A Queen's Request Chapter 2

AN: Well here's another one.

This story has a switching POV and I hope it's easy enough to follow along with.

This story has no editor, so all mistakes are, sadly, mine.

Disclaimer: I do not own GoT/ASOIF or any of its characters, I'm just writing my story in their world.

Though they had aged, and her skin held more wrinkles than she wanted to admit, he still thought she was as beautiful as a goddess. Her skin was still the soft shade of white and he enjoyed running his hands along it as they embraced. Eddard Stark was running his hands along the sides of his sleeping spouse, Queen Mother Rhaella Targaryen. He had long ago memorized the lines of her frame and yet with the morning Sun shining through the stained glass of their room on her held him mesmerized. He himself had not escaped the clutches of age, as the gray became more apparent in his beard than before. His family, their family, never let him forget it either. The thought of his family had him smiling into his wife's shoulder as he peppered it with kisses.

His thoughts drifted first to Rhaegar, his king, and the oldest child of his wife. The man wasn't as confusing as he was when they first interreacted. While every time he looked upon Rhaegar's melancholy face his heart hurt for a sister long gone, he also saw the man who he considered as part of his pack. Rhaegar was as much his family as Brandon or Benjen.

Elia followed close behind in his thoughts. The woman whose eyes held a hurt that seemed to carry all the way into her soul. The Queen of Westeros was mostly estranged from her husband, and while Ned never openly stated anything, he did his best to soothe the wound that would never close between the King and Queen. He would die before anyone used that hurt to tear his family apart more than it already had been before.

Rhaenys and Aegon were delights to spend time with, their endless questions when they were younger amusing him as he spoiled them rotten with Rhaella. The too were part of his pack, and many a would-be schemer found that the Quiet Wolf had fangs and used them to rend flesh from bone when his pack was threatened. When they called him grandpa his heart soared, it felt lighter when neither of their parents corrected them.

Viserys was a child that many said had carried his true father's madness. Yet Ned found the truth to be much sadder. He was just a child that was born and grown in a broken home. A child that longed for a family to call his own. Yet when Ned saw the gleam in the boys eye he made sure to correct any thoughts of madness, with a soothing voice and a strong hand on his shoulder, ever guiding him forward, away from the path Aerys took. They were family and of course when Viserys called him papa for the first time, Rhaella merely nodded and let it continue.

Of course, when his thoughts moved through his family, his pack, they always ended with his very own daughter, Daenerys. He knew he was biased when he thought of her, and knew he was wrapped around her finger as tight as a coil, yet he never neglected his duty as a father of a princess of the Iron Throne.

A pair of lips found his neck brought him out of his thoughts, and had his face burning hot.

"Good morning, my love." Rhaella's voice had changed as she got older, becoming more mature and it somehow made her more attractive to him. Of course, the lips on his neck turned to teeth on his earlobe.

"Rhae." Ned knew his voice came out without the teasing anger he wanted it to, the woman would be the death of him.

Her reply was cut off as the door to their chambers burst open, a chorus of voices yelling surprise had them scrambling to pull their silken sheets to cover their bare bodies. Many things were said at once, but one voice cut through them all.

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"Happy name day father!" The voice of Daenerys Stark-Targaryen rose above those of her families and the same messages was repeated with various ways of addressing Eddard Stark. The man of the hour himself had to fight off the heat rising to his cheeks as his family crowded around him. Elia Martell was carrying a small cake covered in white frosting and a honey mead syrup.

The family gathered around the odd couple of the Red Keep, various things being said all at once, only silenced when Rhaella Targaryen's voice rose above them.

"My dears, you will all have the chance to speak to Ned soon, but can you please leave the room, so we can dress?" Her voice was light, and Eddard was the only one who took note of the teasing it held.

None could deny that the gathered family cleared the room faster than they had entered, all red faced and sputtering things such as Father and Mother. Surely they were scarred for life from the scandal.

Eddard Stark tried to rise from the bed after the doors shut, to keep his wife's word. Yet a small hand gripped his wrist tugging him back down before he could fully rise.

"Our pack can wait my love." Her voice was husky and had Eddard red faced once more, yet the man certainly wouldn't complain as Rhaella Targaryen's lips captured his in a heated kiss.

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The royal family was able to masterfully keep Ned busy as they switched through their pre-planned duties. The need for secrecy was paramount this year, as for many previous years Eddard was able to foil every name day plan they had, persuading them to quietly celebrate as a family. This year they determined he would get the celebration they felt he deserved.

What a celebration it would turn out to be indeed. Many of the lords of the crownlands attended the public celebration, along with many of the people who Ned considered friends. Oberyn Martell, Tyrion Lannister, and Brandon Stark all attended and with the three of them they managed to drag Eddard into a drinking contest, which to the surprise of all attending, the Quiet Wolf won. A cheer surely erupted when he slammed down the last cup of honey mead. Bowing as the cheers reached higher and higher. The cheers reached tehri peak when Rhaella herself rewarded her husband with a short victory kiss.

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The party ended, and Ned found himself in his chamber, A cup of honey mead left half empty as he wrapped his arms around his warm wife's body. Rhaella was curled in his lap, hands tracing small patterns on his sides as her head rested on his shoulder.

"You are, by far, the best man I know, Ned." Rhaella's voice was soft yet held the strength of conviction. "I know not of any man alive that would have done what you have for my family, our family."

"You came into my world with the ice of winter easily shown in your eyes. Yet I found the man beneath the ice and he gave me the most beautiful daughter. Not only did he give me my daughter, but he became a father to my fatherless younger son. A brother to my oldest son. A grandfather to my grandchildren. He became a part of our family, you became out family Ned. I'm so happy I fell for the Quiet Wolf you are."

Ned's lips easily found Rhaella's stopping her confession as his hands cupped her face, but she stopped him from moving further.

"Ned, you've given so much to our family and even to me. All without asking for anything in return and that, Eddard Stark, makes you the best man in all of Westeros. I am honored to call you my Ned."

With Rhaella's confession finished her hands cupped Eddard's face and a passionate kiss evolved into clothes falling to the floor as the silken sheets covered their body.

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Their day ended as it had started. With two lovers, in love, sharing their love with an intimacy rarely seen in their chaotic world. Love truly is the most powerful force in all the world, and Eddard Stark and Rhaella Targaryen, surely shared it truly between them.

AN: Well there it is, hope you enjoyed it! Please review, constructive criticisms are also welcomed as are just general comments. As usual, thank y'all for reading.

I hope y'all had a very Merry Christmas. While I'm a few days late, I hope you enjoyed this small fluff filled Chapter 2 featuring one of our rarest and favorite pairs.

Warm regards, much love, and a very Merry Christmas to all of you.

-Wolfb

NSDB For Life!

I hope I did Rhaella justice again, as I have stated before, I don't have a lot of experience with GoT/ASOIF so sometimes I get things wrong.