Lioness // Ser Bronn // GoT

Habit

It had become habit. Bronn would go to tyanna and she and him would talk. He would flirt and she would blush and when they were done she would say goodnight and Bronn would head to a brothel to relieve a bit of tension down below.

He knew he was only tormenting himself. Loving a woman, coveting her even though he knew she would never be his. But still the talking, flirting and blushing then nose deep in everyone else except the one person he wanted.

And there that smile was again, Bronn watched her as they walked back from the sept. Bronn knew Tya liked him because he didn't pay her to smile, or laugh at his jokes, didn't pay her to spend time with him, a real woman that didn't want anything from him.

'the people look so happy to us don't they Tyrion?' Tya questioned down to her brother.

'Oh yes, thrilled.' Tyrion agreed, looking around at the townspeople gathering. At first Joffrey was waving, thinking them adoring fan but that quickly changed when the townspeople started complaining that they were hungry begging the king for help. Joffrey ignored their pleas but then they started throwing dung at him. He became furious very quickly. Joffrey started screaming to kill them all!

'Our king everyone.' Tya said dully. As sandor scooped up the king bringing him quickly back to the palace, Bronn wrapped an arm around Tya, he sheathed his sword protecting her as Tyrion moved swiftly behind them. The royal family ushered in quickly while sansa got swept up in the madness. Sandor dragged in Joffrey but Tyrion looked around for sansa but she was nowhere in sight.

'Are you alright?' Bronn questioned looking down at Tya. She nodded but there was a small cut on her cheek, a bit of blood matting her hair, but she was calm.

'Where is sansa?' she questioned. She had the remarkable ability to stay calm and focused in the midst of chaos. Even with her head spinning, her vision blurred, she knew the king would not be of any help. But with every blink she felt more and more dizzy. Bronn ran a finger over her cut cheek, wiping away the blood. Her face paled as he held onto her.

'where is Sansa?' Tyrion echoed. Joffrey ignored him his own head spinning from the almost attack. 'If she dies you never get your uncle Jaime back and he did a lot for you!' Tyrion reminded Joffrey. But he ran away scared. 'take some men and go find the stark girl and-' tyrion demanded.

'I don't take orders from you imp, I take them from the king.' Meryn spat. Sandor stomped back outside to get sansa.

'Tya?' Tyrion questioned seeing Bronn trying to comfort his sister.

'I think she got hit in the head with something.' Bronn noted his handed running up and down her arms. She tried to take deep breaths, but her eyes closed and she tipped into bronn. He caught her, holding her up as she took shaky breaths.

'I think I need to sit.' Tya mumbled into Bronn. He picked her up instead. She leaned into him.

'Bring her to the maester immediately.' Tyrion told him as Sandor came marching back in with sansa over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

'Little birds bleeding see her back to her cage,' sandor said after delivering her to safety.

'Good work Clegane.' Tyrion said looking over sansa before his eyes settled on his sister.

'I didnt do it for you.' Sandor said

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"I thought they were going to kill us." Sansa was still shaken up about what happened earlier.

"They thought they were." Shae answered as she dabbed a wet cloth to Sansa's skin.

"They hated us. That man. He doesn't even know us but I saw it in his eyes. He hated us. He never met us before but he wanted to hurt us." Sansa had never been hated by anyone in Winterfell, she was loved. But these people wanted to rape her and kill her.

"Of course he did." shae rung out the rag as Sansa's head was spinning, trying to make sense of everything. "You are everything he will never have. Your horses eat better than his children. It doesn't matter now. He's dead... thank God for Sandor"

"I would have given them bread if I had it. I hate the King more than any of them." Shae hushed sansa quickly.

"You must not say that." Shae told her "If the wrong people heard you-" Sansa cut her off though.

"But you're not the wrong people." Sansa reminded her.

"Don't trust anyone. Life's easier that way."