#my 5+1 nedlyn fic

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5 times Catelyn didn’t think of Brandon Stark (4)

Everyone thinks she is with Ned because of Brandon but they are wrong. Fourth one is Brynden.

Chapter 4 of my Nedlyn 5+1 story. It’s their wedding day, yay. Very fluffy and feel good. You don’t need to know the other chapters. Have fun.

"And I promise to love you and cherish you for the rest of my life. To be your partner by your side always, until the end of my days." Ned's words still rang in her head when they got to the wedding reception.

She never felt this much happiness in her life before. She was married to Ned. To her sweet, kind Ned, her rock. If she wouldn't have been in the middle of her wedding reception she would have squealed and screamed full of joy. But she had to remember that there were a lot of people around them.

To be completely honest she had a hard time remembering that other people participated in her wedding, the whole day. From the moment she had walked down the aisle the only one she saw was Ned. Everyone else had just fainted into the background.

Distantly she had known that her father had led her to Ned but even his significance blanched in comparison to her future husband. Ned who had waited for her at the end of the aisle looking at her as if all his wishes had just come true. He had claimed this two days prior but when she had seen it so plainy displayed on his face it had made her heart skip a few beats.

Before the wedding both Lysa and Lyanna had asked Catelyn if she was afraid that Ned would look as "frozen" as he always looked. She got quite mad at both of them because to her Ned had never been frozen when they were together. Yes it took her some time to recognize and read his emotions but frozen was not a word that came when she thought of her now husband.

People who called Ned frozen and unfeeling were people she couldn't understand. And the moment she had seen him she knew that everyone who thought that Ned was frozen today was an idiot.

It wasn't like any of those people mattered to her anyway. Nobody but Ned mattered today. Of course Ned would disagree with her on this. For him she was what mattered most on their wedding day. They had a long discussion about this and at the end they came to the conclusion that their love should be the center of their wedding which was a result both of them were satisfied with.

Now she was in her husband's arms while dancing. Ned always declared that he was a terrible dancer and she knew he had been nervous about dancing infront of so many people but she also knew no one had ever danced with her as well as Ned did today. She also knew no other man's arms could ever fit as perfectly around her as Ned's did. She knew that she could never feel this safe with anybody else by her side. And she knew that there was no one she would have rather married than Ned. She knew all those things without a doubt.

"I love you, Ned" she whispered in his ear. Everyone's eyes were on them but they only had eyes for each other. They pressed their foreheads together to be as close as possible to each other.

"I love you too, so much. Before you I never knew I could love someone this much." he told her and gave her a small kiss on the lips. It was a short kiss but it was full of promises. Promises for later today and promises for their life together, a life that started this moment.

After what felt like a wonderful eternity their first dance was over. She still felt like she was floating when Ned went to sit down at their table next to Robert, his best man. Catelyn stayed on the dance floor and waited for her father so they could start the father-daughter-dance. Hoster came to her smiling brighter than she had seen him smile in a long time with open arms to start their dance.

"Little Cat, you look radiant. I am so happy for you and I'm very lucky that I get to be here for your special day. I just wish your mother could be here to see you getting married. I know she dreamt of this day ever since you were born." he told her.

"Oh daddy, thank you. I wish mom would be here as well but I believe that she is with us today. Of course planning the wedding would have been easier with her here." she tried to make a little joke. One that was true.

Ever since Cat was five years old and her mother had shown her pictures of her own wedding, Cat had set her heart on having a wedding that resembled her parents. With Minisa Tully gone from life too early this had turned out to be a challenge and her father hadn't been of much help.

But again she had been blessed to have Ned. Even though he was missing his own mother, he had helped her plan the entire wedding and to find a way to perfectly combine the different traditions of their faiths. They somehow managed to have a wedding that was a perfect combination of her dreams and his wishes. There was no way in which this wedding could have been better.

At the end of the father-daughter-dance Rickard Stark took over for her father and other people started dancing around them as well. Cat enjoyed dancing and she liked her new father-in-law but she wanted to get back to Ned. She tried to find him without interrupting her dance. He wasn't in his seat anymore. Instead she found him dancing with his sister. He looked up and her and their eyes met. Immediately the smile returned to his face and she couldn't help but blush and smile back.

When the song ended they both returned to their table again. Ned took her hands: "I missed you even though you've only been gone for 2 dances"

She laughed and again Ned looked at her like she was the most beautiful creature on this Earth. It filled her with joy that they both missed each other irrationally. But this was their day of course they wanted to be together as much as possible.

She took one of her hands and stroked through his hair carefully to not get it messy. He silently raised his eyebrow and she knew exactly why. She had made him promise not to touch her hair until after the wedding to not ruin it.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not making a mess out of your hair like you always make of mine. I'll make sure you will look just as handsome as you looked before I touched your hair."

Instead of saying something he took her hand, that was not in his hair and kissed the back of it. They sat together like this, just looking at each other and exchanging little touches until her uncle came over and asked her to dance. She was conflicted about leaving Ned again but he just smiled and gave her hands to Brynden.

Her uncle spun her around on the dance floor laughing and most likely not suitable to the beat. When their dance slowed down a bit the topic of how cheerful this day was came up again.

Brynden with his typical teasing grin on his face asked her a question she really expected: "Tell me little Cat are you happy with your choice of groom?"

"Of course I am happy. Ned is the best man there is. Why would you even ask that?" She was a bit irritated by his question. Why would she not be happy? If she had been unhappy she wouldn't have married Ned.

"Oh I just remember how enamored you were with the handsome older brother." he said wiggling his eyebrows at her. "Just seemed like you replaced the older one with the one that is less likely to take the wrong girl home after the wedding"

Cat almost fell when she missed a step because she felt it raging inside her. She knew her uncle was making a joke. One he wouldn't make if she had actually married Brandon. He would not laugh, he would threaten Brandon instead. But in this moment she was just mad being reminded by her own uncle that she had a history with Ned's older brother. She hated that people constantly asked about Brandon or assumed that he was the reason for her relationship with Ned.

"Uncle, why would you say something like that? At Ned's and my wedding no less! I love Ned. My loving Ned has nothing to do with Brandon. Ned is 10 times the man that Brandon is. And I'm really tired of all of you questioning my decision and thinking I have some twisted reason for being with Ned." She didn't yell but she came damn close to it.

She almost left her uncle on the dancefloor to get back to Ned but he stopped her to apologize. He told her he was just joking and that he didn't mean to hurt her. Cat knew that it was true but she told her uncle that she would not tolerate anyone saying these things anymore. They finished their dance but Cat's mood wasn't as good as it was before. Her plan was to go straight back to Ned but when she turned around he was already there to take over for Brynden.

"Are you ok? You looked like you got a bit mad there." he asked her. For the millionth time today she beamed at him as he put his arms around her and started dancing again. This was one of the many reasons she knew Ned was the right one for her. He always was so observant and could sense her distress very easily.

"I'm fine, my love. My uncle was just making a stupid joke." she reassured him.

"Mmh, I don't like you being upset you should be nothing but happy today."

"I am nothing but happy, I promise. I just look at you and there is no space in my heart for anything but love, hope and happiness." It was true the moment she had been back in his arms her anger at her uncle had completely disappeared.

Despite this little incident the rest of the reception had been lovely. She danced with Edmure, Benjen and even Robert, she saw Ned dancing with Lysa, she ate cake and had a great time. At the end of the day Ned and her ended up in their bed naked tangled up in each other in a way that you probably couldn't tell which limp belongs to who and she thought of nothing but their future.

No Brandon occupied her mind, only Ned. 

#my 5+1 Nedlyn fic #wedding #game of thrones #asoiaf #catelyn stark #catelyn tully #ned stark #ned x catelyn #brynden tully #modern au #nedlyn #ned x cat #ao3 fanfic

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5 times Catelyn didn’t think of Brandon Stark (5)

Everyone thinks she is with Ned because of Brandon but they are wrong. Fifth one is Brandon himself.

Chapter 5: Threir first baby is born. Brandon is a bit of an ass but she wont let that take aware her happiness. Again you don’t necessarily need to read the other chapters first.

When the next contraction hit it hurt more than anything she had ever experienced in her entire life.

"Push" Doctor Luwin yelled while she screamed her lungs out.

"You're doing great, my love." her stupidly calm husband tried to encourage her. It was immensely infuriating that he was this composed while her body was ripping apart.

"Shut up!!! You know what? You can push the next one out! Because I am not  doing this agaaaiin! This is all your fault! You are never touching me again after this." she yelled at him. 

"Breath Catelyn. You need the oxygen." the doctor tried to instruct her.

"Oh you shut your mouth too. I'm pushing a melon out of my vagina while ten people are watching me. I get to yell as much as I want." she now went on to scream at Luwin even though he probably didn't deserve it.

"Do you want me to leave?" Ned asked her with a guilty look on his face.

"Of course not! Don't you dare leave me while I'm giving birth to your huge baby!" she cried out and frantically tried to reach for him. Luckily she found his hands very quickly. She couldn't remember when she had let them go in the first place. 

After the contraction was over she got more frightened than angry. How could he think it was a smart idea to leave her alone right now? No human had ever had such an idiotic thought as this one. He wanted to leave her now! Why would he do that?

"Please Ned, please don't leave me alone. I'm sorry. Please stay with me. Don't leave. It hurts and I can't do this without you." she cried out and tears of pain and exhaustion were running down her face.

Ned leaned over her and pressed his lips to her forehead and pushed her wet hair out of her face, "Don't worry, my love. I won't leave you, ever. Not unless you tell me too. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to do anything without you. You are so strong."

"You make me strong!" she whispered right before the next contraction hit again and she had to scream again.

She screamed so loud, she was surprised she couldn't hear glass breaking around her. She squeezed Ned's hands so hard, she was surprised that all his bones were still intact. She pushed so hard, she was surprised she didn't push her guts out alongside  her baby. Everything she did, she did with all the strength she could muster up. She was certain she would soon run out of energy and the will to go on.

She wondered how it was possible for her vagina to stretch open to the amount that was needed for a whole human to fit through there because it felt like it was going to rip apart from the inside. It must have been an hour or so before she got a little break to catch her breath again.

"Catelyn, you're doing an amazing job. It's going really well. The baby starts crowning now. Try to slow down your desire to push and maybe gently try to pant." Luwin ordered her. 

"What?" she asked through gritted teeth. "How does that make any sense? I want this to be over, not slow it down!" 

"Trying to slow down the birth will give your skin time to stretch. It could prevent tearing." One of the midwife's chimed in. Catelyn likely would have snapped at her as well if she wouldn't be distracted by the word tearing. Whoever said births were magical or a miracle had been a lying liar. Giving birth hurt, there were body fluids everywhere and she had had strangers hands on and in her vagina examining her for the last 15 hours.

She needed Ned and searched for his eyes: "I don't think I can do this. It hurts too much. I can't. Please Ned, I can't."

Ned's hands left hers and for a moment she wanted to panic but thankfully his hands were cupping her face a second later.

"Yes you can." He told her: "There is no one as strong as you. No one could bring our child into this world as fantastic as you are doing right now. I believe in you."

"Catelyn it's time to push again." the doctor interrupted Ned. 

And she did. Maybe a few minutes, maybe a few hours later she was finally done. She had delivered their baby.

Their baby was here. The baby they had been waiting for, for seven months ever since they found she was pregnant was here. She still couldn't wrap her head around it. After hours of pain, pushing and screaming she got to hold her baby in her arms. He was perfect in every way possible. She couldn't imagine that there ever was a child as beautiful as her baby. She was remotely aware of the fact that someone was pushing down on her stomach probably to get the placenta out but she was too distracted by her son.

Sprawled over her chest he looked tiny. It seemed impossible that this small human being had kicked her from the inside hard enough to be visible on the outside. Neds large hand came into her view carefully stroking over the little patches of red hair on their baby's head. She was sure her husband could hold their child in one hand. It had always amazed her of how much gentleness his hands were capable of despite their roughness. And it had never been as apparent as it was right now.

"He is perfect, Cat" Ned whispered, his voice full of awe. There was no reason for more words. No words could ever describe the feelings both parents felt but they both felt it.

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A few hours later the baby had had his first checkup, had been fed for the first time, both Cat and her baby had been cleaned up and Ned and she had decided on the name Robb.

Now the proud newly made parents were sitting on the hospital bed taking turns holding their baby. It was almost addicting and she was certain that she would never be able to get enough of it.

An hour before Ned had called their family and 5 min before had just received a text message that they had arrived. Her father had been there for the first few hours of her hospital stay but they sent him home and told everyone else not to come till the baby was actually there. There had been no reason for any of them to wait over half a day in an uncomfortable hospital waiting room.

A soft knock was at the door. The nurse that had helped her with nursing Robb for the first time stuck her head through the door, "Your family is here Mrs Stark. Would you like to see them?" 

"Yes, let them in please." Cat smiled at her. She was pretty sure she hadn't stopped smiling since the pain of giving birth had passed.

The door opened wide and their family walked in. Immediately the room was full with their fathers, their siblings and her uncle. Everyone marveled at their son and got to hold him. Lyanna declared that their choice in a name was terrible and Brandon looked like he was agreeing but everyone else politely ignored her.

Her father expressed delite in the fact that Robb shared their Tully traits of red hair and blue eyes. For a moment Cat was afraid that Rickard or Ned were disappointed that Robb shared so little of their Stark look but Rickard had just smiled at Hosters words. Ned had outright declared that his son was very lucky that he looked just like his beautiful mother. Her brother had rolled his eyes at it but it filled Cat with waves of happiness. 

They all stayed until Cat started to yawn, exhausted from the long days she had. Robb was already asleep in his crib next to her bed. After that people left one by one until only Rickard and Brandon were still in the room. Richard took Ned by his arm and pulled him out of the room into the hospital corridor. 

Brandon looked down and at the crib, "My brother is right you know? This child is lucky to have your looks and not his sombre face. This way he is way more pleasant to look at."

She frowned, "Don't be like that Brandon. Robb would be just as lucky if he had his fathers face. It is a good face. I should know, I married that face."

Brandon laughed with an ugly smile that was more of a grin on his lips he said, "And you're still happy with that kitty Cat? No regrets? Didn’t wish you were still with me instead of the replacment you found? Didn't think about me or my babies while being pregnant? I'm just saying our kids wouldn't have to worry about inheriting an ugly face."

"How dare you Brandon! How dare you say something like this? Get out! Get out now. For your information I didn't waste one single thought on you the whole 9 months or any months before that. And I don't want to see you here anymore if you insult my husband and my future babies." She told him in a dangerously low tone. She didn't want Ned or his father to hear her but she would not tolerate anyone insulting her husband and ruining any part of their happiness. Not today, not ever.

Brandon left the room after this and went home with his father. Normally she still got on well with Brandon. He had an easy going personality and he was funny but everytime he was reminded of the fact that his little brother ended up with his ex fiance he became an ass and made Ned into the butt of his cruel jokes. It always made her blood boil instantly but she didn't intend to think about it anymore today. Not when there were so many things to be grateful for today.

Fortunately Ned returned to her pretty much the second Brandon went out of the room. She asked what his father had wanted from him and her husband told her his father had just wanted to let him know that he is very proud of Ned. She didn't quite manage to keep the smirk of her face and her eyebrows in place but it was just very like the Starks to keep their feelings and emotional outbursts as private as possible.

Ned climbed into bed with her so he could hold her in his arms. There was no place safer than Ned's arms. The feeling of his chest at her back and his beard on her neck made her float into a deep sleep. A well needed sleep.

No Brandon occupied her mind, only Ned.

#my 5+1 Nedlyn fic #baby Robb Stak #babies #game of thrones #asoiaf #catelyn stark #catelyn tully #ned stark #maester luwin #ned x catelyn #nedlyn #ned x cat #brandon stark #modern au #ao3 fanfic

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5 times Catelyn didn’t think of Brandon Stark (3)

Everyone thinks she is with Ned because of Brandon but they are wrong. Third one is Lyanna.

Here is my third chapter of my 5+1 Ned and Cat story. Pretty sure you can read it as a standalone. It only took me 5 months to write this. I’m not quiet happy with the Ned/Cat part but I quiet like the Cat and Lyanna part.

They were on the couch in Neds living room watching a movie. It wasn't that interesting of a movie and halfway through their attention shifted. 

Ned laid on the couch with Cat in his arms next to him. One arm was placed around her while the other held her hand on her stomach. For about ten minutes Ned had been stroking the back of her hand with his thumb and brushing the other through her hair. 

Cat pulled her hand away from Ned to adjust the volume of the TV. His hand was no longer on top of hers but was now resting on her stomach. She put his hand on top of his to keep it in place liking the sensation of his hand on her body. 

Slowly his hand moved again this time stroking her stomach. Cat started to feel the butterflies assembling inside of her. She turned her head away from the TV and towards Ned and started to give small kisses to his bearded cheek. His stubble felt very pleasant on her lips. 

She worked her way along his strong jaw line until she finally found his lips. A soft moan escaped her when she met her goal. To get a better angle she moved her body on top of him and applied more pressure on to his lips. 

Ned met her kiss by running his tongue over her lips. Cat was eager enough to open her mouth and in turn using her own tongue. Now it was Neds turn to moan, his hand grabbed her hair a little tighter than before. While Cat was using one arm to make sure that she stayed in her position without squishing him under her, her other arm was free and moved it to his hip. 

She felt exactly where his shirt stopped so she decided to slowly slide her hand beneath it. She could feel his muscles tense because of her touch and he hissed.  Her hand moved up higher and she lowered her hip. 

She needed to be closer to him and the clothes they were wearing were stopping her from her from feeling him completely. She spared her legs so she could sit up in his lap and use her other hand to try to get him out of his shirt. Even Though she could definitely feel him harder under her, Ned looked a little bit puzzled. Maybe she was being too forward or she was doing something wrong, she thought to herself.

"Is everything ok Ned? Do you not want this? Or is this too fast?" she asked now unsure of herself.

"No, everything is fine, this is splendid" he said.

She must have looked not convinced so he continued.

"I love you Cat" Ned said and stared into her blue eyes "and I really want to do this, but only if you feel ready"

"I feel great Ned, you don't need to worry so much. I love you too and I really wanna do this" Cat told him.

He was so sweet, always thinking about her feelings and making sure she was fine. She knew she wasn't the most experienced person when it came to sex but she wasn't exactly a virgin either.

The young Tully woman knew that sex wasn't a big deal to a lot of people anymore and she respected that. But for her, to share her body with another person like that, she wanted to feel something for this person. She planned her future with Ned in it and knew he wanted one with her as well. So if it goes according to plan she would sleep with him more than a few times in her life and she wanted their first time together to mean something. Cat didn't need it to be perfect or amazing but she wanted it to be more than just the fulfilment of Iust between two people.

"Maybe we should move to your bedroom," she suggested. 

"Yeah" he agreed. To her big surprise he lifted her up in his arms and actually carried her to his room. She had to laugh to let some of the happiness out that was building up inside her or she might have exploded.

Ned looked at her with a little smile on his lips. He looked like he knew something she didn't. 

"Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked.

"Do you have any idea just how beautiful you are? Because I know I have never been so entranced by anyone's beauty like I have been by yours."

And at that she could do nothing but kiss him again. Her sweet Ned. He lowered her onto his bed, following immediately. Now their position was reversed and he was on top of her as their kissing became more intense. She slit her hands under his shirt again to finish the task she hadn't managed to complete the first time. 

When his shirt was off she took a moment to appreciate the view. He had a really nice body. His chest and abs were muscular but not in an unnatural way. Ned looked back at her and their eyes met trying to figure out the next step. She decided that losing her dress next was the best course of action because it seemed like it was the most complicated piece of clothing between them, getting it out of the way early was probably a good idea.

"Could you help me with the zipper of my dress?" she asked and turned around so Ned could reach the back of her dress and open it. 

After a few moments of trying to get her dress off she realised it didn’t work lying down. She got up and pulled her dress off. At that moment she really thought that clothes were totally overrated and complicated, so she took off her bra and slipped out of the panties as well. Neds eyes never left her and were now running all over her body. 

"Well are you just gonna look at me or are you going to get even?" she asked.

He didn't say anything at that but he started to unbutton his pants, his eyes still on her. He pushed down his pants and underwear both at ones and his penis sprung free for Cat to look at. She had felt him through her clothes while making out a few times before but never seen it. It was a nice cock, she thought to herself. She guessed it was of pretty average size and definitely had a nice aesthetic. She was shortly distracted by the fact that Ned seemed to struggle getting off his socks and she had to smile a little bit. 

They were both completely naked. Cat sat back down on the bed next to Ned. This time it was Ned that kissed her cheek and worked his way around her face but his goal was not her lips or at least not the ones belonging to her mouth. 

His lips traveled down her neck over the top of her breasts and then they made a stop on her nipples. First he licked over them, then he took her left one in his mouth and sucked on it. His right hand was busy stroking over her right breast and playing with the nipple. His left hand traveled further down and slipped his fingers carefully through her folds. 

His mouth slowly followed his hand and when it finally found where he wanted to go he pressed his lips into her and tried to move them. It was obvious that he hadn't done this too often before. But what was way more important, it was also obvious that he wanted to do a good job at it. Both his hands and lips were moving too carefully. It was nice but not enough. She wasn't sure if she should say something or not. She didn't wanna hurt his feelings. But Ned seemed to notice that something wasn't quite right by himself.

"Is that good? Should I do something different?" he asked, looking up.

"It's good" she said and it was true " but you can put more pressure on it. I'm not gonna break"

She felt the change immediately. His tongue now pressed down harder on her than before and she could finally feel the strength of his fingers when he started entering her with them, one at a time. 

She had moaned ever since his lips had started kissing her skin but when his tongue moved to the right and landed on the perfect spot she let out a scream. This seemed to motivate Ned and he started to suck and lap at her, his fingers still moving into her until she felt her body tense up and then release. 

She laid on her back now breathless and tried to calm down again. Ned moved up from the position he had been in and arranged himself above her so he could look upon her face.

"Was that good for you?" Ned asked. 

"Yes, it was good" she said and took his face in her hands and kissed him again.

His lips now tasted different, they tasted like her. The kiss became more heated again rather quickly and Ned started grinding against her hip a little bit. Her hand wandered from his face to his back so she could pull him even closer to her. His hand found her clit again and rubbed it. 

"Do you want to…" he panted.

"Yes!" she moaned into his neck, kissing and sucking on it. She spread her legs wider to make more room for him.

He positioned himself and slowly pushed into her. It felt so good to finally have him as close as possible to her even though she needed some time to adjust to the stretching. 

When she felt ready she started to move her hip to encourage him to do the same and he did. First carefully and slowly but then with increasing speed and strength. When she grabbed his ass to help him push into her in the right angle, her pleasure went up again. She could hear Neds breath becoming faster and heavier. She was pretty sure she heard him growl just shortly before he said.

"I think I'm going to…" he couldn't finish the sentence overwhelmed by his orgasm. He collapsed onto her but rolled of pretty quickly. 

She turned to look at his face and hoped to see a blissful expression on his face but to her dissapointment she saw him frowning. Maybe it wasn't good for him?

"Is everything alright?" "I'm sorry Cat" they said at the same moment.

"What are you sorry for?" she really couldn't fathom for what he was apologising.

"I couldn't give you pleasure and I didn't warn you before" he apologized.

"Oh, my love. You did give me pleasure. Or did you miss it?"

"I mean while we were…"

"Oh well it happens, don't worry too much Ned. This was our first time together, we have time to learn and to get to know each other, don't we?"

"Yes we do" he said. Finally he looked at her with a happy expression on his face and pulled her into his arms where she fell asleep.

The next morning Cat was standing in Neds kitchen trying to find a glass of water when the door was pushed open and a very moody Lyanna walked in.

"Ned? Are you here?" she yelled into the apartment.

"He is still sleeping" Cat told her.

Lyanna hadn't noticed her until this moment and her face hardened. She was looking at Cat with an expression as if she suspected she might be here to steal something.

"What are you doing here, at this time?" Neds sister asked, running her eyes over Cat. Cat herself was pretty sure that her appearance answered the question without words. 

Lyanna raised her eyebrows. 

"You slept here" she stated, her voice becoming more hostile. 

Cat got nervous and blushed but nodded. Obviously Lyanna wasn't pleased and maybe even pissed off and Cat wasn't quite sure why. But her face formed in an outward cruel expression.

"So, how good did Ned fuck you compared to Brandon?" Lyanna asked.

Cat could just stare at her. She couldn't believe Lyanna just asked this question but Lyanna continued.

"Well I guess it doesn't matter to you anyway right? Since you're just using Ned to make Brandon jealous! I know what game you're playing. You think if you can make Brandon jealous enough he comes back to you and you're using Ned to do it! But let me tell you something Tully. This is not ok! Ned deserves better than that. He is a good person and he shouldn't get his heart shattered by a little bitch desperately trying to get his brother back! And Ned must have been an easy target right? He wants to believe in the good in everyone even if he shouldn't and you took advantage of that"

Cat couldn't take it anymore, she could feel tears running down her cheeks. 

"How dare you… what are you even… why would you… You know nothing me and Ned or Brandon" she finally found some words.

"Oh I know plenty!" Lyanna replied with confidence.

"Really? Because if you would actually know anything about our situation you would know that I left Brandon and not the other way around but I guess Brandons ego couldn't handle that he had been dumped. 

And if you would know anything you would know that I love Ned with all my heart and I would never do anything to hurt him. 

You would know that you don't have to tell me that Ned is a good person because I know what kind of a person he is. He is sweet and attentive and smart and he wants the best for people he loves. 

Would you know anything, you would know how lucky and happy I feel that I belong to the people he loves because no one is luckier than the people who are loved by him. 

You would not be standing here and saying those awful things about me and your brother if you actually knew anything." Her tears had stopped while talking and she wasn't nervous anymore. She knew what she and Ned had and neither Brandon nor Lyannas words could come between them.

Lyanna stared quietly at her, lost in words. It must have been a first for the Stark girl. Cat could see a little bit of shame in Lyannas eyes but she knew she wouldn't hear an apology. The girl saw herself in the right, trying to protect her brother and even if her accusations were false she would stubbornly hold on to this justification for her treatment of Cat. 

"Well then, tell Ned I borrowed his car. It will be back by tomorrow morning " Lyanna grabbed the car keys out of a bowl next to the door and walked out of the door but before she closed it behind herself she turned around and said:

"Bye Tully I hope to see you soon." and Cat knew it was the closest thing to an acceptance of hers and Neds relationship she would get from Lyanna Stark.

After Cat heard Neds car drive away she went to the bathroom to wipe the dried tears of her face and then went back to bed snuggling against the still in deep slumber Ned. 

She fell asleep again looking at Ned. Lyannas words were already forgotten.

No Brandon occupied her mind,  only Ned.

#game of thrones #asoiaf #catelyn stark #ned stark #catelyn tully #ned x catelyn #lyanna stark #nedlyn #modern au #brandon stark #my 5+1 Nedlyn fic

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5 times Catelyn didn’t think of Brandon Stark (2)

Everybody thinks she is with Ned because of Brandon but they are wrong. Second one is Lysa.

Chapter 2. Gonna reblog chapter 3 so they show up one after another.

They went on a few dates by now and nothing had happened beside a few kisses on the cheek. She wasn't sure what it was about. 

The rationale part of her brain was telling her that Ned was just a little bit shy and that he had respect for her. But the more insecure of her brain, the part that spoke to her when she was in bed at night, told her that maybe he wasn't that interested after all and that maybe by still going out with her he is only humoring her. 

Most of the time this voice disappeared when she finally saw Ned again and he smiled to greet her. 

But today was the fifth time they went out and she just couldn't ban the evil thoughts. 

"Maybe I'm just not pretty enough or not smart enough for him" 

Ned was one of the most amazing people Cat ever met in her life and she felt that if he didn't approve of her for some reason that something must be wrong with her. 

Which was bad, she told herself. She never thought of herself as this woman who needed a man's approval to be happy or to feel valuable and she didn't want to be. 

Yet she couldn't shake it. She didn't want some men's approval. She wanted one man's approval and that was Ned. 

Today they walked through the park and stopped for ice cream. 

"One scoop of strawberry ice cream with sprinkles, please" she ordered.

"For me a scoop of yogurt, please" Ned said. 

The iceman handed the ice over to Ned who passed it onto Cat, so he could pay. 

She already started eating her ice when Ned turned back to her and a small amused smile appeared on his face.

"What?" Catelyn asked.

"Nothing, it's just sprinkles on your ice they remind me of your freckles. Very fitting choice un ice cream if you ask me" the young Stark answered. 

"Do you like sprinkles then?" the redhead tried to flirt. 

"Not really," Ned said.

Her face fell a little bit. 

"Oh" he said, realizing what she meant 

"I meant... on ice cream... it's too sweet for my taste but I like your sprinkles,.. I mean your freckles… I like your freckles..  they're really pretty. Your whole face is… pretty I mean. Actually, more like beautiful but I think you know that." 

By the end of his talk his face turned a little bit red and his hand went up to grab us back and look on the ground. 

"And I said, I would try to get better at telling you nice things and not to stutter like and idiot"

"Oh Ned I would never think of you as an idiot. And thank you for telling me that I'm beautiful it is great to hear that you like the way I look"

His face turned into a scowl. 

"I like so much more about you than the way you look Cat. You are smart and a very generous person. 

You care for family deeply and when you let someone into your heart you try to protect and help them with all you got. Everyday since we met you amaze me Catelyn Tully. 

And while your beauty makes people turn around the way you are makes people never want to turn away again. And I still can't believe that from all the people who turn around when you walk by you choose me as the person to stop by and look back at."

"Oh wow Ned, I think you just managed to give me one of the best romantic speeches I ever heard" Catelyn said and stared into Ned's eyes. 

It was always his eyes where she found the truth. He looked back into her river blue eyes. 

Ned lifted his hand to put it on her cheek and stroke her face carefully with his thumb. 

Cat wanted to savor this moment so that it may never end. She took both if her own hands to lay them on his face.

Suddenly he jerked back and the moment was broken. The Tully was shocked and wondered what went wrong when she remembered that she still held her ice cream when she wanted to touch his face. 

Now the dessert was half on Neds face and the other half on the ground together with Neds own ice cream which he must have dropped in shock from getting frozen cream smashed into his face.

"Oh my God Ned! I'm so sorry I totally forgot about the ice cream" she yelled a little bit panicked and tried to find some tissues in her purse to clean his face.

"It's ok Cat. Nothing bad happened" he graciously took the tissue, she handed him.

"Well now who is the idiot? I am pretty sure I earned that title for today" she smiled at him.

"Maybe we should just stop calling ourselves idiots. Because when you told me I'm not an idiot I believed you and I'm telling you you are definitely not an idiot either. So let's try to have a nice rest date"

"Yes, let's do that" she agreed.

They walked the rest of the day through the park and Ned took her hand into his and held it the whole time till they arrived at the crossroad where they would part. 

"I had a really good time today Cat, as always with you"

"Even though you were viciously attacked with ice cream?"

"Yes" he almost whispered. 

His eyes wandered down from her eyes to her lips. He swallowed nervously.

"Cat? May I kiss you?"

"Yes, you may'' she whispered back. 

Her face so close to his that she could feel his breath on her lips already. 

His hands left hers and he moved them up her arms until he reached her shoulders. On instinct she mimicked his motion and put her arms around his neck. 

His hands had reached her face again. Just like he did in the park he moved his fingers over her face. His thumb was on her lips and she opened her mouth slightly. 

Then he leaned in and finally his lips were on hers. His lips were soft and his beard was a little bit scratchy but it existed her to feel the scratch of his beard on her face. 

He started to move his lips against her slowly like testing the limits. But she waited for this moment for a long time. She didn't need testing, she knew she wanted this so she moved her lips and nibbled on Neds lip. 

Her tongue moved into his mouth and started to explode. It was exciting and accelerating and she thought she might explode. 

When the kiss ended Ned geld her against him. Her head was directly over his heart and she heard his heartbeat and this time she definitely knew what was responsible for that.

"So?" Her little sister asked after Cat told her what happened today 

"How did he measure up?"

"Well it was just so amazing Lysa. I don't even know how to describe it" 

"Yeah but I meant in comparison"  Lysa said and Catelyn

"In comparison to Brandon of course" the younger Tully said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"What do you mean by that Lysa? Believe it or not Brandon Stark was the last thing on my mind today" she answered in rage. 

Why do people always need to mention Brandon?

"Come on Cat now don't play stupid. Everybody knows the only reason you are dating Ned is to replace his brother. I mean why else would someone date an ice block like him" Lysa said, sounding smug.

"How dare you say something like that!! 

Ned Stark is his own person! He is not the replacement for anyone. He is his own amazing person who deserves respect and not to be used as a second choice. 

And how dare you think like that of me. That I would treat another person with so much utter disrespect!"

"Oh come of your high horse, Cat. You always go for the sweet things you want and when you're precious Brandon left you, you just grabbed the next best thing." Lysa's voice was almost poisonous.

Catelyn just got up and left. 

She didn't want to talk about it. She didn't want to tell Lysa again that she left Brandon or that Ned was better than Brandon could ever hope to be, because it didn't matter. 

Lysa didn't need to understand as long as she and Ned understood and she wouldn't let Lysa or memories of Brandon ruin her perfect day with Ned. She just went back in time into her head to relive the day until she smiled again at the memory of their kids

 Cat didn't lose her smile for the whole day until her head hit the pillow and she fell asleep with the same smile still on her lips.

No Brandon occupied her mind, only Ned.

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5 times Catelyn didn’t think of Brandon Stark (1)

Everybody thinks she is with Ned because of Brandon but they are wrong. First one is Ned himself.

This is Chapter 1. I noticed I never posted 1+2 on here. So I’m gonna do that now.

It was her idea to go swimming. Because the river was familiar to her. Sometimes she felt like she had spent half her childhood in the current of the river that ran through her hometown. Her uncle would take her swimming there before she could even walk, much to her fathers dismay. 

She knew the river but this, this was unfamiliar territory.  

Dating Ned Stark was something she couldn't really explain to herself. Which meant she wasn’t in complete control of the situation and she didn’t like that. If you are swimming in unfamiliar territory and you aren’t in control, you drown! And that’s what makes it dangerous. Not that Ned was dangerous even though when he scowled he could look that way. 

Over the years she got to know Ned quite well as a friend and one day she realised that she didn't just want to know him as a friend. That she liked him more than a friend. 

Suddenly when he walked into a room, he was the most important thing to her. When he gifts her with one of his rare smiles and her heart skips a beat, that was not friendship that was more.

And now they're both standing close to the river still in their clothes. 

Maybe swimming wasn't the best idea after all. To go swimming you need to lose a certain amount of clothes but it was her idea so she went through with it. 

She looked to her side, where Ned was standing and looking quite uncertain himself.

So she pulled her dress down her shoulders and let it fall down to her ankles, stepped out of it and jumped into the river. 

She dove a few meters, returned to the surface and turned around to look at Ned. 

By now he had relieved himself of his shirt and Catelyn felt her cheeks turn red at the sight of his bare chest. 

"Come on Cat you are an adult woman who had sex before. You should not blush because of a little bit of bare skin" she thought to herself. 

To cool off her face and get rid of the color she dove underwater again. She was a good swimmer and she could hold her breath for about two minutes if she really wanted to. 

Suddenly something was pulling on her. A hand was on her arm and one around her waist. Her head was lifted above the surface. 

She panicked for a moment, not knowing who grabbed her, until she realized it was just Ned. 

"Cat!"  he sounded panicked "are you ok? You were underwater so long I was afraid you were caught in the current or hurt yourself and couldn't get up" 

"Ned" Catelyn said and put her and on his chest to calm him down 

"I'm fine. I know how to swim in the river and I chose this spot because here is no real current. You don't have to worry."

"I'm sorry I should have known better but I couldn't see you and I just…"

"No, I'm sorry" she interrupted him "I didn't want to scare you" 

A long silence followed. 

Catelyn still had her hand on Neds chest and was half in his arm, she could feel his elevated heartbeat. It was probably from jumping into the water and diving after her but a small part of her hoped that it was because she was in his arms. 

She looked into his eyes. He had beautiful grey eyes. To people who didn't know Ned they looked cold but Catelyn knew if you looked, really looked there was a storm inside them. 

A storm of emotions which could be so intense that it could bring down whole countries if they wanted to. So she told him.

"Your eyes are really beautiful Ned, they are like a storm"

Ned looked down into the water seeing his own reflection. She could feel his body tense.

"They're like Brandon's" he said.

"What?!"

Ned looked up into her eyes again.

"My eyes, they look like Brandon's... What are you doing here with me Catelyn? Are you here because I remind you of Brandon. Because you couldn't have Brandon? Do you want to replace him with me or make him jealous?"

Catelyn felt the panic rise in her again. 

She tried to look into his eyes even more, if that was even possible. 

She put her hands on each side of his face and made sure it was turned towards her because she needed him to look into her eyes and see the truth.

"Ned Stark you listen to me. I am not here because of your brother. 

If I wanted to be with your brother I'd be with your brother.

I know this is weird. I know a lot of people will judge us but I am not in love with your brother and I'm not trying to replace him. 

I like being with you Ned. Every moment I spend with you makes me so unbelievably happy and if somebody would have asked me in the last few weeks where I wanna be the most I would have told them I want to be with you.

I am not stupid, I know you look a lot like Brandon but that it is not why I want to be with you. 

I want to be with you because you are kind and sweet and when you smile it's like.. like you are the light in the dark. There is nowhere else I can look than you because you make my world light up. 

And I swear to you that before you brought him up I wasn't even thinking about Brandon for one second"

Ned just stared at her.

"And now you think I am a total freak because who says something like that on a first date. Oh my god."

She wanted to turn away, to dive into the water and never come up again. But Ned grabbed her waist a little bit harder to stop her.

"I would never think you are a freak. I think you are amazing. And I think your eyes are beautiful too and I'm sorry I brought up Brandon. 

I'm also sorry that I am not better at this. What you just told me was so sweet and I want to tell you the same because I do, I do feel the same but I can't find the words like you did. But I will try to do it better."

Cat smiled. 

"You don't have to. It was good enough." 

Cat didn't lose her smile for the whole day until her head hit the pillow and she fell asleep with the same smile still on her lips. 

No Brandon occupied her mind only Ned.

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When you try to finish you first multi chapter fic and realize that you Title does not work!

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Guys I worked on the last chapter of my 5+1 Nedlyn fic today and it's not done yet but I'm so exited to share it with you and that hopefully soon.

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