Ascending her throne and becoming the most powerful person in Westeros only to be immediately winded by sight of the one person who holds power over her
social anxiety is a lot more than just being shy. it's the constant fear everyone is judging you, not being able to keep eye contact, feeling awkward when you are with someone, your mind going totally blank when someone is talking to you.
One of the true greats of the game. Football is better because of you, @alexmorgan13 .
Congratulations on an outstanding career, we can't wait to see what's next ❤️
even when alicent was young and could express her feelings, she had difficulty being direct. she can't say "i've missed you" but rhaenyra understands, she always did. 20 awful years later, alicent is even more closed up and rhaenyra won't understand unless it's spelled out to her