The Hound, the Imp and the Cripple // Tyrion Lannister

over protective brother

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"You never should have left with him!" Jon said outraged as he gently placed her down on her bed. she hiked up her dress and he gently got down to his knees. Her hands were numb from the cold so she was struggling with the leather belt on her thigh. Jon grasped her hands. "Your hands are freezing too." Jon exclaimed. "You could have caught a cold!"

"I'm fine jon." She let him undo the strap and gently pull the screws out of her leg she winced as they came out. "I had a good time with Tyrion before... well before..."

"I'm sure you did but you have to know your limits, love. What if I hadnt sent ghost after you? You would have been alone in the words with a Lannister."

"You say Lannister like its such a bad word but his sister is the queen."

"And his father shits gold."

"And pisses rainbows." Robb said from the door startling them both.

"Robb," jon said sternly.

"Hello robb." Kitty said sweetly as he came and sat next to her on the bed.

"Ouch that looks tender, what happened?"
"It looks like this most night-"

"She went for a stroll with Tyrion Lannister." Jon snapped.

"The imp?" theon said from the door barging in and flopping down behind kitty on the bed.

"What were you doing with Tyrion?" Robb said with a snigger.

"I was talking to him. He is very nice and very smart and he likes books too." Kitty informed them. Jon handed her a vile of milk of the poppy. "He was telling me about the library in kings landing and castlry rock. They have quite the collection it seems."

"Take extra milk of the poppy or else you are never going to get to sleep love." He informed her putting her leg next to her night table.

"Tyrion Lannister..." theon began but kitty shot him a look that silenced him.

"You all have friends, well I don't. so if I want to be friends with Tyrion then you should be happy for me." she said on the brink of tears, partially from the pain of her leg. She lifted the dropper to her lips taking extra as jon instructed.

"Right, right sorry kitty." Robb said shoving theons leg off the bed.

"Lets leave kitty to get ready for bed, yeah?" jon suggested.

"Night kitty," they said in unison.

"Dream of the little lion..." theon said with a laugh and robb hit him.

"Goodnight." Robb said pushing theon away. Once jon got them out he motioned to her dress, her fingers were pulling uselessly at the strings her fingers still too cold.

"You know you should really have a handmaiden." Jon said as she undid her strings.

"I get by, besides I have you to help me..." jon smiled down at her as she waited for him. "You know I used to dress you up, change you into tiny cloaks and little booties." She smiled at the memory.

"You raised me kitty. You took care of me when everyone else would have rather seen me dead."

"I would never let that happen." Kitty told him sternly. "You were a great baby, to me and me alone." Jon smiled as she spoke. "You hated everyone else. If anyone tried to hold you, you would scream and scream until I came for you. You would silence immediately and smile up at me... now you are taller than me. its not fair..." jon kissed her head as she maneuvered out of her dress leaving herself in her underclothes.

"I love you." Jon whispered as he pulled the covers up tucking her in as she used to do for him when he was small.

"And I love you." She whispered back, closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep. Jon hung the dress in the wardrobe and blew out the candle before leaving his sister to sleep.

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