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Robert Baratheon's children banded together after his death, deciding that they would rather have each other and no money than foster care and alone. Mya became the parental guardian as she was the oldest.

A few Gendry headcanons for this verse:

Age varies depending on the thread, but I'm thinking typically 16-23

Gendry is a smoker, he knows it's unhealthy but it's the only way he can bring himself to relax from work and finances. He also drinks, although not heavily and hasn't gone to a party since he was in school.

He didn't go to university, instead opting to help Mya run the house and keep things going

He hates Robert, viewing him as a drunk slob who didn't want his kids until the last minute

Because of this, Gendry often butts heads with Edric

Gendry is good friends with the Stark kids and is especially close to Arya, who often comes to the house

He has a great deal of respect for the Starks, and often wishes Robert had been "half the man" that Ned is

Gendry wants the young ones to be able to be children without getting hardened by the world

Works at a mechanic shop, does odd jobs through the neighborhood

Never had great grades in school for a mix of reasons, one of which is that he thinks of himself as dumb

Only finished school because Mya begged him to

Mya often describes Gendry as somebody who "aged young". He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and while he loves to goof around, he only allows himself to do so in certain situations and with certain people.

Even then, he's emotionally worn and exhausted for his age, burdened with helping to keep a household afloat. He wants to be more but doesn't see a way that it could ever happen for him so he retains little hope of it.

Gendry remembers that his mother would sleep around quite a bit, having bits of memories of her drunkenly pulling men through the house. He learned to take care of himself young, although his mother did love him. She would often sing to him and stroke his hair out of his face when doing so. She died when he was only five years old, and he rarely speaks of her. When he does, he often comes across as bitter but he carries a lot of sadness on the subject.

After that, he was put in the system and often went place to place. He always hoped for a family, to feel safe and loved, but was let down again and again. Instead he always felt like a place holder and in the way.

When he was 15, Ned Stark came to see him. He sat and talked to him, asking various questions. The next day he brought Robert Baratheon with him and for the first time, Gendry found himself face to face with his father. They told him that Robert was sick and that he wanted to bring his various children together before he died. It was never stated, but Gendry remains certain that it had to be Ned's idea to do so.

Mya wasted no time in coming to Gendry and offering him a place with her. She proposed a situation that seemed too good to be true, but even with his skepticism Gendry took it instantly.

Together they set up a place for Robert's kids, bastard and legitimate. It was a home where they would have to work together to stay afloat, where they would have to work hard for scraps, but they would have family.

Gendry works at a mechanic shop to help keep the household going, and he also does odd jobs around the neighborhood. He’s been known to take up a second job as well, on top of the mechanic work and the odd jobs he gets.

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Or more specifically, “two characters who have been sparring or in combat training together and almost kiss at the end of their practice fight”. As requested ! Feel free to make any changes.

“Is that the best you can do?”

“I won’t go easy on you.” / “I’ll go easy on you.” / “Quit going easy on me.”

“Hit me with your best shot.”

“You need to do better if you want to meet your goal.”

“I’ve been wanting to kick your ass all week.”

“Is this necessary?”

“Try again.”

“You’re pissing me off.” / “If you’re mad, why don’t you use your anger? Beat me at least once.”

“Here, let me show you how.”

“Woah! [falls on top of __]” 

“Nice moves.”

“[pins __ to floor]” / “[pins __ to wall]”

“You’re…really close right now.”

“G–get off of me.”

“You’re heavy.” / “You’re crushing me.”

“Sorry–are you okay?”

“You’re really red right now.”

“…Do we always end up on top of each other?”

“Are you still panting?”

“I told you, it was an accident.”

“…Why don’t you just kiss me?”

“I’ll consider kissing you if you can beat me.”

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So this is something I’ve been working on with @thestormlioness and @notenoughmuses

I really wanna write it more, and am working on a headcanon post for everything but if you’d be interested let me know! I’m thinking of making a discord channel for it so we can all discuss it and even do group threads!

(Note: you can hit me up even if you don’t play a Baratheon kid!)

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Robert Baratheon’s children banded together after his death, deciding that they would rather have each other and no money than foster care and alone. Mya became the parental guardian as she was the oldest

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For a moment the queen seemed to be lost in her thoughts, gazing into the distance, but with a shake of her head, the emerald eyes focused on the boy again. “Of course.”, she quickly said, her dark eyebrows slightly raised. “I never meant to imply that you wouldn’t have survived on your own.”, Relena explained herself, all to aware that her sentiments might have seemed a bit strange to anyone who didn’t have the same though on their mind as she did.

"No offense was taken, your Grace," Gendry replied quickly, well aware of his place. “Although I do appreciate it.” How was one supposed to speak to high borns? This had to be the longest conversation he’d had with one, as Ned Stark and Jon Arryn had left it alone after asking of his parentage. Instead of saying more, his eyes glanced at the ground before daring to glimpse at her again, more out of curiosity than anything else.

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Shameless Verse

So this is something I've been working on with @thestormlioness and @notenoughmuses

I really wanna write it more, and am working on a headcanon post for everything but if you'd be interested let me know! I'm thinking of making a discord channel for it so we can all discuss it and even do group threads!

(Note: you can hit me up even if you don't play a Baratheon kid!)

Or like this if you want me to hit you up!

Robert Baratheon's children banded together after his death, deciding that they would rather have each other and no money than foster care and alone. Mya became the parental guardian as she was the oldest

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I want to RP real shit in a ship. I want the fights, the tears, the late nights with pillowtalk, the dumb discussion and small intimate moments, the duties and the nights ordering food because they’re too lazy to cook anything. i want disagreements and fooling around, being silly. i want the trips to places, to an amusement park, to a boring art museum one of them wanted to go, to the mall, roadtrips, lazy mornings and early, hurried mornings. little scares, silly texting when they’re apart, whining about things to eachother, night cuddles and nights where they don’t even touch because of a disagreement. I want the cute nights in, and the nights out. I want to see the pairing grow, I want it to take time and be complex, i want it to be factible, and not a fairytale. I want the good and the bad that comes with a relationship.

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Fucking Baratheons | Shameless AU

When Mya, Bella, and Gendry find themselves in the same classes in high school, they make a pact to move in together after graduation, start over together and maybe try to find out if they have more siblings out there.

They didn’t intend on finding their drunk-ass father, disgraced senator Robert Baratheon, passed out on the floor of their new home.

With the arrival of Edric, and the surprise of Myrcella and Tommen after their mother’s imprisonment for fraud, all seems to be settled. Right?

Wrong.

Mya shoved at Gendry’s side to peek around him. “Is that…a baby?”

Bella snorted, leaning down to gently unbuckle the snaps on the car seat and ease the child up into her arms. “No Mya, it’s a loaf of bread.”

And then there’s Barra, left on their doorstep like freaking Harry Potter.

Yeah, they’re all screwed.

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Brienne turned, and saw a ghost.

Renly. No hammerblow to the heart could have felled her half so hard. “My lord?” she gasped. 

“Lord?” The boy pushed back a lock of black hair that had fallen across his eyes. “I’m just a smith.”

He is not Renly, Brienne realized. Renly is dead. Renly died in my arms, a man of one-and-twenty. This is a only a boy. A boy who looked as Renly had, the first time he came to Tarth.

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Gendry narrowed his eyes, starting out of surprise at the feeling of her lips on his cheek. His eyes found her questioningly, mind reeling. Falling into service here had been completely accidental, as he’d ended up getting separated from the Brotherhood and then sold into service at the Dreadfort. The name alone gave him the creeps, but the people were even worse.

Every bit of the place seemed as if it was a death trap of some sort. The way people looked at him was as if he were a piece of meat.

His eyes rested wearily on the woman as she stepped back, giving her a curt nod. “it’ll be there,” he promised, tone unsure and guarded.

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@bullheadedboy– Gendry Waters

She’s read the letter ten times now, and it’s still clutched in her hand. Though her marriage to Matthos had not gone well for either of them, Lenore had at least gotten a good father-in-law from the arrangement. Davos was a good man, and had never wavered from her brother Stannis’ side. 

Until now, it seemed. Lenore’s mind swirled with all the new information she had been given. She always suspected that Robert had a number of bastard children running about Westeros, but had never met any of them. Now one was headed to her doorstep, and he was being sent to her because of Stannis. 

Lenore never would have thought that Stannis would go do far, but clearly she had underestimated his desire for the iron throne. Taking up with a new god to unite bannermen to his aid was one thing, but sacrificing another human? And one meant to be his nephew? Absurd. Lenore was glad that Davos had sent the boy to her. If Stannis figured out where he went and tried to come for him, she would give him a piece of her mind. 

Davos had written that he’d given the boy instructions on where to go, how to get to Storm’s End, so every day Lenore walked along the shore, watching for him. She didn’t know if his rowboat would come right to the shoreline, or if he’d put in somewhere further along the coast, and walk up to the castle. Whatever route he had to take to get to her, she would be ready for him. 

Gendry had never been so tired as he was when he finally reached Storm’s End. He hoped it was Storm’s End, anyway, but even if it wasn’t- it was shore. His lips were chapped, his throat dry as parchment as he finally stumbled out of the boat and onto the sand. His legs wobbled as they finally stood on ground once more.

Highborns were the absolute horror of his existence, he had decided. Stannis, Cersei, they were all horrible. Apparently, even highborn families weren’t worth much since Stannis was his uncle. He hadn’t even known he had family when the Red Woman had taken him from the Brotherhood against his will, then suddenly he was the King’s bastard and his uncle had attempted to murder him. It was his first taste of family and he didn’t care for it.

His eyes rested on a  woman, wondering vaguely if she was who he’d been sent to. Davos hadn’t specified who she was, just that she would be willing to help. He wasn’t sure how much he even believed it with his past with highborns, but his memory of Arya kept him willing to try, reminded him that at least one highborn wasn’t all bad.

“This is Storm’s End?” he asked, voice scratchy as it left his throat.

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“You were friends.” It wasn’t a question. From the anguish in Gendry’s voice nothing could have been plainer. Brienne wondered what had happened to separate them, but she was not curious enough to ask. Arya had been with Gendry. Now she was not. Brienne couldn’t start looking for her yet, though, or keep looking for Sansa. First she had to ensure Podrick and Ser Hyle’s survival. She now saw that she was a fool for thinking she would be praised for her success, even if she’d thought it sardonically. She’d be known as the woman who’d claimed a man had saved her life and then turned around and killed him. Even Jaime’s worst enemies would consider her no better. Her father would be the exception, which was the most painful to consider. He’d only ask her why she’d done it, and understand when she explained. The thought was unbearable. 

“Hah.” It was no more than a soft murmur, what might have been a laugh a decade earlier. “That was smart of her. I hope you were the only one to see through it?” Young children were never safe on their own, but girls even less so. Brienne thought of the disgusting things Rorge had said to Willow Heddle and felt a rush of fear for Arya’s safety. All that time she’d been praying to Sansa and never spared more than a quick thought for her sister… she hadn’t known. “I’ll do my best.” She hadn’t yet found one Stark girl, let alone two, but she had to try. “And If I find her, I will tell her where to find you.” Too stubborn to die. It sounded like something Ser Goodwin would say, but probably followed up by pointing out that the stubborn were just as mortal as the compliant. 

“What?” Brienne was puzzled by Gendry offering to accompany her, even if he wished to find Arya again. “But the children need you. You don’t want to travel with me, anyway. I am not a personable traveling companion, and those who ride with me always end up in danger. There was a man, before Hyle Hunt joined me. He told me he had useful information, but even as I followed him I did not trust him. He had his face caved in with a morningstar. No, Gendry, you don’t want to go anywhere with me. You have a strong sense of justice. Stay, and teach it to the children, and try to sway anyone else that you can. This killing without distinction is a great injustice, but come daybreak I will ride to perpetuate it.” 

Gendry felt his mouth twist into a look of anguish, the pain finally showing on his features. Yes, they were. His only real friend. "I was," he said finally. "Our friend Hot Pie couldn't even tell. Though he thought armor is what made someone a knight," he muttered with an eyeroll. "As if I was mistaken that I sold it to idiots on the street. But no one knew. She was good at lying. It wasn't until the Brotherhood that she was found out, and that was only because of Harwin."

"Swear it," he rasped finally. He almost felt guilty and wondered briefly if the guilt showed in his eyes, even for a second. She had already sworn much, she owed a bastard nothing. "Please. Tell me you’ll send her to me. That you’ll at least tell her where I am. Or write me that she’s found. That she’s alive. Please," he added quietly. It had been a long time since he had said please. Manners had never been a high priority; survival had. He hadn't allowed himself to think much of her, to spend much time thinking of where she might be for fear that he might think she could be dead. Now that it was in his mind though it was hard to ignore.

"I wouldn't leave them," Gendry assured her finally. "My place is here. I know that. I... I never had a family, I never had a safe place to go. These kids need that, especially now with the war and starvation around. I don’t want them falling to harm. I don’t know how much I can do, but I intend to do it.” He paused before adding, “But so you know. Travelling with you doesn’t worry me. I had my fair share of difficulties travelling with Arya.”