~Gendry~

Gendry was 22 years old with a head full of black hair and a heart full of hatred towards people who looked at him as if he were trash. He lived his whole life in flea bottom, being raised in an orphanage and not knowing his parents really shaped Gendry into the man he is today. An independent person who would rather work hard for a living that fall into the hands of evil.

He worked three jobs and lived with his two best friends. He loved his life, he loved living with the only two people he considered family and even though the pays from his jobs weren't good, he still liked working at them.

He worked at a garage for a mechanic name Tobho Mott during the morning and at noon he had to travel to Dragonstone to work at a fishing market for a guy name Davos. But his night job was the one he was beginning to enjoy the most. He worked at a bar called "Red Priest", and even though the name was queer, the service there were amazing. His boss was a beautiful woman name Melisandre and both of them seemed to get along very well, despite her being a couple of years older than he was. Everything was going fine for him, his ordinary life was simple and he enjoyed it the best he could.

Whenever he got home from work he would drift off to sleep right away, but tonight was different. He couldn't sleep. Whenever he closed his eyes, he would see Melisandre naked on top of him and then her face would transform into Arya's. No matter how hard he shook the image out of his mind, it would come back stronger than ever. A few hours ago, he had been at Melisandre's house, ready to take her and make her his woman when everything began to change. He closed his eyes and when he opened it again, he found Arya straddling his lap. The vision didn't make his erect penis grow limp, it made it harder than what it already was. The feeling confused him and he was force to gently push his boss aside. She wasn't happy, and even though he apologized over and over again she kicked him out.

Now he was laying on the couch, waiting for sleep to take him but it wouldn't. It was 1:30 in the morning and the house was deadly quiet. Aegon was asleep and so was Arya. He cursed himself over and over again for what had happened and tried to force his brain to come up with an excuse about why he pictured Arya naked.

His brain wouldn't cooperate with him and he felt a weird sensation in the pit of his stomach. He had always seen her as a little sister, someone who he must protect no matter what. But the more the image entered his mind, the more clearer Arya became to him. She was no longer a little girl, she was already 18 and her body was nicely curved, her breasts were fuller and her features sharper. Her short hair suited her nicely and the way her clothes hung to her body made his heart race. She was beautiful and a woman grown and he knew that the way his heart was beating was only going to cause him trouble. He decided to get up, a cold shower would sure stop his body from acting the way it was, but he didn't even get to get up when Aegon spoke up.

"You know, Arya has been worrying about you lately" His voice held no hint of grogginess. It seemed as if he was awake the whole time

"What do you mean?" Gendry asked as he sat up, rubbing his eyes with the palm of his hand

"She went to sleep late waiting on you to come. She thinks Melisandre is taking you away from us"

Gendy felt his heart tighten in his chest. Why was she feeling like that? Did she feel something for him? No, he doubted that. Arya was too busy focusing on their well-being to be focusing on guys. Yet he let his mind believe that she was jealous of his red-head boss.

"Why does she think that?"

"Because, you spent a lot of time at that bar. She's afraid to lose us you know. We had a conversation about that today, she thinks our life would have been better if she hadn't moved in with us"

"Why? Why would she think that?" Gendry passed his hands through his hair. The last thing he wanted was for Arya to think that she was losing them. He never had a family, never even knew who his mother was so when he met Aegon when he was 7, he became a part of his life. But there was always something missing, something never felt complete until he saw Arya. She was so small and vulnerable back then. Nine years old, small and scrawny. The minute he saw her he knew he needed to protect her, make her a member of his pack so he told Aegon and he agreed as well. He found it silly that she would think she was losing them. He would never leave her or Aegon, no matter what happened, no matter who he ended up with. They would always be a family.

"I don't know Gendry, It broke my heart when she said that. I think we need to spend more time with her" He said scartching his jaw

"I wish I could, I really do, but you know we can't. We have to work to maintain this rat hole" Gendry said bitterly. They lived in a shitty apartments with cracks on the wall and unreliable plumbing. Most of the winters they had to spent it together, huddled in the living room in order to maintain the warmth. Even though the place was bad, the rent was still expensive and on top of that they had to pay for food, clothing and other necessaries. They were force to work three jobs and forget about their social life's. There were days where he didn't even get to see Arya and that pained him. But those were the sacrifices he needed to make in order for his pack to survive.

"Yeah I know that, but I think we should do something. All of us, like when we were at the orphanage. We would go out into the city and even to Dragonstone. Or we would have a picnic in her room" Aegon reminded him, making a smile appear on his lips.

Those were the good old days he missed, the days were he only had to work for Tobho and Aegon only worked at the Cafe. Arya was 12 and full of energy. She was always up to something and always wanted to go out and explore Kings Landing. He remember she didn't like it, she always hated how crowded the city was and she begged him and Aegon to take her some place else. That's when they discovered DragonStone, a small town a couple of hours away from Kings Landing.

"I guess we can. Maybe this Sunday" Gendry replied

"Yeah, I was thinking about that as well. We should make it a surprise you know, she'll be really happy" Even though the room was dark, Gendry could still see his oldest friend, smiling.

"Why are you up?" Aegon asked

"Too much on my mind" Gendry replied, not wanting to get into details

"Oh yeah, whats up?" He asked

"Just thinking about stuff, useless stuff" Gendry replied scratching his bearded jaw. He wanted to change the subject, knowing that his friend would pester him until he told him what he was thinking about. And that was the last thing Gendry wanted to tell him.

"What stuff?"

"About work" he lied

"Which one?"

"The bar, something happened tonight, but I'll rather not talk about it" Gendry told him

"You already started talking about it, might as well finish it."

And so he did, leaving out the part where his boss turned into Arya, Gendry told Aegon about what he and Melisandre almost did.

"You almost fucked your boss?! No way. I always thought I had more game than you" Aegon joked

"Shut up" Gendry said, throwing one of the cushions at him

"So why didn't you finish her?"

"Didn't feel like it"

"How old is she anyways?" Aegon asked him

"Old enough." He said sharply. He wanted to stop talking about her, the more they did, the more he thought of Arya in a way he shouldn't be thinking of.

"Okay, okay. I can sense you're not comfortable with this conversation" Aegon said putting his hands through his silver locks. That was one thing he loved about Aegon, he knew when to stop.

"Why are you awake?" Gendry asked him

"Same thing. Got too much shit on my mind"

"Like?"

"Well, Varys called me today. Told me that they still hadn't found my parents. That I should probably stop searching" He noticed the difference in Aegon's tone, it was dull and full of emotions.

"I think it's for the best" Gendry told him reluctantly.

For as long as he knew Aegon, he had always been trying to find his parents. Parents that abandoned him on the front steps of the orphanage when he was just four. While Gendry didn't even know who his mother was, Aegon had a clear picture of his parents in his head and made it his duty to find them. He couldn't accept that they had abandon him, he would fight with anyone that said other wise.

Gendry stopped meddling in that affair a long time ago, no matter how many times he told Aegon to give up on his quest, Aegon wouldn't listen. He was determined to find his parents and nothing in the world would change his mind. But Gendry hated how miserable it made Aegon every time the investigators form the orphanage told him that they couldn't find anything. He hated how his smile would fade and turn into a never-ending from and that broke Gendry's heart.

"But they're out there, probably looking for me" He argued. Gendry shook his head, not really ready to have an argument with his friend, especially at the current time.

"I just don't think it's healthy man. You spend most of your time, most of your savings looking for people who left you"

"They didn't." Aegon said, he looked hurt and that was the last thing Gendry wanted

"They didn't leave me Gendry. I know they didn't. Even if I was just four, I can still remember my parents. My dad, he had silver hair like me" He said holding out a strand of his own hair

Gendry just shook his head.

He never sat and to think about his parents. For him, they were dead and he didn't want to know anything about them. For years Gendry hated his parents, for bringing him into the world to just abandon him in a shit place like Flea Bottom, but as the years went back he learned to numb the pain away. He pushed them out of his mind because he simply didn't know them and he refused to waste time on them.

"I just want to find them" He whispered. he sounded so vulnerable and weak, unlike the Aegon he knew so dearly.

"And when you do, are you going to leave us? Are you going to abandon Arya?" Gendry said in an unpleasant tone. He didn't mean to sound harsh, but every time Aegon talked of his parents it made Gendry feel as if Aegon wanted to leave them.

"Come on man, you know I don't want that. You and Arya are all I have, but I want to find my parents, I want to know my roots and why they left me when I was only four. I want to know if they're dead or alive. I would stick with you guys, even if they're alive and ask me to go with them" There was a small smile on Aegon's lip but Gendry still felt bitter

"You say that now, but once they drag you back under their claws you won't even remember us"

"You're acting like Arya now. You two are the fucking same sometimes. But no, I'm not going anywhere, I'll stick around"

The mention of Arya seemed to relax Gendry a little. It scared him how his body was starting to react to her. It happened out of nowhere and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake the feeling off.

"Dude, are you okay?" Aegon asked, dragging him out of his thoughts

"What? oh yeah" He quickly replied,

"You had your thinking face on" Aegon todl him "It looked like you were in pain"

"Shut up. I was just thinking about my parents" He lied

"Really? Well, that's a first. Do you want to talk about it?" Aegon asked, getting up from where he sat on the floor

"Not really, where are you going?" He asked as Aegon walked towards the kitchen

"Getting a beer, I won't be falling asleep tonight" He shrugged

"What time is it anyways" Gendry asked. He knew he wouldn't be falling asleep either

"I dunno, probably four. We need to be awake in a couple of hours either way" Aegon said as he returned to his sitting position with two beers. He handed one to Gendry and then sat back down on the floor

"Arya would kill us if she found out" Aegon said as he opened his beer

"Yeah, sometimes I think she's the oldest one out of us two"

"Tell me about it, she's so responsible it hurts. I miss her being wild and reckless" Aegon said as he sipped his drink

"Things change, life hasn't been easy for us"

"I mean, we decided to leave the orphanage so, it's sort of our fault"

"No, it's not. Life was horrible over there. You almost died, I almost went to jail and Arya..." He couldn't bring himself to say the words yet the memory filled his brain in a matter of seconds. When she was 12, one of the boys at the orphanage tried to rape her. If Gendry and Aegon hadn't shown up at her room, she would have gotten hurt. Just remembering that made him shiver and he shook his head.

"Don't even remind me. I guess you're right. But life is still a piece of shit" Aegon said

"We just have to keep on living. Maybe it'll get better." Gendry replied and drank his beer.

A/N: Nothing is happening yet, but soon enough the story would begin to unfold. I just need to give some background information about the characters and show who they are before I put everything together. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Leave any questions you guys have and I'll answer them.