Just to clarify, for the purpose of this story Cersei and Tyrion are brother and sister, Jaime is just her husband as I think the whole incest plot is a bit too heavy for the non-show/book circumstances.
"Son of a bitch." Jon cursed loudly and let out a sigh. He wanted to talk to her, so badly. Why did he always fall for girls who were not meant to be for him. He was sure the universe was playing some kind of a sick game with his head. His life for the past few years has been a mess, let alone his love life. Huh, love life…as if he had one. His mind immediately switched to the fiery red head, who turned his life upside down or maybe it was the other way around? After all he was the one who left in the middle of the night without a goodbye and joined a freaking circus. There's no way you can come back from that. It's not that he didn't love Ygritte, well, truth be told he wasn't sure what he felt for her. He liked her, he was certain of that. She was fun, quirky, adventurous, a little wild and absolutely ruthless. He wanted to love her, he just wasn't sure if he could do that yet. She told him she loved him on multiple occasions, Jon always responded with a kiss and a smile. Sometimes it seemed it was just about the sex, which was good, but only that. Thinking about it now, he wasn't even sure why he went for it. He wasn't the type of guy to just sleep around with a girl and not say I love you back, if he wasn't sure of it, he wasn't doing it. Until he met her. It was sort of addicting. Kiss and fight and kiss again and fight again. He didn't love it, but he didn't hate it either so he stayed. Until now. Knowing her, she would probably search the whole globe until she found him and beat the crap out of him for leaving her in the middle of the night. He wasn't sure how he felt about that, he just knew he didn't feel as sorry as a person is supposed to feel when they lose the person they love- well – the person they like.
And then there was Daenerys. Was he seriously already falling for her? Just moments ago he was straight up thinking about kissing her right there and then. Would that be cheating? He didn't know, none of it made sense, none of it made any fucking sense and his head started to hurt. He put down the bucket filled with animal food and sat down on the ground to collect himself. He needed to get it together. He also needed to apologize, probably. What would he even be apologizing for? Sorry for not kissing you and being rude? He was an idiot.
Daenerys stormed pass a line of trailers and went directly to her chamber. She leaned against the door and tried to steady her breathing. By now her face was ridden with tears, her eyes puffy and her entire face swollen. She looked pathetic. Was she really crying over a stupid guy who has zero to non interest in her whatsoever? She looked exactly like those poor heartbroken girls she would often judge and make snarky comments at, she never quite understood what it meant to be turned down or to feel unattractive in someone's eyes up until now. Who did this Jon even think he was? Maybe she never really felt like this because everyone always loved her, begged for her attention. Was she that shallow all the time and didn't notice it because everyone had thought she was pretty enough and worth it? Her sadness turned to disappointment in an instant. She walked over to the sink and continuously splashed her face with icy cold water to get rid of the redness and tears. She was better than that, she had to be. Otherwise she was no different than all of those pathetic little girls who depended on their men.
There was a knock on her door, a knock she knew all too well. Her blood instantly froze. Before she could even let the man in, he did so himself.
"Dany-" his voice was shaky and made her nervous right away. She hated him, she would never admit it, he was her only family after all, but God, how she hated him. She could smell the alcohol on him from a mile away, one wrong word and this could end as badly as it mostly does. His eyes squinted then jumped out, he looked like a crazy man with his hair thrown all over and bruised up from that fight she heard about. "-sweet sister, you've been crying haven't you?" She couldn't even decide if he sounded worried or annoyed.
"No." She said, her voice was barely a whisper, her eyes averted to the floor where she kept them. Viserys stepped closer and lifted her head up by her chin.
"Your eyes are bloodshot, don't you lie to me." His voice was much harsher this time around. Her stomach twitched.
"I wasn't lying, I'm just tired, it was a long night, lots of people came, Theon worked us really hard."
"You're right-" he said and let out a crazy little laugh "-you would never lie to me." The ending of his sentence was a threat. "Let me tell you one thing Daenerys, we didn't become what we are by complaining-" he started pacing around her room, his hair was bloody from the fight and he appeared to be limping. They boy got him good, she almost hated herself for feeling a bit of satisfaction at the thought of someone beating him up. Well, a lot of satisfaction. "-we became what we are by working hard, with blood and sweat, not with tears." By now he was yelling at her. If she wasn't so used to it, she would probably be frightened. "So stop that little act and get your pretty little ass in to the ring, judging by your poor performance the other day, you have a lot of brushing up to do." He really had a talent for looking like a crazy person, maybe because he was. She straightened her posture and nodded in agreement. She was far too tired to practice, she's been too tired to practice for years now, never stopped him from forcing her though. What other choice did she have? She had no money for herself besides the "allowance" Viserys would give her, he was the one to purchase all of her costumes, shoes and makeup, even the jewelry. He was always insisting on "keeping it in the family" which meant she earned it and he kept it. She confronted him about it once, years ago. Two hours of yelling and a broken bone later, she was sure she'd never ask again. What else was she supposed to do, she had no one and nowhere to go, the people in the business were nice to her, she had friends, but all of them worked there. Loyalty was a huge thing in Westeros, if she gave up on this and left even those few friends would turn their backs on her, just like they did to the Lannisters. Not that they didn't deserve it. Sure it hurt the Westeros incomes severely, but at least it was somewhat quiet, a lot more peaceful then before.
She felt bad for Jaime and the kids, they did nothing wrong, it was Cersei she hated from the bottom of her soul, she was sure the blonde bitch felt the same for her. Cersei was a remarkable performer, but her indescribable jealousy and controlling nature had a way to destroy everything good that came out of her talent. She never really understood why Jaime would stay with someone like her. He was kind and loving, talented and noble, his good looks were a plus. She was sure he could find himself a new wife in a matter of seconds, still he chose to stay with that witch. Maybe he was there for the kids, maybe he was there because in some dark twisted way he loved her, maybe she wasn't the one to judge, especially because she's the one who stayed with her brother through all of his beatings. Maybe she should keep her mouth and mind shut.
"I am amazed-" Stannis nods his head in an approving manner "-not that I thought you would do bad, it's just that you did very well with the animals, they usually go a little wild with new people."
Jon puts the last bucket down and secures the cage with zebras in it. "I did my best. It felt kind of wrong."
Stannis made a weird face, his grey brows furrowed like they have a mind of their own. "Wrong? You were feeding the animals, not slaughtering them."
"Yeah, but do they look happy to you? They barely have any space and most of them have scars from whips and God knows what-"
"Are you messing with me kid? Your previous job was beating people up to death and you're complaining about a small scar on a goddamn zebra?"
"Shush-" Jon immediately became defensive, his blood boiling. He stepped closer and started whispering. "-we agreed not to talk about any of my past here, didn't we?"
Stannis just stood there with a stupid toothpick in his mouth and stared blankly as if he wasn't even listening.
"And I never killed anyone, it wasn't like that."
"Sure, an underground fight club masked as a car repair shop sounds lovely. You come in and you never get out. But yeah, no killing involved right?" Stannis mocked. Jon was visibly irritated, this is exactly why he left, he was beyond sick and tired of people treating him like he was a murderous monster, he didn't even like fighting, he had no choice-
"Are you really that naïve boy? Do you know how many friends I've lost down there, friends that wanted to make a few bucks and accidentally got on Mance's wrong side?"
"I never killed anyone." Jon said with a dead serious look on his face. "And you're still alive too, obviously people do walk out-" he shook his head "-both foot still on the ground."
"A lucky few." Mance said while staring at the distance. The man was a riddle for Jon, everyone in this place was. He was getting ready to leave when Stannis lightly grabbed him by his shoulder so he would turn back.
"Not so fast, there's a few boxes of equipment that need to be sorted and carried under the tent, you're on it"
"I thought I was just here to feed the animals." Jon said confused.
"Don't forget the lift heavy stuff part. Go, run, no time to waste here boy."
"Left foot up, keep your balance and one and two and…jesus-" Viserys grabbed his head in frustration as she readjusted herself on the rope again "It's like you have two left feet today, what's wrong with you?" His hangover seemed to calm down as he gave up on yelling and was much more quiet and functional. Sometimes she was sure that if he gave up on the booze and took some pills for his nerves, Viserys would be a lovely brother…maybe not lovely, but likeable. She couldn't really focus on anything at the moment. She was tired and this thing hurt, not only that…her mind couldn't let go of a certain dark haired boy who she so badly wanted to hate, but she also kind of liked him really much. She couldn't put her finger on it, couldn't explain to herself why she cared. She didn't have many people around her but she never felt lonely and needed a partner to keep her happy, she didn't even want one. She wasn't ready and foremost, Viserys wasn't ready. He just needed to be the one and only man in everyone's life, his own, their deceased parents' one, even their boss Drogo had to work in his favor and like him, otherwise he'd lose his shit and that one could end so wrong. Not for Drogo but for her brother. She knew Drogo has had just about enough of Viserys and his outbursts. The other day he even asked her how she would feel if she were alone in all of this. At first she thought he was joking, then she realized he was being dead serious. She had no idea how to respond to that, it scared her altogether. Was he planning on hurting Viserys or kicking him out? If they kicked him out he would come back for her and drag her down with him, she was sure of it. She told Drogo she loved her brother and that was it, not to save Viserys' ass but her own.
"I'm sorry. I'm still sore from last night-" she sighed in her own frustration "- my wounds haven't healed yet, every step I take on this damn rope feels like a knife running along my foot." Dany says as she stumbles down.
"I ordered new shoes for you and everything, they're imported from India. What more can I give you, the show is tomorrow night, we have no time for this nonsense." There he was, the good old grumpy Viserys they all knew and despised.
"New shoes that need to be broken in." She insisted and refused to get back on the rope. Viserys gave her an angry look, his right eye twitched and his cheeks gained a red color. She was ready for the outburst but it ended there.
"Fine, find another stunt for you to do, I give up, you are impossible to work with." He turned around and muttered under his breath "Spoilt brat, I should have given you to an orphanage, but no, I always made sure you had everything. This is how you repay me-"
She's had enough of it by then so she snapped and raised her voice. "Fine! I'll do it, even if it means my feet will fall off." Viserys was visibly shocked by the way she dared to raise her voice at him, he would have yelled at her, but a very familiar figure came in his frame of vision. "Son of a bitch" he muttered once again. Daenerys was so concentrated on keeping her balance she failed to notice Jon walk in with a few boxes in his hands.
"Look, I'm finally doing it-" she said excitedly as she walked along the line with ease.
"What is he doing here?" Viserys spat out at no one in particular. It took one second for Jon to notice his presence. Keep it together, you don't need problems on your first day here. He kept doing his job and placing the items where they belonged. There was everything, from leotards to inflatable balls, chains, glittery accessories and pins, oh, and a pair of ballet like silken shoes.
"You-" Viserys marched over to Jon looking like a child throwing a fit "- get out." His intense attitude and crazy eyes were usually enough to scare anyone away, or at least annoy them enough to just leave and spare themselves the drama. Not Jon, he's had about enough of that vulture.
"You're here for a round two?" Jon said with a newfound confidence. The moment she heard his voice Dany lost her balance and stumbled down, not so gracefully but at least she didn't fall and make a fool of herself. She turned around to find her imbecile brother stand face to face with Jon… well it would be face to face, but compared to Jon's muscles and upper body strength, Viserys looked like a little boy. And that fool was about to get himself beaten up again.
"How dare you speak to me like that-" Viserys was full blown mad "-I could end you right now you peasant"
"I highly doubt it." Jon said calmly. There was something about the way he was handling the situation that made him so damn attractive in her eyes. She cursed herself immediately, why was she so weak again? He was driving her insane and his bulging muscles and that intense stare were not helping.
"Viserys stop it." She said making sure her voice was even. "Both of you, just stop." She glanced at Jon and regretted it immediately, sure he was tough and strong and whatnot, but his eyes, they were the kindest eyes she had ever seen in all of her life. She couldn't look away and neither could he. The little contact didn't go unnoticed by her controlling brother, without a second thought he lunged forward and tried to push Jon over. Much to his disappointment he only managed to barely shove him, he also managed to piss him off. Jon was ready to risk it all and flatten him with the ground once again when they were both interrupted.
"Is there a problem gentlemen." A man with a large frame came in and asked calmly, Dany looked relieved and sighed, moving away so Drogo could come closer. Viserys turned to him and started rambling anxiously.
"This was not a part of the deal…this man assaulted me, he wanted to murder me, he threatened me-" Viserys was getting all teary eyed. Dany couldn't believe how pathetic that lying son of a bitch could get. She glanced at Jon once again, sending an apologetic look. Maybe it wasn't that rude of him to get away from her earlier, maybe it was the smartest thing he had ever done, if Viserys weren't her family she would have done the same. "-Dany tell him."
"What?" Daenerys looked away from Jon like a deer caught in the headlights.
"Tell him-" Viserys yelled at her from the bottom of his lungs "-tell him that he tried to kill me right here."
Drogo pushed Viserys out of his way and turned around to face the girl. He gave her a sincere but serious look. "Did he try to hurt him? Because if he did, we'll take care of it"
Viserys had a huge smile on his face, he could already feel the delight he'd get from stabbing Jon multiple times once Drogo and the other guys carried him out and said their farewell in their own way. The only stab he'd get was from his own sister.
"He did nothing." Dany said and switched her eyes to Jon who was in disbelief, she was taking his side "Jon had nothing to do with it, he was just doing his job, Viserys started all of it."
She was very aware of the beatings she would endure for doing this, but that small thankful smile on Jon's face as she stood by his side made it all worth it.
God, she was falling hard.
We are slowly getting in to the story and I'm trying to give a solid background for as much of the characters I can, all while focusing on the main romance. Let me know what you think, usually the more reviews and feedback in general I get, I update quicker. I'm already working on the next chapter and it will have much more Jon/Dany interaction.