Sue Me / Sandor Clegane / Vaera Targaryen

11. Tune it Out

"Do you feel closer to God when you visit the sept?" Vaera questioned. 

"No." sandor answered without hesitation. 

"I always liked the... songs." Vaera told him. "WHen did they stop singing the hymns?" 

"I dont know, I tune out the sermons." Sandor admitted. 

"Oh they used to have such pretty music, it was the only reason to come." Vaera admitted. 

"Sing me something." Sandor suggested as they walked. 

"Dont sing, your voice is no doubt as dreadful as your sight." Joffrey corrected. Vaera's smile dropped. 

"Dont listen to him." Sandor whispered keeping hold of her arm. "You can sing for me later." He suggested. 

"I dont have a beautiful voice, its okay." She assured. "He's probably right." 

"I dont care what he says. I want to hear." Sandor countered. 

"Please, Your Grace, we're hungry."

" Freak."

"Get the Prince back to the Keep now." Tyrion instructed.

"Yes, my lord. Come, quickly." He grabbed Tommen leading him back.

"Please, Your Grace, give us some food!"

"Bread, Your Grace, please!"

"Sandor..." Vaera pat at her dress. He stared back at her. 

"Just a little girl." Sandor told her. 

"Give her this-" She held out a coin but the little girl snatched it away quickly. She thanked vaera before running off to show her mother with great pride. Sandor chuckled gruffly. 

"He was grateful." Sandor offered. "Eager little shit." 

"She's just hungry, I only brought enough to buy us cookies on the way back." Vaera shrugged. "We can get cookies at home." 

"You and your cookies." Sandor agreed ushering her faster through the crowd. 

Joffrey ignored them, until he was hit in the face with a mudball. He groaned and doubled over. Sandor and the other Kingsguard draw their swords to defend the king.

"Who threw that? I want the man who threw that. Find who did that and bring him to me!"

Sandor drew a hand over his tired face. He yawned out looking to Tommen being rushed off before he looked to a panicked Cersei at Joffrey screaming to kill them all.

"Tear him to pieces!"

" What are you doing? I want these people executed!" Joffrey demanded as Meryn grabbed him.

"And they want the same for you.' Sandor warned joffrey as he scooped up Vaera. She shrieked out as her feet left the ground. "I got you." 

"Whats going on?" Vaera questioned. 

"Joffrey is an idiot." Sandor answered. "But you already knew that." 

" Motherfucker! Brotherfucker!"

"Traitors! I'll have all their heads."

"Oh, you blind, bloody fool!" Tyrion declared.

"You can't insult me." Joffrey scoffed.

"We've had vicious kings and we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king." Tyrion agreed.

"You can't-" Joffrey whined.

"I can, I am." Tyrion corrected.

"They attacked me!"

"Are you alright?" Cersei questioned vaera as sandor put her down. 

"I am." Vaera agreed brushing down her dress. "Thank you Sandor," she turned her head but his voice appeared on her opposite side. 

"They threw a cow pie at you, so you decided to kill them all? They're starving, you fool! All because of a war you started." Tyrion demanded.

"You're talking to a king!" Joffrey shouted as Tyrion slapped him.

"And now I've struck a king. Did my hand fall from my wrist? Where is the Stark girl?"

" Let them have her!"

"If we dont get her back-"

"Cersei, is Tommen alright?" Vaera questioned, she didnt notice Sandor sulk off to fetch sansa until she turned back around and called out for him only to get no answer. 

Sandor didnt want any praise, he put sansa down and she whimpered out as her handmaidens tended to her quickly. 

"Little birds bleeding." Sandor offered. "Get her back to her cage." he moved to Vaera who stood staring straight ahead. 

"You are a good guy sandor." 

"You keep saying that and one of these days I might believe you."