THE YELLOW UMBRELLA THEORY
also known as the invisible string theory.

is it really fate? or is it just all one big coincidence?

when one door closes...
well, you know the rest.

THE YELLOW UMBRELLA
a king for a day alternate universe.
started . . . january 30 , 2025
finished . . . tba

"love is totally nonsensical ,
but we have to keep doing it ,
or else we're lost and love is dead
and humanity should just pack it in."

— ted mosby , season 9 episode 22

TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO,
Before I was Dad, I had this whole other life.

It was way back in 2005, I was 25, just starting to make it as an architect and living in New York with Cregan, my best friend from college. My life was good, until your Uncle Cregan went and screwed the whole thing up.

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Jacaerys Velaryon never thought he'd find himself chasing for a girl. But here he was, chasing for different girls, at different times. He never realized how much he actually wanted to be loved until Cregan popped the question to his girlfriend of how many years, Arra Norrey. Now the Velaryon is on the hunt: where is his happily ever after?

Only problem is where he's supposed to start. And who's he supposed to start with? Jace had standards— I mean, everyone has standards. All the guy had was a goal before he hit 30: find the woman who he'll marry.

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IN WHICH , jace laughs, cries, falls in love, breaks some hearts, just to get to the woman he loves.

"If you wanted to be married by now,
you would be, but you're not.
And you know why? Because you're
irrationally picky, you're easily distracted,
and you're utterly anhedonic."
—— • marshall eriksen

YOUR CAST¡!

EUDORA STARK 🍯
played by kaitlyn dever
"funny how sometimes you just, find things."
the mother. the one.
(tracy mcconnell)

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JACAERYS VELARYON 🏢
played by harry collett
"something is seriously wrong with me."
the father. the romantic.
(ted mosby)

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EUDORA STARK AND JACAERYS VELARYON.
she's giving love a second chance , he's giving it his last.
fated lovers . unexpected love

one single thread of gold tied me to you.

i once believed love would be black and white.

oh baby i am a wreck when i'm without you.

met you at the right time, this it what it feels like.

CREGAN STARK
played by tom taylor
(marshall eriksen)

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ARRA NORREY
played by margaret qualley
(lily aldrin)

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AEGON TARGARYEN
played by tom glynn carney
(barney stinson)

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YULIANA DRACONYS
played by jessie mei li
(robin scherbatsky)

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VARINA GREYJOY
played by astrid berges frisbey

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AEMOND TARGARYEN
played by ewan mitchell

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YSELLA VANROS
played by lily rose depp

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SARA SNOW
played by kristine froseth

THE YELLOW UMBRELLA
by carollingdxnvers

DISCLAIMER. i do not own the hotd franchise nor the himym franchise— this is solely for entertainment purposes. to add on, this book will contain topics like drinking, smoking, mature tendencies (like implications of sexual activities), and a lot of mid 20s shenanigans! know all the characters are aged up, out of college, and are 25+ years of age!

for the purpose of this story, jace isn't related to aemond and aegon! not even distant cousins or anything, the running gag is that rhaenyra shares a last name with aegon— but that's the end of it! no way shape or form are they related, trust. however, sara snow, cregan stark, and eudora are all related!

the book is heavily inspired by how i met your mother— with my own twists and turns! though it follows the basic premise, with a change in the ending ofc! (tracy lives. tracy is alive.)

REMEMBER THIS IS AN AU! if you want the actual plot between jace and eudora (the hotd storyline), their book King For A Day is on my profile! do go read it, it's my magnum opus and it's the reason why i wrote this in the first place! without kfad, i fear this au and the love and attention i'm giving it wouldve never existed!

SPECIAL MENTIONS.

my lily to my robin, mvsteryink , the person i ranted about swarkles not ending up together during my 1937839383 rewatch, you're my goat, GOAT! thank you for going through everything with me, my life and my lore will forever serve as inspiration for your fics TRUST. I LOVE YOU

caseyinthealps , my dawg, my goat, THIS FIC GOES OUT TO YOU! thank you for hearing me out with this one, this is for swarkles and t.m. squared 🥰

nxmourninq AMadRoyal sunphyres HERE WE ARE WITH THE HIMYM AU TEHEHEE

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