[For Jorah/Hannibal] Homecoming

[tyrelltempest]

In Essos, Daenerys had given birth to a healthy and lively baby girl. She had her father's dark eyes but the light hair and full face of her mother. It was shortly after her birth that a letter arrived from across the Shivering Sea - too far for a raven to fly. It came from King's Landing and bared the Bolton seal. The letter invited Daenerys back to Westeros, but not to reclaim the Iron Throne. Apparently, Hannibal Bolton had taken control of King'sLanding, and the Starks had all but been demolished. The Lannisters, in turn, had also been eradicated.

Daenerys was shocked. But more than that, she suspected treason. As did Tyrion Lannister. With her newborn daughter to her breast, Daenerys took council with Jorah, Grey Worm, Missandei and Tyrion.

"Who does this Bolton think he is?" She snapped. "Inviting me back without promising to relinquish the throne to me? It is mine by birthright, I will not allow some savage northman to take what is mine."

Lannister, Baratheon, Bolton - the name didn't matter. A thief was a thief.

"If he took King's Landing and defeated the Lannister army, my queen, then we can conclude that he indeed has a powerful army of his own," Tyrion pointed out.

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A few weeks had gone by, and Margaery's belly had begun to swell only slightly with their fourth child. Of course Olenna could spot this a mile away and was already declaring name options. Aenar was with the pair of them while they took tea in the gardens overlooking the ocean. The boy was now sitting up on his own in his mother's lap, but still feed from her breast. The twins were studying with their tutors.

"So tell me child," Olenna sipped her tea. "What is your husband's intention by inviting the Targaryen girl back here?"

Aenar cooed when Roose came close and he patted his hands over the dragon's nose. Margaery glanced up to her grandmother, who added more to her question.

"Don't tell me he means to surrender his throne to her, now that they have a confirmed common lineage?" Olenna scoffed.

"Certainly not, grandmother," Margaery replied sharply. "Do you honestly think my husband is the type of man to relinquish power? No. But if you're so curious, all him yourself, he should be joining us shortly."

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[bearinshiningarmor]

Jorah smiled before stepping into their chambers. Missendi bowed as she left the room hastily. They truly were blessed by the gods to have her. She always seemed to know when she needed to watch Daella. He laid her on the bed and collapsed upon it in exhaustion. "I am glad to have pleased you so. We will need to become more active to build my stamina so that I can satisfy you longer at such a pace." He said with a smile. "I do request that should you have a mind to go on such an adventure again, you give me at least a days warning followed by a full day of recovery for both of us." He said with a teasing light in his eyes.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal smirked at that. "It was a simple wager to see who knew how to please his wife better. It was the first to bring his wife to orgasm three times whilst standing. I'm surprised he could even stand. I have a feeling he is passed out on their bed. He is far too old to father another child." He said, but his eyes seemed to dance like he knew a secret.

[motheroftitles]

Daenerys smiled and laughed softly as he collapsed so suddenly against the bed. Daella was asleep in her crib, and Daenerys was content to be in bed with her husband and cuddled in close. "I shall try to plan farther ahead when and if we decide to do such a thing again. I only wanted to teach them a lesson that they're not the only couple that excels in this arena." She cuddled in close and draped her arm across his chest. "Thank you for being such a good sport, I'll repay the kindness, I promise."

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery laughed and kissed along his cheek at the corner of his mouth. "I'm curious what you won for your wager, darling. Or was it simply bragging rights?" Margaery wasn't pressed to know, she knew that if it was a bet of significance, Hannibal would hold Jorah to his end of the bargain.

[tyrelltempest]

A few months passed in King's Landing planning and preparing. Hannibal and Margaery, Jorah and Daenerys left the capital with a full army, marching to the Wall. Margaery and Hannibal stopped at the Dreadfort while Jorah and Daenerys continued on with her portion of the army. Margaery was close to her delivery of their fourth child, and their three children were with them.

It wasn't long after they arrived in the Dreadfort that Margaery began feeling the pains of delivery. Her children were very concerned; more so the twins than young Aenar. But Reina took her younger brother and held him close while the servants helped Margaery to an extra room to deliver her fourth baby.

Soon enough the pain was so intense that Margaery was crying out and writhing even as the servants tried to hold her back to deliver the baby. The twins were upset just outside the room, hearing their mother cry out. She cried rivers of tears from the pain, and cried out for Hannibal even as the midwife directed her to help her deliver the baby.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal was there in an instant and was working very diligently on being there to comfort and soothe Margaery. He had surrendered his hand into her grip to crush to her hearts content in an effort to help soothe her. He was paying very careful attention to the midwife to make certain he did not need to step in and intervene.

"Take deep breaths my love. You must listen to the midwife's instructions." He said as he gave a squeeze to her hand. He was prepared to move if necessary.

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery whimpered and continued to cry from the pain. She squeezed Hannibal's hand and followed the midwife's instructions, pushing and breathing when ordered to do so. It took several hours of this before she was properly dilated, and finally she gave birth to the healthy, screaming baby.

The midwife took the baby off to the section of the room to clean it before wrapping it in a soft blanket to keep it warm - the North was indeed cold, sometimes too cold for a baby.

"Your majesties, may I introduce you to and congratulate you on welcoming your daughter," the midwife smiled before handing the baby to Margaery.

Margaery was over the moon. she smiled as she held their daughter close and kissed her little forehead. "Hello my sweet one - you did give your mother some trouble now, didn't you?" she teased.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal was relieved when their daughter was born with little trouble once Margaery had opened enough for her. He smiled as he looked down at her cute button nose that looked just like her mother's. He kissed Margaery's temple tenderly. "You did beautifully my love." He praised her lovingly. "Hello little Princess. You were quite stubborn to leave weren't you?" He asked with a smile.

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery chuckled as she kissed the baby again. "I don't blame you. It's cold here in the North. But here is where your ancestors came from, dear heart." Margaery looked to Hannibal and kissed him softly. "Shall we let in the other children? Let them see their new sister?"

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal chuckled as he nodded his head in agreement. "Indeed we should. I know young Reina was quite concerned for you." He said. He gave a low whistle and the three children burst in quickly. He chuckled at their eagerness. "Now, now...you must be careful not to hurt your sibling." He said.

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery smiled when Hannibal agreed. When he gave the whistle for the children and they burst into the room, she couldn't help laughing. Reina had been holding Aenar, but she then turned the younger brother over to Rhys after her older twin had climbed into bed beside their mother. Reina climbed in as well and smiled down at the baby.

"Rhys, Reina, Aenar - say hello to your new baby sister," she looked to Reina, remembering the name she had suggested. "Elaena, that's what you wanted, right my love?"

"Mama..." Reina bit her lower lip. "I did say that, but I thought of a better name."

"Oh?" Margaery looked to her daughter, puzzled.

"Yeah - Loerys, with a 'y'. For uncle," she answered. Reina looked to Hannibal and back to Margaery again. "Is that okay? We could call her Lolo."

Margaery had to bite her lower lip to keep from crying, so touched by the thought from her daughter. She looked to Hannibal and smiled. "What do you think, Papa?" Margaery asked him.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal smiled as he took Aenar who quietly looked at his younger sister. He heard what young Reina had said and smiled proudly at her. He knew Margaery would love the name and perhaps be able to move on with her grief by seeing her brother's name carried on in their youngest daughter. Aenar smiled and pointed to his little sister. "Lolo." He said as he shifted to brush some of her hair out of her eyes.

Hannibal smiled with pride. "I think it is perfect. Loerys Bolton."

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery smiled and rocked the baby. "Little Loerys." She agreed. Margaery looked to Reina and kissed her forehead. "Such a good idea, my darling."

Reina grinned and held Loerys' little hand. "My sweet girl, would you like to hold your sister?"

Reina grinned and nodded. Margaery helped her hold Loerys in her arms.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal smiled as he shifted to hold his sons as Margaery and Reina held young Loerys. He kissed Margaery's temple tenderly. "You did so well my love. Shall we send a raven to your grandmother to inform her of our happy news?" He asked.

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery smiled and kissed Hannibal's jaw. "Yes, she'll be anxious to hear another girl is in the family." Margaery laughed Loerys began to lick her lips and whimpered hungrily.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal chuckled and nodded his head. He saw the taletell sign of feeding time. He kissed Margaery deeply. "Come boys, let us leave the women their peace and go write to Mimi." He said before taking Rhys and Aenar out of the room. Rhys was getting old enough that he really should not be seeing his mother's breasts so often. Aenar was eatinnon his own now, and he wanted the women to have their time together.

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery smiled and kissed her sons before they left with Hannibal. Then she bared her breasts and brought Loerys up to drink. Reina paid her mother's breasts no mind, she was infatuated with her little sister. "She's so pretty mama," Reina smiled.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal took the boys to where the ravens were kept and let Rhys write the letter to Olenna. While they were there a raven arrived from the wall. It appeared that the trap would be ready in a fortnight. He frowned slightly at the report. He wanted more time with his new daughter before this battle began.

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery was not thrilled when Hannibal brought her the news that the trap near the Wall would be ready so soon. She knew they were planning to leave the children with Sansa in Winterfell, but being separated from her newborn, Margaery was distraught.

She had spent every waking moment with baby Loerys until they arrived at Winterfell. And even then, she lingered at Winterfell and put off leaving until Hannibal would no longer tolerate her stalling. Margaery had cried significantly all the way to the Wall.

Finally when they arrived she took a few minutes to compose herself and sat up straight. She would not appear weak, not in front of the Watch. Not in front of Daenerys. Before they left the carriage she took Hannibal's hand. "...we'll survive this, won't we? We'll survive and get back to our children, right?"

[motheroftitles]

Daenerys was dressed in a gown of heavier fabric and a cloak of white fur. This place was altogether way too cold for her liking. She didn't understand how people lived North of the Wall. Daenerys looked to Jorah and smirked slightly as they went to receive Hannibal and Margaery.

"You lived in this cold all your life?" She smiled to him. "Such frigid weather must indeed have made you the hard man you are today."

They made their way to the courtyard where the army and carriage were settling in. "Can we handle this battle, you think? Are you certain we're not getting in over our heads?"

[bearinshiningarmor]

Jorah was dressed in dark black furs with a white strip over his shoulders to match his wife. He had been greatly saddened Ron learn of his father's death just a few years before. The progress had been quick. The trap was indeed set and ready. They had been training the Dothraki how to fight these white walkers. He nodded at her question, "Yes, we are ready." He said. As ready a second hey would expect very be in his opinion.

[notavegetarian]

Hannibal knew that leaving their young daughter so early wasn't not what gen had wanted to do. With his help, Margaery had left a weeks us supplynof milk for young Loerys at Winterfell. He hoped this battle would be over in a single battle.

He knew she was upset and he had his arm around her to comfort her the entire journey to the wall. When the carriage stopped he turned to look deep within her eyes. "We will see our children again and we will live happily with the men until we have grown so old we can't even end fuck and they have to care for us." He swore to her.

[motheroftitles]

Daenerys smiled and reached for his hand, leaning into him and cuddling beneath his cloak a bit. She chuckled softly upon feeling his heat. "I don't like this cold weather. I miss the desert," she kissed his jaw.

[tyrelltempest]

Margaery smiled at his words and kissed him softly. "I know you are right...but these are not Lannisters. These are not Freys. These are White Walkers."

The threat was significantly larger than any other enemy. For the first time, Margaery worried that her husband might not be able to win. But facing the consequences of a defeat in this battle was not something she could deal with. Margaery nuzzled him again. "I love you."

[bearinshiningarmor]

Jorah smiled as he held up his arm so that she could curl in closer to him. He chuckled at her words. "Don't say that too loud." He teased with a wink. He waited for the carriage to open. Honestly, he was very worried about this battle. He was uncertain how it would end. However, he did have a plan to make an attempt at killing Hannibal when an opportunity presented itself in battle.