bakerstreet | "I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things."

Mutual Healing

Healing doesn't come quickly, whether the need comes from physical or mental wounds. But you're trying regain your strength - and yourself.

People, as a general rule, are kind, or at least not outright inflammatory to you, it seems. Still, you just can't connect with them. No matter how nice, how caring, they don't understand. They've never experienced anything like what you've gone through, or they're not like you in a way that lets them see what you still go through; they have no frame of reference. Sure, they have sympathy, but it's not the same. So there's no real connection, despite any friendliness. It's so easy, then, to feel detached...

...until you meet them, in this place of both death and healing.

They may not have been through the exact same struggles, they may not be exactly the same as you, but they know what darkness is light. How they handle this fact may be better or worse than how you do, yet you can see yourself in their actions. And for once? There's connection; more than that, too. Slowly, you can feel yourself opening up towards them, and then, falling for them.

Is this something your used to? Will you fight your feelings, or will you jump at the opportunity to be with someone who can begin to get you? You may have little choice in the matter, as your instincts may just reach out to be with whatever compatible contact you can get. That's better, in the long run, though. Who else could have wounds like yours?

Essentially, it's what it says: a "romance," in the loose definition, or "shipping" meme for characters who have been through the wringer or have hangups.
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[ info. early 20th century author and feminist who, after death, ended up in niflheim, the realm for the dishonoured dead, becoming a private secretary/personal assistant to the goddess there, hel. ]

( m/m for shipping. spoilers welcome, but will mark for others! )

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Edited 2023-07-13 17:41 (UTC)

added prefs!

Edited 2023-07-13 20:11 (UTC)

{ yes hello i was summoned by the post title. tyrion has a lot of shit to heal from and he might not think he deserves the kind of care that comes with it. but here he is! }