Game of Thrones/ASOIAF Fic: Nights Without Armor (Chapter 6 - Jaime, Part 2)

[bratanimus]

Author: bratanimus
Title: Nights Without Armor (Chapter 6 - Jaime, Part 2)
Fandom: Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire
Pairing: Jaime/Brienne, Podrick/Sansa
Word Count: 6,051 this chapter (~32,000 entire story)
Rating & Warnings: M for sexual content, language
Summary: An unlikely trio - Jaime, Brienne, and Podrick - set out to rescue Sansa from Petyr

Comments

[bratanimus]

You are too kind! Thank you SO much for taking the time to read this story and to leave such meaty feedback at the end of each chapter. As you know, it's so very helpful to know what resonates with readers, and to know that I've been successful in what I've tried to do. :)

I love that you loved the It’s settled, Jaime thought. You’re mine. I’m yours. I agree that that's more arousing than the sexy bits, and it also reflects his old arrogance (It's settled.) as well as his vulnerability (the intense need to define their places in each other's lives in You're mine. I'm yours. -- which is a luxury he's never quite had with Cersei).

I'm also glad you liked the recurring Winterfell question, which I think was the closest Jaime could come at the time to the DTR (Define The Relationship) conversation, lol. I think after losing so much, and never having had a partner he could publicly declare his own, he desperately needs stability. If I'd had more time to write a really long fic, I would've done the Winterfell question more than twice and explored their growing attachment to each other; as it was, I had to simply state that it's been more than twice, which I don't like doing. But I'm glad it felt more significant to you, which is what I'd hoped.

And yay, I'm thrilled you liked the heart tree scene! That was something I'd had brewing for a long time - Jaime being punished by weirwood!Bran, though he doesn't know it's Bran, of course. And when Jaime unstrapped his hand, that was something that just happened as I was writing, and I said YES, OF COURSE. He has to give it ALL up.

Thanks for pointing out easy as falling in relation to Jaime's laying down his life for a new queen AND a new lover (one who can actually be his wife). I specifically chose that phrase because Jaime's last defining act at Winterfell was to PUSH someone; and now it's his turn to fall (and I think that's why weirwood!Bran forgives him). He falls from grace in his family's eyes, and he surrenders all his old notions of what he thought he was supposed to do with his life. He lets go and just falls.

Thank you for loving Howland Reed! I, too, have grown quite attached to this image of him now, and I'll be miffed if GRRM doesn't see him in exactly the same way, lol.

Thank you again for putting down your thoughts about this story. After so long not writing, it's really good to know that I've still got something worth sharing. THANK YOU. *hugs hugs hugs*

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