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“Please, tell me everything” Lana took the girl gently by the arm, “I am your friend and you can trust me” she smiled trying to reassure her, “…If you’d like we can go someplace else..someplace private”  

“My friend…?” Sansa was surprised by how warm Lana was. “I would like that very much, Lana…” Glancing over at Cersei, whom still seemed to be rather close to them, Sansa didn’t feel safe in uttering what she truly felt, in this hall. She had written a letter to Cersei's apparent kindness of showing mercy to her Father, yet the woman had lied. She was very cruel and said Sansa was a little bird, yet she thought herself a wolf.

She’d have to have a talk with him, she again smoothed out Sansa’s hair, “No one deserves to be hit, my dear” frowning she reached for a lemon cake, “Here, sweetgirl I heard you liked them” Lana would try her best to protect Sansa, “…How do you like here?”

Sansa couldn’t help a small smile, upon hearing Lana say that no-one deserved to be hit. Perhaps, Lana wouldn’t turn out to be as horrible as Cersei and Joffrey.

Sansa carefully took the lemon cake from Lana. “Thank you very much, my lad–I mean Lana. Yes, I love them.” She felt touched by how kind and caring Lana seemed already. They hardly knew each other, but Sansa felt they could quickly become friends soon.

Lana smile, “Yes sweetgirl” she nodded, “I’m Lana it’s a pleasure to finally meet you ” she sat next to her, reaching out she smoothed down some of Sansa’s hair, “..Your a pretty one, tell me where did you get this bruise?” gently running a finger over her cheek.

“It is a pleasure to meet you too, Lady Lana. My name is Sansa.” Lana certainly seemed like a kind person, but she knew not to judge too quickly by now. Joffrey was the prime example of that.

As Lana sat next to her and touched Sansa’s hair, she smiled a little more widely, which quickly disappeared as Lana asked her question.

Feast’s borad her and she always felt ill at the end of them, tracing her cup with a finger she looked up and spotted Sansa. Smiling she hadn’t yet talked to her, she was a shy person and usually looked herself up in her chambers. Turing down more wine she stood up, moving passed a few jesters toward the Tully haired girl.

As Lana moved her way towards her, Sansa continued smiling, and spoke, “Hello, m'lady…Lana, is it?” Sansa hoped that Lana was kind, and wasn’t like Joffrey or Cersei.

Late evening had arrived, when the bells rang to signify another feast, to gather all the lords and ladies, into the main hall of the castle named the Red Keep.

Sansa closed her eyes briefly, before opening them again, before exiting the quietness of her chambers to where the feast was held, filled with noise.

She noticed Cersei, of course she was presiding over the feast, and she had a glass of wine in her hand.

Food was placed on rich velvety golden clothed tables, a wide spread of delectable food, such as pomegranates, a roasted boar, among a multitude of other things.

Sansa seated herself on the left side of the head table, next to Margaery. She thought she noticed a girl at the feast who she gauged to be perhaps  a similar age, give or take 1 or 2 years, whom she thought she had heard about before, from Cersei describing her. Lana, was it?

Sansa yearned to have another female friend she could talk to, she loved spending time with Margaery and Shae, but she wanted more  friends too, so as not to feel lonely.

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made for gentlestag, back at my giveaway on my sansa stark blog (jonquildove), ages & years ago; im just reposting it here. anyone can take these non-watermarked icons, just please like or reblog.

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dear ___ meme - accepting

Dear Lana, 

I want you to know I love you. No matter what happens, no matter who allies with us or who betrays us, I love you and I just want you to be safe. You are the only sibling I have left, and I’m not going to let you meet the same fates as Joffrey and Myrcella. I failed them...I won’t fail you. I swear it.

I love you. Stay safe. 

-Tommen