Nyctophilia|Game of Thrones

2.16

Some days later, Joanna and Robb stood in a tent with Catelyn and Edmure sitting at the map table.

Lucion stood in the corner of the tent with his left hand gripped tightly around his Valyrian steel sword that once matched the swords belonging to Joanna and Daemon before they were lost.

Joanna yawned as she used a towel to dry Robbs hair "You should sleep more, my love." Robb softly spoke to the woman he loved

"I would if I wasn't up all night fighting or planning a war," Joanna replied with a smile

"Or throwing up. Which you never told me. I had to find out when you woke up in the middle of the night." Robb told her and she sighed heavily as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"We have all been busy. I didn't see a moment that seemed fit to tell you." She told him and he sighed heavily but nodded his head in understanding as  Brynden Tully walked into the tent. "That rain will cost us another day." The elder man spoke up

"Frey will wait. He knows we're coming." Robb replied in a soft tone

"Lord Walder is prickly by nature," Catelyn warned

"Prickly? That's what you call it? Might be the least pleasant man I've ever met." Brynden replied

"Yes, and that is why-" Catelyn starts

"I've seen wet shits I liked better than Walder Frey." Brynden cut her off then he looked at Joanna with wide eyes "Apologies, Your Grace. Spent too many years around lancers and pikemen." He told me but Joanna only smiled

"I've spent the last three years nursing wounded men, watching them bleed and die, and killing men with my own two hands. I'm not afraid of wet shits." She told him truthfully causing him to smile at her and then laugh

"Lord Frey will take this delay as a slight," Catelyn tells them causing Joanna to sigh heavily as she finished Robbs hair.

"He can take it as he likes. He's getting the wedding he wanted." Edmure told her

"He's getting a wedding. It was a king he wanted." Joanna hesitantly told him as she looked down and walked away from Robb.

"Edmure is the best match a Frey has had in the history of their house. We should all get some sleep." Robb finished the conversation immediately.

Quickly everyone leaves the tent and the only ones left were Joanna and Robb. "It's going to be okay? Right?" Joanna asked turning to the man who walked up to the woman

"More than. I swear it, my Queen." Robb whispered placing his lips on hers.

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After some time had passed, Joanna and Robb lay naked in their bed. The two were stripped of clothing, her left leg thrown over his, her head laid on his chest, and her right hand thrown over him as she hugged the man close to her naked body.

The two were panting for air as sweat glistened on their bodies. Joanna looked up at him but as soon as she did, he placed a kiss on her lips.

The kiss was sort and passionate and as soon as it was done, Robb began to get up causing Joanna to pout but watched him amorously as he put a robe on. "You are mean. Mean and cruel." Joanna continued to pout as she turned to lie on her stomach and hold herself up with her elbows.

"If you don't put some clothes on, I can't promise I won't attack you again." Robb teased her

"Oh please do! At this moment, I'm begging you too." She replied with a mischievous smirk as he smiled and turned away from her as she pulled a writing board towards her.

The was a short moment of silence before Robb turned to look at her to see her writing a letter. "Who are you writing?" Robb asked the woman softly

"Your brother, Jon." She told him truthfully

"Why?" He asked and she smiled as she continued to write

"Because I haven't heard from him in a while and I miss him. He is one of my best friends. Someone I care for deeply. I only want to make sure he is alright. I also want him to tell me more about the wall." Joanna explained to the man

"Oh." He said then sighed. After another moment of silence, he finally speaks up "Say hello for me."

"I always do. Even when you do not ask me to." Joanna told him

"Do you think he knows you and I are married?" Robb suddenly asked causing Joanna to look at him

"I'm not sure love. Probably. Probably not. I wrote to him about it but I do not know if he received it. He didn't reply." She told him softly

"That will be a surprise, I expect." He replies and Joanna smiled. at him

"Many surprises for him." She replied as she wrote about the part of her being with child once again as Robb laughed at her comment.

"How am I supposed to sit here planning a war when you're over there looking like that?" He asked her causing Joanna to look at him as she finished up her letter and pushed the board to the side.

Joanna didn't answer his question, she just looked down before changing the subject. "Will you come with me one day to the wall? When all this is over?" She asked him

"I will. I promise." He immediately responds and she nodded her head then he turns to look back at the map and she quickly glances at the finished letter and then back at him

"I've always dreamed about standing at the top of the wall with you and Cerenna and our soon-to-be child. Just the four of us. Happy." She told him.

He smiled at her words and nodded his head before realization hit and he softly laughed. "What now?" He asked looking at her as she repositioned herself to look at him. "Are you certain?" He asked in a way that made it sound as if he were mad at her which caused her smile to slowly fade

"Are you angry with me?" She asked him with sad eyes

"Angry?" He breathed out before he knelt in front of her and caressed her face "You're my Queen." He tells her and she placed her hand on his left wrist

"And I have your little prince or princess inside me." She smiled at him

"Maybe one of each." He tells her calmly and her eyes widen at the thought

"Don't get greedy." She told him causing the both of them to give out a breathy laugh as they smiled at one another then she kissed his hand "Can we leave the war for one night?" She asked him softly

He looked at her softly before his face got slightly serious "I love you." He told her then moved his right hand to touch the side of her face "Do you hear me? I love you." He said then he pulled her in for a kiss before climbing into the bed with her. Robb knew and that was what mattered the most to her. The people she cared most for knew she was with child once again and soon, Jon Snow would know too.