Arya x Gendry - Met while hitchhiking
Even as he’s pulling to a stop by the side of the road Gendry isn’t certain exactly what’s making him do it. As a rule Gendry likes to play things safe, and he knows picking up strange girls in need of rides isn’t something that really falls into that category.
But even from a distance there are a lot of little things about this girl that, when added together, give him pause: the haunted look in her eyes; the determined set of her jaw; all of which stand in very sharp contrast to her diminutive size. In the end he supposes he just couldn’t look away from her.
“You’re nice,” she tells him once she’s settled in the passenger seat, her meager belongings tossed in the back of the truck like they mean nothing much to her at all. “It’s been a long time since I’ve met someone who’s nice.”
Gendry tries to ignore the intense look she gives him, and the strange swooping sensation in his stomach at her words, as he pulls the truck away from the side of the road and begins to drive.
