A divergence after Blackwater.

A collection of one-shots, ranging from modern AUs to canon pieces, all about our favorite surly Hound and his little bird. Open for requests.

Sandor Clegane embarks on a quest to find his brother, while Alayne of the Vale awaits the next twist in her tragic tale. Updates: having seen her idyll shattered after Gregor's return, Sansa is forced to navigate courtly politics amidst the new powers rising in the realm. FINISHED.

Disregarded by her fellow Northmen, Sansa had long given up on her hopes of marriage, family, and love. But a royal match within her family brings a tourney to Winterfell, and danger within its very walls. Rescued from evil intent by the unlikeliest hero again and again, she must decide who to trust and where to turn. But nothing is ever certain, and life is not a song. AU

A series of oneshots based upon alternate possibilities for Sansa Stark and Sandor Clegane.

Blackwater AU. Sandor doesn't leave at Sansa's request.

They meant to strip her of her Stark roots. To throw away her beautiful Tully colors and warm winter silks and replace them with red and gold. But just like the North, she would never forget. The wolf was in her blood and that, at the very least, was one thing they could never take from her.

Sansa Stark said yes... and now they race through the woods on Stranger's back. Her and the Hound... But dark words bring a dark curse. A bird by day, a dog by night... endless days and endless nights, together but apart. Inspired by the film Ladyhawke (1985) [n.b. the lyrics in ch.16 are the property of Paola Bennett]

Sandor's war letters to Sansa while he is on campaign. An epistolary smutfic. "It feels so sweet to fall asleep with your words in my head, your letters underneath my hand. Like I could actually believe that with all the world has to offer, you chose to sit in this muddy tent only because I was here."

Caught in the clutches of the Lannisters, Sansa returns to the Stark summer home where she reawakens a dark being from her childhood. A dark being bent on revenge. A/N: Warnings for violence, gore, horror and dark themes. This story will also consist of flashbacks to provide background for current setting. Wish I could have made the summary longer.

Sandor does not dream nor does he want. It is known. Yet what of the unknown?

Sansa is punished for the actions of her brother and the Hound is punished for his own cowardice. Sandors childhood helps Sansa heal and he helps her more than she would ever know. Rated K because of the nature of what happens.

Healing can be possible, if certain events can trigger persons to have the courage to change their circumstances, and these persons can evolve without loosing their own essence. A Sansan AU tale which unfolds in three parts; each part with a new starting point, esploring different possibilities and events with a continuous thread going through them.

"Stupid girl," he hissed. "I almost killed you that night, and worse. I still could. Take what I want and then slit your pretty throat before you can even think to call out for your wolves. Is that what you want, little bird? Is that why you're here, so I can finish what I started?"

Sandor Clegane takes Sansa Stark from the Vale. Why? Well, it ... seemed the thing to do. This story is rated M for language, violence, and mature content.

Fate brought them together in King's Landing only to pull them apart during the Battle of the Blackwater. With Sandor on the Quiet Isle and Sansa in the Eyrie, they both begin to feel the fates accelerating them towards one another once again. Sandor takes his fate in his own hands and decides to leave the Quiet Isle in search of his Little Bird.

Sansa is not drunk for the Battle of the Blackwater, and does her best to comfort everyone she comes across. Blackwater AU, empathetic!Sansa.

Sandor Clegane flees King's Landing after deserting the Kingsguard and the Battle of the Blackwater. Violence, sex, drunkenness, profanity. Book canon-based.

modern!AU. While completing his 12 Steps, Sandor receives a picture of a girl who looks familiar, a girl who could never meet his eye. Running from those who would have her as an accessory to murder, Sansa must completely change her identity when she leaves LA for rural Montana, unsure of who to trust, unsure if she is safe. TW: emotional abuse. Cover art by cabout on tumblr.

The night the Blackwater burned green he found her alone. Years later, the sky is lit with dragon fire, and she finds him. Oneshot.

A Sansa & Sandor epilogue to the end of the series A Song of Ice and Fire. Their future lives lay before them but will Sansa and Sandor accept their fate? Chapters 1-16 is Sansa's story. Chapters 17 forward are Sandor's story, "Every Dog Has His Day," a sequel.

"You come to my chambers uninvited and climb into my bed. You take your pleasure and then slip away like some buggering thief and leave me covered in you; you're all I can bloody smell for hours after. You do these things and then summon me to dine with you like you would one of your bannermen, like it's some sort of favor you're doing, and dare call me ser?"

AU. Sansa has grown up as a prisoner of the Lannisters, and knows how to play her part, but she'll always have wolf in her blood. Fair warning, this is an attempt at smut.

On the eve of Sansa Stark's sixteenth nameday, Alayne Stone hears word that Tyrion Lannister has died by dragonfire in Meereen. Everything seems to be going according to plan. When word of Sansa Stark's re-emergence reaches the Quiet Isle outside of Saltpans, a novice carpenter (until recently a gravedigger) steals off North, hoping to offer his services to the new Queen.

Sandor Clegane discovers that death does not always mark the end of a life. Sometimes it's only the beginning. Spoilers up to and including A Feast For Crows. AU

Five times Sandor Clegane listened to his better instincts, and one time he didn't.

Hidden away in the Vale–Petyr Baelish's captive in all but name–Sansa Stark had often dreamt of the Hound. How she had longed for his ferocity to be turned to her protection. But it was a child's fantasy, one which she had put aside when it became clear that the only person who could save her was Sansa Stark. She had not thought to see him again. [Multiple TWs, see notes in Ch1].

Life was not a song, but she had started to believe that Sandor could be her unlikely champion. [Trigger warning - see author's notes at start].

They met again after a decade.

Five gifts to win the Queen in the North's heart.

After hearing the Hound's story about his scars, Sansa is moved to do something nice for him. An alternate version of the second day of the Hand's Tourney. Or: Sansa gives the Hound her favour to wear. Pre-ship.

Jaqen H'ghar is dead. Yet a man continues to cling to trinkets of memories left by a grey-eyed girl who was fierce as a wolf, and a girl who is no one cannot seem to forget either.

A fortnight after Sandor Clegane rescues Sansa Stark from the Vale, the tensions that have arisen due to the interceding years between their last meeting come to a head. Sansan, one-shot.

"he helped her become something greater, something more than a shadow." A girl with sharp grey eyes meets a man without a face. older!Arya/Jaqen H'ghar

Jon, now King Consort to Dany, invites his cousin Sansa to King's Landing as a nameday surprise for his Queen. Sansa stays longer than expected, and eventually a familiar face arrives... A Lady & The Tramp/SanSan mashup!

Sansa receives an invitation.

-Ser Ilyn is to have my head, should Stannis win this night.- All it takes is the breath to speak, and nothing is ever the same again. Blackwater AU.

Four years into the long winter, Arya Stark returns to Westeros. Cut off from the North by blizzards, armies, & stormy winter seas, she waits out the worst of the season in the company of the Brotherhood, a wolf pack, a distant brother, & an old friend.

Gendry goes looking for trouble in Braavos, and trouble finds him.

AU that deviates from canon while Sansa is on the Merlin King, having fled from King's Landing after the Purple Wedding.

Joffrey orders his dog, who must ultimately obey. written for the commentfic prompt, AU where Joffrey demands the Hound hit Sansa, and there is no Imp to intervene this time.

Joffrey wants to hear Sansa scream. But will the Hound do what is asked of him? This story is complete and already posted over at the sansaXsandor livejournal community. I am posting it here as well for posterity.

Sansa tries to express her gratitude, to her frustration. Sweet lord, there's a chapter two. Three...shot?

"Don't you know it's dangerous to stare at a hound? You'll provoke him."

The girls get into the wine. Only one gets into the Hound's bed. AU

Sansa Stark learns what happened to the Hound after she ends up in the Eyrie, but things aren't always as they seem. Set in an alternate universe starting in the middle of book 4.

Sansa Stark and Sandor Clegane separately join Daenarys as her army marches north to the Wall - but Stannis stands in their way. Can they unite against a common enemy? How will they, and Westeros as a whole, ever survive the coming storm? Futurefic/AU