﹠. my bones cry with fatigue ; 𝐈 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 . it’s over . it’s over but he grips his bow tightly despite it, as if afraid the undead will raise once more . his mind is numb, faint prayers for the safety of sansa, of the north, and of jon, are the only coherent thoughts he could form. but it’s exactly jon that theon espies first, ‘fore all else, and he can’t deny the relief that floods his being at seeing the other alive . ❝ jon . i thought . . . ❜ that i would never get to see you again / that i would not make it back / that, perhaps, you wouldn’t . words come out in a breathy heap, trailing off as if spilling his thoughts aloud would pain him physically . and it just might .
𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃: theon never anticipated jon pulling him aside, away from the carnage adorning the godswood, bloodied, red to match the swaying leaves, and away from prying eyes. he means to speak up, ask what’s going on, but then, in the hush of the castle and within the dark that threatened to swallow them both, jon’s lips brush against his, ( brief, but sweet !! and theon thinks it might just be the adrenaline, the rush of facing death ) devouring anything else he had previously meant to say . he finds he doesn’t mind, although the act isn’t returned, not immediately, as if he were stuck in a dream and could not control his own movement . eventually, bloodied, bruised hands - 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 - find comfort in the leather of jon’s armour, resting atop his shoulders, and there they remain, for however long jon would allow .