Giddy Up! / Harwin Strong

21. Mistress

Slugger stood proud before Aemond as if he knew he was going to get a home with a prince.

"Hes mine?" Aemond rasped taking a step closer.

"Yes. Do you like him?" Alicent questioned

"Hes a jumper too." Sav added.

"Thank you sav!" Aemond shouted running to her hugging her tight.

"Oh this was all your mama." Sav corrected. "I just helped her pick a jumper. But this was all her idea. She wanted to get you your own jumper." Sav assured. Aemond ran to Alicent hugging her thanking her immensely.

"You will teach me on this horse right?" Aemond questioned.

"Of course. We can have jumping competitions." Sav added.

"Whats his name?"

"Slugger." Sav chuckled petting his long neck.

"You can pick a new name." Alicent assured.

"Is he fast?" Aemond questioned.

"He is. And a great jumper. A natural." Sav assured.

"People underestimate a second son." Aemond said factually. "They will underestimate him too. We will prove them all wrong. Right slugger?"

He pranced before Aemond as if he agreed. Bring on the challenge.

"Gotcha!" Harwin declared flipping Satori upside down. She shrieked out with laughter.

"Where is father?" Luke asked rhaenyra.

"Gone to madness again," rhaenyra offered with a shrug.

"Why isnt he here?" Luke questioned.

"Because-" he doesnt care about us, Rhaenyra thought bitterly. "Hes fighting in the wars for you. Remember?"

"Ser harwin is a knight and he still loves his children." Luke countered softly. That broke rhaenyras heart. She wished laenor was here just to see the miserable little look on lukes face.

"Im so sorry Luke. But im here. Im always going to be here." Rhaenyra assured.

But luke watched ser Harwin doting on his children and it made him feel like he was missing something essential. So he headed to Harwin and hugged him. Harwins gaze shifted down to luke as he knelt before him.

"Hey buddy," Harwin said hugging him gently. "Whats going on? You alright?"

"Yes. No. I want a father." Luke admitted. Harwin swallowed the lump in his throat

"You have a father." Harwin reminded him.

"Hes never here." Luke corrected. It was hard to argue with that. Laenor was never here.

"Im here for you." Harwin assured.

"Can we play a game together?" Lule questioned.

"I would love that."

It was impossible to fall for anyone that wasnt harwin. Sav was sure that if Rhaenyra moved on and stopped trying to get harwin to fuck her that Sav and her could be civil. But rhaenyra was in love. She couldnt- wouldnt fall out of love with a man that loved their boys. Treated them with respect and compassion.

"Hi Savage." Luke and Jace giggled out. Sav rolled her eyes to Harwin. He gave them two thumbs up.

"If Haemon starts calling me Savage. We-" she gestured an aggressive finger between. "Are going to have a huge problem mister."

"Careful boys. Savages got sass this evening." Harwin remarked moving to her and kissing her deeply. She hummed into him as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "Love you ms sassy savage."

"Mrs. Sassy Savage." Sav corrected kissing him again.

"Jason the perfect boy- blah blah." Tyland grumbled. Jason scoffed back at him. " im sorry mister has two mistresses and his actual wife finally gave him a son."

"The women all get along." Jason assured and sav snorted a laugh.

"Fuck no they dont." Sav corrected. "But how you managed to snag not one. Not two. But three women to constantly put up with you is beyond my understanding."

"He bought two of them and mother set up his wife." Tyland reminded her

"Ah yes thats it." Sav agreed.

"You two are just jealous." Jason corrected. "Because im the lord of cast-"

"Yeah no," sav corrected. "Have you seen my husband shirtless? If you liked men or cared about how you looked you would be jealous. Envious even. Those women all want you dead and want you to carve a piece of casterly rock out for them." Sav assured. Tyland nodded in agreement.

"Sav? You home?" Harwins voice trailed to them.

"Ohhh hi honey. I was bragging about you." Sav remarked as harwin came in.

"Tyland, Jason. Welcome."

"No casterly rock." Jason remarked looking around their home.

"I dont have a mistress that im trying to hide." Sav agreed. "We dont need a huge palace."

"No harwin has the mistress right?" Jason questioned with a laugh. Harwin stayed perfectly still the only sign of discomfort and anger was the tight clench of his jaw.

"Jase!" Tyland demanded punching him in the arm.

"Ow. Sorry," he murmured. "Bad joke. Well i should get going. Rub elbows with royalty and whatnot. Dont miss me too much. No gossiping about me either you two." Hason added with a wink.

"Its not like we sit around and bitch about you when you leave." Sav assured. But moments after the door closed they were bitching about jason.

"Such a prick!" Tyland shouted.

"You know mother sent him to check in on us." sav remarked.

"Of course she did." Tyland agreed. "Gods!"

"Seriously. I don't know how you shared a womb with him. I can barely stand supper." Sav declared.

"I think it was the nine hardest moons of my life," tyland agreed. Harwin chuckled looking between the siblings.

"Before his son was born i was debating his murder." Sav offered. "Larys would have helped me."

"My brother larys?" Harwin questioned confused

"He looks like he knows some shady people."