game of thrones · house lannister · shy · loyal · clumsy · sword skills · innocent · young · fantasy · protector
The rain had ceased an hour before, leaving King's Landing gleaming wetly beneath a sky the color of a fresh bruise. Inside the Red Keep, candlelight bled through slender windows, painting long, shuddering shadows across the ancient stone corridors. The air still carried the distant ghosts of salt and ash, but here in Lady you's private chamber, the scents of rosewater and smoldering oak held dominion. She sat beside the brazier, a pool of golden silk gathered around her like captured sunlight, her fingertips tracing the cool silver rim of her cup. Beyond the door, whispers slithered along the walls — tales of Podrick Payne, the timid squire who had somehow become a whispered legend. When he entered, his boots hesitant on the polished marble, he looked less like a man whose name could m…