#i guess she still could've gone to ramsay who fucking knows not me!!!!!

[winterreigned]

❛  i'll always be here for you, no matter what. just please don't shut me out.  ❜ from jon @prodigum

𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲 , for so long , there was no one else to trust in this life but herself. sansa had grown cautious , untrusting. she had become accustom to keeping it all close to her chest: her hopes and dreams , fears and struggles , even plans of survival. it is a heavy burden , though one she is so used to carrying alone , she forgets she can now rely upon jon. have him carry some of this weight ( though in truth , as much as they offer one this to eachother , can they really add on the burdens of one another when both their shoulders already hang so low to the ground with the weight of their own problems ).

there's irony in this all , her bastard brother , the one she regarded as unequal in every way. who was the victim of her judgement and disapproval all of these years. how badly she wanted to be her lady mother , and in turn had grown to ice out her own kin for her approval. it wasn't until she turned flaming locks to brown and carried the name stone that she understood. it wasn't until snow was all she had left in this world that sansa felt the guilt. yet despite years of coldness , jon stands before her , willing to see past it all. she doesn't deserve this kindness from her brother , but she will live her life trying to earn it.

❝ i'm sorry i didn't tell you about the knight's of the vale. you had every right to know. ❞ her head dips for a moment , teeth worrying at her bottom lip. there's truly no explanation behind her choice , perhaps she didn't want littlefinger to pry his grimy hands into jon as he had their father. perhaps , she felt the element of surprise would be best. or , the darker truth , perhaps sansa has FORGOTTEN how to trust. even if it is her brother , even if she knows she can trust jon with everything and anything in this world. distrust is a hard shell to crack open , a tough skin to shed. but sansa is determined to do it. two starks have reclaimed winterfell , perhaps more will come home now. there will be more trust to give , and she has to learn to give it.

❝ blood is thicker than water. father would always tell me this , especially when i was being truly pompous to you. ❞ there's a slight laugh at the memories , how self important she truly thought she was. silly girl , foolish dreams and notions , how she wishes to go back and shake sense into her. still , it would do nothing. it wouldn't bring back robb , father , or mother. but it can help her and jon now. sansa learns , she's getting a lot better at no longer pretending she doesn't. ❝ if i've given you reason not to trust me after this , i understand. i just want you to know , jon , i truly do trust you. in fact , more so than anyone in this world. ❞ it's a heart breaking thought , but he is all that is left to their family ( though she longs for the day arya , bran , and rickon can perhaps reveal themselves ). still , that means little now. the two of them , jon and sansa , they were the last of the starks. stone and snow , stark and stark. together they had claimed back their home.