A/N: I changed some things in this from the original to make it a more Jae/Marge chapter. The faith and those leaving KL along with the Joy/Jae interaction have been moved. Also for those who dislike such things, there is a Lemon scene that takes up an entire pov, it's marked, and skipping it doesn't make you miss anything other than it.
King's Landing 298 AC.
Jaehaerys Targaryen.
He woke up with the taste of blood in his mouth, Ghost had hunted and together with the rest of the pack had taken down a deer. Taking the jug of water near his bed he poured himself a mug and drank it down, the cool water soon removing the taste. Closing his eyes he went looking and found Ghost exactly where he thought he would, the white wolf laying at the end of his wife's bed and Jae trying not to be jealous of him. Margaery slept and hugged her pillow tightly against her chest, Jae finding yet another thing to be jealous of this morning.
Opening his eyes he stood up and called for water to be brought so he could wash, once it had he did so and then quickly dressed. Breaking his fast alone was just as bad as sleeping alone he thought and so he asked Tommen to join him. His young squire working on his schedule and Jae soon found himself chuckling as Tommen yawned while they ate. It reminded him of his own early mornings at the Rock with Jaime and of how Loras had been when he first arrived.
"So what did you do while I was away?" he asked Tommen as they ate.
"I helped with the Kingsguard, your grace, some days with Ser Arthur and some with Ser Barristan." Tommen said, the jam from his bread sticking to his face as he tried to eat and speak at the same time.
"Was that it?" he asked as Tommen grabbed his milk and took a swallow.
"No, Martyn and I also helped Loras when he fought the falcon lord." Tommen said "Martyn even got one of his wings." he added before laughing.
"His wings?"
"From his helm, your grace."
"Why was Loras fighting the falcon?" he asked and saw the look change on Tommen's face, the young lad almost panicking as he scrambled for an answer.
"I…"
"Tommen?" he asked a bit more firmly.
"I believe he upset her grace." Tommen said sheepishly.
"Oh, well then he deserved to lose his wing did he not?" he said to a chuckle from his squire
As Tommen continued to eat his food, Jae closed his eyes once more and found that Ghost seemed to almost be expecting him. He went searching and soon found exactly what he was looking for, Jae tightening his grip on his knife as what Harrold Hardyng had said to his wife came was shared with him. Were it not for Ghost showing him Margaery getting up from her bed then he would have perhaps crushed the knife in his hand. Jae opening his eyes as he didn't wish to infringe that much on her privacy and seeing her in her nightclothes only made him miss her even more.
"You finished?" he asked and Tommen nodded.
"Let's go and spar." he said and received a vigorous nod showing Tommen's agreement, Jae once again thinking on his own time as a squire and how that was his most favorite thing about it.
