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Some of you may know that I call my son Spartacus here in part because A. lobbied hard for us to actually name him Spartacus (for variants of "lobbying hard" that involve knowing that I would never let that happen). Somehow this came out at dinner the other night, and now Spartacus is demanding to be called Spartacus in real life.

You can imagine my attempts to explain this to his nursery school teacher, after he told her that he had a different name now.

ASOIAF fic: Enter Heaven in Muddy Shoes

Yes, I wrote this story, and yes, I am burying it by posting it on a Saturday, but the exchange I wrote it for is over and I need to get it out and about.

Title: Enter Heaven in Muddy Shoes
Author/Artist: vaznetti
For: netgirl_y2k
Pairings/Characters: Brienne of Tarth, Arya Stark, Podrick Payne
Rating: PG
Words: c. 11,000
Warnings: Spoilers through ADWD; violence and language as in canon.
Prompt: Brienne & Arya - Sansa isn't the Stark daughter that Brienne eventually discovers. I'd love some protective Brienne, and Arya being reluctant to trust anyone.
Disclaimer: I am not GRRM, which has allowed me to play fast and loose with his chronology and timing (mostly fast). I have, however, borrowed or only slightly altered a line or two of his, particularly when presenting a moment he had already written from another point of view. Title from Theodore Roethke, The Return.
Thanks: to Maidenjedi for a very quick and very helpful beta-read (and a wonderful suggestion for the title!), and to Linndechir for organizing such a great exchange.

( The Titan's Daughter makes a stop in Maidenpool, and Brienne finds the other Stark girl. )

ASOIAF fic: Enter Heaven in Muddy Shoes (1/2)

Title: Enter Heaven in Muddy Shoes
Author/Artist: vaznetti
For: netgirl_y2k
Pairings/Characters: Brienne of Tarth, Arya Stark, Podrick Payne
Rating: PG
Words: c. 11,000
Warnings: Spoilers through ADWD; violence and language as in canon.
Prompt: Brienne & Arya - Sansa isn't the Stark daughter that Brienne eventually discovers. I'd love some protective Brienne, and Arya being reluctant to trust anyone.
Disclaimer: I am not GRRM, which has allowed me to play fast and loose with his chronology and timing (mostly fast). I have, however, borrowed or only slightly altered a line or two of his, particularly when presenting a moment he had already written from another point of view. Title from Theodore Roethke, The Return.
Thanks: to Maidenjedi for a very quick and very helpful beta-read (and a wonderful suggestion for the title!), and to Linndechir for organizing such a great exchange.

( Brienne went from ship to ship, each time with the same questions... )

To Part II

ASOIAF fic: Enter Heaven in Muddy Shoes (2/2)

Part I

( The ship rose and fell through the waves and the rigging creaked gently. There wasn't much wind yet, although the ship's master said that would change once they got past Gulltown and out into the Narrow Sea. )