𝓚𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓘𝓷 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 by @foxxandbeanz
Gendry has been hiding in plain sight for three years. Smithing. Biding his time. Alone. Someone is about to find him and set him on a new path to familiar faces *or* Gendry finds out Arya is alive and they start a new journey together.
“𝙰𝚛𝚢𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙.”
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎’𝚍 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚢 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. “𝙰𝚛𝚢𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍.”
“𝚂𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝.”
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗. 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍. 𝚁𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚞𝚗. 𝙸𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝙰𝚛𝚢𝚊’𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙. “𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚜. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜.”
“𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 . . . 𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚜.”
“𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝,” 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚍, 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. “𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚜? 𝙸𝚝’𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐, 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑? 𝙷𝚘𝚠’𝚖 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛?”
“𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝚂𝚑𝚎’𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍.”
“𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎’𝚜 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛?” 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚊𝚠 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛.
“𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕.”