here i go again on my own (open)

[theladyofwinterfell]

CHARACTERS: Sansa Stark and you!
LOCATIONS: Barred, The Ice Castle, the Central District
WARNINGS: nope
SUMMARY: moving up, moving out, moving on

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barred

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa has been working at the dance studio since arriving in Cadelle and while court dances are still her specialty, she's taken a liking to ballet. She's still a beginner in that style, naturally, and she takes lessons alongside some of her students. She's there now after a class doing exercises on the barre, long legs stretching out along the length of the beam before she pauses to do plies and shift her feet into the positions she's been practicing for months. )

( Without a care as to who might be watching, she leaps into a series of arabesques and pirouettes that are too advanced for her. She sees herself along a bank of mirrors on the other side and while she's graceful, in her way, she knows it's not right. Sansa thinks she'll end up dancing her feet to the bone until she gets it perfect; it's always been a flaw of hers. She lands poorly and cries out, sheepish when she realizes someone had been watching. )

How much of that did you see?

the ice castle

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Skating is something that Sansa is much, much more comfortable with. Balancing her weight on two blades of metal is something that she's done since she was a child and while she'd been a little out of practice when she'd first come to Cadelle, she had quickly picked the finesse of it back up again with some practice. )

( Sansa has missed this. She's missed the crisp and cold, the way it feels to glide on ice and twist and twirl. She'd always felt like a snow maiden when she'd done this back at Winterfell and while Winterfell's changed irreparably now (and she has too) some things never change. She's always going to feel like a little girl when she's on the ice and she launches herself into a spin, laughing the entire time. When she gets tired, she breaks and goes to get a nice, warm cup of hot chocolate, holding it between her hands to warm them for a moment before sipping. She nods at the person next to her. )

Do you skate? I've been skating since I was a little girl. Of course, we skated on ponds back at Winterfell - nothing so fancy as this place.

coming home

[theladyofwinterfell]

( After being in the city for a few months, Sansa finally has enough money to move out of her original lodgings and into a townhouse instead. It's still much, much smaller than Winterfell is but she likes it all the same. It's cheery red brick and the inside has rooms for her to sew and to have a guest over, should she wish it. She likes the way there's so many windows and plenty of natural light; castles, by nature, are often very dark. This place is far from it. )

( She's on the stoop with a few boxes in her arms, one precariously balanced on top of the rest. She's afraid it's going to tip over and she calls out to a person passing by on the street. )

Would...would you mind helping me for just a moment? My hands are too full and I cannot reach my keys.