Hello everyone! This is my first Sandor and Sansa story I've put together, I look forward to any reviews, comments or questions some of you may have! This came to me a few nights ago, and I just had to write this and finally post it. Fair warning, I did not have a beta look over this, so there might be a few errors I didn't catch. This is an AU, and if Sandor seems OOC, please forgive me. Enjoy! ./././././././././././././.
It had been a few months since Lady had passed away in a tragic accident. Almost six very long months to be exact, and Sansa was still upset about her death. After her father died of cancer three years ago, Lady, her white wolf-hybrid, was the very last thing her dad had given her. Besides her own sister and her current boyfriend, Lady was Sansa's best friend.
It was a cold January morning, there was a few inches of snow on the ground that had fallen the night before. Sansa and Sandor had started their morning, like every other morning, Sandor starting coffee and Sansa taking a hot shower to wake herself up.
Sandor sat at the kitchen table after making himself a cup of coffee and grabbing himself a glazed doughnut, Lady laid by his feet waiting patiently for any scraps Sandor might offer her. She looked up at him with her bright sky blue eyes and sat up, placing her paw on his knee, and letting out a soft whine.
"Have to go out girl?" Sandor looked down and let out a deep chuckle to himself at the sight of the white dog. He quickly tore off a small chunk of the glazed doughnut and gave it to Lady. She quickly ate it and licked her chops, she wagged her fluffy tail and let out a small howl and snorted. Sandor smiled softly and groaned out as he stood up from his chair, he made his way towards the door and let Lady out into their gated yard. Unknown to him, the gate's latch wasn't pushed all the way down. Making easy for Lady to push the gate open and make her way to explore the front yard.
Sansa had gotten out of the shower and had gotten dressed in a blue sweat shirt and some black jeans. Sandor had walked back to the coffee pot and made Sansa a cup of coffee, she walked up behind her man and gave him a hug around his waist. She kissed his back and took a deep breath, "Morning my love." Sansa murmured into his back. Sandor just turned away, leaning against the counter. He wrapped one large arm around her tiny waist, and gave her the cup of coffee with the other. He leaned down and kissed her forehead. It was then they heard the screeching of tires, a honking of a horn, a loud thumping noise and a large yelp.
"Lady?!" Sansa tensed as she looked around the house for her beloved dog. Sandor cursed under his breath, "I just fucking let her out of the backyard, that couldn't have been her." They both quickly ran out the front door to see what had happened, forgetting to put on their coats. Sansa ran towards the car that had slid in the snow, the plows still had not come through to rid the roads of the snow. There was a tall man with dark short hair who had gotten out of the driver's side door and started yelling at Sansa and Sandor, "I couldn't stop! I tried honking! I tried everything, but the dog wouldn't move!" Sandor had grabbed Sansa and forced her to turn away from the sight of Lady.
Sansa screamed out and pushed and shoved against Sandor. Her body shaking in the cold and tears flowed down her cheeks. "Sansa, don't look. Look at me little bird." Sandor kept whispering to her, trying to calm her down. Sansa shook Sandor off of her and ran to her dog. Sandor quickly caught up to her as they both stood in front of Lady's body. Crimson was spread amongst the snow, Lady was killed on impact. Sansa had fallen to her knees, and grabbed at Lady's coat screaming at crying, shaking her head. She ignored the driver's apology, she ignored Sandor's word and apologies, and all she could think of was her father and her baby dog Lady.
Sandor had blamed himself, since he was the one to let her out in the morning and not keeping an eye on her. Sansa had told him it wasn't his fault, he couldn't have known she was going to get out from the backyard. He couldn't have known she was going to get hit by a car, it was an accident and sometimes accidents just happen. But that didn't mean Sansa was okay, or over Lady's death. Sandor and Sansa had Lady cremated and they had placed her ashes in an urn that was put on a small oak table next to frames that held pictures of when Lady was a puppy with Sansa and her dad, and pictures of her with Sansa and Sandor. Around the urn Sandor had put her collar, and next to the urn he placed Lady's favorite tennis ball that she loved to play with.
Even almost six months after Lady's death their home seemed empty. They both tried very hard to get out more, or have Sansa's family visit. Sansa had tried very hard to put a smile on her face and hide her sadness from Sandor. Well she would, until one day when she went out shopping with her sister Arya. Present day.
"Where are we going?" Sansa asked while her fingers played with the hem of her skirt. Arya glanced away from the road and at her older sister, "Well I explained to you over the phone, if you would please pay attention. I need to get some shorts that don't show my ass crack everytime I bend over or sit down, and maybe hit a few other shops that look interesting." Arya flipped on the turning signal and made a left turn towards a shopping plaza.
"Maybe it would help if you actually wore underwear sometimes so we wouldn't have to see your nasty butt." Sansa rolled her eyes at her younger sister, she was always the one to rebel against anything she could. "My ass is not nasty for one, and two I just don't like the feel of it. Thongs, boy shorts, normal panties. Hell I even tried wearing boxers, don't you remember that?" Arya laughed at the thought.
"How in the world could I forget about that time of your life?! Let's just not talk about you and your odd choices in life." Sansa giggled as Arya stuck her tongue out. Arya pulled into a parking space that wasn't too far away from the store's entrance. "So what time will Sandor be home from work? The usual?" Arya asked as she killed the ignition and pulled the keys out. "I don't think so, lately he has been coming home later and later." Sansa opened up the car door and got out of her sister's blue SUV, she quickly shut the door behind her and walked around the car to meet her sister. "Drunk?" Arya asked while flipping her short hair. "What?" Sansa started walking into the store's entrance with her sister, caught off guard with her sister's question. "Don't play dumb. Is he coming home drunk?" Arya sighed while walking towards the women's section of the clothing department.
"Tipsy mostly, nothing too bad. Plus he only does that when he has a terrible day at work." Sansa sighed as her sister eyed her. "Yeah, yeah whatever. I'm sure, whatever makes you feel better. But I figured I'd ask, seeing if we needed to bring home dinner or if we should go out to dinner." Arya rolled her eyes and made her way to the shorts section. She son found her size and starting flipping through the racks mumbling, "No, no, no, no, no, fuck no, ugly, no, ew." Sansa giggled and thought back to her boyfriend and his drinking habits, she did have a problem about it, but it was hard for her to talk about it with him. He did in fact usually drink if his boss was being an ass towards him, or if he was stressed, or if he just wanted to drink. She sighed softly, she knew he had a terrible past and she knew he used to be so much worse with his drinking before they started dating. Anyone who knew him before had always said she calmed him down and tamed the beast he was.
She didn't really mind the drinking, as long as it never got out of hand. She softly bit her lip and thought about what should they do for dinner, maybe pick up some fried chicken and a bucket of mashed potatoes? Maybe some burgers for Sandor since he loves beef. Well, she thought to herself, he'll eat really any type of meat. She giggled to herself and was brought out of her thoughts by her sisters yelling. "You know what, screw this, screw this store, screw these shorts, and fuck it." Arya sighed as she ran her fingers through her soft hair. She turned to her sister quickly, with her cheeks flushed she pointed towards Sansa and yelled, "You're just going to have to get used to looking at my ass crack!" Sansa felt her face heat up as other shoppers looked at the two in shock.
"Really Arya!" Sansa scolded as she crossed her pale arms a crossed her chest, "I can't believe you just yelled that out loud at me!" Arya grinned and walked towards her sister, "Well don't ever complain about my crack ever again, or else I'll embarrass you again." Arya and Sansa laughed as they made their way out of the store. "By the way you sounded like Sandor back there." Sansa laughed and wiped the tears away from the corners of her eyes. "Yeah, well, where do you think I got it from? I'll have to show him the impression later tonight then." Arya laughed and then looked around the shopping plaza.
"Oh let's go to that pet store! I need to get Battle Axe some crickets." Arya said as she started walking towards the pet store. Sansa felt a pang in her chest but forced a smile on her face and followed her sister. When they walked into the store, Sansa followed Arya to the crickets and cringed. "I hate bugs." Sansa rolled her eyes and shivered at the thought of her sister's bearded dragon eating away at the bugs. "Go look around somewhere else then! I have to get him a new heating lamp too. One for his bigger cage you guys got me for my birthday." Arya smiled at her sister and Sansa nodded, "Alright well when you're ready to go just yell I guess, I'll be around." Sansa told her sister, once Arya nodded and waved her off like she was a fly, Sansa giggled and walked away.
Sansa looked at the animals the store had for sale, the pain in her chest ached and tears brimmed her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away. She looked at the parakeets, thinking of Sandor and how he always called her his little bird. She smiled, and watched some birds clean themselves, one danced at its reflection in the mirror, some bathed in the water dish. She loved the birds, but she couldn't see herself having one. She was more of a dog person, she felt wave of guilt wash over her for thinking about getting another dog.
She shook her head and made her way to the hamsters and gerbils, she thought they were adorable but on the sign on the cage said they only lived up to three years. She wanted an animal that could live a long time, a peaceful life. Sansa looked at the ferrets and the bunnies, she smiled at how cute they were, but she had thoughts that talked her out of getting one.
Sansa walked to a hamster cage that was placed on a table and she thought to herself, I didn't come here to get a pet, Arya wanted to come here. No reason to feel guilty for looking at cute animals. Sansa smiled and giggled to herself. She looked at the hamster cage, on the table there was a sign that said SALE in big bright red. Sansa crouched down and saw a ball of white fuzz curled up in a ball.
"Awh, what a cute little hamster." Sansa smiled softly and the white fuzz ball stirred at the sound of her voice, the animal lifted its head and looked up at Sansa with its tiny black eyes. Sansa stood up and made a face that matched her confusion. "You're not a hamster." The white fuzz ball stood up on all fours and stretched, yawning, the fuzz ball continued to look at Sansa and let out a soft meow. The white fuzz ball had very tall and pointed ears for a kitten her size, her eyes almost looked slightly closed, she had a black patch on top of her head almost like a wig. She was very adorable, but funny looking.
"You're a really small kitten." Sansa smiled and was about to walk away from the cage but the white kitten started to climb up the wired hamster cage, crying she reached her white paw with small pink pads through the wired bars towards Sansa. Sansa let out a small gasp and walked closed to the cage. A worker came up to Sansa, "Are you interested in the kitten ma'am?"
Sansa looked at the worked and nodded, she looked back at the crying kitten who had jumped down from the wired cage and was walking in a circle never taking her eyes off of Sansa. "I have to tell you, she's fully developed, she has had her shots, and we just don't know exactly what's wrong with her. Her brother and sisters were normal sized kittens, we think she might be the runt of the litter, she just needs a good, loving home." Sansa felt her heart melt as she continued to watch the kitten.
"Well maybe there isn't anything wrong with the kitten, maybe she's just perfect."
Sansa turned towards the worker with a huge grin on her face, "I'll take her."
The worker smiled and opened up the cage and grabbed the kitten, "I'll put her in a carry home box for you, and there will be some adoption papers for you to fill out at the front desk." Sansa nodded and walked towards the cat section of the pet store to pick up some kitten food, a pink fluffy cat bed, a pink collar, and some toy mice for her new baby. Sansa felt so happy, she felt a warmth flow through her body that she had not felt in a long time. She wore a real smile on her face, it almost hurt her cheeks it was so large.
She carried her new items to the cash register, as they rang up her items she filled out the adoption papers. She didn't know what to name the kitten so she left that section blank for the time being. Sansa was so wrapped up in paying for the items and the kitten, which she was surprised to find out the kitten was fifteen dollars, it almost angered her that the kitten was actually on store clearance, she was snapped out of her happy thoughts when she heard Arya's voice.
"Oh my god you bought a kitten?!" Sansa looked over to her sister who had placed her items on the belt to be rung up by the cashier, and nodded towards her with a huge grin. "She's so cute and so small! Oh I love her so much, I couldn't just leave her here!" Arya looked at her sister with a serious look on her face, "That's great but what did Sandor say? I thought he hated cats with a passion?"
Sansa's face fell as she heard Sandor's name.
She completely forgot about Sandor.
She completely forgot that Sandor has told her many times that he never wants to have a cat, he always hated them with a passion.
Sansa bit her lip and closed her eyes, she'll text him about it, but she wasn't going to give up the kitten without a fight. She intended to keep the kitten even if Sandor disapproved.
She smiled thinking about how much Sandor could end up loving the kitten.
"Man I'd hate to be Sandor coming home from a bad day, and finding a cat in my home." Arya said while paying for her items.
"Shut up Arya." Sansa smiled as the worker gave her the box that held the kitten. "She's all ready to go! We activated her microchip as well, she has had all of her shots, and she is spayed!" Sansa smiled as she carried her bags in one hand, and the box with a crying kitten in the other. Arya followed her out shaking her head at her sister's decision making.
It was going to be an eventful night at their house, that's for sure.
././././././././. Now in the next update you'll see how much fun Ghost really is, haha. And no I will not keep Ghost's name the same in this story since it's the same name as Jon's dog. I'll come up with something, but this maybe a two-shot possible three-shot. I hope you all enjoyed!
I had to stop here for the night, but I will update this as soon as I can. This will be a fun little story that is based on real incidents with my own cat Ghost. I've had her for years and I got her from a pet store the same way I described in this chapter.