❝ . . . I don't like it when he hurts you Sansa. ❞ ( brings back our AU with menical laughter in the distance. )
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If she could hide the bruises from him, she would, but no amount of powder could hide what he already knew. And he always waited for her when the King summoned her, leaving no time for her handmaidens to shield the marks left on porcelain skin. Still, she does her best to shield the true extent of the damage that scars not just he body but mind as well. It is only when she is certain he cannot hear or is asleep that she lets herself cry, for she must be strong for him. She must keep him safe. If she misbehaves, does not please Joffrey, he'll hurt Bran. Sansa knows he will. And she will not let that happen.
So she powders her face well, carefully hiding each blemish, and she paints a smile on her face for the world to see. They need not know how much she screams within; they would not care even if they could hear. They don't ever care. Not when she is nothing more than a traitor's daughter who should be grateful to still be betrothed to the King - but he is cruel and heartless and fear claims her heart when her mind wanders to what married life shall mean for her. But King's Landing is a placed of masked faces upon display. And no one likes an ugly mask. Smiles, and powder, and soft spoken words, and courtesies. She must always remember those. And she does. It was no longer merely her safety on the line. A Stark must be brave. A wolf always protects it's pack. A wolf cowered not in the face of violence and bloodthirsty lions. A wolf she must be. A wolf she had always been. But King's Landing called for the mask of a bird... and Sansa always played her part well.
❝ His Grace is merciful, Bran. I promise, it looks worse than it is. ❞










