okay, just thinking out loud — you can want a relationship AND want your own life. wanting love doesn't cancel your independence. the right person adds to your life, they don't become it. hold both. you're allowed. sending love to whoever needed this.
TPhis letter will be featured in my fic, The Eternal Dance, and can already be read via the AO3 link below.etyr writes a letter to Catelyn from the Lord's solar in Winterfell.