#you know how after one person doesn’t speak for a long time #when they finally do speak again #their voice is guttural #due to the long silence #when jaime says cersei’s name it’s so low #and it almost doesn’t sound like him #and it’s not like jaime hasn’t spoken ever since he was caught #but talking to robb stark #or to catelyn stark #or to brienne #it’s not like talking to cersei #those people are not cersei #and when he does say her name again #and he finally says out loud after dreaming of saying it #and after whispering it under the starry sky #or even just thinking about it #it’s a prayer #he conveys a message #look at me cersei #look at me #i am broken too #but i am here
but that was long ago, and the boy was dead.
He was a Lannister of Casterly Rock, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard; no sellsword would make him scream.
Sunlight ran silver along the edge of the arakh as it came shivering down, almost too fast to see. And Jaime screamed.”
I called for a knight, but you’re a bear
i am grateful, but…you were well away. why come back?
