#rickon doing the classic ''of course i don't miss my older sibling i've just moved into their room after they left for college pfft

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@winterreigned decided to hurt my feelings with : angst filled prompt modern au: ned & cat die , sansa has to move back home during college to take care of rickon, bran , and arya. xoxoxoxo

The funeral had brought with it a sense of finality. Rickon is old enough to know that, even if he's still a child. His parents were gone. He would never see them again. He would never hear his mother's laugh again, would never get a smile of approval from his father again. His memories of them were all that were left of them now.

Except for Sansa. She was Cat and Ned Stark's child in their truest form. Beautiful as a snow-covered dawn and fierce as the winter winds. Robb had left after the funeral, needing to keep the family on track financially, and Rickon doesn't begrudge him that. It just makes him love Sansa more for being here when he needs her the most.

He's curled up in her bed when she comes in, hugging her pillow tight to his chest. He peers up at her, embarrassment clear in his face.

"I can leave," he whispers. "I just...." He shuffles anxiously. "I sleep better here." He's sure in that moment that it hasn't gone unnoticed by his sister that Rickon has spent his time in her absence hanging out in her room, sleeping in her bed to try and make the ache of missing his eldest sister at bay. He clutches his plushie wolf closer to his chest and looks at her. "I can go back to my room."