The Lion and the Warrior

Beautiful, Fierce, Kind, Dangerous

The morning sun crept in through a small slit in the drapes, waking Jaime from a sound sleep. He turned to look at his wife who was still sound asleep. They had both fallen asleep naked after a passionate night. She looked absolutely beautiful laying beside him, the blankets barely resting on her hip. He moved closer to her so that their bodies touched, placing his arm around her and softly caressing her lips with his. She opened her eyes and smiled at him. "Good morning," she said.

"Shhh...let's just pick up where left off last night."

Brienne put both hands around him and pulled him even closer. "Is that better?" she asked.

"Mmmm, perfect. You feel so good, and so right," he whispered.

"Oh gods!" she pushed him away and rushed out of the bed searching frantically for something, anything to vomit in, but failed.

"Seven hells, are you okay?"

"Does it bloody sound like I am okay?"

"Too much to drink?"

"Would you please get me something to vomit in?"

"Oh, right." He dumped out a fruit bowl and brought it to her and she continued to vomit into it. Jaime slowly backed away and sat down on the bed.

"Jai...I am on my knees...naked...vomiting into a fucking fruit bowl, can you get me some bloody clothes?!"

Jaime draped a robe over her shoulders, and held her hair out of the way. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, you just caught me off guard that's all. I'm going to get one of the maids to come clean this, okay?"

"Yeah."

On his way out, Jaime stopped James from going in. "Whoa...no, no, no, mommy's sick. Come on, you come with me. You don't want to go in there."

"Daddy, I am supposed to go into the city today and deliver fresh fruits and veggies to the people with Rhaella. If mommy's sick, who will guard us?"

"Well...come on I will gather some of the Royal Guard to take you all."

"Please come with us, it will be a great day."

"Okay, I will come with you, let's get mommy some help cleaning this up, shall we?"

Jaime sent a maid up to the bedroom to clean the floors and change the bedding. Brienne went to have a bath, and as promised, Jaime joined James and the Royal Family on an outing to deliver food to the less fortunate.

It was a beautiful spring day. The sun was beaming, birds chirped, there was a cool breeze and the air was crisp. James, Jaime and Jon rode out on horseback - Jaime and Ser Jordyn in front, then Jon and James, side by side in front of the carriage carrying the queen and the princess, and four more members of the Royal Guard following behind. They stopped at the home for orphans where the Royal Family, accompanied by Jaime and James all took in crates of food to be prepared for the children. James and Rhaella interacted with the children that lived in the orphan house and served them apples that they had picked themselves day before.

Jaime was quite proud and impressed when a little boy, probably about 4 years old, walked up to James and placed his hand on the pummel of his sword. James calmly said, "No, no, that is not a toy. You always have to get permission before touching a man's sword. It's very shiny, isn't it? Would you like a closer look?"

The boy shook his head and said, "Yes, please."

"Okay, I can't take it out, the blade is very sharp, but you can touch the pummel and the grip."

The little boy smiled at James and thanked him. James asked, "would you like an apple?"

"Yes, thank you."