isabellerecs | Entries tagged with pairing: jonsa

Title: Honesty

Author: EliseMarie314

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 58,892

Summary: After the battle for Winterfell, Jon and Sansa have to make it their home again. They have to make themselves whole first. AKA innocent bed sharing becomes something more.

Recommendation: Comment Hiatus ~ A partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and real life is getting in my way.

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Recommendation #3,164

Title: A Bronze Crown

Author: commaspice

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 32,752

Summary: In the end there are no knights. In the end Sansa must rescue herself. Based on the prompt: he doesn’t ride to her rescue; she comes north with her granduncle and the armies of the Vale to wage war on the Boltons, save his life and teach his assassins and the Boltons a sharp lesson.

Recommendation: Comment Hiatus ~ A partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and real life is getting in my way.

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Recommendation #3,163

Title: To Go South

Author: FedonCiadale

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 110,128

Summary: Jon has much too intense dreams and decides that he has to leave Winterfell.

Recommendation: Comment Hiatus ~ A partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and real life is getting in my way.

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Recommendation #3,162

Title: A Stark of Winterfell

Author: Idhril_Eledhwen

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: General [G]

Word Count: 23,334

Summary: Tyrion Lannister returns to Winterfell over seven years since he’d last left it. He’d worked hard to push Jon Snow, the King in the North, towards the Mother of Dragons, hoping that his innate Stark honor and goodness would halt her increasingly rapid plunge into madness and tyranny. However, the young king’s reunion with his siblings opens Tyrion’s eyes and threatens to undo all of his plans.

Recommendation: Comment Hiatus ~ A partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and real life is getting in my way.

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Recommendation #3,161

Title: Run Away with My Love

Author: brokentombstone

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 71,756

Summary: “Bran,” Jon says, one word and voice barely above a whisper. Sansa takes a sip from her cup and sets it down, “I know.” -- Or; When Bran arrives in Winterfell’s Great Hall mere moments after Jon declares that he is going to Dragonstone, it changes everything. Mostly for Jon and Sansa, but for the rest of Westeros as well.

Recommendation: Holiday Hiatus ~ Or really partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and the holidays are about to really kick off.

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Recommendation #3,015

Title: Castles in Their Bones

Author: BluJae

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 23,290

Summary: “Your brother went south and he lost his kingdom,” Lord Glover advised. “Winter is here your grace. We need the king in the north in the north,” Lady Lyanna warned. “Send an emissary then. Do not go yourself,” Sansa pleaded. The Lords of the North and Lady Stark of Winterfell convince Jon to send Sansa south in his stead.

Recommendation: Holiday Hiatus ~ Or really partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and the holidays are about to really kick off.

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Recommendation #3,014

Title: A Bit of Luck and Daring

Author: Lunakitty

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 47,783

Summary: What if Sansa found another way out of Kings Landing?

Recommendation: Holiday Hiatus ~ Or really partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and the holidays are about to really kick off.

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Recommendation #3,013

Title: Patient Bullheaded & Sneaky

Author: thimbleful

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 6,239

Summary: When Jon's moping over the truth about his parents, Tormund kindly points out how cousin marriage is a thing in Westeros. Just to cheer him up. And if he also gets Jon very, very drunk and suggests that he steals Sansa, well, what's the harm in that?

Recommendation: Holiday Hiatus ~ Or really partial hiatus in that I'll post a rec but I won't do the write up because I'm really behind and the holidays are about to really kick off.

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Recommendation #3,012

Title: Found in Forbidden Nights

Author: alienor_woods

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Explicit [NC-17]

Word Count: 16,777

Summary: In which Robb Stark still refuses to trade Jaime Lannister for his sisters, but Jon Snow decides if being an oathbreaker means he can tell strategy and politics to fuck off, then it's worth it to take matters into his own hands.' (It’s the after, though, that Jon and Sansa hadn’t bargained on.)

Recommendation: So I ran into a Jonsa rec list the other night and that is my only excuse for reading a pair of "Jon abandons the Wall and rescues Sansa from King's Landing" despite having other things that I should be doing. ;) I like that this one as opposed to yesterday's has a little more acceptance from the Starks and that said Starks are home and reasonably safe. I also love that sly Sansa is pulling strings and getting what she wants, including big weddings and tournaments. :D

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Recommendation #1,972

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Title: Build a Ladder to the Stars

Author: vixleonard

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 13,521

Summary: Jon abandons the Night's Watch to join Robb's cause. After rescuing Sansa from King's Landing, he and Sansa find themselves in a relationship they never saw coming.

Recommendation: So I ran into a Jonsa rec list the other night and that is my only excuse for reading a pair of "Jon abandons the Wall and rescues Sansa from King's Landing" despite having other things that I should be doing. ;) It makes me sad to see Robb and Jon on the outs but that is also a reaction that I think is fair just as much as Sansa deciding that Jon is her's now and she won't give him back. I was also amused by Lady Catelyn's reaction.

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Recommendation #1,972

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Title: If You Try to Break Me, You Will Bleed

Author: Dialux

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 96,676

Summary: It had been a slash across her chest from a White Walker’s sword that finally ended her life. Sansa’d landed in a puddle of her own blood, and she’d died quickly, quietly. And then she’d awoken with a gasp, trembling, in a bed that had burned under Theon’s betrayal.

Recommendation: This is not the only "do-over" story that I have read, but I think we all really want to give the Starks another chance truthfully. This story stands out for me because of the marvelous and changing dynamic between Robb, Sansa, and Jon. The other really great thing is that we get to have ALL of the badass northern ladies and not just the usual suspects. Sansa and Arya getting to have good female friendships is worth the price of admission. Oh, and Sansa gets to save Lady!

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Recommendation #1,875

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Title: The Shelter of Your Arms

Author: framboise

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 23,889

Summary: It is Joffrey's chosen punishment for the Starks' treason, his grandest jape, to make brother and sister wed before the court. To spare themselves from the king's wrath, Jon and Sansa pretend to consummate their marriage, but lies have a way of uncovering hidden truths, and when Stannis takes the throne and they are returned North to their family, they must reckon with the consequences of what they have done...

Recommendation: On the one hand having Jon in King's Landing actually makes things worse, but not more so than he makes things more bearable. I find that I'm a little disappointed in Robb though, not that I think that his response isn't correct or true to character but more that I think it is sad that Sansa's safety and happy don't seem to weigh heavily in the balance. Oberyn was a treat though.

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Recommendation #1,874

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Title: And No Net Ensnares Me

Author: thimbleful

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Explicit [NC-17]

Word Count: 130,532

Summary: Since Jon left, Sansa has struggled to keep things together and she longs for his return. However, when he does return things only become worse. Jon learns about his parentage and doesn't know how to make sense of anything, how to fix the inevitable mess the reveal will create, or how to protect the people he loves. But at least, after all these years, the pack is finally back together. Then, one day, Sansa disappears.

Post season 7 fic.

Recommendation: This. Is. Epic. And it's not just the word count, but also the scope of the story as it tries to bring all the threads of the show to a logical and satisfying conclusion. A tall order, one I really don't think the show was even able to manage, but I really did enjoy this attempt. Dany and Cersei both tip the scale on the crazy-meter, but ironically enough it is an original character, Tisiph, that I most associate with this story. She is so well written that sometimes I forget that she isn't someone from canon as she fits so seamlessly into this world. There are a number of really good OCs in this one, truthfully, but she is most intrinsic to the plot and my favorite. Sansa is cleverer than everyone, Arya is badass, and Jon is a noble idiot, but all of those things are standard operating procedure.

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Recommendation #1,873

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Title: Cover Your Eyes (Do I Feel Right, Darling?)

Author: kattyshack

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 12,534

Summary: Jon Snow’s arrival at the Vale is met with trepidation and intrigue; after all, what could this bastard-come-prince want in this far-off corner of his kingdom? But Jon has heard the whispers that the Eyrie’s prized beauty is not a bastard of Littlefinger’s at all, but the daughter of Winterfell—and Jon means to steal her away.

Recommendation: Now this is a favorite of mine. It's certainly more book speculation than show, but anytime Sansa doesn't have to suffer through Ramsey is a plus in my book. And the interactions between Jon and Sansa are all heat and flirtation layered over top of their care for one another. Good stuff. And if Jon get to perpetuate a family tradition, that's just bonus.

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Recommendation #1,872

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Title: Power

Author: All_Our_Sweetest_Hours

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 4,545

Summary: Wolves are instinctual creatures and Petyr finds himself questioning the relationship between the last two wolves of Winterfell.

Recommendation: I'm not ashamed to admit that I take great delight in the "Petyr Baelish gets whats coming to him" trope. I derive great personal satisfaction from this trope, and I do not think that I am alone in these feelings. It's even sweeter when he doesn't see it coming until it's too late. A little bloodthirsty, yes. Not sorry.

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Recommendation #1,871

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Title: Let Me Steal You

Author: rideswraptors

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 88,705

Summary: “He may be a dragon by blood,” Sansa said, looking down to meet Ghost’s adoring red gaze, “but he was raised among wolves. To me, he will always be a Stark.”

Recommendation: This story is an interesting mix of show and book canon and book speculation, but first and foremost it is a story about rebuilding. Nothing terribly dramatic happens but honestly sometimes it is a relief to read a story where the Starks get to have nice things and to heal from the bad things and for people to get on with living. And while I love the slow build between Jon and Sansa, some of my favorite parts are the auxiliary relationships: Arya and Grey Worm, Sansa and the hill clans, and Jon and the Wildlings, etc. Oh, and I just love Tormund. He is in fact the best.

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Recommendation #1,870

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Title: We Sail Together

Author: retorica

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Explicit [NC-17]

Word Count: 11,582

Summary: 7x07 do-over. In the wake of receiving a strange letter from Jon, Sansa decides to attend the Dragonpit meeting, after all. Jonsa!Boatsex.

Recommendation: *sigh* What might have been. Well no, I never thought it was going to be canon but that is why these stories are so very precious. ;) The other great tragedy that this story rectifies is that we have Sansa vs. Cersei, and who cares about the Dragon Queen when we've these two queens going at it, lol.

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Recommendation #1,869

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Title: The White Wolf's Devotion

Author: ALiteraryLife

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow; Brienne of Tarth/Jaime Lannister

Rating: Mature [R]

Word Count: 47,448

Summary: Opens during 6x10. Jon and Sansa stand as a united front, finding comfort and relief in one another. When a suitor steps forward to claim Sansa and take her once more from Winterfell, she turns to her brother to save her. Jon's devotion to Sansa develops into something more, despite his efforts to stop it. Jonsa pairing w/minor backing characters, including a Brienne/Jamie sampling.

Recommendation: Even though Jon and Sansa don't quite wait for the "big reveal" it still comes as rather a relief. This is also one of those rare Jonsa stories that also has a Braime subplot, but the stand out is the surprise pairing towards the end that caught me off guard the first and second time I read this story. Good stuff.

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Recommendation #1,868

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Title: When Dawns Were Young

Author: alienor_woods

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 4,444

Summary: Ned and Jon are not the only ones who keep to their old gods.

Recommendation: I love this so much! I love the thought of the Riverlands having their own "old ways" and to have those ways be the matrilineal worship of a river goddess is just cherry on top as far as I'm concerned. Seriously, so much!

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Recommendation #1,867

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Title: Iron Bands and Silver Linings

Author: thimbleful

Canon: Game of Thrones | ASOIAF

Pairing: Sansa Stark/Jon Snow

Rating: Teen [PG]

Word Count: 6,970

Summary: "When Winterfell finally rises against the horizon, the iron bands with which Jon has bound his heart all snap open with such force he half expects his captor to notice. But she only looks toward Winterfell with a pleased smile on her face and his heart can beat once more, strong and true, for the woman waiting for him on the other side of those walls." A one shot about Jon and Sansa and their love for one another, before he leaves for Dragonstone and after he returns. Post s7 / alternate s8.

Recommendation: So right before my Great Hiatus/Summer Break, season eight of Game of Thrones was breaking my heart (and what was left was ground down by Endgame, but anyways) and I found myself accidentally falling down the Jonsa rabbit hole and not really coming up for air for quite a few weeks. I wasn’t keeping track of anything I was reading at that point which at the time did not phase me, but in the intervening months, I’ve regretted that. I’ve gotten so used to being able to look back at my own recs when I feel in the mood to re-read something that I feel quite at a loss without that backup. As to this story, in particular, I have found that I adore thimbleful’s characterizations of not only Jon and Sansa, but also of Arya, Daenerys, and others. The tension between Jon and Sansa in taut and the release, a very great pleasure.

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Recommendation #1,866

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