002 ♕ lay me by the frozen river

[theladyofwinterfell]

WHO: Sansa Stark
WHERE: ocean, caves
WHAT: exploring
WHEN: throughout November
WARNINGS: sex in the Tyrion thread, others gen.



001. ocean

Sansa doesn't know what she's meant to expect after following the strange beasts to the ocean but the grey blue waves and the soft sand is different than anything she ever saw in King's Landing. The ocean there had stunk with boats coming in and bringing their daily catch, dumping their bilge and filth, and Gods know what else. The whole of King's Landing stunk, actually, and she's glad to be away from it. It's different here. The wind has the sharp tang of salt and the whole of it makes her think this must be what the Iron Islands are like.

She walks to the edge of the water with a fistful of sand tightly clutched. She speaks softly, just loud enough to be audible, and says "What is dead may never die, Theon Greyjoy. You were my friend and I loved you." She tosses the sand into the water and wipes her hand clean. If anyone asks, the redness of her eyes is from the wind and nothing else.

002. caves

The caves are something else entirely. They're actually quite warm, warm enough that Sansa wishes she had not dressed so warmly, and once she gets deep enough into them she realizes there are hot pools in them the same as in the Godswood at Winterfell. It's something that might be of interest to Tyrion, considering his back and legs, and she decides she'll send him a message to tell him to come to her so that they can enjoy these pools for themselves.

For her part, Sansa slips off her shoes and rolls up the trousers she's favored since coming to Agra 10 so she can soak her feet in the water. When she hears footsteps echo behind her, she wants to yank herself from the water but forces herself not to.

"The water is warm, like a bath. Much better than that cold ocean."

003. For Tyrion

After discovering the caves, Sansa steps outside them so that she can send a quick message to Tyrion so he can meet her. She thinks they could enjoy themselves in the warm water, Tyrion especially, and she has news to tell him besides. She hadn't really been thinking when they came to Agra 10, caught up in other things, but she hasn't bled since before she came. Sansa may never have been pregnant before with Ramsay but she imagines she must be now; otherwise, something is certainly very wrong.

Tyrion - come to the beach. There are caves with hot springs and I very much want to show them to you. Love, S.

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[seeingscarlet]

"You should still see a real doctor, but if you want to know now maybe I could sense...if you want me to," Wanda adds quickly. "If there is something to sense, I am sure I would know here."

She's never tried anything like this, of course. There's never been a reason to. But a mind is a mind, no matter how young, and this cave has her powers on overdrive. Surely she'd feel something.

[theladyofwinterfell]

"Oh, I didn't realize you could do such a thing," Sansa says, curious now. What must it feel like to know that there's life growing within a person, to be able to communicate with it while still in the womb? She cannot imagine.

"Yes, I want you to try if you want to do it."

[seeingscarlet]

"I have never tried but...I think there must be something to sense." Wanda's eyes unfocus as she reaches out, and though to most people this must seem unsettling, Sansa's been around her long enough that this shouldn't be unfamiliar territory.

The cave itself is a distraction and so Wanda first focuses in on Sansa herself, on everything that is familiar to her about her friend. From there...it's faint, and not something Wanda would have noticed if she hadn't actively been looking at it. "Hello," she murmurs with a grin. "I feel something. It is small, but...I think you are right."

[theladyofwinterfell]

The thought of it brings light to Sansa's eyes and color to her cheeks. It isn't just a woman's intuition, then, it's actually real. It's actually a child she's bearing for herself and for Tyrion.

"Oh, Wanda, how can I ever repay you? This is the greatest gift you could have given me, telling me this news. I don't even know what to say."

[seeingscarlet]

"You know...when the baby is a little bigger maybe I can show you what I feel. I only feel it now because I know you so well." Wanda grins. "I'm so happy for you."

And she is, truly. Sansa's been through so much and she deserves a chance for happiness, for a normal family life.

[theladyofwinterfell]

The idea of being able to feel what Wanda feels when she's interacting with her child is mind-blowing and Sansa has no idea how to react. Her face shows shock openly, something that hardly ever happens, and she reaches out to squeeze Wanda's hand.

"That would be the most beautiful gift anyone could ever give me. I couldn't...Wanda, that's amazing."

[seeingscarlet]

But for Wanda it's such a small, simple thing - one of the first things she'd ever learned to do, in fact. It's ironic how sometimes the less flashy aspects of her powers can be much more meaningful.

She squeezes Sansa's hand back, grinning. "The days are so long here that it's hard to tell time. But I think...maybe in what we would have called one or two months it will be easier for you to see what I do. When you see a real doctor you will probably have a better guess."

[theladyofwinterfell]

"Yes, I need to see one of those," Sansa says. "The one good thing is that medicine is better in these places than my own. Women die in childbirth easily in Westeros - Tyrion's mother did - but I think it's much less likely with the doctors here."

She hopes so, at any rate.