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[endlessdel]

There was something about a surprise that Delirium enjoyed more than anything else in the world. She wasn't sure if it was the mixture of the good and the bad or the anticipation and the dread but Delirium savoured the feeling of joy and delight and horror and panic. Today was supposed to be a surprise, a date of surprises with Robb Stark who made

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[_kinginthenorth]

Robb has not actually gone on many dates, before. His romantic experience went something like:

Betrothed but not to anybody in particular.
Married more or less by accident.
Had a lover, but hadn't realised it in time to date first.
Married again, to same woman as before.
Single father.

He had actually taken Jeyne on date-like things, at the beginning when she'd arrived and they were getting to know each other again. His creativity is not boundless, however, and he feels that re-using an idea he'd previously used with his wife would be dishonourable somehow, and also that Jeyne and Delirium were actually unlikely to enjoy quite the same things.

Still, there are only so many things to do, on the island. He'd finally decided to stop worrying about it. It's more likely to surprise her if it's a sort of surprise for him, too.

She's waiting for him, looking a bit like part of the landscape in a way he can't entirely explain. "Hello, Del. That's a lovely dress."

[endlessdel]

Del leapt to her feet, the dress swishing and moving with her as she swayed towards him and bounced on her toes. Pressing her fingertips against his stomach, she flushed at the compliment and leaned up onto her tiptoes.

"Is it? I would say you could borrow it but you would probably think you would look very silly but you wouldn't because you would look handsome in anything." Del said smiling up at him. There were nervous butterflies in her stomach but she knew how to deal with them impatient things. She would teach them to fluttery and fly. Oh, yes. "Are you going to surpise me now?"

[_kinginthenorth]

Robb laughs, taking her hands lightly. "I don't want to borrow your dress, it looks much better on you," he promises, and grins a little, sheepish. "I hope I'm going to surprise you." That's the idea, anyway. Whether he manages it, well, that depends.

[endlessdel]

"You will," Delirium said, glancing down at Robb's hand covering hers. There was that feeling again, all fleeting and wonderful in her stomach. Del smiled a little coy at first before covering her mouth. "It would look better on your floor."

Delirium laughed, smiling brightly at him. "I think I got that right. Yes?"