[ gendry doesn't respond, there isn't a need to, arya will come whether he likes it or not. nothing will stop her, aside from his own leaving and he doesn't feel like moving much right now, so he keeps to his makeshift bed. ]
[ arya barely knew corvo, and she did not like him. he was sworn to her house, yet she found him suspicious and untrustworthy so she does not miss him.
she also knows better than to say that out loud.
in the forge, she slaps gendry on the knee. ]
Make space.
[ she will sit on the bed or she will sit on the bed. ]
[ the glare he gives her is short lived and half-hearted, he moves across to make space for her regardless of that minor protest. arya stark does whatever arya stark wants. ]
arya stares at her nails in silence. nothing sounds right to say. she would punch anyone who said anything like that to her really.
breathing a heavy sigh, she lays her fingers over gendry's wrist. arya leans her head against his shoulder. his arms are so coiled with muscle it should be uncomfortable, but it's not. arya chews her lip. ]
[ it is better than words, he is already tired of the words that keep saying at him. he prefers the silence better─ the silence and her presence, it is more than enough for him, reminds him that she is still here that he found her again and she hasn't left.
he relaxes a little with her there, thin fingers on over his wrists and her head on his shoulder, it almost surprises him how tiny she actually is. maybe he'd smile if she wouldn't punch him for it. ]
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