thinking once again about thancred, knowing how disastrous it was the last time solkgeim broke her glasses, having a spare pair made on the first. thinking about her and her needs like that. carrying it around for five years, because it's the closest thing he has to a memento of her- he brought nothing from the source with him, after all.
and then, when solkgeim does need the glasses, and she recognizes that he thought about it a lot to even have them made in the first place- he's so shy and embarrassed about it. it wasn't meant to be some grand gesture, he just... wanted to help. wanted to make her life easier. didn't want her to feel so useless and lost again.
because he loves her.

















