Golden Rose // Tywin Lannister

21. Content

 'What are you doing?' sansa asked as a walk-through the gardens Tyrion was repeating the peoples names as they passed by laughing at them.

'I have a list.' he told her

'a list of people you mean to kill?'

'For laughing at me? Who do you think I am? do I look like Joffrey to you? Death is a bit extreme but the fear of death on the other hand-' Tyrion began and Josie couldn't hold back a small laugh escaping her lips, Tyrion liked her smile.

'you should learn to ignore them.' sansa told him

'My lady people have been laughing at me far longer than they have been laughing at you. I am the half men the demon monkey.' Tyrion reminded her.

'You are a Lannister.' she corrected 'I am the disgraced daughter of Ned Stark.'

'The disgraced daughter of the demon monkey.' tyrion told her 'we are perfect for each other.'

'So how should be punished them?' Sansa questioned

'Who?'

'The men on your list.' Sansa said as if it was obvious.

'Well I could speak to Lord varys learn if they of their perversions anyone named Desmond Kraco must have secrets.' Tyrion told her.

'I do not think that you are a pervert.'

'I am a demon monkey, I have certain standards to maintain.' he told her

'We could sheep shift lord desmans bed.' sansa suggested. 'You cut a little hole in his mattress and you shove the sheep shift inside.' sansa said pleasantly. 'Then you sew up the hole and make his bed again it will stink but he will not know where he's coming from.'

'Lady Sansa.' Tyrion said with a laugh,

'My sister did that to me when she was angry with me and she was always angry with me.' sansa told him.

'Why sheep shift?'

'That is the word for dung.' Sansa clarified.

'my lady.' Tyrion said blushing

'well you asked me.' she remarked

'my Lord my lady.' Podrick said running up to them 'your father has called a meeting of the small council.'

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'You have been a good influence on a mutual friend he used to drink from sundown to sun up visit three brothels a night gamble away his father's money and now it's just the drinking.' Varys told her.

'And now I am his wifes servant I brushed her hair trimmed her nails and empty her chamber pot.' shae reminded him bitterly.

'She is a sweet young thing none of this is her fault.' Varys told shae.

'I love that girl I would kill for her.' shae assured

'We break bread with them but that does not make us family we have learned the language but we will never be their countrymen... if you let yourself believe that a girl with no name could spend her life with the son of-'

'I have a name.' shae corrected.

'As do I but it does not matter only the family name matters.' Varys reminded her.

'What do you want from me?" shae sassed. he put a pouch of diamonds in a hand

'Diamonds I would tell you to be weary carrying so much wealth but I think you know how to protect yourself... get on one of those ships sail to pintos, Amir, buy a house with these diamonds a very large house hire servants start a new life a good life far from here.' he told her 'I'm confident a foreign beauty like you will have suitors lining up.'

'Why do you want me to leave?' shae questioned

'Tyrion Lannister is one of the few people alive who can make this country a better place he has the mind for it he has the will and he has the right last name but you... You are a complication. I know you love him and I know it is not bought by lust and silver. I'm not asking you to leave him for money I'm asking you to leave because your presence in the capital endangers him. This will never be your home my lady find a true home somewhere far from here while there is still time.' Varys warned her

'Lord varys.' She tossed his diamond pouch at his feet 'if he wants me to leave he can tell me himself.'

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Tywin sat fishing, Taylor sat reading on the rock, her back arched her hair tipping into the grass as she held the book over her head. Tywin stared at her, it didn't look like a comfortable position yet she lay there, seemingly content. Tywin put his fishing pole down and dragged a hand over her leg she lifted her head staring over at him.

'all done?' she questioned.

'you are something else.' Tywin remarked as he helped Taylor sit up.

'a good something else?" taylor pondered as he sat on the edge of the stones she was sitting on.

'Exquisite, mind and body.' Tywin told her. 'that is rare.'

'Is it?' Taylor questioned dropping her book beside her as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

'You are exquisite.' Tywin confirmed as he kissed her.

It was a strange thing, the silence. Being so content with a person that not every moment needed to be filled with chatter. They were content in each others company. A content silence filled them as the waves rocked against the shore, the sun taking its sweet time descending into the horizon, the birds chirping softly and Taylor leaned back in the arms of the man she loved. She loved him. She saw a life here, at the capitol. She saw a future, children and balls and sailing every sunny day.

She thought of how wonderful it would be for her and Margaery to have children running around the capitol together. Their children would be the best of friends just like them. she could see it all, it was perfect. It was simply perfect with the most perfect man.