His Pirate // Tyrion Lannister (2)

Finally

'I'm terrible at counseling,' Tyrion said as dani approached, she had just told Darrio he wasn't coming with them and she needed her friends. Jac sat babbling on Kats lap, she smiled when she saw Dani reaching out for her.

'Yes you really are' dani said sitting down next to them on the steps.

'OK how about this...' Tyrion offered 'you have your armies, you have your ships, you have your dragons, everything you've ever wanted since you were old enough to want anything, all yours for the taking... are you afraid?' dani couldn't look at him, she was afraid. 'Good. you're in the great game now and the great game is terrifying. the only people who weren't afraid were mad men like your father.'

Kat knew people that liked to place games. Peter and Gideon. They loved games, they loved to see how was one top. But this game was different, the same but also different. One side would win and the rest would lose. There would be casualties and fatalities and pain from both sides. Kat was never a fan of games.

'Do you know what frightens me?' dani asked them 'I said farewell to a man that loves me that I thought I cared for and I felt nothing just impatient to get on with it.' She spat.

'He wasn't the first man to love you and he won't be the last' Kat told her, thinking about the first man she loved. Gideon Hook. He was the first but he wasn't the last, she glanced at Tyrion.

'Well you both have completely failed to console me.' dani said a ghost of a smile on her lips.

'Everyone is always asking me to believe in something, family, gods, kings, myself... it was often tempting until I saw what belief got people. so I said no thank you to belief and yet here I am...' he looked a kat and jac 'here we are, we believe in you. I would swear you my sword but I don't actually have a sword' Tyrion said rising to face dani.

'I had some thing made for you,' dani pulled a hand pin out of her dress and anointed Tyrion, officially hand of the queen. He bowed before her, kneeling.

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Kat had sung jac to sleep when there was a knock at the door.

'Since when do you knock?' Kat asked holding it open for tyrion. He smiled over at her, he needed to be brave.

'Something new im trying'. He informed her walking in and looking to the bed for jac. But she wasnt there.

'Dani had this crib made for jac.' She pointed across the room, 'I dont know that i like though.' tyrion moved to the crib and smiled down at jac fast asleep. 'I like her little body against mine at night. Keeping her close. Protecting her... But when she gets hungry at night she grabs my tit and scares the shit out of me.' Kat declared 'So maybe this will be a good thing' kat laughed.

She moved to sit on the edge of the bed and tyrion followed her

'You know you really are an amazing mother' he told her

'You keep telling me that' she said smiling down at him.

'You have a way with her. A natural motherly instinct which is funny because you've never been around children before but you're so motherly so protective and loving...'

'she makes it really easy to love' kat said softly.

Tyrion looked over at her admiring jac from afar. And he couldnt help him. He leaned over taking kats face in his hands and kissed her. She tasted like salt. She must have went down to the water today. Kat wasn't surprised that tyrion had finally decided to kiss her but she was surprised at how different it felt from kissing tywin or Gideon or Peter. His hands wandered down her waist and she wrapped her arms around him. They were naked and kat was her back before she knew it.