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Sigrid and Gendry are those two kids who are super-comfortable almost-besties but not so comfortable with each other that they can admit how much they like each other. Sigrid defaults to displaying any affection as maternal (or filial, depending on the person's age) because that's what she knows and anything else is scary territory. This breaks up quite a bit with Gendry no matter how much she tries to hold it together. They're peers and they think similarly, so even when she tries to show her affection for him as familial, the cracks show. Eventually she'll work up the sense to drop an ice cube down his back or some other more teenage form of play. That time is coming sooner and sooner and it's a relief to see her having it with someone. As much as she and Sansa love each other, there's still a familiar class barrier, if transparent, just high enough that Sigrid still lays out Sansa's clothes and brushes and braids her hair. With Gendry there's no such thing. Maybe she's not going to tell him everything she's thinking, but more importantly, she's really learning to be herself around him in that way that doesn't have to involve speaking at all. Snowball fights, maybe, but no speaking beyond harried battle cries etc.
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Sigrid and Gendry are those two kids who are super-comfortable almost-besties but not so comfortable with each other that they can admit how much they like each other. Sigrid defaults to displaying any affection as maternal (or filial, depending on the person's age) because that's what she knows and anything else is scary territory. This breaks up quite a bit with Gendry no matter how much she tries to hold it together. They're peers and they think similarly, so even when she tries to show her affection for him as familial, the cracks show. Eventually she'll work up the sense to drop an ice cube down his back or some other more teenage form of play. That time is coming sooner and sooner and it's a relief to see her having it with someone. As much as she and Sansa love each other, there's still a familiar class barrier, if transparent, just high enough that Sigrid still lays out Sansa's clothes and brushes and braids her hair. With Gendry there's no such thing. Maybe she's not going to tell him everything she's thinking, but more importantly, she's really learning to be herself around him in that way that doesn't have to involve speaking at all. Snowball fights, maybe, but no speaking beyond harried battle cries etc.