AN: Just when you thought I was done with my favourite Targaryen ship, I write more on them. XD Lord Bloodraven/Shiera Seastar, of course!
She knows he watches her, how can she not? Complete and unfaltering sight has its shortcomings. And lately, she has stopped wishing his eyes would be occupied otherwise. They are different, vastly so. At least she must keep telling herself that if she is to resist. His vivid scarlet orbs have no business seeking our her own mismatched gems. Neither do they have any right to look at her as if a mortal gazing into the eyes of God.
She never looks back, because she knows the moment her stormy gaze collides with his infinite one, all will be lost.
He doesn't do it intentionally. Or so he tells himself as his eyes automatically seek out her shadow, her silhouette, a sliver of the moonlight that makes up her pale hair. After all, he can hardly be blamed – she is simply too captivating in the way her lips blossom into a smile, in the way the gems around her pale throat glimmer in the dim candlelight, in the way her body moves with graceful purpose. No, no man can resist looking at her.
But he has to try. For she is the forbidden fruit that will inevitably be his downfall.
They both know the invisible walls they've created between them are crumbling down; they feel the waves of their emotion crashing against it steadily. Like the sea slowly eating away at the sands, their defences have been weakened by time and the coming snow. Another long winter is on its way and neither is sure if they will survive it. Neither is sure of much in reality, except what they want right now.
They both decide to close the distance simultaneously one eve amid falling snowflakes, reaching out to seek a touch they had denied themselves for far too long.
End note: Be warned, this month's theme on Valyrian_Forged is "couples". You might be seeing lots of this pairing along with some Jaime/Cersei. And reviews make this wench happy. ;)