beach break

[theladyofwinterfell]

WHO: Sansa + Baby Stark
WHERE: on the ocean planet!
WHAT: hanging out, mostly
WHEN: 29 July - 3 August
WARNINGS: TBD

Sansa actually likes ocean worlds even if the bright sun works a number on her skin. James, too, is pale but she's knitted him one hat before coming here and has her sewing things so she can knit another. Perhaps it's a little strange to see a woman and a baby under an umbrella on the beach but Sansa is enjoying the warmth and breeze from the ocean even if she cannot go swimming since James is with her.

Her knitting needles are the only sound around her, clicking comfortably, and she's very much lost in what she's doing. James has recently learned how to sit up and he's delighting himself with it, giggling every time he manages to pull himself up only to fall back down again. It's his newest trick, after all, and Sansa cannot believe how much he's grown. He hadn't felt small when she delivered but he had been a wee thing and now he's chubby with bright blue eyes and wisps of red curls starting to grow in.

"You look like your uncles Robb and Rickon, you do," she coos at him. "All Tully red and blue, yes you are. A little slippery fish."

Comments

[thebrideoffire]

He must be a clever boy. [There's a note of sadness in her voice as she looks down at the boy, remembering the vision of Rhaego she had been shown in the House of the Undying. She would never know this. Not with him and not with any other children in the future.

She cleared her throat, finding her smile again.]

He bears more of a resemblance to you than to anyone else.

[theladyofwinterfell]

He does. He has the look of House Tully, same as I do. Although I suppose it's the look of House Stark now, considering who I am. Would you like to hold him for a bit? He loves being held.

( Sansa isn't aware of Daenerys' trip in the House of the Undying or that she's barren, only that she has no children in the future Sansa has lived. Sansa is happy to let her hold the baby as she wants Daenerys to feel as if she belongs here. )

[thebrideoffire]

[She considers turning down the offer, but it's a kindly meant one and she is curious to know what it feels like to hold a child in her arms. Gently, she takes him from Sansa, careful to support his head, staring down at him with a mixture of wonder and sadness.]

I never got to hold my son like this.

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa cannot imagine the pain of losing a child. She's lost her whole family and while she's gained some of it back, the loss of her parents and her two brothers will never go away. A child, though, a child of her body? She cannot imagine the agony. )

I'm so sorry. I cannot say what it is like because it has never happened to me and won't, Gods willing, but I wish I could comfort your loss. I can only offer the warmth of the family I have here.

[thebrideoffire]

That is why the dragons are important to me. They were born the night that I lost my husband and child. They were the only family I had left.

[Until now, it seemed. Something that she still felt overwhelmed with.]

Your son is beautiful.

[theladyofwinterfell]

( Sansa has never heard the true story behind the dragons and now hearing it, she feels a pang in her heart for Daenerys. How awful to lose your family and then attach your only family to those dragons and lose them too. )

Thank you. He is my pride. If it isn't too painful for you, you can always hold him. I trust you.

[thebrideoffire]

I would like the opportunity. It would help ease my heart, I think.

[She gently touched James's cheek, smiling at him sweetly.]

What will happen if you are sent home?

[theladyofwinterfell]

I don't know. I'm afraid he won't be able to come with me, honestly, which is why I want to stay here as long as I can. I don't want my world to change.

( Sansa is afraid to lose now, more afraid of it than she's ever been in her life. )