[Locked] For Loras

[king_in_the_north]

WHO: Robb Stark
WHERE: Margaery's house
WHEN: Early February, morning
OPEN TO: Loras
WARNINGS: n/a

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To put it politely, things had been rather different since the day Loras pulled himself out of the fountain.

Naturally, Robb was happy for Margaery. She'd always spoken of her brother on what seemed a near-constant basis, and it had been clear enough from the start that being away from him pained her. While he may not have been the gregarious knight she remembered so fondly from her youth, her was still held dear — Perhaps all the more so for their shared horrors.

But having Margaery's brother around had certainly changed things. For some time, Robb had been spending the majority of his nights in the house there with Margaery, benefiting from an unspoken agreement amongst the members of his family to simply never mention it when he return in the early morning hours each day. That Loras didn't particularly care for Robb had been apparently from the beginning, and this overnight arrangement was unlikely to help matters. Most mornings, Robb tiptoed out as quietly as possibly if only to avoid the irritated stares directed his way by the Knight of Flowers.

This morning, however, in was inevitable: The moment he slipped quietly through Margaery's door, he nearly collided with her brother there in the corridor.

"Bloody—" Robb began, and then mustered a faint smile. "I didn't see you there, apologies."