#gendryaotp

11. Who tops?

They definitely take turns but over time, I think Gendry works *very hard* to convince Arya that there’s nothing wrong with submitting to him in bed ;)

12. Who initiates kisses?

On the regular, Gendry does but there are moments when Arya has a surge of affection or a need to mark her territory, she has absolute no qualms about planting on him… ;)

13. Who reaches for the other’s hand first?

For this, I think Arya, because Gendry finds other ways of showing her affection (i.e. an arm slung over her shoulder, looming overhead haha), and Arya is a lot less subtle, I feel so she makes a point of reaching for his hand whenever she feels like it.

14. Who kisses the hardest?

Also Arya…but Gendry’s kisses are more consuming, I bet :P

6. What is their favorite feature of their partner’s?

So both of them absolutely *love* each other’s eyes...which is why they are so good at silently communicating.

Arya also loves Gendry’s shoulders and his ass, and Gendry is a huge fan of Arya’s eyebrows (it’s a Pavlovian reaction when she raises it in challenge) and also her legs, which he loves draping over his shoulders when he’s going down on her 😏

24. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times?

This one is absolutely a no brainer. Arya all the way and she gets a kick out of how flustered Gendry gets, which only eggs her on...she pays for it later when they’re in private 😂

30. one headcanon about this OTP that mends it

Hahha…you guys are keeping me super distracted from editing the next chapter of The Last Time, but I am HERE for it.

19. Who tells their family/friends about their relationship first?

I love this ask because I 100% think Gendry would tell his closest people first (his half-sisters, Davos, Hot Pie) and Arya would do the same but only tell Bran (and maybe Jon if he’s around) because she doesn’t want her parents or Sansa to make a big deal out of it…and then ofc, what happens is, they go drinking one night and Hot pie snaps a photo of Arya planting a phat kiss on Gendry and because HP is the biggest Gendrya Stan there is, he posts it on his social media with the caption: Love birds 🐦💕. Sansa sees it and loses it and then at their next Stark family dinner, Gendrya undergo a family sized interrogation, which Gendry passes with flying colors, because it’s impossible for anyone to miss his moon eyes.

20. What do their family/friends think of their relationship?

I think the general reaction is ‘what took so long’ because let’s face it, it’s pretty obvious to everyone and their mother that these two belong together.

If I may focus on Catelyn, I also think that because Arya hasn’t committed to any other guy before, she would be a little bit surprised and concerned about how serious her free spirited daughter is about Gendry.

Over time though, I think Gendry would win her over by showing his devotion to Arya and being a strong support system for her. In my headcanon where the Starks are all alive, Gendry actually lets Catelyn (not Ned) know he’s going to propose before he does. He doesn’t ask permission, he just gives her a heads up, which ofc Arya ruins by proposing to him first…but that’s just a technicality.

23. Who comes up with cheesy pick up lines?

Gendry absolutely does. At first, he does it to irk Arya but over time, he realizes that despite her endless teasing, she actually secretly likes it. So he starts whispering them randomly into her ear on occasion and it gets progressively cheesier over time. To the point that one time, Arya is expecting it and looks over her shoulder at him to be like “well what do you have up your sleeve today” and Gendry surprises her by keeping it simple and asking her to marry him :P (p.s. I know this is in exact opposition to my headcanon that she proposes first, but a girl can have many fantasies :P)

26. What would be their theme song?

Okay, I absolutely cannot credit myself for coming up with this, because I saw it in a fic a long time ago by an author who is no longer in this fandom, but she had Gendrya’s first wedding dance set to “Something” by The Beatles. Ever since then, I can’t get it out of my head as their song, so that’s what I’ll go with, and here’s a list of other songs that scream Gendrya to me:

Now & Then - Sjowgren

Mystify - INXS

The Sweetest Thing - U2

First Try - Johnnyswim

No reason to run - Cold War Kids

I have a long list of songs that are Gendrya inspired, but especially the album “Fever Dream” by Of Monsters and Men screams Gendrya to me…and I’ve listened to it on repeat while writing.