Bad Dreams / Sandor Clegane

21. Crush

"I'm just saying it is stupid." Amelia remarked. 

"Aye." Sandor agreed. "But he is the king."

"He is a cunt." Amelia corrected. Sandor chuckled reaching over and smacking her ass. She swatted a hand at him. 

"I have to go." Sandor leaned over kissing her. 

"What happens if you dont listen to a royal stupid summons and stay in bed with me instead?" 

"I lose my head." Sandor answered and Amelia's smile fell. "But if I get to rip that dress off you then it would be worth it." 

"Go on then, I dont want you losing your head." Amelia corrected. 

"Does that mean I"m not taking that dress off you?" Sandor countered, Amelia blushed. 

"For your name day." Amelia offered. 

"Fuck that, its forever from now- you know what I just remembered, today is my fake name day." 

"What a coincidence!" Amelia laughed out. 

A crossbow was pointed at Sansa, but Joffrey put down the crossbow a smug look on his face.

'My mother insists you stay alive so we'll have to find another way to punish... your brother,' Joffrey said sitting back down. 'Leave her face I like a pretty' Joffrey said as his guard started to beat sansa. 'My ladies overdressed, unburden her.' Joffrey told him meryn ripped at her dress, sansa on her knees cried out. The door slammed open and all heads turned.

'if we want robb stark to hear us we are going to have to speak louder!' Joffrey decreed.

"Oh Gods," Amelia murmured. "JOFFREY!" She shouted. Sandor looked to a shivering Sansa. 

'What the bloody hell is the meaning of all of this?' Tyrion agreed. 

"Uncle Tyrion talk some sense into this idiot." Amelia begged. 

''I was following orders' Meryn told him confidently.

'Who orders someone to beat a helpless girl?' Tyrion questioned incredulously.

'One that follows the king you best learned that imp!' Meryn, always the loyal servant. Til the end. 'I do not bow before anyone unworthy of-'

'Your grace,' Tyrion stepped forward, ignoring meryn, 'She is to be your queen, have you no honor for her dignity?' he questioned.

Sandor moved down the aisle and wrapped his cloak around sansa, she was shaking as she pulled it tighter around her. Sandor moved back to Amelia, she put her hand in his. 

''She committed crimes' Joffrey reminded them. 

"She is not her brother you dimwit.' Amelia shouted. "Sansa was here being tormented by you while her brother was tormenting me. Are you really so idiotic?"

''You can't talk to me like that!' Joffrey declared. 

"I will talk to you however the hell I want!" Amelia shouted. 

''The king has can do as he likes!' Joffrey told them. Amelia huffed out a breath. 

''The mad king did is he liked, has your uncle Jaime ever told you what happened to him?' Tyrion reminded him.

'No one threatens his grace in the presence of the kings guard!' Meryn said threateningly.

'I'm not threatening the king, ser I am educating my nephew. Bronn next time Ser Meryn speaks kill him. That was a threat, see the difference?''

"SEE THE DIFFERENCE!" Amelia shouted. "Gods Joffrey, you got a million times worse since I last saw you." Amelia decided.  Tyrion walked back down to Sansa cautiously he offered her hand she wrapped the cloak tighter around her before accepting his hand and standing up and following him out.

'I apologize for my nephews behavior... tell me the truth do you want an end to this engagement?'

'I am loyal to King Joffrey my one true love.' Sansa said obediently.

'Lady stark you may survive us yet.' Tyrion said as she disappeared.

'The little king is backed up clogged from balls to brains.' Bronn told him.

'Do you think dipping his wick will cure his ales?' Tyrion questioned.

"Gross." Amelia remarked as she passed. Tyrion looked to Amelia's hand in sandors as they passed and he stared back at them curiously. 

''There's no cure for being a cunt but the boy is at that age and he's got nothing to do all day except pick wings off flies. It couldn't hurt to get some of the poison out.' Bronn suggested. 

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"Keep up!' Amelia shouted back as she rode leaning forward the breeze in her hair and the biggest smile sandor had ever seen.

'Come on fucker,' he muttered to Stranger as they rode trying to keep up but Amelia's new day gift from her mother was a new horse and it was as fast as a Dornish stallion. Tyrion heard the laughter before he saw who it belonged to. Looking down over his balcony he saw Amelia. The biggest smile on her face, he was glad that she was back, smiling again, when he saw her in winterfell he felt awful leaving her but he didnt have an army with him to stand up against the northern forces. 

Amelia turned back to see Sandor trying to keep up.

'Come on, keep up!" Amelia called and Tyrion's eyes drifted to see Sandor, his horse running at full speed but Amelia being tall and slim her horse has less to carry. 'You might get a reward if you win!" She shouted laughing.

'Fuck off,' sandor shouted 'I'm coming,''

"Amelia you little minx." Tyrion whispered shaking his head. He knew cersei would throw a fit if she knew that Amelia had a crush on the hound. 

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''if we can't control him-' Tyrion told her.

''Do you think I haven't tried?" Cersei questioned. 'He does not listen to me. He is nothing like Amelia.''

''It's hard to put a leash on a dog once you put a crown on its head.' Tyrion told her.

''I always hope to be like Jaime. He looks like him... in the certain light.' Cersei added awkwardly.

''The boy is more like Robert' Tyrion told her

''Robert was a drunken fool,' cersei reminded Tyrion.

''but he didn't enjoy cruelty.' Tyrion added.

''Sometimes I wonder...'

'What?' Tyrion asked

'If this is the price for what we've done for our sins.'

'Sins?' Tyrion questioned then he understood. 'Targaryen's-' Tyrion began.

'Wed brother and sister for years I know so Jaime and I... we say to each other in moments of doubt that is what I told Ned stark when he was stupid enough to confront me. Half the Targaryen's went mad. what's the saying?' cersei questioned, 'Every time a Targaryen is born the gods flip a coin.' Cersei recalled.

''You've beaten the odds, Amelia, Tommen and Myrcella good and decent children.' Tyrion reminded her. "Amelia got all the goodness and Joffrey was left with nothing but monstrous ways." He offered. "Blame Amelia for being so wonderful." 

"She refuses to let Clegane out of her sight," Cersei tsked. 

"He protected her, kept her safe at winterfell." Tyrion remarked. "They got closer." 

"She should be looking for a future husband not spending all her time with the hound." 

"This is you projecting because you are missing a certain brother." Tyrion offered. Cersei hesitated a sob in her chest, she nodded. 

'We got Amelia back but I still miss Jaime.' Cersei sobbed.

'so do I.' Tyrion remarked leaving her be.