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And Turns to Gold in the Sunlight by corialis (Explicit)
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire
Characters: Renly Baratheon/Loras Tyrell
Length: 3,600
Author: corialis
Author Website: corialis on AO3
Why this must be read: This fic captures the youth and beauty and tragedy of this pairing perfectly. Loras here is a more serious character with more cares on his shoulder than he’s sometimes perceived to be, but I think it suits him very much, especially if you imagine this POV is retrospective, and especially since Renly is Renly, impulsive, powerful, oozing confidence, and attracting trouble. Being a sucker for Tyrells, I also love the touch of Olenna’s influence: His grandmother had always impressed upon him the importance of seemingly guileless charm. The whole fic is beautiful, and full of great character moments, but the last section absolutely makes it, and hits right in the heart – the numbness and the holding on and the empty hope of grief.
Extract On occasion they played chess. Renly was not particularly good, he was too impulsive, unable to see what might be lurking only three moves ahead. Sometimes Loras would let him win anyway after a particularly excellent trounce just to see Renly laugh.
"I will triumph yet!" he would declare, and then laugh. "Or at least I will as long as you keep humoring me."
Loras just smiled. "I will do my best, my lord."
And Turns to Gold in the Sunlight
Characters: Renly Baratheon/Loras Tyrell
Length: 3,600
Author: corialis
Author Website: corialis on AO3
Why this must be read: This fic captures the youth and beauty and tragedy of this pairing perfectly. Loras here is a more serious character with more cares on his shoulder than he’s sometimes perceived to be, but I think it suits him very much, especially if you imagine this POV is retrospective, and especially since Renly is Renly, impulsive, powerful, oozing confidence, and attracting trouble. Being a sucker for Tyrells, I also love the touch of Olenna’s influence: His grandmother had always impressed upon him the importance of seemingly guileless charm. The whole fic is beautiful, and full of great character moments, but the last section absolutely makes it, and hits right in the heart – the numbness and the holding on and the empty hope of grief.
Extract On occasion they played chess. Renly was not particularly good, he was too impulsive, unable to see what might be lurking only three moves ahead. Sometimes Loras would let him win anyway after a particularly excellent trounce just to see Renly laugh.
"I will triumph yet!" he would declare, and then laugh. "Or at least I will as long as you keep humoring me."
Loras just smiled. "I will do my best, my lord."
And Turns to Gold in the Sunlight