There is only one thing worse than dying in war. It's surviving on the losing side. John Bates ran away from the shame of his loss and sought his fortune in Hong Kong. What he did not seek, but what rather sought him, was Anna Smith.

Everyone told him she was no one of any particular standing but when John Bates extended his hand to Anna Smith at the ball at the Bavarian Embassy he upset the order of things and they would either be torn apart in the coming storm or seek strength in one another.

A very Jorah/Daenerys-centric fic. The story starts during Season 7 – "Eastwatch" and then more or less follows the rest of the season. And maybe beyond.

Daenerys is a hard working girl. She's worked two jobs her whole life to help pay off her brother Viserys' debts instead of following her own dreams. But one day, a debt that her brother owes becomes too high. He borrows money from a wealthy civilian consultant, Jorah Mormont. Viserys has offered him to have her stay with him for as long he desires. What will happen? Love or pain?

John Bates works as a cardiologist and meets Anna Smith at hospital when she's on a routine visit for a music therapy session, one of her volunteer activities away from her work as a professional cellist.

Modern AU: Anna can't believe her good fortune when she lands an interview for her dream job...but when she meets the boss, she's not sure whether her luck is so good after all...

Sometimes our healing isn't at all what we thought it would be. Sometimes it goes much deeper. Will John experience an unexpected healing? Modern A/U

What the world teaches us only matters if we care to learn it. What could John Bates and Anna Smith learn when put to the test? Do they learn it together or alone?

Jon and Daenerys have married immediately after their first night together, set at the end of Season 7, and revived House Targaryen. Sansa is now Queen in the North. Jorah Mormont still serves Daenerys, heartbroken. They should all focus on the war, but as long as they are alive they still have hearts beating. And war strategies are far easier than personal choices...

Daenerys and Jon still need to learn a lot about ruling, and about loving. Jorah and Sansa have a lot to teach them, and are ready and willing to do just that. Alternate universe for the show, starting from season 7, especially episode 5 and 6 with changes here and there. Obviously Jorah x Daenerys (slightly more advanced for obvious reasons) and Sansa x Jon (needs a longer way)

Anna Smith is a British Intelligence operative assigned to work in Ireland on a kidnapping investigation (Marigold Gregson). She is partnered with John Bates and his partner, Tom Branson, to find the perpetrator before he strikes again.

Roaming the Red Waste after Drogo's death, Daenerys and her Khalasar struggle to survive. Out of food, out of water, and out of options, she sends her three Blood Riders to scout for what lay beyond. When one returns with a mysterious stranger in tow, the last Targaryen learns of a world farther than any other. And just how much it may come to change her own.

Anna Smith, with her son James, has been hired to instruct the children living on the estate of Lord Wuthering in Bombay.

Modern AU: 'When Anna Smith moves to London to start a new job, she has no idea how much her life will change...'

Artist and illustrator John Bates is trying to paint an elusive butterfly. He expects it to be very difficult but he does not expect it to be more difficult to woo Anna Smith

After being in prison for more than a year, John Bates decides to participate in the prison's pen pal program. When Anna Smith is assigned to him, will they both find comfort in a handwritten love?

After the death of her grandmother, DI Anna Smith goes to Snowy River, Australia for answers. She tells everyone she's retracing her grandmother's planned trip there when the reality is she's trying to discover her grandmother's origins. On her way she meets a bartender, John Bates, who provides clues about the tragedy surrounding the hauntingly familiar ranch there.

John Bates is a thief on the run from his old boss and trying to steal enough to get by when he breaks into the house of consumptive heiress Anna Smith. When John meets Anna, it's love at first sight and John risks everything to be with Anna.

They all look like normal people getting their morning dose of coffee. Until somebody turns out to be different, and then much more so. Modern AU, Anna/Bates

At the end of his life John Bates flicks through a box of discount books and finds one with a child's scrawl in the inside cover reading, "This is Averi Smith's Copy, please return" followed by an address. Reading it changes his life to the point where he decides to take up her cause as his own. A cause that leads him to someone else. Someone named Anna Smith.

Anna Smith is the head of a mafia-like institution under investigation by John Bates.

Anna May Smith falls for billionaire, financial genius, John Bates even though she isn't fully sure what's in store.

A little series of drabbles in the FFF universe inspired and shared by Tumblr friends. These are not in chronological order.

Anna Smith, Air Force veteran, works as the English and Mathematics teacher at the local high school in an old coal mining town of Southern Ohio. Her town, old and on the brink of falling off the edge, gets a surprise when industrialist and secretive entrepreneur John Bates rents the room above Grantham Bar.

The World as we know it has come to an end. People survive as they can. Evil men roam the land . With no food, shelter or a chance to rest, the only way is South. And it's on his way South that John Bates saves Anna Smith and their life together begins - Modern

An offshoot of "The Worst Kept Secret" by theglamorfades. How did John and Anna become a couple?

John Bates is starting a new life while seeking to revenge himself on his enemies from his past life.

Modern AU. When John Bates agrees to take care of Isis whilst his best friend is away, he doesn't expect his world to collide—quite literally—with Anna Smith. Cover image by annambates.

As Daenerys Targaryen sits on the iron throne, she realizes how becoming queen of Westeros is just the first of the many more complications she has to face. She is yet to learn the inside politics, the path to non-violent decision makings,settling a compromise with common men, and most importantly: learning to listen to her heart over what she wants when it comes to love and duty.

A guardian angel comes to John Bates and begins an introspective journey that will help him find love and love of himself. She is Eve.

Dr. Anna Smith works at a private research firm. Tasked with delivering a research update to their chief investor, she travels to French wine country. There she meets John Bates, reclusive investor. Heavy snows trap them together in the house long enough to realize that they may never want to be apart.

After the war is won, Jorah takes his place as a Queensguard. Daenerys arranges a marriage between her beloved bear and a woman she knew during the war, but secrecy, rebellion, and old feelings make life anything but peaceful.

Post S7 fic - imagined future set after the Long Winter. Back story same as show (minus #boatsex because...just no). Show-verse only. Jorah x Dany forever. Also posted on AO3. #TeamJorah #IHeartMormonts

Jorah x Daenerys one shot. A stormy winter's night on Bear Island. Post series but pre-Winter's Child (my other Jorah/Dany fic). Completely inspired by some fan art posted on tumblr by @marmalademouse *heart eyes*

John Bates is looking for a quiet, backwoods kind of job in Kiandra. He wants nothing more than to live alone, tend to his life, and do his job. He does not expect bushrangers, gold miners, anti-immigrant riots, angry locals, or the loveliest woman he ever saw to enter his life. But when he left Ireland for the colonies of Australia he forgot, it's a big country and he's only one m

This is set during 7 X 5 after Dany and Jorahs reunion. Dany gives Jorah a very warm welcome home ;) This is a short and sweet one shot full of sweetness and smut! Part 2 maybe if requested.

This story explores the idea, what if Daenerys had met Jorah sooner and developed a sense of self-worth, as well as a spark of romance towards the man responsible for giving it to her?

Modern GOT AU. British Parliment just got sexy, scandalous, and ridiculously dramatic. Despite their completely different situations, both Architecture student Sansa Stark, and child of an ex-Prime Minister Daenerys Targaryen are lost and looking for love, revenge, and answers. Mostly Sansan, Jorah/Dany, Gendry/Arya, but lots of other pairings too. Please read and review!

When John Bates takes over the management and operation of the lighthouse he expects a life of quiet and serenity. What he does not expect is to save the life of prominent Council Member and fishery magnate, Robert Crawley, or to meet the manager of the day-to-day operations of the closest fishery, Anna Smith. What follows, between the tumults of wind, rain, and sea, is unknown

Modern A/U. Different circumstances bring John Bates and Anna Smith to Seattle, Washington. But what if Anna is the one with the secret? Rating will go up as the story progresses.

Partially inspired by the leaked photos from the set of Season 7. Daenerys has taken possession of her family's ancestral castle on Dragonstone, and is now compiling her agenda for the future. Those who obey her get their reward; those who resist her, get their punishment. Actually… it's just some one-shot porn with plot featuring Dany and Jorah, inspired by Iain Glen's new uniform

After being injured in the Army, John Bates settles into a new life as a florist at Downton's flower shop. When a simple act of kindness spirals out of control, John comes face to face with a kindred spirit in Anna Smith, a local girl that seems to be shrouded in sadness and just as lonely as he is. Based off of the movie "Bed of Roses".

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Anna Smith is 16 years old and has just been signed up for an arranged marriage. John Bates is an soldier who needs a wife to tend his home while he's off at war. Anna has always wanted to marry for love and it's love at first sight when she meet's John. But it's been reduced to a business transaction. When her husband comes home wounded is this Anna's chance to make him love her?

Modern Day AU, Coffee House Fic. Fluff? Probably. Based on a prompt from awesomegreentie. We started with a T rating, but who was I kidding? We promptly moved up to a strong M at Chapter 5.

Ser Jorah Mormont will do anything for his Queen. Slight AU, where Shireen Baratheon was never burned alive and is still living at the end of Season 6. Jorah seeks her out to find a way to cure himself and return to Daenerys' side - where he belongs. Will have weekly updates! :)

Life is a risky business. Modern AU.

How do you rebuild the perfect love when it is shattered? Or do you even try?

In 1939, Richard is gone, and in 1915, Mary's life with him is just beginning. Life means all that it ever meant.