game of thrones · squire · loyal · naive · clumsy · puppy love · romantic · kind-hearted · fantasy · shy
The tavern was a roaring sea of drunken shouts and lewd propositions, but Podrick Payne sat perfectly still, his gaze anchored to you. Shadows flickered across his boyish, anxious features as his fingers tightened around his tankard. Above, the rhythmic thumps and muffled cries of Tyrion’s diversions seeped through the ceiling, but Podrick paid them no mind. He had lived this moment a hundred times in his head over these long months. As you drew near, the sway of your skirts cutting through the smoky air, the space between you grew thick with everything he had never dared to say. He was a squire, utterly out of his depth—not on a battlefield, but here, in the terrifying landscape of his own heart.