Some members liked the idea of having a kink meme/comment fic meme on
got_exchange, especially since the other ASOIAF/GoT kink memes are fairly dead at the moment. (It's only posted on the mod account journal because I don't want anonymous comments on the exchange comm.)
A couple of rules before we start:
- please include the pairing/character (and maybe a short
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STANNIS
His knight's very presence made him feel more calm and soothed his anger. Davos was not handsome or gallant, but he had always been simple, honest and respectful. And respect was something Stannis desired above all. He never got it from his brothers. Their lack of love had also made him suffer, although he kept saying to himself he didn't care, but it hurt even more how Robert liked to mock him and humiliate him for no reason. He had always been obedient as a younger brother ought to be, and although he didn't like Robert's lifestyle, he tried not to criticize him often - and not when others could hear it. When he was a boy, Robert had been his hero, much as he had been little Renly's hero, long after Stannis was old enough to see his flaws.
And he didn't like to think about Renly. No matter how many times he told himself he didn't kill him, he never dared to ask Melisandre just how she did it. He knew, deep down, that he had a part in it, however unwillingly, and he felt guilty even after all this time.
But Davos never blamed him. He only saw loyalty in those warm brown eyes, and his knight gave him all the respect and love he should've got from his brothers.
Sometimes he still wondered why Davos came to his aid at Storm's End. He knew him for a good man, ready to help even strangers, but after that, what did the smuggler see in him that made him accept the young lord's offer?
I never was a charismatic man. No one would follow me through the seven hells like they followed Robert. Yet Davos would. Without even asking. Why?
When he saw him after a long time, he felt like a thirsty stag finding a fresh, cool well. At these times he realized how much Davos meant for him. Once he said a king has no friends, only subjects and enemies. It was not true.
So many times he tried to collect his courage to embrace him, because words failed him if he would try to talk about feelings. He wanted to say it with a touch. But it was impossible. He had a reputation to keep and he could't allow himself a moment of weakness, and admitting how much he needed Davos, not just as an advisor, would be a weakness.
His worst nightmare was that he would lose him one day, and he wouldn't be able to tell him how grateful he was for his friendship. When he thought him dead after the Blackwater, he mourned desperately and cursed himself. Yet now that he got him back, he again couldn't open up to him.
Someday I will, Davos. I promise.
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When he saw him after a long time, he felt like a thirsty stag finding a fresh, cool well.
Love this. Stannis never gets any comparisons to his sigil animal, but here it works really well. and I can only imagine how Stannis felt after he thought he had lost Davos, and then the relief of finding him again ...
Thank you. ^^ Will there be a part 2?
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I just remembered something with the stag and the well from the Bible... don't know the exact place but it was a psalm.
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Sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you there, my Bible knowledge is pretty much non-existent.
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