Catelyn didn't think she'd ever been by the popcorn room before, and it was only foul luck that she should run across it now. She hadn't seen Jaime Lannister since her Sorting, but her opinion of him had softened not a whit since then. She stopped, standing quite still and watching him with pale eyes. Perhaps he would not recognize her--the Seven knew what she'd looked like, when she first arrived, and though she bore a resemblance to the woman she'd been when alive, it was only a resemblance.
Jaime only remembered the Catelyn at Hogwarts as having a very nasty gash in her throat and a face in varying degrees of rot. Though, he did remember Catelyn, vaguely, from a time when she was not a zombie.
He stared at the woman before him and asked quietly, "...Have we met before?"
Ah, he didn't. Catelyn hesitated a moment, wondering whether or not she wanted to remind him, and decided she ought to, if only so she'd know he did. "We met in Westeros," she said. "Before the war."
"Oh, I will," said Luna cheerfully. She started to walk away, continuing on her way to... wherever it was she was headed when she stopped midstride and fixed Jaime with an intense stare. "Do you think this friend of yours has ever been pregnant?"
Jaime nearly burst out laughing at that. "Perhaps, but I'd assume Lord Renly would have made him drink the Moon Tea if he ended up with a stag in his belly," he replied.
The smell of butter was nothing new along this particular length of corridor near the popcorn room. Intent on her own business, Cersei nearly swept past. What stopped her? That intangible bond between twins, perhaps, a psychic twinge?
Whatever the reason, she stopped; and then she stared.
Although he didn't typically wander near places that would put him in the potential position of meeting new people - ie. the Sorting Room and the Popcorn Room - House was really just trying to find a suit of armor to poke. It was pretty fun when you were bored. Unfortunately, you could never find one when you wanted to.
House wrinkled his nose, giving a cursory glance to the man that had clearly just unpopped. "What are you, a walking advertisement for the new brand of popcorn?" He snarked, gesturing to Jamie's butter-soaked clothes for emphasis. "Next time try carrying around bowls. Much more enticing."
"I value your opinion on what makes a man more enticing," Jaime said with a shit-eating grin on his face, "Obviously you would have an opinion on what makes a man attractive to other men."
"Come on, even Ron Jeremy would be better looking with a pair of popcorn bowls in his hands," House replied, pulling a mocking leer. Nothing would actually make Ron Jeremy look better, so that was a moot point, but sarcasm had to be replied to with sarcasm. "So, you've got some hope of living up to that. Everyone has to start climbing the ladder sometime, even if it is the Ugly Ladder."
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He stared at the woman before him and asked quietly, "...Have we met before?"
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Luna gave Jaime a considering look, and then asked in her usual dreamy way, "Do you reckon butter would make a good anal lubricant?"
Leave it to Luna to ask the hard-hitting questions nobody else would have the wherewithall (or the common decency) to inquire about.
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He changed direction and sure enough came face to face with Jaime.
"Aha, sweet brother," he said jovially. "And how was it, being a popcorn kernel? I see you've managed to find your lapdog."
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Whatever the reason, she stopped; and then she stared.
"Jaime?"
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Jaime, in all his buttery glory, grinned evilly and moved forward to embrace Cersei.
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"It has been all too long. This place is terrible."
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House wrinkled his nose, giving a cursory glance to the man that had clearly just unpopped. "What are you, a walking advertisement for the new brand of popcorn?" He snarked, gesturing to Jamie's butter-soaked clothes for emphasis. "Next time try carrying around bowls. Much more enticing."
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Instead, Jaime looked the grizzled doctor over and then replied, "So I take it you couldn't even find the ladder?"
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