Game of Thrones: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

Chapter 20 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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Now onto the story.

Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.

Chapter 20

Robin let out a sigh of relief as he walked through the hospital to Tommen's ward. After being rescued he and Tommen were brought here and immediately checked over for their injuries, their clothes had to be taken for testing by the police, so he was currently dressed in a simple pair of sweatpants, a T-shirt and pain shoes.

It was actually an outfit he felt very comfortable in, better still, it was a change from the shorts his mother made him wear. He was worried however; as Tommen had, after all, been hurt far worse than him. He wanted to make sure he was alright. As soon as he heard Tommen was out of treatment and in a ward, he found out which ward and was now on his way to see him.

Reaching the ward he knocked on the door and entered. Tommen, clad in hospital issue pyjamas, was sitting upright in bed. He still had a black eye and many bruises, the bleeding from his nose had been stopped and cleaned up however and he looked better.

"Tom." Robin called out hesitantly.

Tommen instantly brightened the moment he saw him. "Hey."

Nodding Robin fully entered the room and sat down next to Tommen's bed. As he sat Robin considered how lucky they were; after all the kidnappers clearly intended to harm them. They had made a ransom demand for Tommen which hadn't been paid.

Yet what frightened him more is that no such ransom was issues for him, as if they never intended to release him.

He shuddered but pushed the thought away.

Instead he asked Tommen; worriedly. "Are you okay?"

Tommen nodded. "I am now."

Hearing this, Robin couldn't help but smile, a smile Tommen returned.

"They beat you up pretty bad." Robin reminded him gently.

Tommen shook his head and reassured him. "I know, but I mean it, I'm fine now."

Robin smiled softly. "Good."

Robin paused, biting his lip; his mind was in turmoil as he remembered how he had felt while captive. That moment when Tommen huddled close to him, trying to help warm him up. The heat rose to his face as he remembered, when he had realized; just how he felt about Tommen.

He found himself wondering. 'Could he, could he possibly feel the same. It can't hurt to let him know, I mean, he is gay and out. Even if he doesn't feel that way for me, he could help me; now I know the truth.'

Deciding to give it a try he began to speak. "Tommen, I…There's something I have to say…"

But he never got the words out for at that moment, his mother entered the ward, glaring at Tommen.

"Robin." She said quickly, her voice serious. "Let's go home."

He started, shocked by this. "Mum, the doctors haven't…"

She shook her head. "They have, you're coming home."

He bit his lip; Tommen seemed stunned, uncertain.

"But Tommen…" He began.

But Lysa then burst out. "No, you were kidnapped because of him."

Robin sighed and knew there would be no reasoning with her. So he gave in and left with his mother, Tommen watched them go, sadly.

Robin sighed sadly, lamenting his missed chance as he and his mother arrived home. Once inside his mother glared as she looked him up and down.

"Such…inappropriate garments." She muttered before speaking directly to him. "We need to talk Robin, but first, go upstairs, get changed into some proper clothes, I've laid some out for you."

Robin sighed and went upstairs, scowling. 'Let me guess.'

Sure enough he spotted the outfit and saw right away, his worst fears were confirmed.

'More damn shorts.' He thought bitterly. 'Honestly mum, what if I need to go out, now it's started snowing.'

Gritting his teeth he got changed into the new outfit; which consisted of a pair of light grey short trousers, just above 2 inches above the knee. A white shirt, grey suit jacket, grey calf high socks and grey shoes.

'Ugh, once again I look childish and ridiculous.' He thought as he saw his reflection in the mirror. 'My skinny, pasty white legs…I wish my legs were more like Tommen's.'

He sighed sadly, remembering his thoughts on Tommen, before turning and heading downstairs.

"Mum…" He attempted to explain things.

Unfortunately she spoke first. "Robin, there you are, no listen, I forbid you from ever seeing that boy again."

Robin gaped, horrified. "What, why, why are you blaming him for what happened?"

Lysa glared, clearly frustrated. "You know why, it's his fault. If you weren't with him, you wouldn't have been kidnapped. You are not to go anywhere near him again."

"So that's it." He snapped angrily. "You want me to be friendless again!"

"You don't need friends, you have me!" She responded at once; clearly shocked at him for answering back like this. "Enough of this, go to your room and think about your behaviour."

"I am not a child!" He yelled. "You may dress me as one but…!"

"Robin!"

He groaned and shook his head before storming up to his room; he couldn't take this anymore, he had only one option and could think of only one place.

Renly Baratheon, youngest brother of Robert Baratheon smiled as he sat with his boyfriend, Loras Tyrell, watching TV. It had been a quiet day for the couple; which had granted them time to spend together, rather than both frantically working, it made for a nice change of pace.

However then, surprising them, there was a knock at the door. Renly got up and went to answer it. He was surprised when he opened the door to find Robin Arryn standing there. He was even more shocked at how the boy was dressed, wearing shorts in the middle of a snowstorm.

"Robin…" He gasped.

The boy tried to speak; shivering. "Mr. Baratheon, I need help…I…I ran away, I couldn't…"

Renly shook his head. "You're freezing, get in, quickly."

Robin did so as Renly closed the door, by now Loras had arrived and overheard; he was just as shocked to see Robin as Renly was. They both knew Robin, having seen him hanging out with Tommen before. Even more recently they became aware of Tommen's crush on the boy too.

But right now, they were more concerned with what Robin just told them.

"You ran away?" Loras asked, shocked.

Robin nodded. "Mum believes it's Tommen's fault I was kidnapped and she forbade me from seeing him again. I couldn't take it…"

Renly shook his head. "So you came to us; dressed like that, in the middle of the night, in a snowstorm?"

"Mum forces me to wear these. At school, at home... She sees me as a baby, she refuses to see I am growing up." He told them, his tone bitter. "She believes the world is against me and she has no remorse of taking from me the only friend I managed to make at school."

Loras bit his lip. "You came to us."

Robin nodded. "You're the only ones who understand me. Except Tommen, of course. But going to see Tommen, would be too obvious."

They both agreed with this and wondered just what to do, it was clear Robin needed their help.

Finally; once Robin was warmed up and safe, seated on the sofa; Renly and Loras had finished talking things over and made up their minds.

"Listen, Robin." Renly said at last. "You can stay here with us, no time limit. We're not letting you become a homeless runaway."

Robin smiled, grateful. "Thanks."

Loras then added. "But Robin, you should really think about all this. Your mother has her faults, true. But she does love you and sometimes, love makes you do or say crazy things. She has been clumsy, but she has your best interests at heart."

"I suppose." Robin replied. "She'll likely be worried sick too…which isn't good, given her, condition."

Robin hadn't thought about that; his mother was likely under a lot of stress, which wouldn't make things easy for her, due to her pregnancy.

Meanwhile, Lysa had arrived at the Baratheon mansion and was furious. She glared at the object of her anger, Tommen.

"This is your fault!" She yelled.

Tommen stepped back, shaking his head. "Whoa, wait, what?"

Lysa growled. "Robin ran away, and it's your fault!"

"My fault!?" Tommen replied; angered. "I was in my hospital room all night, I only got home today."

"You're the reason he was kidnapped; and before that, you've been turning my boy against me!"

Tommen shook his head. "That's not true, no one is to blame for Robin running away except you and the way you treat him. He's a teenager, nearly an adult, not a child, why can't you see that!?"

"You…!"

Before the conversation could deteriorate further, Jaime stepped in.

"That's enough!" He said sharply, before speaking to Lysa. "Ma'am, I understand you're worried but you have no right to accuse my nephew, who has witnesses! And besides, if you had spent all the time you wasted in accusing my nephew in actually searching for your boy, he'd be home by now!"

Lysa spluttered, outraged. "What?"

Cersei glowered at her. "He's right."

"I understand you're pregnant, but that's no excuse to lash out." Jaime explained seriously.

Despite how much she wanted to; Lysa couldn't deny they were right.

"I…Gods…" She breathed. "You are right, I'm sorry, I…I should…"

She didn't finish, instead she turned and left, still seemingly in shock, yet also worried for her son.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Well, ten more chapters to go; our three main pairings are still going through their trials, there will be two more for Shireen and Devan, the most major of the two happening next chapter, one more for Arya and Gendry and Tommen and Robin are in the midst of their last one. After that, we can only see how things end for the three couples.