( COMPLETE. ) ROSE | ❛ loving them was tragic. letting them love her back was dangerous. ❜
in which they both loved her, and in the end it didn't matter.
CERSEI LANNISTER / OC
JAIME LANNISTER / OC
standalone short story.
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rose. a short story. the beginning of the end. part four ━ someday i'll fly away.
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❛ do you taste the blood in the air? that metallic flavour that stains everything red. it tastes like steel, like flesh, like broken dreams. it tastes like a girl who wants to leave the world behind. ❜
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THE RED KEEP.
EVERY NIGHT, WHEN DARKNESS FALLS, SHE AND JAIME MAKE THE JOURNEY CERSEI'S CHAMBERS.
The darkened hallways make her flinch. They are lit only by flickering torchlight, casting long shadows which dance across the floor. It tricks her into thinking there is someone else, but they are alone. Jaime grips her hand tightly and leads her along. He will never let her go now. She must teach herself to remember that she is safe with him.
Jaime knows his father intends to send him back to Casterly Rock once the celebrations are over. He knows that Tywin intends to begin searching for a bride suitable enough for his firstborn son, but for these few weeks, Jaime can dream. Rose makes him dream. All of the possibilities the world can offer him only matter when Rose is around. Rose will stay here with Cersei now, in the Red Keep as one of Cersei's ladies.
Even if he must leave, at least two of them will be together.
Rose lets them take her, body and soul, when the night falls. Soft moans and love enough for three of them fill the air. Skin slick with sweat, she lies between the twins when it's done, and it is the first time in a long time that her mind falls completely silent. There are no toxic thoughts, no demons whispering in her ear. For a short time, she feels at peace with the world. It does not last long ━ after a while, the guilt begins to creep in. She knows they do not mind, for they love her as much as they love each other, but she hates that she cannot choose.
