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A Long Way

In which Myrcella is betrothed to Bran Stark, and a grieving Jaime offers to guide her to Winterfell.

Game of Thrones | Jaime/Myrcella | canon divergent | explicit | 18k

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Myrcella had become so preoccupied with Uncle Jaime, she forgot entirely about her impending marriage to the Stark boy. Jon Arryn brought it up at small council. They were deciding who would take her to Winterfell, be it a team or a single guide. Tyrion insisted the Targaryen girl had assassins and spies who could accost them on the road. If not her, the Baratheons still had many other enemies, and carrying a princess in transit was a liability.

“Myrcella would be exceedingly vulnerable to attack,” Tyrion said. “If kidnapped, she could be held ransom.”

Myrcella rarely disagreed with Tyrion — if she got kidnapped, used as a bargaining chip for the Iron Throne, Father would not hesitate to let her die. It seemed ridiculous even to pose it as a threat.

While Father thought, the table erupted in speculation. Someone suggested hiring a sellsword named Bronn to guide her on backroads. Others insisted on a team of their best knights, an entire caravan. A few even suggested that Bran Stark live here at King’s Landing rather than Myrcella moving north, but she knew Lord Stark would never allow his heir to leave Winterfell.

“I’ll take her,” Uncle Jaime announced. The table fell silent. Until now, Jaime had been a motionless spectre at the table, staring blankly into the distance. “I know the way. I’ll make sure she arrives safely.”

“Safely?” Grandfather asked. “You can hardly lift a sword.”

Jaime had gained back some of the color in his complexion, though his cheeks were still hollow and gaunt. He wore rumpled tunics rather than leather or armor, and he drank all the time. Even now, he held a goblet that had been emptied thrice over since the meeting began.

“Perhaps we should let Myrcella decide,” Uncle Jaime said, their eyes meeting for the first time in days. They were green and bright, exactly like her mother’s, though she couldn’t tell what lay behind them. He was a stranger to her, a man who wore her beloved uncle’s face.

“I would like Uncle Jaime to take me,” she said quickly. “We’ll go on foot if we have to. We’ll stay off the kingsroad.”

“Our army has been decimated,” Tyrion said. “We are at our weakest, and a major threat is rising in the south. I say let Jaime take Myrcella to Winterfell and stand witness at the wedding.”

Grandfather looked skeptical, even disgusted by the idea of Uncle Jaime taking on an important task, but he said nothing.

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