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who: Brandon Stark and Petyr Baelish
when: During one of Brandon's visits to Riverrun
where: Riverrun!
what: Petyr Baelish simply will not stand for dogs sniffing around HIS girl.

( Everyone knows that the North is unkind to southerners. Ice and darkness and savages at your door. )

who. lyanna & brandon stark
where. winterfell; brandon's room.
when. during the time that dorne arrives in king's landing but before the wedding.
what. it's storming. so of course there is cuddling. sibling bonding. the discussion of future marriage, etc.

( He will hold you through the squalls of Storm's End. )

who: brandon & ned stark
where: winterfell
when: during ned's v. brief visit
what: carved wolves and a brotherly chat

( You. Bird boy. Where is my brother? )

who: brandon & lyanna stark
where: winterfell
when: about a week after robert arrives; year's end!
what: cue big brother on a big brother's mission

( 1891, they roamed around and foraged / they made their house from cedars / they made their house from stone / well they're a little like you / and they're a little like me / we have all we need. )

( A raven from Riverrun to the young Lady of Winterfell )

who: benjen & brandon stark.
where: the stables, winterfell.
when: the morning brandon leaves for riverrun.
what: it appears brandon doesn't like the idea of any stark on the wall. ever. nope!

( and leave you, not quite belonging to either / not quite so dark as the house cloaked in silence / not quite so surely pledging the eternal / as that which becomes star each night and climbs--  )

who: brandon & lyanna stark.
where: the rookery! and then the kitchen. winterfell.
when: several hours after ned's welcome feast (and before brandon meets catelyn!).
what: of birdshit, food, and betrothals.

( I am here, nonsensical, rhapsodic, stock-still as the trees. Trickling, never floods, furrows its meager path through the forest floor. There will always be a root too thirsty, moss that only swallows and spreads. Primordial home, I am dying from love of you.  )

who. brandon stark and catelyn tully
where. riverrun
when. the day of brandon's welcome feast
what. first meetings occurring before scheduled first meetings

( This is how the story went / I met someone by accident / It blew me away  )

who. lyanna stark, brandon stark, benjen stark & an appearance by lord rickard stark
where. winterfell & the border of the wolfswood beyond
when. a few years ago. lyanna is approximately 14, brandon 17.
what. lyanna experiences a victory, brandon gives himself over to defeat.

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( And on the hill where I was born, / There is no rose but just a thorn; / They cut it off each year and give it away. )