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   Who We Were / Who We Are by undeadpathfinder

   Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   06 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen
   • Jon Snow & Daenerys Targaryen
   • Jon Snow
   • Daenerys Targaryen
   • Tyrion Lannister
   • Varys
   • Missandei
   • Grey Worm
   • Davos Seaworth
   • Drogon | Daenerys Targaryen's Dragon
   • Rhaegal | Daenerys Targaryen's Dragon
   • Viserion | Daenerys Targaryen's Dragon
   • Theon Greyjoy
   • Olenna Tyrell
   • Elinor Crane (OC)
   • Jaime Lannister
   • Randyll Tarly
   • Dickon Tarly
   • Memory Travel
   • Psychological Drama
   • Heavy Angst
   • Dialogue Heavy
   • Slow Burn
   • Trauma
   • Bonding
   • Codependency
   • Phantom pain
   • Shared Nightmares
   • Guilt
   • Identity Crisis
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Isolation
   • Moral Dilemmas
   • Post-Season 8 Trauma
   • Kinslaying
   • Queenslaying
   • Jon Snow Remembers Everything
   • Daenerys Targaryen Remembers Everything
   • Daenerys Targaryen Deserves Better
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • They are a mess but they are each other's mess
   • We don't do therapy in Westeros we just scream at each other
   • Suicide Pact as a Love Language
   • Enemies to Lovers to Enemies to Lovers Speedrun
   • It's going to get dark...
   • ...It's always darkest before the dawn right?
   • Resurrected Daenerys Targaryen
   • Daenerys Targaryen Is Not a Mad Queen
   • Character Study
   • Not A Fix-It
   • 🎥 A Visual Experience: This story allows you to witness the tragedy rewrite itself on the page through embedded images and GIFs.

   Summary

   
   "Take it," she commanded. "If you believe I am a monster... if I am destined to burn them all... then do it now. Save the realm. Be the hero."

   She stepped closer, pressing the dagger's hilt into his hand.

   "But if you don't," she whispered, her eyes burning into his, "if you let me live... then you do not get to walk away. You do not get to wash your hands of what I become. You work with me. You stand beside me as the world caves in. You become what you refused to be. And you never look away again."

   She gripped his wrist, her fingers digging in, anchoring him to the spot.

   "If you do," she hissed, "I will make King's Landing look like a mercy, and I will make you watch our failure."

   ——

   Jon Snow enters Dragonstone a stranger, but the moment he locks eyes with Daenerys Targaryen, their worlds fracture. The piercing of flesh and taste of blood fill their senses—two ghosts cursed with memories of a failed lifetime. Together, they must dismantle the tragedy brick by brick, and write something entirely new in the ashes of the old.

   🎥 See the tragedy rewritten visually through images and GIFs.

   Canon-divergent 7x03 • Jon/Daenerys Centric

   Series

   • Part 2 of WWW / WWA / WWB

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   English

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