What If Sansa Stark Married Loras Tyrell—And Used Highgarden to Destroy the Lannisters From Inside?

Sansa Stark survives King’s Landing long enough to learn the one truth the Lannisters never respect until it’s too late: power isn’t only steel—it’s bread, debt, and reputation. When Highgarden binds her to Ser Loras Tyrell, the little bird the court mocked becomes something sharper: a wolf in rose-silk, listening behind screens, learning the city’s weak seams, and helping the Tyrells tighten their grip from the inside.

In Chapters 1–2, the alliance is forged in the aftermath of the Blackwater, vows are spoken beneath the Seven, and the real war begins—quietly—through charity in Flea Bottom, coded messages stitched in thread, and secrets traded in shadowed corridors. Cersei senses the shift. Joffrey tests for cracks. Tywin calculates. And Sansa begins to push.

Fan-made alternate timeline. Not official canon.

TIMESTAMPS (2:23:00):
0:00 — Ash Over Blackwater: The Red Keep Remembers the Fire
7:09 — Roses in the Gardens: Olenna Tyrell Takes Sansa’s Measure
14:18 — The Corridor Oath: Ser Loras Tyrell Offers a Different Shield
21:27 — Behind the Screen: The Match Is Chosen at the Council Table
28:36 — Court Decree: Joffrey Baratheon Announces the Betrothal
35:45 — The Lioness Warns: Cersei Lannister Tests the New Rose
42:54 — Silk and Thorns: The Tyrells Shape the Bride’s Armor
50:03 — Vows in Incense: The Great Sept and the Weight of Leverage
57:12 — The Feast of Knives: Smiles, Dances, and Quiet Threats
1:04:21 — The Marriage Bed: A Pact, Not a Song
1:11:30 — Dawn After: The “Proof” the Court Demands
1:18:39 — The Balcony Sting: Sansa Answers Cersei Without Flinching
1:25:48 — Ledgers and Grain: Olenna Tyrell Teaches Real Power
1:32:57 — Flea Bottom: Bread, Names, and the City’s Loyalty
1:40:06 — The King’s Game: Joffrey Tries to Break What He Can’t Own
1:47:15 — The Spider’s Gift: Varys Offers a List of Weak Hands
1:54:24 — The Mockingbird’s Smile: Petyr Baelish Tests the New Sansa
2:01:33 — Steel as Silence: Ser Loras Trains to Keep From Drowning
2:08:42 — Thread as Code: Ravens Fly Under the Cover of Needlework
2:15:51 — Night Council: Olenna Walks Into the Lion’s Den and Takes Space