marvel at the weirwoods and speak of gods that are not ours ? speak of the cold ? they both seem to be popular means of entertainment . ❞ carefully , she tucks a stray curl behind her ear , securing it under the intricate purple veil that is pinned to the back of her head with jeweled stars & moons . there is SO MUCH she wants to say .
❝ perhaps we should simply walk , for now . escape the crowds ❞ she suggests , and begins to move past him , her shoulder brushing his . she allows her fingers to graze his wrist for the briefest moment , as if the contact will somehow synchronize their hearts without jeopardizing them . in the faux-anonymity of the crowded corridor , she lowers her voice , a gentle murmur that has only ever been his . ❝ i have missed you ❞ it feels like an admission of guilt , but the words burn within her and require an escape .
hcllowfm:
𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 , 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐃𝐋𝐘 deteriorating and drowning in utter boredom , tomas finds himself desperately praying to the seven , dearly wishing for a lifeline from this shipwreck of a conversation . dark eyes narrow in concentration as arms fold behind his back , ruby knuckles turning pale at the accumulating ANGER at the center of his chest . had he been a little boy , he’d be rocking on his heels , fiddling with his rings , but his father was a STRICT teacher . one who taught him discipline and control , how to mask anger with a placid interest . they walks as they talk , listening intently to the words of the other though his slow pace , both in action and speech , made the tyrell’s ears tint crimson with fury .
𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 , a little voice slips through . a voice he could pick out in a crowded room , a voice he had replayed in his dreams , the first and last voice he ever wished to hear . he stops in his tracks , eyes lifting up as though suddenly struck by lightning . he turns around , a smile dancing on his lips as dark eyes settle comfortably on VIOLET ones . the gods seem to have answered his prayer , who else fit to save him from such a TRAGEDY of a conversation but the only WOMAN who ever could . “ lady dayne , ” he takes a small step back and a little bow for good measure . “ of course , in fact our chambers are neighbours . do you mind if i accompany you on the way ?”
IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT HE FINDS HER . despite every attempt to maintain boundaries , to respect propriety - he always manages to find her . and how could he not , when her heart is inexorably tied to him ? they are maps that lead to each other , and try as they might to find a crossroad or a road less traveled, they always find themselves here. much to her dismay ( && just as it always does ) , her heart seizes , the familiar aching pang stopping her breath .
he looks at her with eyes that she knows as well as her own , and she very nearly forgets the crowd . instead , she offers a POLITE curtsy to lord tyrell & his conversational partner . he speaks , prompting her lips to press into a firm line . after all the time that has passed , merely gazing at him aches and brings comfort within one heartbeat and the next . while her lips remained pursed , her gaze is familiar , knowing . his offer of escort is gallant , gentlemanly , but she knows its guise much better : TROUBLE . ❝ lord tyrell . . . ❞ the title sits uneasily on her tongue as it always does . she knows him by so many other names . she should say no , politely decline , and yet . ❝ i’d be glad of the company , how easy it is to get turned around in such an expansive keep . . . ❞ a gleaming , apologetic smile is given to tomas’ company. ❝ if you can SPARE him , that is . ❞
she waits for the other to depart , before her face softens . her eyes are wide , and she tilts her head upward to examine his countenance fully - trying to discern his every thought with a glance only. hand trembles uncharacteristically , waiting to take his arm. DANGER. her voice lowered among the cacophony , she finally speaks directly to him .❝ tomas . . . ❞ the name is like an admission of all she cannot freely say.
❝ i think we would deem this contact as unnecessary , no ? ❞
@hcllowfm
House Dayne of Starfall
vincitomnic:
location : winterfell grounds // @brokenstarters
HIS BOOTS TAPPING ON the ground in time with the melody he hummed under his breath greatly impeded his attempt to be stealthy. a knife in one hand, apple in another, the sharpest edge piercing the skin of the fruit & leaving it in spiraling curls onto the ground. baeryn looked up for a moment, before flicking his wrist & slicing pieces of the apple & popping them into his mouth, still humming snatches of a song with his head bobbing along. “ if you’ve come to ask more questions, i’ve already answered all the i know. you’ll simply have to wait until i am finished with my lunch. ”
VIOLET EYES WIDEN BRIEFLY , watching with confusion & amazement as the apple is disrobed by the rather jovial seeming person . it’s almost hypnotic , to see one so far removed from the reality of the predicament they have all found themselves in . she means to track down a raven , if there are any ravens left to be found , but instead she stands , brow quirked with curiosity . then , he speaks . she cannot help but scoff at the question , gesturing to a a cloak , its fur hood and lining dyed a deep purple .
❛ do i look like an inquisitor to you ? ❜ arms are folded neatly across her waist , ❛ no , i am merely marveling at how you can butcher an apple in such a way & be content to call it a meal . ❜
scigne:
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The voice caused her to turn around, dark brown eyes fixing on the person who had spoken to her. “Oh, of course.”, she blurted out. “I didn’t notice there was someone behind me.” Ceryse had been lost in her own thoughts. When that happened, the whole world around her stopped. Now she was ashamed the lady before her must have thought her extremely improper. “I was a bit wrapped up in my head.”, she admitted. “I hope you didn’t think I was ignoring you.”
. . .
DYANNA OFFERS A POLITE NOD TO THE WOMAN , still waiting for a pathway to be cleared . whatever had created a lull with the rest of the men & women of the corridor was not the same affliction the stranger seemed to suffer from . ❛ i’m rather discreet with my movements. it suits me better . ❜
the woman speaks again , and dyanna realizes that in asking for an expedited passage , she has now roped herself into a conversation . altogether , the endeavour was fruitless. ❛ we all have much to occupy our thoughts . does something particular trouble you ? ❜