Robb

Robb had no desire to leave his bed the next morning, content to stay with his wife all day. He had not let go of her during the night, and she still had her fingers intertwined with his.

He knew the moment they stood up, he would have to go about his day largely separate from Ana. Theon would ask about each detail of last night. Robb was proud, excited, but the thought of Theon knowing anything about his wife in that way repulsed him. Robb wanted these moments to himself.

Ana stirred in his arms, the sunlight shining on her face. She lifted her brown eyes to Robb's, her hair falling messily around her face. It made Robb smile, though, as he brushed it aside to kiss her more easily.

Ana reacted with hunger to his kiss as she pulled herself on top of him. When she moved her legs on either side of Robb, though, Ana's face gave away a slight grimace.

"You're hurting," Robb said, the disappointment evident in his voice.

"No, I…well, I am, but I loved every moment of last night, Robb," she insisted.

Robb sat up and pulled her into his lap, he ran a hand up her inner thigh slowly, watching as Ana closed her eyes, a soft moan escaping her open lips.

"I want to make love to you, but I can wait. I do not want to make you any more sore," Robb added. "I had meant to ask you yesterday what I might give you as a wedding present."

Ana opened her mouth, but Robb's fingers along the very top of her inner thigh distracted her. Robb smirked, seeing his wife's reaction to his touch and waited as she remembered how to speak.

"The only things I want have to be earned. You cannot give them to me," she answered breathily.

"And what are those?" Robb asked, his hands now traveling slowly up her stomach towards her breasts.

"To grow old together and for you to trust me,""Ana replied, her head falling back as he teased her nipples.

"The second is done; the first, we will work on."

Ana

I smiled at Robb but quickly found my head falling back again. I had to steel myself to ask him a question, "What can I give you?"

"You," he answered simply. "I selfishly want to be with only you for a long while."

I ran my hand through his curly hair. "Do you mean in the sense of staying close together or not having children for a while?"

"Both."

I breathed a silent sigh of relief, happy that Robb also was not prepared for children. "The only way to avoid that for certain is to not make love."

The expression on Robb's face gave away his horror at that idea.

"Or," I added quickly. "You will just have to make sure not to spill your seed inside of me. This still may not work, but it will be safer."

"We should take our chances with that," Robb replied.

I chuckled, "I agree. The idea of not touching you…:

Honestly, it filled me with knots. Robb held me tightly with a smile, "Do not worry about that. I will not ever be able to let you go."

I smiled at Robb, thinking how easy this man was to love. Looking at him, I felt lucky. Despite everything, I still felt the gods had bless me. I found myself running my hand along my husband's chest, stomach, and thighs.

"Can we stay here?" I asked.

Robb grinned, "As long as you want."

I smiled back at him, knowing that he already anticipated my answer. "Forever then."

Of course, we were not quite as free to do as we pleased. We were soon pressed to prepare for our day. I found myself going to embroidery, which added to the misery I already felt after leaving Robb. However, my elder brother managed to detain me for a time.

"We leave tomorrow," he stated.

My heart sunk as the words came out of his mouth and yet… "I know."

"I'm leaving you Chimera."

My eyes nearly escaped my head as I stared at him in shock. Willem just stood as though the most normal words in world had escaped his lips. This was Chimera. It was his horse. Our house was known for breeding spectacular horses – at least outside of the Dothraki – and Chimera was perfection.

"Are you serious?" I asked, the awe all over my face.

Will nodded, "Chimera will protect you. For some reason, I think that you will need it."

Will could not see things as I did. Mostly, I felt it was his own thoughts that blocked him, but he could still sense things. I had never seen a stronger, more capable horse than Chimera, and if Willem was concerned about giving me the best chance at protection, this was the best he could do.

I hugged my brother tightly as he did his best to remain impassive. For a moment, I could not tell if he were more upset about the horse or leaving me.

"You better go find the girls," Will added quickly.

"Yes, I must go learn to be a good wife," I joked.

"Thankfully for you, your husband seems just as supportive of your archery as embroidery."

I grinned at him and walked away to find two of the three girls creating lovely designs. The third girl kept sticking herself with her pin, cursing under hear breath as Sansa and Jeyne rapidly asked me questions.

"Was it the most romantic night of your life?" Jeyne asked.

"How did it feel to be in the Godswood, saying the vows?" Sansa added.

"Do you love him very much?"

"Will you have children soon? Oh, Analysa, you must tell us everything!"

Ayra appeared ill, but at the risk of making her more upset, I did talk to them.

"Well, I think we would like to wait on children," I replied. "Truly, once I saw Robb in the Godswood, I forgot anyone else was there. I could not stop looking at him."

Sansa put her hand on her heart, her eyes softening, almost in tears, as Jeyne did the same. Arya looked as though she might stab herself with her needle. I spoke a little more about Robb, not going into much detail, but I was excited.

As we were to begin singing lessons, I stepped back with Arya. "I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable."

"I'm not like Sansa," Arya stated.

"You don't have to be your sister."

"I hate sitting there and listening to them talk about boys all day. I want more."

I bit my lip, hesitating for a moment about what to say. "Maybe, when I am more ingrained in Winterfell, I can teach you to shoot a bow or a bit of sword play?"

Arya's eyes grew to the size of Sansa's and Jeyne's when I told them of my wedding vows.

"Could you?" she exclaimed.

I nodded, "Yes, but we must be secretive about it."

"Yes, yes, absolutely! When do we start?"

"After my family leaves," I answered, silently adding to myself that I would wait also until I knew Lady Stark liked me.

Arya's excitement was contagious, though, and I had to grin at her. We nearly reached Sansa and Jeyne when I saw Robb in the shadows of the side hall.

"Arya, follow your sister. I shall see you shortly."

I ducked into the hall, and barely said hello before Robb pulled me into him, kissing me fiercely. He left me light-headed, his arms supporting me through my surprise.

"I may have murdered Theon had I not come to see you."

I laughed, "So Theon is being Theon then?"

"With Jon, I can have a conversation. I can truly tell him what I'm thinking, and I consider Theon one of my closest friends, and yet the idea of saying a word to him about us makes me physically ill."

"I take it he has asked for many details and you have not shared them."

Robb shook his head, "I want you for myself."

Smirking, I replied, "That is just what you will get until the end of our days."

Robb smiled, "Come back to bed with me. No one will mind."

"Least of all me," I replied. I was still sore, but looking at Robb, I no longer cared about that.

His smile had reached his eyes by then. It was impossible to look away as the blue lit up. Suddenly, Robb had me in his arms, carrying me back to our chamber, wasting no time to pull of our clothes and eliminate any space between us.