#jaime x brienne fic recs

[almostaknight]

most in-character dialogue of any braime fic ever

[sierrabravoecho]

I’ve been reading Take Me Home for Christmas by the incomparable sdwolfpup and it’s gotten me in such a Christmassy mood

Any other recommendations for Christmas/ Holiday themed JB fics?

[jaimexbrienne-fic-finder]

I would like to read more Braime fics in the style of "Brienne, Plain and Tall" of greenmtwoman (Historical AU with angst but much fluff and romantic smut too)✨✨✨

In Better Light by winterkill

Perhaps Cersei was right, and every ounce of sense and bravery Jaime possessed was lost with his hand. Sansa Stark is my last chance for honor. He really said that to her? Brienne latched onto the sentiment like a hunting hound to the scent of its quarry. 

Before dawn, Jaime rises from his bed, wide awake and with a sense of renewed purpose.

I’m going to go with her.

Yearning by doomedchickyn

Try a Little Tenderness by dreadwulf

Found Wanting by dreadwulf

Brienne is still convinced that the entire affair is a joke on her. Surely there is a real bride somewhere in the castle, who will be brought out once the crowd has had a good laugh at the cow in a satin gown. When she said as much to her intended, he said it was surely a joke on them both. Let them laugh, he said. What’s funnier is that Queen Daenerys made the match in the first place – she must have thought them intolerable to one another. The Beauty and the Kingslayer. Surely Brienne could see the humor in it?

you who know what love is by cardinalgirl75

In order to secure his brother's happiness, Ser Jaime agrees to remarry someone his father deems suitable for a man of his station. His neighbor's spinster daughter, Lady Brienne, is not one of his options.

The Rancher and the Mail Order Bride by ShirleyAnn66

For two hundred years, Medietos, the fifth continent discovered west of the Sunset Sea, was used as the dumping ground for Westeros' unwanted prisoners. The desolate and unpopulated land was intended to be a death sentence...only some prisoners survived and thrived. Now they've gained their independence and need more women to help turn the fledgling country into a home.

Brienne Tarth can find no place or purpose in Westeros and no man to wed her. With a hostile stepmother and two young sisters to protect, she agrees to marry Ronnet Connington, sight unseen, in one last attempt to find a home. With equal parts hope and fear, she sets out for Brandywine Hill, a small settlement in the western plains of Medietos.

Jaime Lannister, transported at the age of 17 for killing Mad King Aerys, may have staked a claim in Brandywine Hill but he still yearns for the woman he loves and the life he left behind, and he's willing to move all seven heavens and all seven hells to return home.

...home isn't always what one expects.

Run Mad As Often As You Choose by brynnmck

Faced with the untimely death of her brother and the resulting threat of losing her guardianship of her wards, Sansa and Arya Stark, Lady Brienne Tarth determines that she has no choice but to dress and act as Galladon until such time as she can see Sansa safely married. Enter infamous rake Jaime Lannister, Lord Casterly, sent to secure Sansa's hand on behalf of the marquess Aerys Targaryen. It should be a most fortunate arrangement, except that much as Brienne's present is not all it seems, neither is Jaime's past, and--quite inconveniently for both--they find themselves wondering whether they might have a future together.

Or: five times Brienne refused Jaime's proposal, and one time she proposed to him. (And also she's wearing 19th-century men's fashion because of reasons and fuck the patriarchy.)

The Shooting Party by sea_spirit

Scotland, 1921. When Brienne finds out her father is bringing an unwelcome guest from her past to join a shooting party at Winterfell, Sansa suggests that she ask her friend Lord Jaime Lannister for his assistance. Part 1 of The Shooting Party verse

The Arrangement by tarthiana

Recently widowed, Lady Brienne Wagstaff does not have many options. Without an heir, she will be forced to give up her home and cannot protect the staff from her late husband's cruel cousin. Brienne enlists the help of her new rakish neighbor, Lord Jaime Lannister, to help secure her future and provide a Wagstaff heir.

Heat by goldstraw

Summer, 1956. An unexceptional town, somewhere in the middle of America.

“I saw a doctor.”

“Down a back-alley? You in trouble, or something?” He shifted again, hand resting on his hat, as if he was about to run. Unease flared in her stomach. He was definitely trouble with a capital T but she didn’t want another dead person on her conscience. “Let me see your arm.”

Updates every few days.

Under My Left Ribs by SeeThemFlying

He shone. He smirked.

He's despicable, Brienne would tell herself, just so she did not forget.

Despicable.

A Jaime/Brienne Jane Eyre AU.

[theotherpacman]

can ANYBODY recommend me a fic where jaime falls on his knees and begs brienne to marry him. I need like twelve

[satinoflowers]

Just thinking about how jb subverts the “i can fix him” girl trope, brienne is just her amazing morally strong (not perfect ofc but she’s learning too) self and jaime changes FOR HER. FUCKING-

[whichcouldmeannothing]

chemistry of a car crash by hildegardtheb

(minnie's holy grail: 5/?)

(dust jacket version w the magazine and its regular cover!)

i've been gone w exams for the past 2 weeks, and this fic was my comfort fic during my exams. this fic is one of the best fics i've ever read, and if you are scared by big word counts (195k) like i was, trust me, you will not feel the length.

this fic has everything: angst, hurt/comfort, in depth details on the au itself, people who make fun of the main rs, people who help the main rs get to where they need to go, fluff, pining HFBHBASBGS

and don't you worry, the character development is strong. it is one of the most human fics ive ever read, and you can really feel that forgiveness and growth is a constant choice that you keep making and oh, the lessons you can learn from this fic. my life has changed because of it.

anyway, read it. read it. idc if you have never watched got i dont care if you dont know anything. this fic can be read by anyone ever, its that good. better than half of booktoks most recommended romances. so please read this absolutely lovely delicious and entertaining fic!

[all-about-that-rec]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth, Hyle Hunt/Brienne of Tarth Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Tyrion Lannister, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Olenna Tyrell, Edmure Tully, Hyle Hunt, Margaery Tyrell Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Regency, Gothic Summary:

Jaime said, “We should withdraw from Westeros entirely, Brienne. Let’s leave this place and go to Volantis. We’ve played along with society long enough, but good gods, it isn’t for us.”

[captainelliecomb]

2023 Fic Stats

February 2023, I decided to start tracking the amount of fic I read. I travelled a lot last year, quite a bit more than normal. I read a lot of fic when I travel.

I did a half year update at the end of June 2023. Between February and June, I read just under 13 million words.

February through December, I read just over 30 million words and 2,049 individual fic (though several are the same fic on a reread).

Some stats:

First read: Head, Hand, Heart by ddagent (@ddagent) (GOT canon divergence, Jaime/Brienne) (04 Feb 2023)

Last read: Other Brother by AlynnaStrong (ASOIAF canon divergence, Tyrion/Brienne) (31 Dec 2023)

Top 5 Most Read Authors

By number of fic. I reread frequently, so this is number of times I read a specific fic, not the author necessarily having written that number of fic.

ddagent, 78 fic (@ddagent)

Aviss, 72 fic (@aviss)

winterkill, 62 fic (@thebrimmingheart)

Lady_in_Red, 61 fic

chrkrose, 58 fic (@chrkrose)

By word count.

cardinalgirl75, 1.8 million words

winterkill, 1.3 million words (@thebrimmingheart)

sdwolfpup, 1.1 million words (@sdwolfpup)

angelowl, 1 million words (@angelowl-fics)

Aviss, 900,000 words (@aviss)

SeeThemFlying, 900,000 words (@seethemflying)

Top 5 Most Read Completed Fic

This includes number of times I read the entire fic while they were works in progress, which skews numbers. I'm doing something different in 2024.

so all the world can see by EllisJay: 12 (ASOIAF, Jaime x Brienne)

Simple by languageintostillair: 11  (GOT fix-it, Jaime x Brienne)

when the sun shine, we shine together by cardinalgirl75: 9  (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)

Runaways by greenmtwoman: 7  (@greenmtwoman) (ASOIAF canon divergence, Jaime x Brienne)

Undisclosed Desires by Roccolinde: 7  (GOT fix-it, Addam x Jaime x Brienne)

Top 5 Longest Fic Read

The Keeper by PalyGirl, 532,733 words (GOT canon divergence, Aegon (Young Grif) x Brienne, Jaime x Brienne) (WIP)

Heart Full of Gasoline by sdwolfpup, 406,767 words (@sdwolfpup) (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)

Diamond in the Rough by cardinalgirl75, 374,333 words (2x)  (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)

Honor Compels Me by angel_deux, 335,399 words (@angel-deux-writes) (GOT canon divergence, Jaime x Brienne)

Truth and Measure by Telanu, 271,584 words (Devil Wears Prada, Miranda x Andrea)

Fic Over 100,000 Words Read More Than Once

Brienne-centric Kinktober 2021 by dancinginthecenteroftheworld, 101,177 words (3x)  (@dancinginthecenteroftheworld) (Brienne x all sorts of people and settings)

let's exchange the experience by cardinalgirl75, 116,080 words (3x) (Modern AU, Kimi no Na wa, Jaime x Brienne)

None But the Lonely Heart by OccasionalAvenger, 121,079 (3x) (ASOIAF, Jaime x Brienne) 

To Reach for Spring by Kadi219, 173,394 (2x)  (GOT fix-it and canon divergence, Jaime x Brienne) (WIP)

when the sun shine, we shine together by cardinalgirl75, 126,951 (2x) (Modern AU, sports, Jaime x Brienne)

Anima Dannum by motorbike_on_the_avenue, 121,021 (2x) (Modern AU, soulmates, Jaime x Brienne)

come on now, baby girl by angelowl, 119,957 (2x) (Modern AU, Veronica Mars, Jaime x Brienne)

Cubs and Gemstones by ddagent, 113,073 (2x) (Jaime x Brienne in all sorts of settings)

Brienne Pairings

I am here for Brienne of Tarth stories, and I will read her paired with almost anyone. Jaime x Brienne is my favourite, but here are several other Brienne pairings I read in 2023.

old Jaime/young Jaime/Brienne

Addam/Jaime/Brienne

Aegon (Young Griff)/Brienne

Arthur Dayne/Jaime/Brienne

Brienne & Brienne

Bronn/Brienne

Cersei/Jaime/Brienne

Cersei/Brienne

Cersei & Brienne

Dickon/Brienne

Dothraki OC/Brienne

Hyle/Jaime/Brienne

Jon/Brienne

Leonette Fossoway/Brienne

Margaery/Brienne

Melara & Brienne

Multiple people/Brienne

Oberyn/Brienne

Oberyn/Jaime/Brienne

Oberyn/Ellaria/Jaime/Brienne

Olenna & Brienne

Pevensies & Brienne

Susan/Brienne

Peter/Brienne

Podrick/Brienne

Podrick & Brienne

Renly & Brienne

Robb & Brienne

Sandor/Brienne

Sansa/Brienne

Sansa & Brienne

Thor/Brienne

Tormund/Brienne

Tyrion/Brienne

Tyrion & Brienne

Tywin/Brienne

Settings

Almost 1,000 fic were marked alternate universe. Various AUs include:

Apocalypse and dystopia

Fairy tale

Historical (including 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 19th century, Regency, Victorian, Vikings, WWI)

Horror

Modern (including actors, artists, bikers, bodyguards, celebrities, doctors, chefs, farmers, firefighters, mafia, models, museums, photographers, politicians, reality tv, royalty, sports, students, superheroes, teachers, veterinarians, wedding planners, and writers)

Space

Western

Canons Used in Crossovers or Fusions

Belinda Blinked

Blade Runner

Dungeons & Dragons

Dragon Age II

Dune

Fight Club

Full Metal Alchemist

Frasier

Fury Road

Ghost and Mrs Muir

Inception

Kimi no Na wa

Leftovers

Leverage

Mountain Between Us

Narnia

Nutcracker

Old Guard

Only You

Pacific Rim

Persuasion

Ponyo and Dory

Romancing the Stone

Sense8

Sharknado

Ted Lasso

MCU Thor

Tortall

Veronica Mars

Westworld

When Harry Met Sally

Witcher

What We Do in the Shadows

Zombieland

Canon settings and divergence

Canon: 303 fic Canon divergence: 747 fic Fix-it: 666 fic

Most of the fic I read last year was Jaime x Brienne. For GOT, I consider canon divergence any story that diverges from Jaime returning to King's Landing in Season 8 and fix-it any story that deals with that return.

[yaneznayunichego]

Hi! I need fics recommendation

Maybe you know stories where Cersei throws Brienne in the dungeon to Qyburn for his experiments and Jaime is rescuing her…..

[everydayescapeartist]

A nice Valentine’s weekend Braime treat. ❤️

[almostaknight]

such a beautiful description. never thought about jaime‘s missing right hand cupping brienne‘s ruined left cheek.

[brienneevenstar]

remember when in the show myrcella was super duper happy to be inbred? wack. anyway read this jb mod au detective fic with some of the most interesting characterizations for myrcella and tommen i’ve read in a fic

[jaimexbrienne-fic-finder]

Any recos of Braime fic. Childhood friends or roommates Jaime and Brienne

Childhood Friends:

if i should fall behind (wait for me) by theworldunseen

Brienne is trying to enjoy her last moments of freedom before another dreadful season in King's Landing when Ser Jaime Lannister comes crashing back into her life.

I Don't Want to Toe the Line by everydayescapeartist

Jaime and Brienne share a lot over the years, growing up the children of parents who are the best of friends.  There’s something Jaime realizes they have yet to share and he’s hoping this year’s holiday party will be their best one yet.  (Also known as that cheesy JB mistletoe fic you didn’t really ask for but I felt compelled to write anyway.  Cheers!)

Unrestrained Summer Fun by tall_wolf_of_tarth

Genna Frey has a solid plan for the summer. She will rent a house in the Riverlands and wait for her divorce to finalise there. The house has a lovely backyard where her son Cleos can play and most importantly, there’s a hot neighbour living right next door - a fact that hopefully will add great value for Genna’s summer plans. Selwyn Tarth even has a daughter who is the same age as Genna’s Cleos.

Nothing can go wrong with this plan. And it doesn't, not at least until Genna's favourite nephew Jaime shows up.

Triple Dog Dare by pearly_rose

Brienne was a good daughter. An excellent student. An amazing goalkeeper. She was a rule follower. She always used her turn signals. She’d never even had a late fee from the library.

But Jaime, he was—a bad influence. Whenever he was around she felt her center of gravity shift, drawing her into his orbit with his golden curls, his sharp cheekbones, his even sharper eyes. His white teeth, flashing dangerous as a shark whenever he’d catch her eye and say, “I dare you…”

There was really only so much charm a seventeen-year-old girl could be immune to before she’d begin making objectively foolish choices.

Roommates:

This is Halloween by captainellie

Halloween definition: Surprisingly, how two roommates plus two kids become a family.

Aisle 17B by ikkiM

Grocery shopping with Jaime Lannister was a nightmare.

Vändpunkt by Lady_in_Red

Furniture shopping can test any relationship, but a day of shopping at IKEA with the roommate you want in your bed is much worse.

Three Months by hillaryschu

And so for three months now, Brienne has been Jaime’s flatmate. For three months they’ve been doing practically everything together. She’s been sitting across from him at breakfast, while he rubs the sleep out of his eyes and shovels cereal into his mouth. They’ve been carpooling to work—Jaime insisting on controlling the music, whether he is driving or not, and then talking over whatever he selects. They’ve met up with friends who give Brienne knowing looks that she blatantly ignores. For three months, Brienne’s been forced to watch Jaime putter around the apartment, sometimes in just a pair of low-slung sweatpants, golden hair sleep-mussed, arms stretching high above his head in an indecent display of tan skin and muscles. He’s always there, giving Brienne a hard time while also being gentle and supportive in a way that feels completely foreign. For three months now, Brienne has been steadily falling in love with him.

[and then smut happens]

Who Killed Andressa Drumm? by Abouqetofdaylillies

This is the only incomplete one on the list and please carefully read the warnings, but they are very much roommates!

Brienne Tarth has made a good life for herself. She comes from a good family, went a good school, and works a good job, as a caseworker with the Riverlands sector of Child Protective Services. Her job is her life, and she's never been much of a romantic.

But one day, she gets a call about an emergency placement; an infant has been found in the same apartment as their murdered mother. Brienne accepts the case to find that the detective assigned the Andressa Drumm's homicide is Jaime Lannister, former workplace jerk turned to unlikely workplace friend.

Jaime needs her help to solve Andressa's murder, and Brienne isn't willing to say no. Jaime pulls her into the case, and later, into his life.

Beast and the Beast by SigilBroken

The Gift by sdwolfpup

Jaime and Brienne are roommates, friends, but not -- much to Jaime's chagrin -- lovers. Can one special Christmas gift change that?

I settled in slowly to this house that you call home by brynnmck

He shrugs. "My honor has been maligned, I have to--"

"Your honor is in your dick?"

"Oh, it's not just my dick," he tells her, his grin going wicked. "It's also my hands, my tongue, my--"

"Stop." She waves her hands in front of her, trying to ward off the images that are suddenly flickering through her brain like a pornographic slideshow.

He crosses his arms over his chest, making his biceps bulge in a way that she's positive is intentional. "All I'm saying is that I bet I could get you screaming my name. And you obviously know I'm right, since you're too chicken to let me."

Brienne grits her teeth. She is absolutely not going to fool around with her semi-drunk, rebounding best friend and roommate because he dared her to. She is not. She is--

"Fine," she snaps. "Give it your best shot."

Or, "Fucking Your Way To Feelings in Five Weeks or Less"

Catfish scheme by tall_wolf_of_tarth

“I’m pretending to be a hot girl on tinder so I can match with my roomate and tell him Im coming over so he’ll clean the apartment”

Brienne pretends to be a hot girl in Tinder so Jaime would clean the apartment. Based on a tweet.

Roommate Wanted by JustAGirl24

Brienne is living in King's Landing and needs to save up some money, so she decides to put an ad on Petyrslist for a roommate. Imagine her surprise when Jaime Lannister arrives on her doorstep.

[sdwolfpup]

Chapters: 13/13 Fandom: Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Podrick Payne, Selwyn Tarth, Sansa Stark, Cersei Lannister, Oberyn Martell Additional Tags: tap tap is this thing still on??, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Penis In Vagina Sex, Cunnilingus, obviously because it's jaime lannister, Blow Jobs, First Time, Alternate Universe - Diners, antagonists to friends to lovers to idiots to lovers again, slow burn even though they're having sex, five things that turned into so many words, a fitting tribute to sdw, 5 Things, Tywin Lannister's A+ Parenting, Medium Angst, but it gets better, also realizing in posting this how many thirsty descriptions of pie are in here, idk man i really like a good pie Summary:

When rich, arrogant Jaime Lannister swans into Brienne's dad's diner and spends the whole time making out with his rude stepsister, Brienne couldn't be more relieved that she'll probably never have to see either one of them again. The only problem is, over the next 15 years, Jaime keeps coming back.

Or: five letters that Brienne burned, and one she didn't.

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Brynn has finished posting this wonderful fic, so if you were waiting for it to be complete, or you missed that it had appeared, now is your chance! An absolutely beautiful, emotional fic that walks Brienne and Jaime both so tenderly and exquisitely from teenagers to adults, let’s them make mistakes and make it up, lets you watch them grow and struggle and ultimately succeed. I teared up multiple times reading this, and the ending is SO satisfying. Plus the smut is, as to be expected from Brynn, SUPER hot. You cannot go wrong with Brynn’s fics and this one is spectacular.

[sierrabravoecho]

I’ve read a lot (a LOT) of JB fic in my time but none that just GET the dynamic like this one does

[filhadoboto]

Chapters: 1/1 (Explicit) Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth

Additional Tags: AU, Cunnilingus, First Time

Summary: AU where Tywin doesn't die, and still wants Jaime to get married. He doesn't much care who his son marries as long as she's high-born and of child-bearing age. Jaime already has someone in mind.