it is with the keen eye of an archer that alysanne considers him, the subtle arch of her brow, depths upon depths hidden within the warm brown of her eyes. but it is the girl who grew up surrounded by brothers that threatens to tease him, the curling corners of her mouth as she shifts her chin, sending spirals of black curls over her shoulder.
“ mostly good things. ” a pretty white lie from sharp white teeth, none had ever so much as whispered anything that wasn't complimentary of him in any circle around her, before aly finds herself shaking off the rust and disuse of her own courtesies, offering lord stark as ladylike a curtsy as one could manage in a pair of leather breeches. “ this far south, they'll blow hot air at anything, won't they? ” flexing her fingers, the itch of war still lingers in her hands – but there's a comfort to be found now, she supposes, if not in the quiet of it all, then in the man that stands before her; steady as they come, none had ever thought to question cregan stark, and when her little nephew – gods, could she even call benji that, now? – had politely suggested a marriage to him . . .
a laugh tumbles forth from her lips, before aly offers him her gloved hand, palm up. “ the arrangements? or you? ”
@petitmortes ❅ ❝ It's good, to finally put a face to the name I heard spoken so often. ❞ / alysanne & cregan
𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬 , 𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝒀𝑺 𝑬𝒀𝑬𝑺 𝑼𝑷𝑶𝑵 𝑪𝑼𝑹𝑳𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑲 𝑯𝑨𝑰𝑹. towering down her back like a storm. it's hardly the gentleman of him to admit how fervently he had agreed to the arrangement of marriage between them. especially not after such a brilliant first impression , looks even aside.
a gentle smile makes its way onto foreign lips. ❝ good things , i hope. ❞ some even and open way into the greeting. cregan bows his head in respect. the tight formalities of the capitol evade him. he does not make any effort , large or small , to catch up to them. his existence on this plane is nothing short of EPHEMERAL , he must tell himself. ❝ i have heard your praise , my lady. even here in the south. ❞ a reach at some northern sort of connection. a desire for someone to feel so misfit as he should feel in the capitol of his plane.
❝ i hope the arrangements are to your liking. ❞ a stifling swallow of bile. he's never grown used to these sort of things. still so far drained in his youth and yet stiff in all that the north has laid upon his skin. he feels some statue in the capitol : the sun warms its subjects too freely here.