#s8 spec

they discuss it, more than once, and tommy is happy to know they’re on the same page but he still doesn’t quite believe it will ever happen. he’s happy to live in the moment and enjoy each day as it comes.

one morning, a few weeks after their first anniversary, they are laying in bed. evan is quieter than usual but it’s a comfortable silence. something is on his mind and tommy patiently waits for him to share. evan turns his head until his chin is resting on tommy’s sternum, a sleepy, sated smile on his face.

marry me? he whispers.

tommy’s smile is a near instant thing, his face scrunching in the way he knows evan loves. a year ago he’d be questioning things, checking in and making sure evan isn’t acting impulsively. but they’re so far past that now. tommy trusts evan implicitly, knows the difference between his hesitance and his assuredness and is positive that this is real and right and true.

his quiet yeah gets swallowed up by evan’s kiss and their room is a sudden cacophony of their giggles and the rustling of sheets. they both have shifts later and unfortunately eventually have to pull themselves from bed, but neither can stop touching the other or wipe the smile from their face.

I was thinking that maybe it won't be a rebound relationship. I think it'll be sth like Buck gets a pet or sth like that

Do I have any evidence to back up these claims? No. It was just an intuition whispered in my ear at this fine rainy morning of Jan. 8th, so don't think too much of it

Just darker

Back in January there was a 4chan leak that now appears to be the only legit online leak we’ve had so far (beyond set photos and tidbits from wotw) based on this having a specific verifiable detail. It’s not too revealing, here’s a link to a summary.

At the time it came out I remember speculating on a podcast and in a chat about how Tyrion was performing a role similar to that at Blackwater, based on what this extra described. It got me thinking how maybe Littlefinger was being quite the prophet in s7 after all:

“Don’t fight in the North or the South. Fight every battle everywhere, always, in your mind. Everyone is your enemy, everyone is your friend. Every possible series of events is happening all at once. Live that way and nothing will surprise you. Everything that happens will be something that you’ve seen before.”

With this in mind, will we see the characters repeat their early story arcs? I suspect we will, perhaps with different outcomes, and this process probably began in s7. I really like this idea and think that it would be a great end to the series I love, where the characters we’ve spent all this time with really do come full circle. I want to talk and speculate about the characters a bit more but don’t want them to turn up in everyone’s tags, so will post my thoughts in the comments. I would love some input from anyone with additional thoughts on this!