I Knew You Were Trouble // Tywin Lannister (1)

16. Control

"Tywin?" Taeylor said with a little knock. She knew better than to interrupt him when he was in the middle of important meetings, but for the most part enjoyed her interruptions.

"Come in my dear." Tywin agreed putting down his quill.

"I heard Sansa and Margaery in the gardens," Taeylor began and Tywin sighed. "It's not gossip, well it might be. I just... well isnt sansa... I didnt realize Sansa was to marry Ser loras." Taeylor remarked and Tywin stiffened.

"She's not." Tywin agreed.

"They seemed to think so." Taeylor countered. Tywin got up moving to her. He pressed a kiss to her lips before excusing himself. "Ty? Did I say something wrong?" he turned back to her.

" my darling you did everything right thank you for telling me."  Tywin corrected

'I would much rather have Loras married off to Sansa.' Olenna informed Tywin. 'Cersei is old, loras is young. I don't want him tied down to her. to the Lannister name.' olenna hissed out.

'No.' Tywin said simply and utterly annoyed.

"Lady Lannister you don't happen to have a sister to offer up Loras?" Olenna offered and taeylor offered her a pinched smile.

"You are lucky we are giving you this curtesy at all." Taeylor reminded her. "Sansa is tywins ward and your granddaughter was trying to sell her off like a common whore."

"I don't think-' Olenna began.

"Well that's the problem." Tywin cut her off. "You didn't think."

'You may have the stomach for blood shed but this is a completely other matter,' olenna assured them.

'My stomach remains quite strong the only thing that might turn it could be the details of your grandsons nocturnal activities,' tywin countered.  'do you deny them?'

'Not at all.' Olenna admitted. 'a sword swallower through and through.' olenna told him, sipping her wine.

"And to force him upon Sansa, you have no heart." Taeylor remarked. "Go behind our backs..." she tsked.

"To force him upon your own daughter... step daughter. Who doesn't have a heart Lannister?" Olenna countered.

"Cersei and i are not close." Taeylor shrugged.

'His affliction, when a boy with his affliction should be grateful for the opportunity to marry one of the most beautiful woman in the kingdoms and remove the stain from his name.' tywin told her calmly.

'Did you grow up with boy cousins, lords sons, sons of your fathers Bannerman, Squires, stable boys?'

'Of course' tywin answered

'And you... Never...'

'No' he assured grabbing taeylors hand. She was all the woman he wanted and more.

'Not once?' She said disbelieving 'not in anyway?'

'Never.' Tywin assured.

'I congratulate you upon your restraint but it's a natural thing to boys having a go each other underneath the sheets.' Olenna said nonchalantly.

'Perhaps high garden has a high tolerance for unnatural behavior.' Tywin suggested.

'I wouldn't say that, we didn't tie ourselves in knots over discreet bit of a Buggery but brothers and sisters... Where I come from that stain would be very difficult to wash out.' Olenna countered.

'I will not breathe more life into a malicious lie by discussing it.' Tywin spat. Olenna looked to taeylor though, she knew the truth. She knew it well. Tywin was ignorantly blissful to their fornication. But everyone with eyes knew. Taeylor didnt like cersei for that reason. Stealing jaime away when they were children and acting like targaryens fucking siblings. But taeylor and tywin were completely different of course.

'Lie or not I must admit many people find it quite convincing. Convincing enough to put sword in your hand and send them off to kill Lannister's and Tyrells thanks to a new affiliation.'

'I don't care what people believe.' he said offering her more wine but she covered her hand over her glass 'and neither do you.'

'As an authority on myself I must agree.'

'No if the rumors about my children were true then Joffrey is no King at all and house Tyrell is throwing its prized flower into the dirt.' Tywin reminded her.

'And if cersei Is too old to give Loras children... We are throwing another prize flower into the dirt it is a chance we simply cannot take-'

'Don't make this difficult.' Tywin sneered. Cersei would never marry loras, taeylor knew this. Cersei had a way of getting what she wanted and killing everyone that got in her way but they need olenna to think she was winning. Think she had a bit of an upper hand so when blood spilled she wouldn't be ready.

'Im not throwing away both my grandchildren on corrupted lannisters.' Olenna informed him.

"Because your grandchildren are pure?" Taeylor retorted and Olenna huffed out a breath.

'The uncertainty makes you uncomfortable.' Tywin said it was a statement not a question. 'All right I'll remove it for you. If you refuse to marry loras to cersei, I will name him to the Kings Guard. I'm sure you're familiar with the kings guards vows. He will never marry, he will never have children, the Tyrell name will fade-'

'I have two elder grandsons.' She reminded him. Taeylor loved to see tywin work he was strong and fierce and in control.

'Garlan, yes he has married a barren woman and Willas is a cripple, who is to say if anyone wanted him he could produce after his accident.' Tywin reminded her and Olenna hissed in outrage. 'and high garden will go to the children of Joffrey and Margaery.' Tywin informed her.

'You would have your grandson protected by someone who disgust you?'

'I will have my grandson protected by skilled warrior.' tywin corrected.  'Who takes his vows seriously.' He smirked over at Olenna. 'so shall I draw the order? Or do you consent to this marriage?'

'It's a rare enough thing for a man who lives up to its reputation.' she said breaking his quill pen. "It's even rarer to find a woman that is as willing to bend lady Lannister."

"I'm not bending.' Taeylor corrected. "I stand by my husband. Always."

"Well we all know that what doesn't bend..." she looked to the broken quill.

"We are done here." Tywin agreed sternly. "Come Taeylor."