"After the Long Night, A Gentle Storm"

Prompt: The story of Gendry and Arya after she rejects his proposal to be his lady of storm’s end after the war of the night king in Winterfell. They are both in love but only he will admit it as she chooses to get revenge on Cersei instead. The next time he sees her a year later she shows up to storms end collapsing off a horse at the entrance gets bloody beaten and broken. They have a slow burn after that while she reluctantly lets him take care of her. Eventually their relationship gets intimate, and she finally opens up to him about her trauma. And eventually they are physically intimate again.

Story Parts

Part 1

The War's End

The snow-covered grounds of Winterfell sparkled like a thousand diamonds in the pale winter sun as Arya Stark and Gendry...

Part 2

Parting Ways

The snow-covered grounds of Winterfell sparkled like a thousand diamonds in the pale winter sun as Arya Stark and Gendry...

Part 3

**Chapter 3: A Year of Silence**

The distant hum of the sea and the cries of gulls filled the air as Gendry Waters stood atop the battlements of Storm's ...

Part 4

Chapter 4: The Arrival

The distant hum of the sea and the cries of gulls filled the air as Gendry Waters stood atop the battlements of Storm's ...

Part 5

The Price of Revenge

Gendry's eyes never left Arya's face as he sat beside her, his heart aching with concern and love. The room was quiet, t...

Part 6

**Chapter 6: Slow Burn**

The days passed, and Arya slowly began to recover from her ordeal. Gendry continued to care for her, feeding her, bathin...

Part 7

**Chapter 7: Fractured Trust**

As the days turned into weeks, Arya's physical health continued to improve, but the emotional scars of her ordeal still ...

Part 8

The Weight of Memories

Arya's eyes snapped open, and she was back in the dark, damp cellar where Cersei's henchmen had subjected her to unspeak...

Part 9

Chapter 9: Breaking Point

Arya's eyes snapped open, and she was thrashing about, her body shaking violently as she let out a blood-curdling scream...

Part 10

**Chapter 10: Vulnerability**

The memories came flooding back, like a tidal wave crashing over her. Arya's eyes snapped open, and she was thrashing ab...

Part 11

Chapter 11: Awakening

The memories came flooding back, like a tidal wave crashing over her. Arya's eyes snapped open, and she was thrashing ab...

Part 12

Chapter 12: Intimacy

The days turned into weeks, and Arya's physical health continued to improve. She was still haunted by nightmares, but wi...