I Saw Her Standing There
is a one-shot A Song of Ice and Fire fanfic where Edric Storm, bastard son of Robert Baratheon, is sent to live in the Vale rather than Lys.
Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
- Big Sister Instinct: Mya Stone towards Edric, albeit with some Aloof Big Sister involved.
- The Blacksmith: Edric goes to work in the Eyrie's smithy as an apprentice.
- Bottle Episode: The entire story takes place in the Vale.
- Chekhov's Gun: When Alayne/Sansa visits Edric, she's shown handling some flensing knives. She later uses one to stab Littlefinger.
- Internal Reveal: Edric learning that Alayne Stone is Sansa Stark.
- Point of Divergence: The canon divergence is where Edric is sent to the Vale instead of Lys from Dragonstone.
- Rasputinian Death: Littlefinger is stabbed multiple times by Sansa and then pushed through the Moon Door.
- Really Gets Around: Littlefinger mentions that Brandon Stark (eldest son of Rickard Stark) was even worse than Robert Baratheon, to the point of siring a bastard in every kingdom.
- Shipping Torpedo: Mya warns Edric to stay away from Alayne Stone, because Littlefinger will have something to say about it. And it wouldn't be nice.
- Wham Line: When Edric brings Littlefinger to the Eyrie's throne room, Sansa reveals her plan to get rid of Littlefinger by telling him to open the Moon Door.
