The days since Joffrey's death stretch on, and Robb's been getting very little sleep. Nothing has been decided, nothing solved; Sansa keeps to her room (partly at their father's insistence), Summerfell is tense and quiet, even the wolves pace around the perimetre like silent sentries ( Read more... )

Robb is never too hard to find, and with the announcement of the council results he's gone back to Summerfell to pretend he doesn't care in the slightest (and convince himself it is actually the case; he has plenty of work to do, after all). The afternoon finds him sitting on the side of the cider mille with a partly-empty bottle in his hands and ( Read more... )

Robb and Jon spar a bit. The following day Robb turns eighteen, though he's really not in the mood to celebrate it. Council nominations go up, and as he's on the list, he makes a speech. He runs into Duo listening to Dylan in the rec room, and the two of them end up in the shower. He feeds birds with Lyanna. Theon comes upon him, wanting to talk ( Read more... )

The showers are thankfully empty when Robb and Duo stagger in, still pressed against each other, clothes in disarray and the process of being shed. Robb had caught a glimpse out the corner of his eye of Annagovia chewing on Grey Wind's tail, but he's not noticing now--not really noticing anything beyond the soft press of Duo's skin and the scent ( Read more... )

Toward the south inlet, on a rise above the beach, there is a large rock. It is the sort of rock just perfect for sitting on and having a think in the moonlight, which is what Robb is doing now. His feet are bare, shirt unbuttoned, legs dangling off the edge of the rock toward the wolf who lies on the sand at his feet.

Robb lies on Johnny's bed, curled on his side, one arm draped around Grey Wind's neck. The wolf had been annoyed with him for a minute, because he'd pulled a little too hard at the fur of his ruff, but it didn't take a partly-empathic direwolf to figure out something was bothering Robb that would be helped best by snuggling against something silent ( Read more... )

In his whole life, Robb has not been afraid of the howl of wolves. And yet this howl scrapes along his spine like cold water, so he shivers in his sleep and shifts away from Grey Wind, closer to Jon. There is a part of his mind that thinks he is dreaming, and another part that is not sure. The rain is pouring from the sky in pools, and there is ( Read more... )

Robb and Grey Wind play in the snow; Padme and Polly join them. Logan runs off on his wedding; Robb doesn't really know him but runs into him, and commiserates a bit. Ruth-Anne Miller appears and does not find Grey Wind intimidating. Susan finds her Narnian clothes and needs comforting.

Robb finds his second item, a Valyrian steel sword that he ( Read more... )

Sansa misses Kialan and Robb tries to comfort her. Halloween comes around, and chaos erupts: Arya is stuck in a pink frilly dress, and Edmund is Batman.

Sansa tells Robb she's pregnant, and he makes her tea and tries to be comforting. He finds his father at the heart tree and they talk about her.

He meets Will Turner on the beach, who tells ( Read more... )

A short time after Theon returns Bran Stark to his family, Grey Wind finds the kraken hard at work on the new treehouse he shares with Shady.Soon enough Robb shows up and the former brothers have a difficult talkthat has been nearly six months of game-time in the making.

Sansa tells him about Kialan. Jane and Elizabeth Bennet hold a ball, where ( Read more... )