Sparks Fly // Thoros of Myr / Sandor Clegane // (3)

16. Dead Drop

When the dead dropped for the final time Taeylor moved through the crypts and pounded on the door

If the dead had risen and dropped once more that had to mean victory right?

"Let us out!" Taeylor demanded. She flinched back as the fates unlocked. "Oh hey kid." Taeylor relaxed seeing a boy not an undead zombie. She rushed past looking for sandor.

"Dont be dead. Dont be dead. Dont be dead. Dont be dead." She repeated looking through the crowd. "Please... Dont be dead."

A hand reached out grabbing her shoulder she jumped before sending an elbow back. She heard the unmistakable clegane grunt. Turning around she saw sandor doubled over

"Hells girl." He muttered

"You are alive i knew it!" Taeylor declared hugging him tight. He chuckled

"You wanted the honor for yourself?" He mused.

"What? Oh. Sorry. Thought you were a bad guy."

"I am the bad guy."

"Not to me."

His eyes seemed to darken as he stared down at her.

"I really want to devour every inch of you right now." Sandor admitted

"I want that too," taeylor confirmed.

"But im fucking starving for more than just a taste between your legs." Sandor added.

"Food. Then fun." She confirmed. He nodded lips melding in a feverish collision

Eat quick.

That was the plan.

Sandor swallowed thickly as gendry came up.

'Have you seen arya?' Gendry asked still looking around.

'You can still smell the burning bodies and that is where your head is at?' sandor questioned him.

It was true. The smell of death permeated every breath she took. Yet somehow she and sandor still craved that intimacy. Among the madness

'I just want to thank her-' gendry stuttered out.

'oh im sure you do.' Sandor grumbled, but his eyes went to taeylor. Thank her for saving him. For bringing him back from the edge for treating him like a friend and not a hound. For making him feel seen.

'it's not about that-' gendry countered.

'Of course it's about that the dead or dead you're not.' Sandor reminded him. He got up to find arya but was stopped by the queen.

'Gendry... thats right isnt it?'

"Are you done?" Taeylor asked impatiently 

Sandor nodded standing up. She grabbed his hand pulling him along.

"Crypts werent so bad right?"

"awful." Taeylor countered weaving through the people that survived. "For starters tyrion never shuts up. Sansa either for that matter. Then the dead came back to life and we were surrounded by you guessed it. The dead." Taeylor reminded him.

"So Tyrion being a loud mouth was worse than literal monsters coming for you?" Sandor laughed back

"Told in no particular order," taeylor murmured.

"Sure." Sandor agreed.

"He acted like he could do something out there. Im more skilled than him. If anyone was brusting open those gates it would have been me."

"And I would need to tie you down to keep you safe." Sandor countered.

"Kinky."

He laughed. She liked his laugh. He held her hand as they walk getting closer to the chambers.

Taeylor wanted to be looked at as a woman. She wanted to be kissed and caressed. She want to come home to laughter rather than silence.

She had thought three times now that maybe she found her person but her person kept dying. So maybe she was destined to be alone.