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Best Braime Slow Burn Fanfics

The best slow burn Braime (Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.

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1

The Raven's Plan

Slow Burn

by The_Sithspawn

The Second War for the Dawn is over, the Others have won. All that is left is one insane plan.

7,902 kudos 251,879 words 50/? chapters Mature
2

The Dragon's Roar

by Priestess_of_Groove

Humanity failed to stop the Night King and his legion of undead until it was too late. The displeased Gods decide it should take a greater role in the fate of humanity and wind back to a time before the world fell apart. Jon Snow, the Prince Who Was Promised, and Jaime Lannister are sent back to p

13,424 kudos 701,558 words 160/160 chapters Explicit
3

Traveling Far

by astolat

Three weeks into their delightful slog across Westeros, during yet another charming day of shitting in the woods, eating half-raw squirrel, and trudging his feet bloody, the single most dour and uninteresting woman Jaime had ever met in all of Westeros stopped in the middle of a field, drew a deep b

12,227 kudos 24,609 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
4

Laying Siege

by astolat

“Marry me instead,” Jaime said.

9,669 kudos 8,189 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
5

Father of Dragons

by NaerysBlackfyre90

“How did you know of this chest Sam?” Jon´s eyebrows were drawn together in a frown.“hummm…oh uh well maester Aemon told me to give this chest to you when he died. He said that you would most likely be in need of them.” Sam answers with a shrug.Jon stared at Sam with a frown painted on this face.

8,868 kudos 285,813 words 52/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
6

Paying Debts

by astolat

Tywin gave her a stern look. “Watch your tongue.”“Or what, you’ll cut my head off, like your grandson did to my father?” Arya spat at him, a cub trying to bite with milk teeth.

8,053 kudos 7,667 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
7

Pretty

by astolat

“Why not a hook, though?” Brienne said, and Jaime followed her gaze to the golden hand covering his stump. He paused, and she added, “It’s pretty, but it’s not much use, is it?"

7,760 kudos 30,152 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
8

Competition

by astolat

Almost the instant Brienne was out of earshot, Bronn turned to Podrick, jerked his head towards Jaime and asked, “Has he fucked her yet?”

7,465 kudos 11,656 words 1/1 chapters Mature
9

Royal Flush

by astolat

Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn’t see how to make a single play at all.

7,430 kudos 85,130 words 16/16 chapters Explicit
10

more like the man you were meant to be

by janie_tangerine

in which Robert, instead of keeping Jaime in King's Landing after the rebellion, sends him to Winterfell.Or, alternatively: in which Jaime gets to keep his oaths, gains both Ned's and Cat's respect and Jon Snow finds himself growing up with his own sworn sword.Or, even more alternatively: in which B

7,358 kudos 36,756 words 3/3 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
11

the summer queen

by honey_wheeler

It had taken her quite some time to name her Queensguard. Not to choose them; Sansa had been choosing them for a great deal of time – since the day she watched her father die, in truth – her choices growing and expanding over the years until she’d known with no doubt who would make up her Queensguar

6,543 kudos 15,464 words 11/11 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
12

Words

by astolat

“So we’ll look for you in the North," Robb Stark said, "coming to pay your debt."

6,534 kudos 10,142 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
13

Where I follow, you'll go

by Lady_in_Red

Released from the Kingsguard, Jaime faces pressure to marry and produce an heir.

6,393 kudos 23,075 words 8/8 chapters Mature
14

The Covering Sky

by Rellie

AU, from the end of 3x07 in which the timeline is changed slightly and Brienne ends up as the reluctant guest of the Lannisters in King's Landing.(Now with added book spoilers)

6,035 kudos 136,469 words 42/42 chapters Mature
15

Diplomacy

by Gwen77 (orphan_account)

It's," Lady Sansa said at last, and stopped. Brienne waited. "Have you - Brienne. I've received a, a proposal. For you.""Yes, my lady?" Brienne said politely, still waiting, wondering if she was to be sent on some errand from the King that Sansa herself doubted the wisdom of. A proposal was an odd w

5,814 kudos 14,542 words 7/7 chapters Mature
16

The Higher Education of Brienne of Tarth

by BrienneofThrace

Brienne thought misery was supposed to end after high school.And perhaps it would have...if she hadn't ended up going to the same college as Jaime Goddamn Lannister.A Jaime/Brienne modern-day college AU.

5,814 kudos 8,616 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
17

The Pack Survives

by astolat

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival.—Thornton Wilder

5,690 kudos 176,760 words 23/23 chapters Explicit
18

Let The River Run

by astolat

The deep satisfaction of having made the right choice; of having found a clear-flowing wellspring of true honor to protect.

5,537 kudos 61,498 words 9/9 chapters Explicit
19

Lion Cub

by astolat

Tyrion almost couldn’t imagine Father doing any of it. Except that it had worked, which justified all things.

5,446 kudos 13,868 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
20

The Red Fork

by astolat

"It's a choice every time," she said.

4,719 kudos 7,633 words 1/1 chapters Explicit

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Why Slow Burn Braime Fanfiction Works So Well

Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth — The disgraced Kingslayer and the honorable knight Brienne, whose unlikely partnership transforms them both.

Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.

Their mutual character growth and the way they see each other's true worth creates a deeply emotional connection. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn Braime fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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