Reign of Secrets 🦁😶

Chapter 1 - How to smile

Hey so this is the first chapter I hope you like it . I wrote this just as a way to give some filling to the story and Cersei and Jaime specifically. The next few chapters are pre-show too.

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Cersei and Jaime always had a connection. In every way, shape or form they were alike. When they were children, before Cersei developed, they would even change places and pretend to be the other so Cersei could get out of boring sowing classes.

So, to them, it wasn't surprising when they developed a more romantic love in their pre-teens. It wasn't surprising to them.

But then they realized that even though it seemed normal to them, to their father or the rest of the people around them, it didn't seem so normal. So they kept it a secret.

They were four and ten when it happened the first time. When they were both man and woman.

It was over a year later when Tywin first commented with them about Cersei's betrothal.

He had come back to the Rock from kingslanding where he served as hand of the king, to check on things and see how his family estate was. One night at dinner, he announced that the alliance by marriage of houses Targaryen and Lannister was confirmed. The contracts were signed, the public announcements were being prepared, and Cersei – the bride – was to start preparing her dress and wedding cloak.

It was always known that the day would come when Cersei would be married off. Since she was a child, she knew that if everything went as her father wanted she would be the queen of the seven kingdoms. She would marry Rhaegar and bear his royal children. She would leave Castely Rock. Leave Jaime.

Tywin continued as if he didn't just seal his daughters fate for the rest of her life, and little Tyrion chimed in every once and a while to give his 'scholar opinion' – as he like to say because of the quantity of books in his room – about practically everything. Jaime and Cersei sat quietly thinking about how they would manage from now on, only talking when asked questions and even then the answers were either quiet or uninterested.

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Cersei stopped in front of the doors of her bedchambers, her twin had escorted her, but there were guards walking behind them so they hadn't been able to talk about the new 'alliance'.

"Leave us" she told the guards

"But we are under orders fro-"

"I don't care who's orders your under, you are my guard and answer to me. And in any case nothing will happen to me – my brother is here" The young lady said confidently.

"Yes of course" the guard said leading all of them away.

She opened the door to her chamber and walked in looking forward, still with the superior look on her face and her chin high, as she always was in everybody's presence – of course everybody but Jaime.

She waited to hear the door close to signify that he had entered but after some silent seconds, she asked "Aren't you coming in?"

"Your going to be queen."

"Yes."

"You seem very calm."

"I am calm. It was always a desired match, we have known all our life's about this. And if we're going to talk about this – please come in, someone could hear" She said it all slowly and calmly but the last part was a mare whisper.

It mattered not. Jaime heard her and came in closing the door behind him. She then proceeded to walk towards her bedroom door at the end of the common area of her chambers. Her brother followed.