( It would seem that the house is in a good mood today, Jared thinks, because it isn't moving around so much. The trip to and from the pantry would've been a lot shorter if he hadn't had to look on other floors for another pantry because the one he'd come across had rotting food in it and he'd rather starve than try to pick through the nasty shit to find any potential fresh food hiding behind it.
When he gets back, she stands, ready to help out and he smiles a little to himself. This actually isn't so bad, actually. It's a little triggering to have someone so willing to jump in and help out, because that part of her personality reminds him so starkly of Ems, but it's not the same. Sansa is not head over heels in love with him and he's not in love with her and she isn't going to get pregnant, run off, and never talk to him again.
...that was then. This is now. This is not even in the same ballpark, but it's just that quickness to stand and offer to help him out, something Ems used to do all the time that throws him off for a second and hurls him down memory lane. He's bitter and upset that she left like that and probably didn't even have the baby, but moreover he actually misses having a relationship with a woman that matters to him as much as Ems did and maybe that's scary. Maybe just something as simple as Sansa being nice to him without fawning over him or being constantly coy is enough to remind him that such relationships can and do exist in the world and he misses that sort of connection with women.
It doesn't matter. This is survival. So he gives her a smile, shakes away his thoughts entirely, and starts to hand off some of the findings. )
All right, let's ration this stuff out so it'll last in case the house gets finicky again. Then, we feast.
one more ftb from you could probably do it?
When he gets back, she stands, ready to help out and he smiles a little to himself. This actually isn't so bad, actually. It's a little triggering to have someone so willing to jump in and help out, because that part of her personality reminds him so starkly of Ems, but it's not the same. Sansa is not head over heels in love with him and he's not in love with her and she isn't going to get pregnant, run off, and never talk to him again.
...that was then. This is now. This is not even in the same ballpark, but it's just that quickness to stand and offer to help him out, something Ems used to do all the time that throws him off for a second and hurls him down memory lane. He's bitter and upset that she left like that and probably didn't even have the baby, but moreover he actually misses having a relationship with a woman that matters to him as much as Ems did and maybe that's scary. Maybe just something as simple as Sansa being nice to him without fawning over him or being constantly coy is enough to remind him that such relationships can and do exist in the world and he misses that sort of connection with women.
It doesn't matter. This is survival. So he gives her a smile, shakes away his thoughts entirely, and starts to hand off some of the findings. )
All right, let's ration this stuff out so it'll last in case the house gets finicky again. Then, we feast.