Surviving {Ned Stark x Reader}

thenoblehouseofdayne:

Anonymous requested: “Could you write a ned Stark x reader imagine? One in which Catelyn dies and Ned reluctantly marries one of his bannermen s daughter, who hasn’t married yet because she cannot have children (they somehow know that)”

warnings: mentions of past character death, misogynistic view of women’s worth, the agonizing beginning of a slow burn

{While on my writing spree, I figured three fics in one day was too much, even for me. If you like this, shoot me an ask! Your excitement feeds mine, lets keep this pace going!}

Ned Stark had never expected to marry again. After he’d married and buried Catelyn, the love of his life, he intended to raise their children and expire, to be buried alongside her, and the thought of this was his only comfort on lonely nights. A year passed, and then another, and the wound began to slowly stitch itself shut, Winterfell returning to some semblance of normal as the grief gave way for distant pain. 

They hadn’t forgotten her, by any means, but for the sake of maintaining their lives, they learned to function without her. 

The patriarch of another northern family had come to visit, bringing his own share of woes to explain to Ned in great detail over a great deal of wine. 

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