Day Three: The Prince in the Wood (Sansa, Jon)

[lainemontgomery]

Giftee: mihnn

Title:  The Prince in the Wood
Fandom:  A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Pairing/Characters: Sansa Stark, Jon Snow, a bit of Jon/Sansa if you squint
Rating:  G
Word Count: 985
Prompt:   AU. Jon returns to Winterfell (to a family who didn't go south) as a man of the Night's Watch. Unknown to him, his family now knows he's a Targaryen even

Comments

[just_a_dram]

I'm containing a scream, because my husband will ask me what the fuss is all about and I'm too overwhelmed by awesome at the moment to explain myself.

GAH! Sansa is so Sansa here...before all the bad things happen to her, and yet, you still make her likable in her flaws, which is not always an easy thing to do. And Jon is perfect and Arya is there and...I want a whole fic written in this universe. I'm in love.

[lainemontgomery]

HEEHEE! Well, I squee and scare my roommates all the time when reading your fics, so HOW D'YA LIKE THEM APPLES? XD

I have a real soft spot for GoT-era Sansa, with all her naivety and brattiness. This was a really fun universe to play around in. Thank you for reading, lovely!

[juno_chan]

OOOOOOH BABIES!!! I loved seeing this from Sansa's point of view, as she doesn't really have all the information. It's so sweet and SAD to see a Sansa that resembles how she was at the beginning of AGoT - so much more idealistic. She assures Jon oh, don't worry, Ned will protect him and so will the rest of them! OH SANSA. ;_____; And then I loved the bickering between Arya and Sansa, and Arya's sense of jealousy, almost. And ooooh, poor Jon, I really feel for him here - his entire identity has been thrown into question! What a thing to have to deal with! And though he's holding it in, you show us the bit that's leaking through. He would have rather stayed at the Waaaaaaatch. ;______;

This was lovely and sweet and sad and perfectttttttt like yoooooooou!!!

[lainemontgomery]

I LOVE MY STARK BBS THEY MAKE ME SO SAD.

I had lots of fun writing Sansa and Arya; as someone who has little sisters myself, I relate to their contentious relationship in the books LIKE CRAZY.

It's interesting- so much of Jon's angst in canon comes from the whole "I dunno who my mom is" thing...but if R+L=J, knowing the truth would make him even angstier. Jon is just a little black raincloud, and there's nuttin' we can do about it. XD

THANK YOU SO MUCH MY DEEEEAR! <3

[mihnn]

This was simply lovely! I loved the dynamic between Sansa and Arya, not to mention the way you described the falling out after the 'truth' of Jon's parentage came out. And Jon! Poor Jon! *sigh*

This was filled with hope and happiness. Brilliantly done!

Thank you so much for writing this. ^_^

[lainemontgomery]

Yay, I'm so happy it worked for you! And HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! :)

[jal80]

This is SO lovely! And a scenario I don't think I've ever seen done before, so it was Extra Special Awesome for that. And just so pretty and completely in character, and UGH, remember when they were babies and everything hadn't TOTALLY gone to hell? *sniff*

[lainemontgomery]

Eeee! I was so excited to get this comment, because your Jon/Sansa fics are pretty much perfect. I can't take credit for the AU idea; that was part of the awesome prompt. But it was super fun to write! Thank you so much for reading!

[elleg85]

I loved this AU! And that both seemed perfectly IC but still slightly different from canon. My favourite part was definitely the ending, which seemed perfect since it shows their relationhip is still quite awkward but also hints that it might improve someday.

[lainemontgomery]

I think that Jon and Sansa would/will be awkward when/if they meet again- there's just too much baggage there for things to be any different. Even in this AU, there's no escaping the awkward!

Thank you for commenting! :D