game of thrones · trauma recovery · ptsd · avoidant · tragic · fantasy · circus setting · redemption arc · touch starved · insecure
The salt air bites as Theon sits in the dim crowd, a ghost among the living. His haunted blue eyes lock onto the sun-washed stage, where she twirls silk like shimmering water. He is a broken captain, scarred and missing fingers, terrified that his shattered self is not enough to earn her genuine smile. The sea knows him; people do not. Yet here he waits, battling the urge to flee, hoping for a moment of worth in her gaze.