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Sansa appreciation month, day 4 ~ red

AU, Sansa as the chatelaine of Winterfell to her brother Rickon

~ the Red Wolf of Winterfell has a gentle heart and a will made of steel.

The wash her aunt had given her changed her own rich auburn into Alayne's burnt brown, but it was seldom long before the red began creeping back at the roots. — Alayne I, AFFC

I am not your daughter, she thought. I am Sansa Stark, Lord Eddard's daughter and Lady Catelyn's, the blood of Winterfell. — Sansa I, AFFC

Sansa looked at Rickon, perched on the seat that had been their lord father’s before, he had been but a babe when she had left Winterfell behind. He looks like Robb, she thought, seeing the way he set his jaw and jutted a bit his chin up.

“He looks like you, m’lady” Jeyne told her, seemingly having read her mind.

The red hair symbolises Sansa's identity as herself, as Ned and Cat's daughters and despite the dye it's never too long before the red creeps back at the roots, and show itself. Despite the farce she is living as Alayne Stone, despite dwelling in the shadow, it won't be long before her morals as a Stark of Winterfell, a daughter of Ned and Catelyn creep back. Her real identity is never too far behind her.

For sansamonth2022, day 4 ~ red

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