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who: rhaegar targaryen, lyanna stark
where: the kingswood
when: skipping a bit ahead of current times!
what: a totally unexpected meeting & a farewell

( We could have been great friends. )

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 & 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. )

who. lyanna stark and robert baratheon
where. robert's camp on the way to winterfell
when. early morning
what. robert's first meeting with lyanna in which he decides that everything is beautiful and nothing hurts

( Sausage? )

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

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: eddard & lyanna stark
where: winterfell
when: the evening of the feast from which brandon is tragically forbidden to attend.
what: ned surprises his sister; the siblings then cook up nefarious plans.

( You have come down from the clouds / From the sea, from the earlier / Dew of the earth / Better than oxygen to me. )

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. )