Why do you think Stannis sided with Robert during the rebellion? He tells Davos that choosing between his brother and his king was hard, but doesn’t explain his rationale. Did he choose Robert out of love? This would make the choice hard, but it seems unlikely that treason > love for Stannis. Did he choose Robert because duty to family > duty to your king? I don’t see it. Did he choose Robert because he felt Robert was innocent and therefore right to rebel? Seen, this way, the choice isn’t hard.

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Duty to family. It’s in show rather than book canon, but in a History and Lore on Robert’s Rebellion, Stannis says:

“It was the hardest choice I’d ever had to make. My brother or my king. Blood or honor. Aerys ruled by right of all the lords in Westeros…but there are deeper, older laws. The younger brother bows before the elder.”

To me, this fits Stannis’ character perfectly – he uses legal reasoning to argue that precedent limits the oath of obedience to a king. 

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