The Saltpans

Dareon Stark sat at the high table at House Cox's hall in the Saltpans, during his, his sister and Margery Tyrell's wedding feast. For the first time in a long while, Dareon couldn't stop himself from breaking out into a huge grin every time he looked to his right and saw his beautiful wife Melissa.

The circumstances under which the two of them had met had been less than happy, Dareon remembered it well for it had only been five weeks ago. After he had arrived at The Saltpans and had met Sansa, and had held her in such a tight embrace he felt like she possibly would have broken had he held on for much longer, he had been greeted by a letter from Lord Royce asking for help protecting the Bloody Gate by Lannister forces who had been sent from King's Landing to pillage and burn the Vale. Dareon had had to leave that day after reassuring Sansa he would return, and had marched with the 15,000 men who had accompanied him from Raventree Hall to the Bloody Gate in the Vale, where a bloody battle ensured, many men were killed in the fighting and Dareon bloodied his sword many a time, one of his many victims included Ser Devan Lannister who had led the pillaging.

After victory had been ensured Dareon had had to stay for another two weeks to help with the recovery effort as well as to sit in judgement over one Lord Baelish. When Lord Baelish's crimes had been read out at the trial, Dareon's skin had crawled and when it had been properly announced that Lord Baelish would be put to death through "flying" from the Moon Door, the man had looked at Dareon and said "Your mother never loved your father, she always belonged to me, she was my Cat."

Seven guards had had to physically restrain Dareon as he had gotten out of his chair and had made to kill Baelish then and there instead, he'd had to settle for saying "My mother only loved my father Baelish you little shit, she never loved you and I hope you rot in the deepest of the seven hells you cur!"

Baelish had merely smirked at that response, before being thrown out the moon door. After Baelish's trial and death, Dareon had spent some time conversing with the Lords Declarant and had managed to persuade them to send an army of 25,000 men north to the wall to help Jon in his fight against the others. Dareon had first noticed Melissa, on the day of Baelish's trial, a tall and slightly pale girl, with dark brown hair and green eyes, her eyes had met his from across the room and she had blushed the cutest shade of pink.

Now Dareon had never had much luck with girls back at Winterfell, that had been more Theon and Robb's area of specialty, but he had been surprised by how quickly he and Melissa had moved from being friends to being more than that in the two weeks that he was at the Vale, the kisses they shared took and continued to take his breath away. He found out that her father and the rest of her family had been killed by the Lannister raiding party, and that Melissa's way of thanking him for killing the Lannisters responsible was to take his manhood in her mouth, he had been so caught up in the throes of passion and want for her he didn't even remember the words coming out of his lips "Marry me!" He was startled by the abruptness of the way he had said it, and immediately blushed with embarrassment, but had been even more surprised when she had looked at him, smiled and said yes and then kissed him so hard it took his breath away.

Dareon had confirmed the betrothal with Lord Royce before he marched back to the Saltpans with his remaining men, and when he had returned he found that he was not the only one to be besotted. He had been aware that Willas and Margery Tyrell would be coming to the Saltpans to pay a visit to Sansa, (more appropriately, Lord Tyrell had proposed a betrothal between Willas and Sansa, but Dareon hadn't had time to tell Sansa this.) But he was still surprised by how quickly both of them had taken to each other, Willas seemed to have taken Sansa completely out of her shell, and judging from what she had briefly told Dareon about her time in King's Landing and the Vale that was no mean feat. Dareon liked Willas a great deal, he liked the fact that Willas was smart but didn't boast about it, but most of all Dareon liked the fact that Willas made Sansa smile, and that he genuinely seemed to care about her and wasn't trying to use her. Something that Willas had been quick to reassure Dareon of, when he had cornered him just before his father and other family arrived.

Dareon hadn't really had the time or the patience to get to know Margery, she seemed like a nice girl, and had looked after Sansa in King's Landing for which Dareon was grateful. Melissa had told Dareon that Margery was very funny and clever, and was also going to be getting married to Aegon Targaryen at the Saltpans the same time as them and Sansa and Willas. Dareon had been slightly taken aback by this, but judging from what both Sansa and Melissa had told him, Margery wanted to be queen.

When Aegon had arrived, Dareon was wary of him, he seemed to be able to charm whoever he spoke to and yet Dareon couldn't help think that he was a bit of a pompous twat. When Aegon had demanded that Dareon bend the knee, Dareon had been tempted to challenge him to a duel to see if he truly was capable of leading men but then thought back to what Willas, Melissa and Margery had said to him the day before "Tell him you will bend the knee after he has sent aid to the Wall and victory has been confirmed." When he had repeated these words, he knew he had won Aegon over but of course Jon Connington his hand had been more reserved and had said such help would come after King's Landing had fallen.

Dareon was shaken out of his reverie by a loud drunken shout from Harrion Karstark "Enough talking, let's get on with the beddings!" A declaration which was met with raucous approval throughout the hall. Dareon turned and looked to see Willas and Sansa being lifted up high into the air by members of the reach and the north, saw Aegon and Margery being lifted up as well, and then saw Melissa and felt him being lifted up as well.

The way to the chambers with which both he and Melissa would be sharing was brightened by lots of drunken catcalls and whistling by the women who had proceeded to remove every piece of clothing he had till he was thrown into the bedroom with only his small clothes to preserve his dignity.

He got up of the floor to find Melissa already in bed looking at him with one of those piercing gazes that took his breath away, and when she spoke her words oozed with seduction and lust and want, and Dareon found himself kissing her senseless before he even remembered moving.

In between kisses, they managed to speak albeit breathlessly

"My lady... you... look ...ravishing"

"Why ... thank ...you"

Dareon, realised that he was now on top of her, and began grinding his hips in time to their kisses which elicited a groan from her, as she proceeded to do the same, his fingers trailed down her body, until they found her sex, "Gods Melissa, you're so wet, is that all for me?"

"Y-yes, all for you, please Dareon, don't tease me, do it!"

Dareon obliged and stuck a finger in, then out again eliciting another groan from Melissa, he could feel his length hard against her, and when she undid the laces to his breeches and guided him into her, he began pumping at a furious pace, eliciting even more groans, moans and screams of pleasure from his wife, as he peppered her mouth, her neck and her body with kisses, he could feel himself reaching climax. And when he finally came, so did she, moaning her name into her hair, he rolled of her, and turned to look at her and simply admired her beauty. For the first time in a long time Dareon felt happy.