Game of Thrones: Kindred Spirits

Chapter 10 of my Game of Thrones story.

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Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.

Chapter 10

Seated up in his room, Bran fidgeted, biting his lip, sitting on his bed.

'I...Gods this is, urgh, man...' He thought desperately. 'What am I gonna do; how do I tell mum and dad that I'm...that I'm gay.'

Ever since Jojen had revealed to him, at the pool party, that he had come out to his parents, Bran had been dwelling on it. He couldn't figure it out; how he was supposed to tell his parents.

He was scared. 'I don't even know how they are going to react; especially mum...'

He had no doubt of his mother's love; the trouble with his mother sadly was, she tended to love her children too much. It was why she had reacted so strongly to Arya and Gendry. He had a nasty feeling it would affect this too, that it would affect him.

Finally he couldn't hold back any longer. Taking a slow, steady breath, he stood up and prepared to make his way downstairs. He needed to do this sooner rather than later.

'I can't do this anymore, I can't live a lie.' He told himself. 'If it's going to be as bad as I feared, I need to be ready for it.'

So; with his nerves mounting with each step, he left his room and headed downstairs, seeking his parents.

His search didn't take long as he found both his parents in the kitchen, they were talking quietly together and Bran took another deep breath, trying to reassure himself. Entering and approaching them he spoke up.

"Mum, dad, can I talk to you for a moment." He said sitting down.

They turned to him and both smiled, also sitting down.

"Of course Bran." Cat remarked happily. "What is it?"

It was seeing those smiles that made Bran uneasy; for here he was, about to change their lives with his announcement.

"Well, I...Um, I..." Bran began. "I'm just, you see, I'm..."

They shared a glance before Ned spoke. "Bran, are you sure you…?"

He swallowed nervously and finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Mum, dad, I...I'm gay, I-I, I have a boyfriend." He said at once.

What followed was a stunned silenced, followed by an unexpected voice.

"What, Bran, you-?"

He turned, eyes wide, for standing there, clearly having just entered the kitchen and therefore having overheard, was Sansa.

"Uh, yeah, it's true." He stammered.

Sansa just stared, as did his parents and he felt even more uneasy, and afraid.

'Urgh, ground just swallow me up already.' He thought desperately. 'Why won't someone say something?'

Unfortunately for him; he would soon be regretting that wish.

It was his mother who spoke; the words just bursting out of her.

"What, Bran, no, this..." She gasped. "You can't be..."

Bran turned to her desperately. "Mum, please, don't..."

"But you were; I thought you would..." She stammered, clearly still in shock.

Bran grimaced; it was as he feared. As he had reflected before, Catelyn Stark tended to love her children and bit too much and he knew that, in his case, she tended to dote on him somewhat more, making him something of the favourite child. It had led to her envisioning a perfect life for him.

'Not to mention mom's upbringing...she's more open-minded than that, but the fears instilled in her as a child, especially the things she heard about the LGBT community...' Bran noted to himself.

Sansa was horrified but their mother's reaction, realizing what was happening. "Mum, no..."

"Alright, everyone, just calm down." Ned said quietly. "Can we please just discuss this normally."

Cat shook her head. "This isn't something that just...Gods..."

She stood up and left, clearly worried and Bran couldn't help but feel guilty.

Standing up Ned spoke. "Bran please don't worry. You know your mother doesn't actually..."

"I know dad, I know." Bran replied quickly. 'But I can't keep on living like this...it's not going to...I know what I need to do.'

So it was that, when his father went to try and reason with his mother, to calm her down, Bran knew what to do. Sansa had also gone off to try and calm things down; so Bran slipped away, he had no other choice.

Jojen was confused when he heard the knock at the door; it was somewhat late at night. Answering it he was shocked when he saw who it was.

"What the...Bran?"

Bran stood there, looking miserable. "Jojen, I...I…"

"Jojen, who is it?" Meera, his sister, queried.

Jojen bit his lip and nodded to Bran. "You better come in."

So it was he let Bran in and soon they were seated with Jojen's family as Bran revealed the truth. About how he came out to his family and how they reacted. Jojen gasped in horror hearing this, shocked at what happened to his boyfriend.

To his relief his family were immediately welcoming and as Jojen hugged Bran, doing his best to calm him; it was decided; Bran would stay with them, where he could finally be open about himself without any worries.

End of chapter, well, things take a drastic turn, should probably point out, Catelyn isn't homophobic, simply put this is too much for her take, her favourite son turning out to be so different from what she expected, so don't go hating or I will simply ignore you for doing something so needless. Anyway, read and review please.