Finally...a Warm Bath (Cersei)
Mar 16, 2013 15:39:14 GMT
Post by Jaime Lannister on Mar 16, 2013 15:39:14 GMT
The journey from the Starks camp had been long and tiring, both physically and mentally given the limited conversation of his escort. It hadn't been without incident however and there were a few times the eldest Lannister had believed it might have been his end. But here he was now once more in Kingslanding, his quarters lavish, finely furnished, clean and sweetly scented. No mud, no biting wind, a fire roaring on the hearth heating the entire chamber. A large bath had been drawn in front of the open fire, the heated water having cooled enough so that it was ready for him now.
He ached all over still despite the warm, comfortable bed he now slept in and the steaming baths he had subjected himself to over the last few days since his return, but the fatigue and soreness from his long trip home was slowly fading and soon he would be back to normal once more. With the bath half full of warm water, Jaime stripped off, tossing the discarded clothes in a pile on the floor by the bed, ready to be collected by one servant or another, a fresh outfit already laid out on the bed for him.
Wincing a little as his feet entered the hot water, the Kinglsayer lowered himself slowly down into the clear clean water, letting it warm through him, relaxing slowly against the metal back of the tub as it warmed with the heat of the water. Seeing the Lord settling into his bath, the serving girls hurried in with more water heated from another hearth, pouring the water into the foot of the bath, trying to keep their eyes low and only risking a glimpse when they could be sure his eyes were fully closed as his head rested back on the bath. He could feel the water slowly washing around him...filling the bath with every new bucket till it began to rise over his thighs and stomach.
He didn't bother to open his eyes, just listening to their feet as they hurried back and forth...
He ached all over still despite the warm, comfortable bed he now slept in and the steaming baths he had subjected himself to over the last few days since his return, but the fatigue and soreness from his long trip home was slowly fading and soon he would be back to normal once more. With the bath half full of warm water, Jaime stripped off, tossing the discarded clothes in a pile on the floor by the bed, ready to be collected by one servant or another, a fresh outfit already laid out on the bed for him.
Wincing a little as his feet entered the hot water, the Kinglsayer lowered himself slowly down into the clear clean water, letting it warm through him, relaxing slowly against the metal back of the tub as it warmed with the heat of the water. Seeing the Lord settling into his bath, the serving girls hurried in with more water heated from another hearth, pouring the water into the foot of the bath, trying to keep their eyes low and only risking a glimpse when they could be sure his eyes were fully closed as his head rested back on the bath. He could feel the water slowly washing around him...filling the bath with every new bucket till it began to rise over his thighs and stomach.
He didn't bother to open his eyes, just listening to their feet as they hurried back and forth...