gotexchange_mod | Comment fic meme #2

Comment fic meme #2

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.

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Cersei/Ned - in which Ned did take the Iron Throne and Cersei ended up marrying him instead of Robert.

Edited 2012-03-07 05:55 (UTC)

[Eeeek this ended up really long...]

Scarcely a week after her wedding to King Eddard Stark,- Ned, he keeps telling her, just Ned- Queen Cersei Lannister- Cersei Stark, it still feels strange in her mouth, the sibilance somewhat bothersome- enters her husband’s solar at his request. She sits in the chair opposite him, her hands folded on the tabletop; he reaches across the table to cover both of hers with one of his.

There’s something tentative and nearly shy in his grey eyes as he tells her of the Old Kings in the North, who welcomed their queens in council, who counted their consorts among their most valued advisers.

“I know that this is not how things are done in the South, and if the idea makes you uncomfortable, I would never require it...” His grip tightens, just a bit, and his impossibly solemn face softens- “...but I would like to have you at my side, my lady.”

“Cersei,” she reminds him for what feels like the thousandth time- but when she lets the words settle, when she realizes what he’s asking of her-nay, offering her...the ability to sit on a council of men and express her views with authority-

For the first time in their marriage, Ned pulls a true smile from her, and when he returns the grin, a light appearing in the somber depths of his eyes, she feels her heart beat a little faster.

When the lords gather for council, Cersei expects a seat at the far end of the table- this is unprecedented in the South, after all, and surely Ned will not wish to alienate his wardens and vassals. But she finds her chair positioned directly to the right of her husband; Jon Arryn looks a little ruffled, but he does not dare to object.

They begin, and Cersei is at once unsure- she has plenty to say, that isn’t the trouble, but she has no knowledge of protocol or hierarchy...

Her fears are quickly dispelled when Ned turns to her and asks her directly for her opinions. And then she speaks, softly and quietly at first, but her poise and confidence grow as the hours pass. A tingle of pleasure sweeps through her body when she imagines what the future will bring- Queen Cersei of Houses Lannister and Stark, the Lion Queen, the Golden Lady, the great diplomat, the famed wit, a warrior who fights not with iron and steel, but with words and cleverness.

I am the first of my kind, and the bards will sing of me for centuries after I’m gone.

They discuss fairly small matters at first- the division of coin, the state of the grain supply, the management of the ports. Cersei glances across the table at Robert Baratheon, who props his elbow on the table and drops his head into his hand, blue eyes hooded as he yawns. Probably drunk already, the fool.

But there is a tension in the air, palpable and uncomfortable. The subject that lurks in everyone’s minds, which no one can decide how to broach. Cersei has her father to thank for her own awareness- he’d pulled her into a corner that morning and told her what must be done, for the good of the country, for the good of their family. She’d gritted her teeth and nearly laughed in his face- you think to tell me what must be done, when you only have a place on this council because I begged Ned to re-admit you?

(Although Lord Tywin had sworn up and down that he did not order the murder of Princess Elia and her children, that it was all an unfortunate mistake- his overzealous men were to blame- Ned had wanted the crown to seize Casterly Rock’s holdings and to send the Warden of the West to the Wall. And he would have done, if she hadn’t asked mercy for her father. The words itched at her mouth nearly every time she spoke with Lord Tywin, but to tell him, to make him understand that he owed his livelihood to his daughter- petty and childish. Not the behavior of a Golden Queen of legend.)

And now he wishes to kill another innocent child. Her husband’s nephew, the Targaryen bastard- she hadn’t known what to do, when Ned placed the child in her arms and insisted that they take him in, asked her to try to love him as her own. She’d been furious at first- must I be constantly reminded that Rhaegar Targaryen chose not one woman over me, but two? But when she looked into the baby’s little pink face, with the long-lashed grey eyes...when she stroked her finger over the pitch-dark hair- just like Ned’s...

She hasn’t been paying attention for several moments now, and she jerks back to reality at the cool, crisp sound of her father’s voice. He’s done it, he’s asked Ned about Jon...

The King’s shoulders tighten, and he narrows his steel-colored eyes at the Warden of the West. “It matters nothing to me who fathered this boy. He is my nephew, my own blood, and he will be raised in my household.”

“I agree with Lord Tywin, Your Grace.” The Lord of Storm’s End heaves himself until he’s sitting upright, his blue eyes gleaming with rage and drink. “The boy is half-Targaryen. What will you do when he decides to avenge his bastard of a father? Keeping him in your house...Gods, Ned, once he’s grown, he’ll kill you in your sleep as soon as look at you.”

Ned focuses his gaze fully upon Lord Robert- Cersei had long since noticed this curious ability of her husband’s, to make whoever he’s speaking to feel like the only other person in the world. His jaw is set but his voice is quiet- “If you ever loved my sister at all, you will not ask this of me. On her deathbed, she begged me to care for her child. Should we scorn her memory by destroying the one good thing that came out of her attack?”

For that is the fiction, the version of events as Ned tells it- she wants to laugh sometimes at the thought of gentle, scholarly, musical Rhaegar Targaryen as a raper. But it seems to pacify Robert Baratheon enough that he slumps back down into his seat with a huff.

Ned looks back at Lord Tywin and shakes his head. “I will not even entertain the idea. That is my final word, and as your King, I command you never to speak to me of it again.”

Cersei knows that when the council disperses, the lords will whisper and mutter among themselves, lamenting their King’s sentimental weakness, just as they did when he established the trust for the exiled Prince Viserys and Princess Daenerys, ensuring that they should never want for anything material, and offering them open amnesty if they ever decide to return to Westeros and pledge fealty.

But when she and Ned retire to their chambers that night, she places her hands on his forearms and nods, again and again and again. “It was well done, my lord.”

His expression is so furtive, so heavy always...”Are you always so serious?”- she’d asked before their wedding, and his blushes and mutterings had made her laugh.

She waits for him to sit on the edge of the bed before she begins to remove her undergown- she always undresses in front of him, forcing him to look her right in the eye, laughing to herself when his gaze wanders elsewhere.

She’d been nearly frightened when they first bedded- he seemed so alien, so different from Jaime. Her Jaime, every maiden’s ideal, tall and golden and excruciatingly beautiful...Ned is as tall, but broader, bigger everywhere- absolutely everywhere, she thinks with a smirk, tugging her shift down to expose her breasts. And the hair, too- as the King, he has no obligation to follow Southern rules of grooming and fashion, and he very stubbornly refuses to cut his long hair or remove his heavy beard.

But while facial and body hair would repulse her on Jaime, it just seems such a part of Ned that she does not even think to object- especially when this large, wild-looking man handles her with such precious, nearly ridiculous care.

She moves toward him and grips the fabric of his tunic, easing it over his head. His breath hitches, but still with that damnable restraint- she coils her arms around his neck and presses his cheek to her chest...

When he finally reaches up to her face, guiding her down to kiss him, it’s still too soft, and she bites down on his lower lip until he groans and grabs her tighter- there it is. There’s a fierceness in this stoic Northman, but she constantly needs to coax it out. She finds it nearly amusing, an interesting, diverting challenge, but she imagines that she’ll soon grow weary of the effort and hopes that he’ll eventually understand what it is that she wants.

Sometimes she worries that he understands all too well- she’ll move her hips just so, attach her lips to a certain spot, and then she’ll see a flash of alarm in his eyes- I think he knows that he did not marry a maiden. But his courtesy will not allow him to confront her with the idea, and it is never referenced-

Almost never.

They lie together in the warm afterglow, Cersei’s golden head resting just below Ned’s chest, the furs and linens of the bed crumpled beneath their bodies- Ned hates to sleep under the furs- “too warm down here,” he always says-, and he likes to couple beneath them even less. He skims his calloused fingers over the softness of her shoulder before winding them in her curls, and his voice is soft when she feels the rumble beneath her head-

“I’ve been thinking about your brother.”

A jolt of panic hits Cersei’s stomach, but she forces herself to remain calm, only tilting her chin up to look at her husband’s face. “How so, my- Ned?”

“I’d like to offer him a release from the Kingsguard.” He shifts a bit beneath her, and his discomfort is apparent. But he continues- “He originally joined under duress- he was just a boy, and Aerys Targaryen was a vindictive madman with a score to settle with your father. If he wishes, I would be happy to restore his position as heir to Casterly Rock and find him a wife of appropriate birth.”

And she cannot help it- Cersei splays her hand on Ned’s chest and pushes herself upright, green eyes flashing with pique- “You’re dismissing my brother from your guard?”

“That is not what I said, Cersei.” He looks at her and matches her temper with nothing but patience. “It is merely an idea, a courtesy that I wish to extend to my kinsman.” A pause, and then, “Perhaps it would be best if you spoke to him. It may seem less...confrontational coming from his dear sister.”

For a brief moment, Cersei wishes to scream and rage and slap her palm across Ned’s earnest face, taking care to dig her nails into the skin of his cheek. But when she searches his eyes, looking for suspicion or jealousy or accusation, she finds nothing.

When Lord Tywin had announced her betrothal, her Uncle Kevan embraced her and offered congratulations. Before parting, he’d said: “He’s a good man. An honorable man...a man who cannot conceive of dishonor in anyone he loves.” And then he’d looked at her with those sharp green eyes- Gods, how she hates the way Uncle Kevan looks at her- “That may well be his downfall in the end.”

She feels a squelch of something creeping into her insides- maybe shame? For she has not been able to give up Jaime, has not been able to keep away from the little chamber where they meet. In the early days of her marriage, she’d found it easy to justify- why should I give this up for a man I hardly know? It’s all that makes me feel complete, and I will not let it go...

But here is Ned’s hand stroking her face, Ned’s eyes, free of condemnation...this good man, this good king who grants mercy to the children of his enemies, who allows her to sit at his side as his equal-

He cannot conceive of dishonor in anyone he loves...and he wants to love me...

The passing silence tears the material within her- I won’t give it up, I won’t...but what a fool I would be, to squander this chance, the chance to be a lion in my own right...

She does not know whether the words are true, but she whispers them all the same-

“I will speak to him.”

Ned captures her mouth with his, and when she feels him smile against her lips, Cersei knows not whether to laugh or cry.

Ugh, I love everything about this, how Ned is not willing to kill children and how Cersei actually agrees with him. I think very much that that is her or could have been her if there wasn't this constant fear of shadows and enemies in court.

How Cersei is willing to give up Jaime, not for Ned, but for herself, it's also very true to her character. :)

Thanks to you and all your glorious fic Cersei might very well become one of my favourite characters even though I started out hating her.

Aww, thank you!

I think that Cersei had every potential to be a good queen- she's obviously smart and driven and interested in politics. And Ned definitely values Catelyn's opinion in canon; it stands to reason that he'd give his queen a lot of input if he were king.

And I'm THRILLED to hear that Cersei's growing on you! It happened that way for me, too- I hated her, and then all of a sudden, she's my girl.

GAAH THIS IS PERFECT!! (y)

I love Ned's desire to prioritize Cersei's council, particularly given what we know of Cersei's character and how limited she feels by her gender--it would mean the world to her <333

He cannot conceive of dishonor in anyone he loves...and he wants to love me...

I LOVED this line (well I loved the entire thing really, but I digress lol), Cersei's realization that this man means to really and truly value her is lovely--but I also really liked that you did not eradicate the breadth of her need for Jaime regardless.

I always wonder how things would have boded for Cersei if she hadn't ended up with someone who repulsed and abused her the way Robert did (hence only adding to her jadedness) and for that reason the idea of Cersei/Ned appeals to me because we know Ned would have honored his marriage to her as best he could *sighs*

Thank you for such a lovely fill for my prompt, seriously your writing is forever FLAWLESS!! <333

Yayyyy, I'm so glad you liked it!!

I was psyched to see this prompt, because Ned/Cersei is and will always be my Little Crackship That Could. I completely agree that someone like Ned would have been good for Cersei- with no reason to be so angry and bitter about her lot in life, she could have channeled her fierceness and strength into something really positive.

I was really excited that you were the one to request this, and I'm just sitting here grinning like an idiot at your comments. :) Mwah!

This is so great -- I've always thought this was an interesting AU to explore and I love what you've done with it here.

Thank you! It's definitely a favorite AU of mine, for so many reasons.

Lovely take on this AU. It's one of those forever lovely ideas this AU. A bit like what if Robb went to marry Margaery before Renly. What if Tyrell joined forces with the North and not the Baratheon/Lannister?

You really pinched well Cersei :).

That's one of the greatest things about this fandom- there are so many "what-if?" scenarios that can be explored.

Thank you so much for reading and commenting!

Beautiful. This is such an interesting AU, because her horrible marriage to Robert is what turned Cersei into the person we see in canon. I love how different she could have been with a man like Ned, who respects and loves her, but at the same time you still managed to keep Cersei perfectly in character, including her flaws like her arrogance and her vanity. I love AUs in this fandom because things could have been SO different, and this one is really great. :)

Seriously, I think this fandom is MADE for AUs. It's kind of a shame that GRRM disagrees. ;)

I love Ned/Cersei, and I think there's a lot of potential there (I think Sean Bean and Lena Headey would agree with me- those scenes they had together in the show. Oh man.)

Thank you so much for the lovely comment!

Pff, let him disagree. [insert my usual rant about how GRRM's stance on fanfiction is ridiculous] But this fandom is definitely made for AUs. ^^

Wow, this is such an interesting AU! If Cersei hadn't married a man who could never get over someone else, she might never have turned into the power hungry, paranoid, repulsive character we all love to hate. And Ned would try and love her like he eventually did with Catelyn, and love like that is what Cersei needed to get over Jaime.

Great job, I had fun reading this!

I love this AU, mostly because it would change EVERYTHING if Cersei married a man who actually tried to treat her with respect.

Thank you so much for your kind words!

I'm just a bit speechless. This is marvelous. It's like an AU I never knew I wanted.

I think Robert is a rubbish king, and I can't imagine what other than he swung a war hammer, seemed to recommend him at the time as a king. Now, Ned seems more kingly, but as Kevan so rightly points out here, he has a deadly flaw.

I love that in this Cersei gets what she wants--someone who will include her willingly in a share of the power. It shows Ned's respect for his partner, but it also makes Cersei into rather a different creature here, which is always what I wondered--would she be different under wholly different circumstances.

I love that they still take Jon in and Cersei actually accepts him unlike Cat. I think she might, should she have gotten the other things she wanted.

That she still can't give up Jaime, however, is just tragic. This is just tragic, magnificent stuff you've created here.

I find myself coming to Cersei's defense ALL THE TIME. YES, she's unhinged and selfish and unpleasant, but she's such a product of her circumstances. I agree- Robert was a horrible king. He never really wanted it, and he never really tried at it. And the way he treated Cersei was inexcusable, no matter how difficult she may have been.

We've talked about this before, but I really don't think Cersei approached the idea of marriage with a "Screw this, I'm just gonna sleep with my twin" attitude. She wants it to work, and with a man like Ned, who would treat her well and respect her opinions, it just might. That said, I also don't subscribe to the "Cersei doesn't love Jaime, she's just using him" theory AT ALL. She loves him as much as she can love another person, and her entire concept of her own sexuality is wrapped up in him- she's not gonna give that up easily no matter what.

Thank you as always- your comments just make me squee and blush.

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Comment fic meme #2

Cersei/Ned - Rebellion outcome AU

FILL: Cersei/Ned; Rebellion outcome; "The Lion Queen"; PG-13 (Part One)

FILL: Cersei/Ned; Rebellion outcome; "The Lion Queen"; PG-13 (Part Two)

FILL: Cersei/Ned; Rebellion outcome; "The Lion Queen"; PG-13 (Part Three)

FILL: Cersei/Ned; Rebellion outcome; "The Lion Queen"; PG-13 (Part Four)

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