--- title: Game of Thrones: Arya and Gendry Had Sex. What Happens Next? description: Arya and Gendry fconsummated their relationship in episode 2 of Game of Thrones season 8. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 22, 2019 3:03 AM UTC  Helen Sloan—HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 22, 2019 3:03 AM UTC **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for [_Game of Thrones_ ](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/)[season 8](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/). After reuniting for the first time in years in the _Game of Thrones_ season 8 premiere, Arya and Gendry consummated their relationship. Fans have been speculating that there was more than just friendship between Arya and Gendry since the season 3 scene when Gendry rejected Arya’s plea for him to join her family by telling her, [“You wouldn’t be my family, you’d be my lady.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umPmPbgXtxk) But it wasn’t until the second episode of season 8 that Arya and Gendry sealed the deal. After Gendry delivered the [fancy new dragonglass weapon](http://time.com/5570457/game-of-thrones-arya-gendry-weapon/) that she asked him to make in the premiere, Arya basically told him that she didn’t want to die without knowing what it was like to have sex with someone. Things quickly escalated from there.  Gendry and Arya have a significant moment in season 8 episode 2. Helen Sloan/HBO “For us, what was interesting about this episode was always that it’s our last night together and everyone, I think, would face the end in different ways,” showrunner David Benioff explained in the post-episode breakdown. “Some characters want to make love for the first time because they’ve never done it before.” Judging by Arya’s face at the end of the episode, it seems like her tryst with Gendry could turn out to be a one-off. However, there’s also a chance that their potential romance could be significant for _Game of Thrones_‘ endgame. When Robert Baratheon first came to Winterfell to recruit Ned for the position of Hand of the King, he suggested that his son, Joffrey, marry Ned’s daughter, Sansa, to unite their two houses. We know that didn’t turn out so well. But since Gendry is Robert’s bastard, there’s still a chance that a Baratheon-Stark union could come to pass and be the thing that ultimately unites the Seven Kingdoms — just like Robert thought it would be.  Helen Sloan—HBO Depending on whether or not you consider Robert Baratheon a usurper — we know that Daenerys certainly does — there’s an argument to be made that Gendry has a claim to the Iron Throne. But since Gendry seems to have zero interest in ruling the Seven Kingdoms, what seems more likely is that he will be the one to restore the Baratheon [bloodline](http://time.com/5560753/game-of-thrones-family-tree/) now that every other member of his family is dead. Perhaps Arya will be his partner in that task Of course, they both have to survive the [battle against the dead](http://time.com/5542922/game-of-thrones-season-8-battle-of-winterfell/) first. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5574987/game-of-thrones-arya-gendry/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5574987/game-of-thrones-arya-gendry/"},"headline":"Why It Matters If Arya and Gendry Are More Than Just Friends on Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2019-04-22T03:03:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:57:05.933Z","description":"Spoilers ahead","url":"https://time.com/5574987/game-of-thrones-arya-gendry/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a536a0801eb94ae/698948a922fb8545aae28240/gameofthronesgendryarya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a536a0801eb94ae/698948a922fb8545aae28240/gameofthronesgendryarya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-S8-E2-Gendry-Arya","caption":"","creditText":"Helen Sloan—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5574987/game-of-thrones-arya-gendry/","name":"Why It Matters If Arya and Gendry Are More Than Just Friends on Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```