Comment fic meme #2

[gotexchange_mod]

After the first round of got_exchange we had a surprisingly successful comment fic meme going for a while (here's a list of all the fics that were written last time), so I thought it might be fun to do this again. (Like last time, it's posted on the mod account journal because I don't want to enable anonymous comments on the exchange community.)

I changed the layout to one that still supports comment titles. I hope it works for everyone. If there are any problems, please let me know.

A couple of rules, or rather guidelines:

- please include the pairing/character (and maybe a short prompt/kink) in the comment title - both for prompts and for fills.
- there are both show and book fans on this comm, so please warn for book spoilers beyond AGOT in the comment title.
- anonymous comments are enabled, but I'd appreciate if we kept them to a minimum. If you absolutely want to go anon, okay, but I'd rather we kept this as non-anonymous as possible.
- all prompts are welcome: smut, gen, romance, fluff, angst, het, slash ... anything goes.
- and the usual: be civil, no character/pairing bashing, no kink shaming etc.

It's perfectly fine to repost prompts from the last comment fic meme or from the exchange.

As with any kink meme, this is only fun if people also fill prompts, not if there are only requests.

Filled prompts:
Jaime/Cersei: first time
Stannis/Davos: "like sailors, swimming in the sound of it (dashed to pieces)"
Queen Shireen: Shireen comes out on top of the Game of Thrones. Three heads has the dragon, and she is part-Targaryen, after all.
Jaime/Brienne: Modern AU as cops
Jon/Sansa: kissed by fire
Viserys, Elia, Rhaenys: leave me your wake to remember you by
Stannis/Jon: things he shouldn't think - or say
Robb/Theon: we had the greatest expectations (ADWD spoilers)
Roose/Robb, crack: The Young Wolf and the Leech Lord (ASOS spoilers)
Balon/Victarion: Faithfulness
Future!Rickon/Shireen: the last night of the world
Jaime/Catelyn and Jaime/Sansa: Jaime has a secret thing for reheads
Ned/Catelyn: when it became a love match
Petyr/Lysa: Her eyes closed
Jon/Val: In which Jon does end up with Val and Winterfell (ADWD spoilers)
Gendry/Arya: role reversal
Tywin/Joanna: dominance
Stannis/Davos, comfort: small undertakings
Stannis/Jon: things he shouldn't think - or say (second fill)
Roose/Walda/Stannis, crackfic: Pink Attack (ADWD spoilers?)
Petyr/Barbrey, bitterness: Ash (ADWD spoilers)
Brandon/Lyanna: belonging to Winterfell
Daenerys/Viserys: Just a Taste
Roose/Theon, Ramsay/Theon: Bad Blood (ADWD spoilers)
Stannis/Sansa: "I am a Stark, I can be brave."
Cersei/Ned: AU in which Ned did take the Iron Throne and Cersei ended up marrying him instead of Robert
Jon/Satin, crackfic: how Jon Snow learned to stop worrying and laugh at the insinuations
Elia/Oberyn: heart's desire
Euron/Victarion: pre-series hatesex
Lysa and Catelyn after the birth of Robb: lie by the river
Roose/Theon (hints of Robb/Theon): Another man's amusement (vague ADWD spoilers?)
Jaime/Brienne, dirty talk and consensual power play: with a wonder and a wild desire
Stannis/Sansa: wedding (sequel)
Stannis/Sansa and Stannis/Davos, dancing: Wishing to be in Two Places at Once
Brandon/Barbrey, Bethany: No True Knight (ADWD spoilers)
Ned, Sansa: "Sansa was a lady at three."
Daenerys/Robb, AU: Fire, Blood, and Honour
Roose/Victarion, crackfic: When all else fails
Robb/Theon, slight Robb/Jon: War is Not a Game
Stannis/Davos from Ned's POV (hints of Robert/Ned): Making You Smile
Catelyn/Petyr: Confrontation
Stannis/Jon, fantasies: and waked half dead with nothing (ASOS spoilers)
Jaime, Arya: The Shadow
Victarion/Asha: We do not sow
Ned/Catelyn, goodbyes: Songs written with swords
Ned/Ashara: winter song
Sansa - Stoneheart: confrontation
Jon/Sansa (AFFC spoilers, prompt is spoilery in itself)
Jon/Val: with you upon the wind (ADWD spoilers)
Daenerys/VIserys, AU: When the Blood began to Show
Stannis/Davos: six perspectives, six realities
Roose/Walda, crackfic: Leeches for Wolves
Jaime/Sansa, talking about Joffrey: Ignorance and Bliss
Sansa, Rickon: The last two Starks (ADWD spoilers)
Theon/Robb: Regrets (ADWD spoilers)
Cersei/Stannis, seduction fail: Persuasion
Jon, Stannis, Devan, mentions of Davos: Through the Eyes of a Child
Sansa, Brienne: True Knights (AFFC spoilers, prompt is spoilery in itself)
Stannis/Sansa: bedding & wedding night (sequel to this)
Catelyn, Jon (slight Jon/Robb), reunion AU: Lady of Ashes (ASOS spoilers)
Sansa/Robb, AU in which they do exchange her for Jaime: The Mercy of the Frozen Ground
Tywin/Joanna: dominance (second fill)
Jon Snow/Jeyne Westerling(/Robb Stark): post-series - tell me we both matter, don't we?
Robb/Jeyne: what was it like being the queen to a Northern king? (ASOS spoilers)
Robb/Roslin Frey: Robb upholds his vow and ends up with Roslin


Multiple fills are of course welcome.

Comments

Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 1/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Somehow Stannis dancing only takes up about one paragraph of this fic. But there IS dancing, I promise. So, here you go, have Stannis and Sansa's wedding. With cameos by Kingsguard!Jon and Hand!Davos. This fic ends before the bedding, but I really want to write their wedding night as well, so there will most likely be a sequel to this. Without dancing.



Once upon a time, a little girl named Sansa Stark had planned out her wedding in every detail. During the ceremony her husband-to-be - young, handsome, tall, strong - would stand behind her and put his cloak around her shoulders, his hands warm and gentle, and then he would lean in to kiss her cheek, and his lips and face would be as smooth as her own.

Then, after her father's death, she had come to dread her wedding to the golden prince who had turned out to be a monster, and when she did get married to the prince's uncle, it had been nothing but a farce, a nightmare so strange that she can barely believe now it had ever happened.

She is still terrified on her true wedding day - and she knows that this will not be a fleeting, unconsummated thing like her Lannister wedding, that this will be for life - but it is a different kind of fear. Men say that her husband, the king, is a man of honour, hard, but just and fair, uncompromising, but not cruel without cause. Jon said so. He seemed to hold the king in high regard, and even though she had never been close to her bastard brother, she cannot imagine him respecting a monster. Jon - Ser Jon now, she corrects herself, and she is still not used to seeing him in white - looks at the king with such admiration, and yet the man himself intimidates her as much as Tywin Lannister himself had.

She had always wanted her whole family to be at her wedding, mother and father and Robb, little Bran and Rickon, and even Arya would be there, wearing a beautiful dress for once. But she forces herself to cut that line of thought before tears find the way to her eyes. She was a Stark of Winterfell and the future queen of the Seven Kingdoms. So she swallows and glances at Jon, as silent and white as his direwolf as he follows the king, only a few steps behind. He doesn't look like a bastard boy anymore in his Kingsguard armour, he looks grown-up, handsome even, and Sansa reminds herself that she should be grateful at least one familiar face is here.

King Stannis Baratheon is not a splendid sight, but he is as intimidating in black and golden finery - still oddly understated for a king on his wedding day - as he was in the dark armour she has seen him in before. He looks regal, though, she finds herself thinking, more like a king than Robert or Joffrey ever had: tall and broad-shouldered, the golden crown as sharp as the angles of his face, and although he looks uncomfortable with the court's eyes on him, there is a strength in his bearing that makes her shiver. She used to dream of a prince, not of a warrior king.

His blue eyes remain cold throughout the entire ceremony. At first she thinks he looks indifferent, and she wonders with sympathy if he is still grieving for his first wife, but then she realises that he looks annoyed. As if marrying her was a nuisance, a tedious duty like arguing with lords and listening to petitioners. She had felt relief the first few times she had met him because he had always looked into her eyes, never at her body, never stared at her with that threatening desire she had almost grown used to seeing in men's eyes. But he still meets her eyes as he swears his vows, his movements seem almost mechanical as he drapes the golden cloak over her shoulders, and for the first time she realises that marrying a man who does not even want her might just be worse.

Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 2/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

His fingertips brush her temples as he puts the crown on her head, a more slender version of the one he is wearing, the metal cool against her brow. Queen, she thinks. It is too cold in the throne room, and she shivers. Queen Sansa. It had once been her greatest dream, but now she feels lost next to this man who is old enough to be her father, and who looks like he has about as much use for her as for a child.

She hears murmurs in the crowd, and she hopes they only comment on her beauty. She knows they mutter and complain, all of them – the Tyrells who would have gladly pushed Lady Margaery at yet another king, the Martells who tried to offer him Princess Arianne when the last Targaryens fell. She wonders why he has chosen her, if it is gratitude to the North or anger at the South.

The feast is a sullen affair. There is singing and dancing and delicious food, but the king only glares at the court and barely looks at her, and she hears him mutter to his Lord Hand that the crown should not have wasted money on such frivolity. She does not hear the Hand's reply – Lord Davos, a common-looking man, and she finds it hard to believe the king raised smuggler to a lordship – but it seems to calm the king for a moment, before their conversation grows somewhat more agitated. The king looks angry, glances at her, then seems to relent.

As he offers her his arm and leads her from the table, she realises that Lord Davos had to talk King Stannis into dancing with her. Her back straightens as she feels the court's eyes on them, her face stills into a carefully arranged mask. Most of the men present had been here when Joffrey had had her beaten, but she would not let them disrespect her. She would make them see a queen, not a frightened girl who could not meet her husband's eye.

She does not flinch when he takes her hand, large and rough, the other one resting on her hip as lightly as if he was afraid to touch her. She finds it oddly reassuring to see his strength kept under such a tight lid.

It is not that he cannot dance. He knows the steps, he never steps on her toes like her brothers used to when they were children, his hands are guiding her without pushing or pulling. But she has never seen any man look more uncomfortable, more stiff, more out of his element than Stannis Baratheon in this moment, his face calm and concentrated, his brow still furrowed in annoyance.

"It's a mummer's farce," he mutters after a while, and she looks up in surprise. It's the first time he has addressed her today with anything but courteous phrases, and there's a refreshing honsety in his voice. "They cower and bow, when half of them watched your father's murder and fought for my downfall."

"They lost, Your Grace," she replies quietly, and she dares to curl her fingers a little more around his. She hesitates, chooses her words carefully. She does not say, we won, because it had never been about winning for her. She had never wanted to play this game. "They lost, and we ... we live."

He meets her eyes then, and for the first time she feels like he is truly looking at her, at her, not at Ned Stark's daughter, not at the sister of the Lord of Winterfell, not at the woman he married to produce a male heir. For a moment she fears that he will think her words stupid, that he will be angry and hurt her, but instead there is just a twitch in his jaw muscles and he nods.

Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

The king doesn't say any more, he leads her back to the table after a single dance, but she likes to think that he pulls his hand away from her arm just a little less quickly than before. As the king turns back to Lord Davos, Jon leans forward a little and whispers into her ear.

"What did you say to make His Grace smile?" It is not very lady-like, but for a moment she stares at him with her mouth open like a fish.

"That was his smile?" And as Jon's eyes brighten with humour, so much like father's when he watched them play, she finds herself smiling as well. Next to her the king is sipping water from a cup, and she has seen enough drunk men to find his sobriety reassuring. His eyes meet hers for a second, and in that one moment she remembers all the things he has said to her the few times they met before today.

I know you will not love me, nor will I ever ask you to. I only expect you to do your duty.

You do not want this. No, don't flatter me by pretending otherwise.

You will be protected now, you have my word on that. You have nothing to fear from the Lannisters, from anyone. Nor from me.

Queen Cersei will be executed tomorrow morning. I thought you should know. That had been the last time the king had spoken to her before the wedding. She had straightened her back at the news, and even to her own ears her voice had sounded like ice when she replied, With Your Grace's permission, I would like to be present at the execution. She thought she had seen something like approval in his eyes then, and he had granted her the request.

Maybe, she thinks, maybe it will not be so bad. Mother married father out of duty when he was nothing but a stranger, and they loved each other more than any other couple she ever saw. She cannot imagine ever loving King Stannis – and his eyes are so cold that she cannot imagine him loving her either – but for just one moment she allows herself to hope that he might at least treat her kindly.

It was more than she had dared to hope for in years.

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[juno-chan.livejournal.com]

UGHHH this is wonderful, I never thought to ship Stannis and Sansa but I think you have converted me! I love Sansa's resignment at the beginning, and how it leads to cautious hope at the end - not even hope that she will love him, but hope that she will at least be safe and treated kindly, MERGH I JUST WANT SANSA TO BE SAAAAAAFE!

I think my favorite bit was Jon asking Sansa what she said to make Stannis smile and her asking, "That was his smile??" because LOLZ, just so, so perfect. I also loved the inclusion of Jon and Davos because I love whenever the two of them have interaction with Stannis, it's just great.

Loved Sansa asking to be present for Cersei's execution, and how that earned Stannis's respect. I also loved her reflection at the end that maybe the marriage would not be so bad and the comparison to her parents' marriage, because I love Sansa still being a dreamer and a romantic, at heart, despite all she's been through (and hate that she gets flack for having these lofty dreams at the beginning of the series, she grew up happy in Winterfell, of course she does!).

Just really really excellent, I love your Stannis. <3 (and love Stannis in general, but you've made me appreciate him even more!)

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :D I can't believe I converted someone. I absolutely LOVE Stannis/Sansa and I know that it doesn't make any sense to most people, so I'm happy that you liked it.

I had to put in a bit of hope at the ending because I honestly think that Stannis and Sansa could be fairly happy together, and even learn to love each other in time (even though neither of them can imagine that at their wedding). I really need to write a sequel to this, about their wedding night NOT being a nightmare. ;)

Stannis' half-smiles are legendary. ;) And I love having Kingsguard!Jon there because I think it would really reassure Sansa to be not completely alone.

I love Sansa staying a romantic at heart, which is also why I'm not a big fan of player/ice queen Sansa. I like to think that she becomes more realistic, tougher, but I wouldn't ever want her to turn into a ruthless schemer. Also, I see Stannis as an idealist who was disillusioned too early in his life, so they can bond over that. If they ever get around to talking for more than two sentences.

Thank you so, so much for reading this and leaving me that lovely comment. :D AND YES IT IS MY MISSION IN THIS FANDOM TO MAKE EVERYBODY APPRECIATE STANNIS MORE BECAUSE STANNIS IS AWESOME. ^^ And Sansa definitely needs to be safe, and Stannis WILL have a fit if anyone tries to hurt his queen.

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[juno-chan.livejournal.com]

Sansa needs someone who is just going to be straight-forward with her and not try and manipulate her/use her, and STANNIS IS TOTALLY THAT GUY. And I agree that having Jon there would be a comfort, to have SOMEONE from her family there.

I like ice queen Sansa only in her totally pwning Petyr Baelish, because I effing hate that guy (find him really interesting/understand why people love him but UGH HATE HIS GUTS SO MUCH I SHIP HIM WITH THE MOON DOOR) but in general I like her keeping her morals and ideals even though there's more realism and steel to her than at the beginning of the series.

I'm so looking forward to more of these two from you!! <333

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[westeroswolf.livejournal.com]

Stannis and Sansa, madness I thought. How wrong was I! It makes perfect sense! Great story, I think romantic Sansa is perfect for him and there's enough of a northerner in him for her to appreciate. Also Stannis is hilarious.

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I first came up with this as a crack pairing, but the more I thought about them, the more I realised they could actually be good for each other. And by now I can't ship Sansa with anyone else.
Yes, Stannis IS hilarious. Sometimes unintentionally, and sometimes because his sense of humour is epic.

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[westeroswolf.livejournal.com]

Excited about a possible sequel, where will you post it? I don't want to miss it!

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[lainemontgomery.livejournal.com]

Okay. I was going into this being all "Stannis/Sansa, SHUT UP". But you melted my little cynic's heart, that you did.

I really do adore Stannis and all of his stoic awkwardness. But while he looks intimidating (LOVED the comparison to Tywin Lannister), I really think that he'd do his best to treat Sansa with care. And after everything, that just might be what she needs.

Davos had to talk him into dancing- HA! What would Stannis do without his Onion Knight? And obviously, Kingsguard!Jon is fabulous.

The ending, I think, is what really, truly won me over. I love the strength we get from Sansa here- wanting to be there when Cersei goes down was a brilliant touch. And the last line- ohhh, all the feels.

Truly amazing work. And if you do decide to write the wedding night, I'm so there. ;)

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I know this pairing sounds like I just randomly picked the unlikeliest couple in the series. ;) I'm glad I could convince you that it's not quite as absurd as it sounds.

The thing about Stannis is that he's incredibly harsh and intimidating, but he's not cruel. I can't for my life imagine him hurting her or even being too harsh to her. I think he would be as awkward and unhappy about this wedding as Sansa, initially, because from his point of view he's marrying this gorgeous young girl who's barely older than his daughter, and he's SURE that she will hate him and be disgusted by him. Because why shouldn't she? His own brothers hated him, his first marriage was a nightmare, why should his second be any better? And I think that it would actually make Sansa more comfortable to be with a man who's ... well, uncomfortable. Does that make any sense?

Kingsguard!Jon is the only ending I will accept for Jon. Anything else will disappoint me. ;)

Thank you so much for giving this pairing a try, and even more for liking it. Honestly, they have more in common than you'd ever think, and I really believe they could learn to be happy together. All those kind reviews really make me want to write more. :)

[assassin-nariel.livejournal.com]

Well you heard my reaction earlier. Uncivilised sounds and all. SANSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!
more?

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

I'll be on that asap.

[assassin-nariel.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[outboxed.livejournal.com]

THIS IS UTTERLY LOVELY. Perfect version of Stannis' court and his badly hidden disdain for them.

She would make them see a queen, not a frightened girl who could not meet her husband's eye.
Yesss. Because ASOIAF is all about pretending, all about making people see what you want them to. So many amazing canon parallels in this one line.

& I love how Stannis' stiff and awkward dancing is just an exact extension of his general demeanor. And SANSA DOESN'T REALISE HE'S SMILING BUT JON DOES. Completely apt.

And Stannis begins to see Sansa for who she is when she speaks her mind which is just how it should be. Because, for all that Sansa is about courtesy, she can say what she means with Stannis. Also: all the things he'd said to her are so right on.

And asldfjklgh Sansa WOULD think of her parents' marriage. That had always been my Sansa headcanon - whoever she marries, she's always going to want to believe that they could truly love each other, as Ned and Catelyn had done.

Gorgeous, wonderful: linndechir for all the awards! After a trying day, I can now go to bed feeling content with the universe all because of this beautiful fic.

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Yay, you like it! :D

It takes some time to learn how to read Stannis and his half-smiles. I just love Jon helping Sansa in the beginning to see Stannis' good sides.

I generally think there are some strong parallels between Ned/Catelyn and Stannis/Sansa, so she definitely could find some comfort in thinking about her parents.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. :D And I'm glad I could cheer you up a little after a long day. I hope everything's okay. :)

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[sternflammenden.livejournal.com]

I love so much of this: how Stannis is the first man to look at Sansa as though she's a person & not a prize or a means to power, the fact that Davos had to talk him into dancing at all, Sansa comparing Jon to Ned (I love the idea that he's Ned's bastard and not magic-sparkly Targ!Jon), and the indirect comparisons of Stannis and Ned.

You've really made me ship them. :)

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. ^^ You know I'm with you there, for me Jon will always be Ned's bastard with no special parentage or any stuff like that. And somehow it amuses me that Stannis gets Ned's son when Robert had Ned. I don't even know why. And Davos is precious. He'd be so worried about Sansa, and about Stannis, and about the two of them together.

Mission accomplished. :D

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[midnightblack07.livejournal.com]

oohh I loved this!!

This isn't a pairing I ever really considered before, but I definately see the appeal in it, and if anything at least we know Stannis would be a just and honorable husband if nothing else (y)

I LOVE that you highlighted the way Stannis would look her in the eyes and that there was no lustfulness about his interactions with her (because, while I'd like to think he'd come to want her in time, our bb has already dealth with her fair share of creeps *shudders*).

And I squealed at Kingsguard!Jon, and how he was able to pick up on her making the King smile because HE WOULD WOULDN'T HE haha :p

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :D I know it's a rather odd pairing, but I'm happy you gave it a try and didn't hate it.

I think Stannis not being a pervy creep would really help her learn to trust him. I don't see stannis as asexual (unlike, apparently, half the fandom), but I think he has enough self-discipline not to stare at women like he wants to eat them. And he's so awkward when it comes to sex that he will intimidate her a lot less than most other men.

Kingsguard!Jon just makes me happy. ^^ And I have a thing for Stannis' smiles, and how he smiles at pretty much no one except Davos and Jon - or maybe other people just don't notice his smiles. ;) I had this scene in my mind, set a few days after the wedding, with Sansa telling Jon that she feels like the king always looks angry and she wonders if she's done something to anger him, and Jon is just like, "nah, that's his normal frowny face, don't worry."

Thanks for reading and commenting. :)

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[ofraindrops.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this great fic! Stannis dancing omg <333

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment. :D Stannis dancing is just wonderfully awkward.

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[vaznetti]

This is amazing -- and I love that you ended it on such a hopeful note. (And because it's Stannis, you have faith that he will.)

I love how miserable Stannis is, actually -- he doesn't really want to be king at all, it's just his duty so he'll do it. He doesn't expect (or even want) to be loved, which is why this pairing might actually work out for them.

Re: Fill: Stannis/Sansa, wedding, 3/3

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for reading and commenting. :)

I'm currently writing the sequel to this (i.e. the wedding night), and it's kind of heartbreaking how Stannis is as unhappy about this marriage as Sansa is. And I think his lack of expectation is one of the things that would make this marriage work. I mean, even Tyrion asked Sansa if maybe she'd learn to love him, and Stannis is just like, "I know you won't love me anyway, but let's try to make this as bearable as possible for both of us." She'd appreciate that she doesn't have to lie to him.

SEQUEL HERE

[linndechir.livejournal.com]

The ensuing bedding and wedding night got way too long for comments, so here's the link (http://linndechir.livejournal.com/43852.html)