dernieredanse21
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dernieredanse21 · 3 months ago
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if you haven't seen nezha 2 and it's in theaters in your country DO NOT WAIT FOR IT TO GO DIGITAL walk into your nearest showing and sit down and let those 2 hours and 23 minutes of glorious meticulous animation punch you in the face over and over with its narrative about rising up against your oppressors and refusing to seek approval from people who will never view you as an equal and understanding that the ways of the generations before should not always be passed down to the generations after and you must pave your own path forward if there is none laid out before you and there is always time to choose good even if you made mistakes in the past because you are the only one who decides what you become
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dernieredanse21 · 3 months ago
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dernieredanse21 · 3 months ago
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One of the reasons why GOT was a success was because the authors didn’t write female characters with the intention of creating “strong, impeccable, good female characters,” but rather intriguing and complex female CHARACTERS whose values, actions and beliefs are reasonable within their environment and goals. Totally agree with ur stand on Rhaenyra’s “what would u have me do” and “Rhaenys’ men bad women good.” I think the only thing I liked about S2 was Aemond’s character😂. All my predictions in S1 about him were true. one moment I was bored to death and another moment (the battle of red cliff)I was like, “I TOLD YOU” “I TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN”
the problem with s2 is not that it lacks action or dragons. "slowburn" and "boring" are two different things.
boring has nothing to do with slowburn, a show can be packed with action and battles and still be boring and vice versa. the problem with s2 is not the pace of the events that are supposed to happen, it's the bad dialogue, senseless "character development", repetitive scenes, a complete lack of direction and horrible plotlines.
the show's problem is not even that it's boring, boring is just a result of the insufferable repetitive scenes - "what would you have me do?", rhaenys giving a cliche speech about men bad women good, alicent sad, daemon having dreams...
s2 was just really poorly written, let's stop excusing it as a "slowburn". it just sucked. as long as the writing will continue to be bad, s3 battles and dragons won't change a thing or make the show any better.
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dernieredanse21 · 3 months ago
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Omg I’m giggling and kicking… I am a strong independent woman in 9/10 but that 1/10🥹🥹🥹 will always be a clingy little girl like the reader
Impatient and Desperate
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Aemond Targaryen x Clingy Lannister Reader
Synopsis: How you and your husband fare at court when both of you were constantly impatient and desperate for one another.
Warnings: Clingy/Spoiled Reader, Jealousy, Possessiveness, Oral Sex (f receiving), Mature, 18+, Semi-Public Relations, Slight Degradation, Aemond being a simp for his wife, P in V Sex, Not Proof Read
Word Count: 6,207
A/N: (1) Based on a request sent by @serenity-ren-bliss, they wanted a reader who "loves being doted on." (2) I may or may not have been faded while I wrote this, so...
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Prince Aemond was an overly impatient man. One could never know what would set him off and be the reason for his rage. His impatience knows no bounds. His sudden bouts of rage could come from him no longer being able to tolerate the cruel teases of his older brother, or it could be as simple as a courtier walking too slowly in front of him. Either way, whatever the circumstances may be, you would never want to be in the same room with the prince when his patience wears thin. However, as impatient as he was with everyone around him, that could not be said when you were in his presence. You, his loving wife, were the only person that could never wear out the One-Eyed Prince’s patience, no matter how hard you tried. And believe me, you’ve tried. 
As a daughter of House Lannister, you were doted upon and spoiled by your lord father all your life. Whatever you wanted, it was given to you with haste. May it be new gowns, jewelry, or attention— all were handed to you with a smile. And you would take it gratefully, but a new request would already be leaving your lips. 
That you were well loved was unquestionable. But whatever love and attention given to you never seemed to be enough. Growing up, you always needed constant affection and reassurance that those you loved loved you as well. You were clingy. Plain and simple. As a girl, you would always accompany your lord father wherever he went. Whether it was during meetings with lords, hunting in the woods, or even important business dealings in the capitol, you were always by his side. And your father had naught but a choice to take you for he could not bear his only daughter to be sad and doubtful of his affection. 
You were seven when your father first brought you to Kingslanding. He was there on business and was to meet with his brother, Ser Tyland Lannister. You were not set to join your father. He had already been bribing you with new dresses, toys, and even a pet cat so you would be more open to the idea. However, with just a few pearl tears and a sniffle when your father tried to explain that you were not to come with him, the lord quickly conceded as he could not bear you in such a state. 
Your first day in the Red Keep was also the first time you met Prince Aemond. He was a few years older than you, and when you first laid your eyes on him, what was most notable besides his silver hair and lack of another eye was the deep scowl on his face. You had no intention of approaching him, but your newly given pet cat that was by your side suddenly ran towards the scowling prince. 
To say he was mean during your first encounter would be an understatement. He was the cruelest person you have ever met. This doesn’t really say much since you’ve never really encountered cruelty as all your life you were doted upon, but still, he was harsh and callous. He made you cry that day. You forget what exactly brought you to tears, but all you remember is picking your pet up in your arms and running back to your father to tell him about the mean prince you met in the gardens. 
That was the first time Aemond had made anyone cry and the first time he genuinely felt sympathetic. Throughout your stay, you had avoided the prince, but Aemond had sought you out to undo your first encounter. And through that was how your relationship with Prince Aemond began and bloomed. You two would exchange letters when you were in Casterly Rock, and he would eagerly wait for business to bring your father back to the capitol, knowing that you would, of course, be accompanying him. 
Throughout the years, what both of you believed to be just a friendship bloomed into more. It was during your fourteenth name day when you realized that perhaps there was more than friendship between you two, as he had snuck out of the Red Keep, disregarding his duty, and rode on dragon-back to Lannisport just to reach the feast to celebrate your birth. Needless to say, you were besotted with him and his gesture, not to mention the sapphire pendant he gifted, which made you completely enthralled and saw him in a new, love-struck gaze. 
Aemond had never thought he could find patience as great as the patience he bestowed upon you. In truth, if he met another person alike yourself— spoiled, clingy, and in want of constant affection and attention, he would have struck that person down. But with you… he could not even bear to complain in his head because no one would be in that want of his attention and affection. It was only you, and you were the only one for him. 
He patiently waited and courted you for three years before he finally gained your father’s approval. He was reluctant to give your hand away to anyone less deserving. You, his daughter, had many extingencies, and he feared that the men that vied for your hand could never measure up in the way you brought up, doted upon, and spoiled out of your wits. He could not stomach the thought that your husband would not be able to do the same. 
But Prince Aemond proved himself tenfold. He would often send you gifts that were certainly not cheap and would have cost the crown a pretty penny, and the prince would venture to Casterly Rock at a moment’s notice just because you called for him. You often did that, always wanting Prince Aemond to be in your presence, and he never grew tired of journeying endlessly just to see you and make you happy. Your father was, of course, impressed, and in time, as he realized this treatment of the prince was not just for show or to gain further your favor, he approved of the marriage. 
Your two were married in the Red Keep with haste— just as soon as the grand wedding you had always dreamed of was delivered. It was two moons of preparations, and as always, Aemond was growing impatient. “Must it truly be that grand?” He asked as he sat with you in the gardens, your hand in between both of his and your pet cat seated on your lap. “Yes. Father had already paid for all of the decorations and the feast! It’ll be a shame to waste it,” You say, your other hand twiddling with the flower your betrothed picked for you just moments before. 
“But—“ Aemond paused and pursed his lips as the incessant noise of children playing and running along the gardens were proving to be a great nuisance to him. You watched as your betrothed’s soft gaze that was only reserved for you turned harsh as he turned to the group of children and did not hesitate to chastise them. You watched in concern as they rushed out of the gardens, running away from the prince, and you would wager that a tear or two were shed from the innocent, wide eyes of the children. 
“Aemond,” You called, feeling a tad guilty as the childish, glee-filled giggles ceased. “They were a nuisance; I can barely hear you, my heart.” He muttered and took a strand of your hair in between his fingers to twirl and distract him. “But they are children— their noise is understandable… what are you to do if it were our children?” You question and glance behind you as you hear footsteps. Some courtiers were venturing towards the gardens to have a breath of fresh air, but as they saw the prince and his steely gaze, they quickly turned around and let the two of you be. 
“Believe me, my heart, our children would not be as insufferable as them.” Aemond scoffed, and you shook your head. “My love, you’re scaring them.” You sighed, but a smirk came to the prince’s lips. “Good.” He muttered and leaned forward to plant a kiss on your lips, taking advantage of the absence of passersby to have a taste of your lips. 
“Not here, my love… someone could see us,” You say consciously, a pretty blush coming to your cheeks and your eyes wide in scandal, but that only served your betrothed to be further amused. He let out a breath, his hand reaching for your cheek to feel the softness and warmness of your skin. “Gods, what have I done to deserve such a beautiful betrothed,” Aemond complimented, biting back a smirk as he knew all too well how to make you yield. Just an ounce more of his attention and perhaps a compliment or two, and you’ll be putty in his hands. Having you unable to deny any requests that came from Aemond. 
He watched you further reddened at his words, and Aemond took advantage of the moment and sealed your lips with a kiss, one that you did not deny him off as your heart and mind were muddled by the words he uttered. 
In truth, it should concern him how easy you were to yield to words and mere attention. It took him years to come to terms with the fact that there might be some bastard out there who was more determined than he was and would steal you away from him, and you would leave Aemond heartbroken. Jealousy is a lesser and pitiful emotion, but he could not help but feel as such as men were determined to shower you with affection and attention the minute Aemond was not by your side. He knew that your father believed that the reason he would often venture to Catserly Rock was because you called for him. That was true, but another agenda was to scare off the other men that always seem to flock and line up before you. 
Luckily, he slowly started to realize that even if you were quick to yield to words and attention, you only did it for him. The moment he confessed his love and devotion to you, you no longer entertained your wall of suitors. No spare glance was given, any gift bestowed was returned, and all your attention was placed on Aemond, just as he had preferred it. 
When the day of your wedding came, Aemond was restless in excitement. Finally, after waiting for years to have you, when the sun set that day, you would be forever bound to him by the eyes and laws of gods and men. 
Your excitement, on the other hand, was being dampened by your father, who had been questioning you throughout the whole day. “Are you truly certain, my darling? I… Disregard the feast and the preparations made. If you have any reservations, you must tell me immediately. I can handle any contempt if—“ You sighed heavily, a smile gracing your face as you stepped closer to your father, who was responsible for how you were. He was the one to spoil and indulge you ever since you were born, and you understood that he only wished to make certain that you will not be married off to a man who would have no plans to continue that lavishness and customs you were raised in.
“Father, I am certain. I love him. And I had hoped that throughout the years, he has proven himself worthy.” You say softly, taking hold of your father’s hand. Lord Lannister sighed. Of course, the prince had proven himself worthy. It was only just that the lord had now come to realize that you will no longer be under his care. He had trouble grasping the concept that you would no longer reside in Casterly Rock but instead live in Kingslanding and bear the name Targaryen. 
“Father, as you know, my dear husband-to-be is quite impatient and sometimes irrational… but Aemond waited for me. He courted me for three years just because you would not let us marry any sooner. I do not hold that against you, father. In truth, I greatly appreciate it because it made me see that he truly does love me. And for that, I am certain that he is the one I wish to marry.” You said softly, trying hard to convince your father of this union. They often say that the day of a wedding could cause doubts and cold feet; you just expected it to come from you or Aemond, not your father. 
“Very well. But you must tell me or your uncle immediately the moment the prince treats you any less than what you deserve.” He said, and you nodded with a beaming smile, linking your arms as the ceremonies were to take place and your father was to walk you down the aisle. 
“You look enchanting, my heart.” Aemond lowly whispered as you sat next to him at the feast to celebrate your union. “Thank you, husband,” You say with a wide smile, watching as Aemond’s lilac eye grow darker as you called him by his new title. “Say that again,” He said darkly, the pressing need he had for you only growing, and he feared he could truly no longer restrain himself. 
He had desired to have all of you for years. To taste and feel every inch of you, but he had hindered himself. Though both of you knew that in the end, you two would be husband and wife, and the wedding was only a formality, Aemond still placed control upon himself from claiming every part of you. Though you, his little wife, was a flirt. Who often indulges him with teases and suggestive notions, you were still a lady who had guarded her virtue until her marriage. There was nothing shared but chaste and secret kisses between you two, and neither of you could wait any longer to discover the pleasures that marriage life had to offer. 
“Say what again, husband?” You teased and smirked, but it was quickly wiped off as your husband quickly stood and whisked you out of the hall for the bedding ceremony to begin. A ceremony that rang through the halls as your cries of pleasure could be heard from the highest tower of the keep and into the lowlies of dungeons. Safe to say that no one debated your union afterwords for a dragon had found a lion to be its life long companion.
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“Where are you going?” You mewled as you felt your husband release his hold on you and leave your warm, marital bed. The two of you had been married for more than two years now, but you still acted as if your ceremonies were made just yesterday. You were always eager to be by your husband’s side. 
“I have a meeting with the small council, my heart. Go back to sleep… I shall return again when you wake so we can break our fast together.” Aemond murmured, sitting by the edge of the bed and ran his fingers through your hair as an effort to lull you back to sleep because he could not grow distracted by your insistence of him staying because he knew all too well that he would yield at your request. 
“But that is not until first light… the sun has not even replaced the moon. Come now, my love, do not leave your wife.” You yawned as you tugged at your husband’s arm, missing the feeling of his frame against yours. 
“I still have to train,” Aemond reasoned, trying not to cave in even though your voice and insistence pulled him in. “You could train later… and I could watch and cheer you on. Please, my love, come back to bed.” You say, further peeling your eyes open to plead with your husband. You knew he would give in. He still hadn’t placed his eye-patch, and that often signified that he was not yet ready to start his day. There was still room for you to convince him not to leave the warmth and comfort of your marital bed and your arms. 
“Aemond, come now, my love. You would not want to upset your beloved wife so early in the morning, do you?” You asked, a sly threat on your lips. Though you were quite clingy and dependent on your husband, there were times that you prospered when he was not in your presence. It had only happened thrice where you and Aemond grew cross with one another, and Aemond, a man who never apologizes, who never surrenders, would always be the first to yield and amend things even if your disagreement was not his fault. An excellent fleet of his patience. 
He could not bear it when you were cross with him. He could not stomach to see you be out of his reach. He always wondered how you could be so indifferent and avoidant during arguments when usually you were stuck permanently by his side. It was as if you were not yourself. And Aemond could not bear it to see you place your attention on other people whilst ignoring him. Somehow, you had turned his aloof and stoic demeanor to one that mirrored your needy and dependent self. 
Aemond sighed and cupped your cheek. “Very well, but soon as the first cock crows, I must leave.” He said and waited for your agreement, but you were reluctant to give it. “Why can't you just skip today’s meeting? You are overworking yourself— you have barely any time for yourself— let alone me.” You pouted, and Aemond let out an amused breath and placed a chaste kiss on your pouted lips. “I am their king, my light. I must be there to oversee the happenings in the kingdom.” Aemond said in amusement. 
Aye, Aemond was now king, and his way to the throne was paved by bloodshed and war. Just a few moons after your marriage, King Viserys was taken by his multitude of maladies, and a war for the Iron Throne broke out. Those were the darkest of days, and neither you nor Aemond wished to recall them anymore because that was the most trying time of your marriage. 
You nearly went crazed when you woke up one day to a cold, empty bed and a pathetic letter from your husband saying that he had to fight in the Riverlands. Aemond knew it was cowardly to leave and sneak out in the dead of night instead of explaining to you the magnitude and urgency of the situation. But he could not do it because he knew you would put up a fight and insist that he bring you along. Aemond could not make any such risks. 
You had only gone one day without your husband by your side before you too sneaked out of the castle with your guards who you had generously bribed and rode to Harrenhal. To say that Aemond was furious was an understatement. He, however, could not help but feel touched and endeared as you had once again proven to him how desperate you were to be by his side. And ever since then, the longest time apart between you and your husband ever since marriage was just a mere three days. You were still bitter about that fact, and Aemond could only happily try and stir your mind away from that unfortunate occurrence. 
“Do you love me?” You suddenly questioned as Aemond was still only sitting on the edge of your bed instead of lying down next to you with his arms wrapped tightly around your frame. “My heart, what a question. I love you more than anything in this world. You were the reason I came to understand what love meant.” Aemond answered, leaning closer to you as he tried to smooth away the furrow between your brows. 
“Very well then. If you love me, why are you so insistent on leaving our bed and my presence?” You asked, and Aemond paused for a moment before a smile broke on his lips at your expecting, frowning face. “Oh, my heart.” Was all Aemond could say before conceding and laying his head next to yours. You were quick to invade his space, practically sprawling yourself atop his frame and making him wrap his arms around you. “You’re quite needy, you know that, yes?” Aemond questioned as he once again ran his fingers through your hair. You were practically purring as he continued to do such actions. “I know. But I as well know that that is what made you love me.” You smiled slyly and burrowed your head on his chest to smell him further because his scent always managed to bring you calm. 
Aemond sighed in marital bliss and placed a lingering kiss atop your head as you began to slowly drift into slumber in his arms. He turned to the balcony of your chambers as dawn was approaching, and he would have to leave you to oversee his duties. He savored each moment that he had you in his arms because he knew it would be long, torterous hours before he’d be in your presence again. 
When the first cock crowed, Aemond let out a grevious sigh as he tried to stir you to your side of the bed but you, of course, resisted. “No.” You muttered in your deep sleep. “Please, my heart. Must we do this each and every morning?” Aemond questioned, exercising his patience with you. “That is precisely the point. We do this every morning, and you leave me every morning. Why can it not be my turn? Why can’t you just stay?” You asked and waited for your husband’s answer, but he only peppered kisses on your face, an effort to distract you. It did.
“Go back to sleep, and I promise that when you wake up, we shall break our fast together,” Aemond whispered and quickly kissed your lips to muddle your mind, and all you could do was nod. Aemond placed a kiss on your lips again, a kiss that further made you lightheaded by with how his tongue would tease yours and how your husband’s hand would linger ever so lightly on your bosom. 
You barely had time to process it before Aemond pulled away and quickly dressed while you were still intoxicated by your kiss so he could slip out of your chambers without any more qualms leaving your plush lips. When you hear the door shut lightly, your trance dissolves, and you huff in frustration before curling up in your bed once more and waiting for your husband to return. 
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Aemond hurried through the halls of the castle to reach you in the garden before your patience wears thin. He had dismissed the small council for the morning and decided that they shall meet once again that afternoon when you were usually distracted by court. “You’re late. The food and tea had grown cold.” You said as you feel your husband's presence. 
Aemond sighed heavily and moved to kiss you, but you moved away in annoyance. “You should have eaten earlier, my heart,” Aemond said and sat across from you. He hurriedly placed items of various colorful dishes on your plate, but you could only glower at your husband. He had made you wait a whole half hour before joining you in the gardens!
“I have no appetite.” You gritted, and Aemond pursed his lips as he made your tea to your liking, the liquid now tepid and would not be appealing to consume. “Apoligies, my heart. It is just the small council—“ You rolled your eyes as whatever reason he offered from one ear and out the other. Aemond narrowed his eye as he watched you roll your eyes at him. He must admit, now he was growing annoyed as well. 
“You’re acting quite spoiled. I have already apologized; it was beyond my control.” Aemond muttered under his breath as a rare occurrence of his patience of you wore thin. However, Aemond quickly regretted his words as he saw your eye twitch in annoyance, and you quickly stood. “Let us go, Ser Adam.” You say coldly, now greatly frustrated at your husband because not only did he neglect you that morning, he had also offended you.
Aemond called for you as he watched your departing form with your knight. He sighed heavily and shook his head as he saw you walk closer to your knight as the both of you disappeared from the gardens, a pang of jealousy coursing through him. 
The moment Aemond was made king, he assigned to you the most capable and skilled knight in the kingdom. He, unfortunately, was also the most comely knight at their disposal, making unfavorable emotions arise in Aemond. It was bad enough that the knight was constantly by your side, assisting you throughout the day, and his job being quite literally placing all his attention towards you— and for him to be comely and agreeable? That was simply adding insult to injury. It was safe to say that your closeness with your knight was the biggest threat Aemond could think of. Even greater than the actual threats that come with him having the conqueror’s crown upon his brow. 
Because of the unfortunate occurrences during the morning, Aemond was distracted by the thought of you the entire day. Aemond had only begun the second session of the small council before he abruptly ended it after just two measly matters. He was wrapped in jealousy, uncertainty, and guilt, as he could not even bear for you to be out of sorts for just a few moments. 
He walked through the halls of the keep once more, knowing at this hour you would be with the majority of the court to watch the jesters perform. He saw you in the great hall gathered with your ladies, made and gleefully laughing at the performance. Aemond stood by the door for a moment, admiring the way your eyes would crinkle and how a smile beamed on your lips. However, as he saw you leaning closer to your knight who stood by your side and motioned for him to lower so you could whisper something in his ear, Aemond was quick to grow enraged, especially as a smirk found its way to your knight’s lips. 
Aemond quickly made his way to his proper place, which was by your side. The courtiers were surprised to see the presence of their dutiful king but still gave him respect. You sighed as the entertainment you watched ceased, and the court jesters bowed to their king. You did not even give your husband a sparing glance as you were still quite hurt at what he had called you earlier. 
Aemond took his seat next to you as the performance began once more. He could feel you ever so slyly move away, and that frustrated him further. “Let go of me.” You said quietly as your husband had enough of your antics and simply just moved you to make him sit on his lap. He was quite swift that you had no time to react or possibly forsee his actions. “But this is what you wanted, isn’t it? Us in each other’s company. I am simply giving you what you wish for— like always.” Aemond said, without a care with how the court were no longer watching the performance but rather eyed their king and queen. “We are before other people.” You gritted as you once again stirred on his lap, mortified as you were never one for public displays of affection, which Aemond found curious because when behind closed doors, not a whole army could pry you off him. 
“I do not care.” He whispered in your ear, and you placed a tight smile on your lips as you realized that the court was starting to take notice of your reluctance to be in your husband’s presence. Heaven forbid they start to whisper about your marriage. You huffed and had naught a choice but to rest on your husband’s lap until the performance ended. 
“You smell quite lovely, little wife… is that the perfume I gifted you on your seventeenth name day?” Aemond murmured against your skin, his nose nuzzled in your neck as you tried your best efforts to ignore him. Aemond smirked and placed light kisses on your neck as he knew that just the right touch or the correct compliment would have you melting in his hands. 
You stayed silent, trying to remember the offense your husband had just committed moments earlier. However, it was growing harder to remind yourself as his kisses on your skin burned you with desire and his hold on your waist was inching higher towards your bossom, your peaks already hardening with just the thought of his cold, calloused hands growing near. 
“You are aware that it is treason to ignore your king, my heart,” Aemond whispered and nipped the lobe of your neck, the court’s gaze no longer upon you two as just one glare from their king had made them quickly focus all their attention on the jesters and leave you two be. 
“How can I be ignoring the king when I am quite literally on his lap?” You gritted and once again struggled to get out of his hold. You, however, froze a deep, silent groan left Aemond’s lips, a sound that was for your ears only. “Why had you ceased? You were burrowing into me so perfectly, my heart.” Your cheeks bloomed with color as you felt his desire poking against your bum. 
“Have you no restraint, husband?” You asked, half in mortification and half with desire. “None when it comes to you, my heart. I would think you would have known that by now.” Aemond smriked as he saw how gooseflesh rose to your skin as his breath fanned your neck. “Aemond,” You gritted, taking a firm hold on his hand that was wrapped around your waist. 
Your breathing starts to heave, and your heart starts stuttering. “Just say the word, dear wife. And I shall whisk you off to our chambers. Or perhaps… make them all disappear so I could hear your cries of pleasure echo around these great halls.” 
“Say what you wish for, my heart and I shall always give it to you,” Aemond swore, and at his words, your eyes practically rolled back as just his voice was able to place damp between your thighs. “Make them go away,” You whispered, and Aemond smirked as he quickly barked the orders for everyone to leave you two and no one should enter the halls until he says otherwise.
When the doors shut, you wasted no time in turning around to straddle your husband and smash both of your lips together. You ground your hips against his in a futile attempt to find friction, but whatever you feel through both of your clothed bodies is not enough. “This does not mean you are forgiven,” You moaned as Aemond sucked on teh sensitive part of your neck as his fingers moved to undo the ribbons of your bodice. 
“Whatever you say, my heart,” Aemond panted and quickly sought your lips as he could not have enough of the taste of you. “Oh gods— take it off already!” You said in frustration as Aemond fiddled with your gown, not fully taking it off, but you were already so desperate to feel his touch upon your skin. “So impatient you are, my heart,” Aemond hummed in tea, knowing full well that his own impatience had rubbed off on you, just as how your clingyness had rubbed off on him. 
You did not respond but only smashed your lips together once more and successfully removed his leather dublet. Your hands caressed his smooth, chiseled chest, your touch teasingly going lower, making your husband growl against your lips and him playfully nipping your lower lip. 
You were finally rid of your dress as Aemond made you stand just for you to take his place on his seat. You sat comfortably as Aemond stood before you, taking off his trousers. Your finger went to your lips as you bit your nails when a wicked thought of spreading your legs crossed your mind, and you quickly decided to do it. Aemond breathed heavily as you displayed for him your pretty cunny. Glistening and calling for his sole, undivided attention. 
“What do you want, my wife? Word it out already so I may give it to you,” Aemond said, on the verge of begging for you to let him taste your cunt. “I want you to kneel.” You whispered. “Kneel before your queen and feast on her cunt like a man starve and until there are tears streaming down her face.” You stated, settling further in your seat as a new wave of desire overtook you when you saw the way your husband’s lilac eye darkened. 
Aemond was quick to oblige your order and kneeled before you and burrowed his face into your cunt. He was lapping at your folds, the vulgar noises echoing into teh room and your moans only accompanied them as he sucked so heavenly at the pearl of your cunt.
“Gods— you do that so well, Aemond.” You moaned, gripping at his hair to feel more of him. Your eyes rolled back and a wonton sound left your lips as his tongue darted in and out of your whole and teh bridge of his nose burrowed at your nubbin.
Aemond smirked at the sound of your moans and the feel of your thighs wrapped around him. You were quick to come undone, and your husband could only greedily lick your essence, wasting not a drop of you. “Still as sweet as ever, my heart.” He murmered as his lips retruend to your skin and trailed upwards your body to take one of your heaving tits into the hot cavern of his mouth, toungue teasing the taut bud until teeth placed a quick nibble on the sensitive skin. 
Aemond took your still dazed body into his arms as he once again switched places and made you return to straddle him. Even through your haze, you had no trouble in sinking down his cock that slipped easily between your folds.
Aemond let out a deep, sensual humm of approval as he felt your walls clench around him and the tip of his cock made contact with the spot in your cunt that made you see stars as well as make you a dazed, moaning, cock drunk mess. 
“Gods look at you— I might have married a whore by how well you bounce on my cock.” Aemond gritted as he placed his hand in between you two so his fingers could pay attention to your cunt’s pearl. 
You could only moan a response, focusing on chasing your next high even if you had not truly recovered from the previous one. “Ae… Aemond—“ You called, panting, and your husband already knew what you meant to say. He quickly dipped his head to place a lasting nip on your tit before switching your positions for a third time as you could never really stay on top for long. It was too tiring and, quite frankly, distracting as you tried to search for your release. 
Luckily, your husband had no problem in doing most of the laborous work whilst you just layed before him and watched through lust fille eyes as he pounded into you so hard that it made your tits bounce so delictably for him. 
Aemond thrusted and thrusted upon your cunny, watching as how you gripped him so well. He caught the way as your hands found home on your breasts as you palmed the mounds to find further pleasure and to stable yourself as the orgasm you were chasing was quickly arriving, ready to wash over you and turn you into a blushing, mess of a whore for your husband; just as he often likes to remind you. 
“Aw, does my little wife wish to come? Is that you want, my heart?” Aemond taunted as he himself was close to his release, and you desperately nodded before him, unable to form words as you were completely overwhelmed. “Words, sweetheart, words. Just say it, and it shall be yours.”
You moaned and tried your best to take hold of your mind and control your tongue. “Yes! I— I want you to make me come— husband— please,” You all but yelled and with just a deep, stroke of his cock, you came undone with a loud moan that all the eavsdropper outside the hall heard. 
They could only blush and turn to the ground as it had been a reoccurring occurrence that their king and queen would be spontaneously get caught in the midst of passion anywhere, everywhere, and anytime, everytime in the walls of the Red Keep. But who could blame either of you, for everyone in the kingdom could see plainly that their queen and king were both quite impatient and desperate for one another. 
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Young Aelys Velaryon
“At thirteen, the beauty of Princess Aelys Velaryon was already the subject of whispered awe.
While Rhaenyra’s three brown-haired sons circled under a swarm of rumours, constant, inescapable and unpredictable, like bees ever threatening to stir storm and scandal throughout court and kingdom, Princess Aelys was different.
Her birth, too, had once been tangled in whispers, a quiet scandal born of that unspeakable night Rhaenyra spent in the company of the Rogue Prince. Yet as the young princess grew, her violet eyes and silver hair shone brighter with each passing day, until she became the very epitome of the ancient and ethereal beauty of Old Valyria.
Some said Princess Aelys was as fair as Queen Rhaenys the Conqueror herself. Others dared claim she was fairer still. And when she came into the first bloom of her maidenhood, the proud daughters of the realm would lower their gaze, however slightly, upon beholding her. As for the sons of lords, there were those whose cheeks would flush at the mere sight of her.”
- A Kingdom of Ash and Fury
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A Kingdom of Ash and Fury
Summary:
Aelys Targaryen was a ruler, but power is a lonely thing. One love was a promise never kept, the other a storm never meant to break-yet neither will stand between her and the throne that was stolen.
"You were never going to be their pawn, Aelys. I made sure of it."
"You are cruel. Aelys." A statement, not insult, not judgement. "No, I am necessary."
A House of the Dragon | Aemond Targaryen fanfiction
Chapter 2 The Swordsman and the Sword
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It was morning in the Red Keep, and sunlight streamed through the high windows, gilding the stone floors in gold. The air smelled faintly of parchment and beeswax candles, though none were lit—there was no need, not with the day so bright.
The lesson chamber was quiet but for the rustle of pages and the occasional scratch of Maester Orwyle’s quill. A peaceful morning, the kind that seemed untouched by war or whispers of it. A picture of order and order calm.
“Now, tell me, when King Aenys died, the realm had two claimants: grandson of Aegon the Conqueror, Prince Jaehaerys, and Maegor the Cruel, his warrior half-brother. Tell me,” maester Orwyle paused, “Prince Aegon?”
“What?” The eldest prince yawned and turned his head back to the maester from the silver lock of his niece, Princess Aelys, whose gaze rested on the cover of the history volume, her mind seeming to have quietly travelled to a mysterious realm beyond the knowledge of men.
“Why was Jaehaerys The Conciliator the rightful heir to the Iron Throne? ” Questioned the maester.
“Because he was King Aenys’ trueborn son…”Answered Aegon impatiently before turning his head back to reach the silver beads braided on the princess, “And Maegor was an usurper.’
The maester sighed. It was the first question on a moon that Prince Aegon had been able to come up with a correct answer. Though his reluctance to answer obvious, at least, he had something positive to report to the queen.
“What could have been done to prevent Maegor’s reign?” The princess, who had been uncharacteristically silent, asked, “I wonder what Aegon The Conqueror would have done if he had knowledge of the events after his death. ”
Maester Orwyle’s eyes flickered wider.
“What would you have done?” Aemond injected.
Aelys cast her gaze on him and thought momentarily before tilting her head, as if expecting more.
“What would you have done, Aelys,” the younger prince breathed and repeated his question, his tone more carefully crafted in his usual elegant and perfect etiquette, “What would you have done, if you had been Aegon The Conqueror?”
Aelys chuckled, “King Aegon only had two sons—one weak and indecisive, the other violent and impulsive. You ask him for a successor, but it is as if the world had the choice stripped from him, even if he had conquered Westeros with fire and blood. Even conquerors cannot control what happens after they die…”
“How many hours did your poor lady-in-waiting spend on this?”
“OW!!”
The gracefully composed Princess Aelys Velayon – heir of the heir – poised and willful, was gone.
In her place was a spoiled, furious thirteen-year old girl who smacked Aegon on the head,
Aegon yelped, rubbing the spot as he grinned, pleased with himself.
Aegon grinned, “I was simply testing Aelys’ handmaid’s skills in braiding. Appearance is important for a future queen, isn’t it?”
Aelys growled, reaching her book this time.
“Your Grace-” Orwyle spluttered in disbelief, his old hands clenching the parchment of his teachings.
Aelys tilted her head, her lips curving into a smile far to be sincere. “Disrespect,” she muttered, her voice smooth as honey, “deserves an iron fist.”
Just as Aegon was ready to retaliate by launching an attack on the sapphire pin on her hair, Aemond looked at him coldly, “Are you quite done?”
Aegon froze and rolled his eyes, “You are always no fun. No wonder our mad sister is the only being who acknowledges you.”
Aelys threw a glare, “Right. Helaena speaks to Aemond, while you mostly speak to wine. And he is the unfortunate one?”
Aemond did not laugh, nor did he join in the banter. But for a moment—just a moment—a small, barely noticeable smile ghosted his lips.
She had not dismissed him this time. Aelys and Aegon carried on as they always did, their words sharp, playful, a game only they understood. But Aemond was not part of that game. He never was.
Not like Aegon.
Aegon, who never had to earn her attention.
Aegon, who took her barbs and threw them back like they were a shared secret.
The chamber had been filled with laughter moments ago. Aelys, still poised to launch her book at Aegon, froze mid-motion. The banter died in an instant, the shift so abrupt it was suffocating.
Aemond had spoken quietly, but the words settled over them like a blade pressing against flesh.
"I would kill him."
The silence was deafening.
Aegon turned his head slowly, his smirk faltering. Aelys lowered her book, her violet eyes narrowing—not in shock, but in calculation.
“I would kill him.”
Aemond repeated, his voice almost melodic, almost elegant.
The air was still warm with sunlight, but the peace in the chamber shattered as if a cold wind had cut through it.
"If I were the Conqueror, having seen the seed of sins he would have committed against the realm, I would have killed him with my own hands."
Maester Orwyle stiffened. His aged fingers gripped the parchment before him, knuckles turning white.
"My Prince," the maester rasped, "you are speaking of kinslaying—the greatest of all sins."
Aelys, still carrying the remnants of annoyance from earlier, perked in surprise. Her eyes found Aemond's, curiosity cutting through her early irritation. For a moment, she wasn't sure if she should be wary or impressed.
Aegon let out a low whistle, shaking his head as he leaned back lazily against the chair.
"And they call me reckless," he muttered. "You’d kill your own blood before they even committed a crime?"
Aemond did not look at Aegon. His gaze remained steady and unreadable, locked on the maester.
“A sin prevented is a sin erased.”
Orwyle’s face paled further.
Aelys, however, had not yet spoken. She was watching Aemond closely, head tilted just slightly, considering.
She leaned forward and spoke again, carrying a smile as if the subject was some court gossip, "And where does it end, then? If one executes a man for what he might do, would the world not be left leaderless?"
Aemond turned to her at last, "Would you have left Maegor alive, then?"
The question was a trap, and they both knew it. She did not answer immediately.
Aegon, of course, would not take this as seriously as Aelys.
He snorted, shaking his head, "Gods, you’re both insufferable."
He turned to Aelys.
"If my brother ever tries to steal your throne, do me a favor and kill him first, would you?"
Aelys ignored him. Aemond did not even blink.
The air was still thick with the weight of Aemond’s words. Even Aegon, who often laughed off the seriousness, had not yet made another joke.
FInally, Aelys winked, “ Maester, The ruler shall be the protector of the realm, but the Hand should be his sword. Perhaps, when I am queen, I will make Aemond my Hand."
For the second time that afternoon, silence followed. But this time, it was a different kind of silence.
Aegon blinked, then let out a sharp laugh, grinning as he slung an arm lazily over his chair.
"Would he have to braid your hair as well?"
Aelys tilted her head and smirked, "If he does it as well as he strategizes, I might allow it."
Aemond’s lips pressed into a thin line, his expression unreadable. But beneath it, a flicker of something that was not quite irritation or amusement.
"That does make sense. He already stares at you like a dutiful knight waiting for orders,” Aegon teased.
Aemond did not react, but Aelys turned toward Aegon with a raised brow.
"Aegon, if you paid half as much attention in your lessons as you do to my hair, perhaps I would consider you for Hand instead."
Aegon feigned offense, placing a hand over his heart, “What a cruel thing to say to your future King Consort.”
A shade of pink crept on Aelys cheeks before she protested the betrothal was mere rumours and that she would rather die dragonless than marry an idiot like him.
Orwyle, still pale from Aemond’s earlier statement, seemed almost relieved by the change in conversation.
Almost.
He watched as Aelys subtly redirected the conversation, drawing attention away from the weight of kinslaying and back toward courtly wit.
But he had not missed Aemond’s expression, nor the slight shift in his posture. He had not missed the way Aemond had studied Aelys’ words—not as a jest, but as something else. Something dangerous.
"We will end the lesson here for today," Orwyle finally said, closing the book before him.
Aegon cheered, stretching his arms dramatically. Aelys leaned back in her chair, satisfied. Aemond said nothing at all.
The lesson ended, and they left the solar behind.
Aegon was already complaining about something, and Aemond was as silent as ever, but Aelys barely listened. The sun was high now, its heat warming the flagstones as they walked.
The path to the dragonpit was one she knew well by now, part ritual, part performance. She had walked it many times. Jace and Aegon were the only ones taking instructions from the dragon keepers. Arrax was too small to be ridden. And she and Aemond, well, their eggs weren’t hatched.
It never troubled her, watching the boys with their dragons. Jace all determined focus, Luke still too small to ride but beaming anyway. Even Aegon, who was smug enough about it for all of them.
Her dragon would come, not as a gift, nor as a birthright. She would not wait for an egg to hatch. She was waiting for the right moment to take one. And really, under her grandsire’s gentle reign, what need was there for dragonfire. A queen had other ways to rule.
But still, as they crossed the threshold into the dragonpit, and the hot breath of beasts curled in the air, she found her pulse quicken.
One day, when it mattered.
It did not take long before Jace and Luke found her.
Jace walked ahead, purposeful, his excitement barely contained. Luke, smaller and still growing into his limbs, practically bounded up to Aelys with the unshaken enthusiasm of a younger brother who had been waiting all morning for his sister,
“Aelys, mother said I improved much in High Valyrian,” Luke beamed, his small figure hugging into her
She ruffled his brown curls despite his weak protest, wrapping an arm briefly around his shoulders, “As a Targaryen prince should. Perhaps Jace should learn one thing or two from you.
Luke giggled, his face bright.
Ahead of them, Jace stiffened—he’d clearly heard.
Aelys raised her voice, just enough to carry.
“After all, it’s dracarys, not drasharys, dear brother.”
She let the syllables fall with exaggerated precision, her tone all silken mockery.
Jace turned his head, scowling over his shoulder.
“That was one time.”
Luke laughed outright, his delight echoing in the open air.
Amidst the banter, Aemond followed a step behind. He always did.
Aelys spoke to Jace with the sharpness of competition, but to Luke, she was different. She was gentle. Protective.
It was no doubt Aelys loved her brothers. It wasn’t the first time.
Aemond remembered her, several years past, standing with all the self-importance of a Velaryon princess at Luke’s first nameday feast when Lady Lannister’s little daughter had whispered something sharp about their hair, “brown like a common boy.”
Aelys had turned toward her with an expression so polite it was almost kind, “My brother’s hair shines like polished bronze,” she said softly. “And that makes him rarer than all the dull gold in Casterly Rock.”
And the Lannister girl had said nothing else for the rest of the afternoon.
Aegon was another story.
He walked beside Aelys, their steps in easy rhythm. They spoke in half-finished thoughts, their laughter low and private.
They didn’t need anyone else.
They never had.
The eldest prince.
The heir of the heir.
Their marriage was all but decided in the eyes of the court.
Ahead of him, Aegon brushed his fingers against Aelys’ braid—casual, familiar. She didn’t pull away.
Aemond’s jaw tightened.
He followed, silent, his pace measured.
But his hands curled once at his sides before he forced them still.
Aemond was outside of it.
He had always been outside of it.
And when they reached the foot of the Dragonpit, and the smell of sulfur grew thicker in the air, Aemond took a step closer.
And then, quietly—just enough for her to hear—Aemond spoke.
"The Hand should be the sword, you said."
Aelys turned her head, momentarily thrown off by his words. The restraint in his face only made his words cut cleaner.
"Would you still say that if the Hand was the one holding the true power?"
Aelys had not answered him directly, but she had answered him all the same.
She had turned her head, her silver hair catching the light, her violet eyes shimmering like polished amethysts.
She had smiled. Bright. As if it cost her nothing. The smile of a girl who had never wanted for anything.
"If the swordsman cannot wield the sword, it shouldn't have been in his possession in the first place."
She had blinked, unshaken and regal.
So utterly privileged in her belief that power would always be hers to command and to bestow.
Aemond felt something sharp curl in his chest.
She is a princess, the eldest princess of the Heir to the Iron Throne, who has never had to fight for her place.
She speaks of power as if it is something natural—something she will inherit, something the world will bow to without question.
Even now, she walks toward the Dragonpit like it is a place of entertainment. A place to watch her brothers soar, as if their dragons are an extension of her own future reign.
She had no dragon.
And yet, she is not restless.
She is not desperate. Not like him.
Because she does not need one. Not yet.
Aemond should have dismissed her comment as childish—but he couldn’t.
Because despite the silk and the untroubled grace of a girl raised to rule… her words had not been naïve.
She had not called the swordsman a servant.
She had not dismissed the sword as nothing.
She had not said the sword should obey the hand.
"If the swordsman cannot wield the sword, it shouldn't have been in his possession in the first place."
And Aemond understood what she meant.
If the crown could not control its blade—then perhaps the blade should decide for itself.
He had always known Aelys was clever, but he had never thought of her calculating.
Perhaps he had been wrong.
She was still a princess, a girl born into privilege, raised with the certainty that the realm would always bend to her, but she was not blind.
And she had just reminded him of his place.
A sword, Aemond. That is what you are to her.
Something to be wielded. Something useful.
Something that is only as valuable as the one who holds it.
Aemond inhaled slowly, steadying himself.
Then let us hope the swordsman never grows weak.
The heat of the Dragonpit settled over them like a heavy cloak, thick with the scent of sulfur and charred flesh. The ground beneath their feet was cracked from centuries of dragonfire, and the air carried the weight of an ancient power.
The keepers led out Vermax, his scales glinting a deep green under the torchlight. The young dragon was hot-tempered, restless, his wings twitching as if already longing for flight.
Aemond stood still, watching.
Jacaerys took a step forward, shoulders squared, the weight of command sitting uneasily on him. He raised a hand—hesitant, uncertain, yet eager.
"Dracarys."
Flames burst forth.
The poor sheep barely had time to scream before it was engulfed in fire, its body curling into ash and ruin. The stench of burning flesh filled the pit.
Aemond did not flinch. He barely blinked.
It must be a strange feeling.
To command a beast capable of death and destruction.
To know that a single word from your lips could reduce flesh to cinders.
Aemond’s grip tightened at his side.
The thrill of power.
Aemond saw it—the moment of hesitation, the glimmer of fear in Jacaerys’ eyes before Vermax obeyed.
He saw the way his hands trembled, the way his breath hitched in awe and uncertainty.
He is afraid of his own power.
And yet, he holds it all the same.
Power should not be held by those who fear it.
Aemond’s head snapped toward the roar of Sunfyre followed by his brother’s laughter, his thoughts interrupted.
There they stood—Aegon and Aelys.
The golden dragon, larger, older, magnificent in its youthful excitement, had nudged its great snout against her hand.
And then, Aemond saw them.
Aegon’s hand, covering hers, enveloping hers, guiding her touch against the warm golden scales of his dragon.
Aelys did not pull away.
She let him hold her hand, let him guide it along Sunfyre’s gleaming hide as if it were a natural thing.
He tore his gaze away, but the feeling did not fade. It would not fade. It only dug deeper, sharp and unyielding, carving something bitter into his ribs.
Aemond felt his breath slow, controlled, carefully measured.
Consumed by his thoughts, Aemond did not notice Aegon silently sneaking to little Luke’ side while Aelys was caught up trying to speak High Valyrian to Sunfyre, and whispered something mischievous in his ears. Then, a glance, a knowing smirk exchanged between Jacaerys and Luke, a spark of something unspoken but understood.
Aemond exhaled slowly, already bracing himself.
Before he could step away, Aegon was at his side, an arm slung lazily over his shoulders, his grin that of a cat toying with a trapped mouse.
“So, we’ve been wondering.”
Aemond said nothing.
“You are the only one among us without a dragon.”
The words were spoken lightly, as if it were an offhand observation, but Aemond knew better. Everything Aegon said was deliberate.
“Ah yes, Aelys—she flies with me,” Aegon blinked, feigning innocence.
The muscles in Aemond’s jaw tightened. He understood the reference immediately.
He remembered that day.
The day Aegon had taken Aelys on a reckless flight over Blackwater Bay, the day they had nearly drowned themselves after a miscalculated dive into the waves. The day Alicent had struck Aegon across the face.
Aelys would never have agreed to it, yet, she had gone.
Aemond inhaled. He would not react.
Aegon only smiled wider.
“So,” he continued smoothly, “we’ve decided to find you a dragon.”
Aemond turned to him, raising a brow. His voice, when it came, was calm, steady. Measured.
“A dragon?”
“How?” He raised his brows, concealing his interest.
Aegon’s grin stretched,“You will see.”
Aemond followed his gaze, eyes tracking the movement from the dark mouth of the Dragonpit.
Luke stepped forward, guiding something into the light, his face barely hiding his amusement.
The shape was small, ridiculous. Not a dragon.
A pig.
It was plump, pink, with wings made of cloth haphazardly tied to its back.
"The Pink Dread!"
The laughter rang through the Dragonpit, bouncing off the stone walls, loud and unrelenting.
Aemond stood rigid, his hands curled into fists, his breath slow, too slow. It was the kind of forced control that came before the breaking point.
The pig—The Pink Dread—snorted and fidgeted, its ridiculous cloth wings fluttering as it shuffled in the dirt.
Jace and Luke were grinning, proud of their little trick. Aegon stood at the center of it all, smug, triumphant, waiting to see just how long it would take before Aemond snapped.
“Seven hells, Aegon, are you really this stupid?”
Aelys’ voice cut through the laughter, exasperated. She stepped forward, pushing past Jace and Luke, her silver hair catching the torchlight as she glared at Aegon.
“I don’t have a dragon either, or did you forget? What, are you trying to insult your future queen?”
Aegon’s grin flickered—just for a moment—before he scoffed.
“Oh, come on, Aelys, it’s not the same—”
“Even having the most beautiful dragon cannot make up for your stupidity,” Aelys snapped, colder than usual.
For once, Aegon had nothing to say. His grin slipped, and he looked at her with a flicker of something she didn’t have the patience to name.
But she was no longer looking at Aegon.
Her gaze found Aemond in the half-light beyond them, where he stood apart from the others—as he often did, though she rarely thought to question it.
He hadn’t moved. His hands hung loose at his sides, his posture straight and composed, but there was a stillness to him that caught her attention in a way it shouldn’t have.
There was nothing remarkable about it.
She took a step toward him before she realized she meant to. Not out of pity. She told herself it wasn’t that. It was something else. Something she did not understand.
He held himself tightly, as if he had been carved from stone, every line of his body measured and precise.
She recognized the weight in his shoulders.
It was the weight of standing alone. She had forgotten the first time she had felt it. It was the weight of standing alone. She had forgotten the first time she had felt it.
Perhaps it was in those early years, when she stood at her mother’s side in court, naïve, or pretending to be, speaking with all the certainty of a girl who knew no fear.
Perhaps it was when she defended her mother’s claim with a sharpness that was dismissed as youthful pride, her words too smooth, too carefully chosen to be anything but rehearsed.
Or perhaps it was when she smiled sweetly while countering whispers about her brothers’ heritage, wielding innocence like a blade honed in secret.
All the while watching Alicent from across the hall, feigning courtesy as she struck at her in ways too subtle to be named for what they were.
The quiet weight of watching others laugh when you cannot.
She had not expected to see it on him.
Aelys let out a slow breath and smoothed her hand down the front of her skirts, a motion meant to settle herself more than anything.
She didn’t speak to him. There was nothing she could say that wouldn’t sound hollow.
But before she turned away, she inclined her head ever so slightly. A gesture so small it might have gone unnoticed by anyone else.
But not by him.
And not by her.
Her attention snapped to Jace, who was still trying to smother his laughter.
“You are supposed to be the responsible one,” she said, arching a brow. “I see little evidence of it.”
Luke froze, blinking up at her.
She let out an exaggerated sigh and patted his head like he was a small, innocent child.
“Not your fault, Luke. You’re still young, easily misled.”
Jace’s amusement dimmed slightly.
“It was just a joke,” he muttered.
“Right.” She scoffed and glared at both Aegon and Jace. “A joke that needed a six-year-old to carry out. Next time, if you want to make a fool of someone, try handling it yourself.”
The laughter died completely. Aegon let out a dramatic sigh, rolling his eyes as if she had just ruined his fun.
Jace shrugged, suddenly less sure of himself.
Luke fidgeted, his enthusiasm drained.
And Aemond—
Aemond stood silent, watching her. He was used to standing alone, to swallowing his rage and letting it fester in silence. He had not expected anyone to speak for him.
And yet, Aelys had.
She did not laugh. She did not ignore me. She spoke.
But was it because she believed in fairness? Or because she would not let them embarrass her along with him?
Does she see me?
Or does she just not want to be associated with someone being mocked?
The thought made his fingers twitch.
He did not know which answer would be worse.
The Dragonpit was quieter now.
The laughter had died. The joke had passed. But the air still felt charged, like the embers of a fire waiting to catch.
Aelys had turned away, stepping lightly toward Sunfyre, already moving past the spectacle as if it were beneath her concern.
Aegon exhaled through his nose, unamused but unwilling to argue.
Jace and Luke, once so triumphant in their prank, now shuffled awkwardly, their excitement drained.
And Aemond—
Aemond had not moved.
His hands had relaxed at his sides, his posture straight, his expression composed, but his mind was not still.
"If you want somebody to do your dirty work, choose better than a child."
He had heard the words. He had seen the way Aegon had taken them, the way Jace had looked down, the way Luke had wilted slightly under her gaze.
Aelys had control.
She had not raised her voice. She had not fought. She had spoken, and they had listened.
Aegon, for all his power, for all his arrogance—had been made to look like a fool.
Not with fire, not with steel, but with words.
And that, Aemond realized, was what made her… dangerous.
A swordsman could be disarmed. A swordsman could be killed.
But the one who wields the sword? The one who chooses where to cut, when to strike?
They are the true power.
Aemond tilted his head slightly, watching her.
She had dismissed the insult, dismissed the game, but she had not dismissed the system that allowed it to happen.
Because in the world Aelys envisioned, she was always the hand that wielded the blade.
She spoke the commands, she decided who won and who lost, and the world would always bow to that.
But the sword itself—the thing she wielded, the thing she needed, the thing she used to carve her future?
It was not him.
Not yet.
The air was thick with smoke, with the heavy scent of dragons, but all Aemond could taste was iron.
It was a slow, curling decision, one that settled deep into his ribs like something inevitable.
He would not wait for a blade to be placed in his hand.
He would take one.
Not for Aelys. Not for the court. Not for anyone but himself.
That night, as the others slept, Aemond would return to the Dragonpit alone.
And by sunrise, the world would know:
A swordsman without a sword was nothing.
But a swordsman who seized his own? That was something to fear.
Authors note:
As much as we grew hotd season 2 was a disaster in many aspects… I LOVED LOVED their characterization of Aemond and all my predictions from S1 were validated… This chapter put a lot of analysis on how Aemond thought when he was young and I know u might have a lot fo questions like ‘why does he even care about Aelys and Aegon?’ ‘Why is he jealous… is it just bcz this is a fmc X Aemond fic?’ These questions will be answered in the followed chapters. I hope you enjoyed it! Lemme know what u think! Your comments mean the world to me as a uni student struggling to find time to write :))))
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dernieredanse21 · 4 months ago
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A Kingdom of Ash and Fury
Summary:
Aelys Targaryen was a ruler, but power is a lonely thing. One love was a promise never kept, the other a storm never meant to break-yet neither will stand between her and the throne that was stolen.
"You were never going to be their pawn, Aelys. I made sure of it."
"You are cruel. Aelys." A statement, not insult, not judgement. "No, I am necessary."
A House of the Dragon | Aemond Targaryen fanfiction
Chapter 2 The Swordsman and the Sword
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It was morning in the Red Keep, and sunlight streamed through the high windows, gilding the stone floors in gold. The air smelled faintly of parchment and beeswax candles, though none were lit—there was no need, not with the day so bright.
The lesson chamber was quiet but for the rustle of pages and the occasional scratch of Maester Orwyle’s quill. A peaceful morning, the kind that seemed untouched by war or whispers of it. A picture of order and order calm.
“Now, tell me, when King Aenys died, the realm had two claimants: grandson of Aegon the Conqueror, Prince Jaehaerys, and Maegor the Cruel, his warrior half-brother. Tell me,” maester Orwyle paused, “Prince Aegon?”
“What?” The eldest prince yawned and turned his head back to the maester from the silver lock of his niece, Princess Aelys, whose gaze rested on the cover of the history volume, her mind seeming to have quietly travelled to a mysterious realm beyond the knowledge of men.
“Why was Jaehaerys The Conciliator the rightful heir to the Iron Throne? ” Questioned the maester.
“Because he was King Aenys’ trueborn son…”Answered Aegon impatiently before turning his head back to reach the silver beads braided on the princess, “And Maegor was an usurper.’
The maester sighed. It was the first question on a moon that Prince Aegon had been able to come up with a correct answer. Though his reluctance to answer obvious, at least, he had something positive to report to the queen.
“What could have been done to prevent Maegor’s reign?” The princess, who had been uncharacteristically silent, asked, “I wonder what Aegon The Conqueror would have done if he had knowledge of the events after his death. ”
Maester Orwyle’s eyes flickered wider.
“What would you have done?” Aemond injected.
Aelys cast her gaze on him and thought momentarily before tilting her head, as if expecting more.
“What would you have done, Aelys,” the younger prince breathed and repeated his question, his tone more carefully crafted in his usual elegant and perfect etiquette, “What would you have done, if you had been Aegon The Conqueror?”
Aelys chuckled, “King Aegon only had two sons—one weak and indecisive, the other violent and impulsive. You ask him for a successor, but it is as if the world had the choice stripped from him, even if he had conquered Westeros with fire and blood. Even conquerors cannot control what happens after they die…”
“How many hours did your poor lady-in-waiting spend on this?”
“OW!!”
The gracefully composed Princess Aelys Velayon – heir of the heir – poised and willful, was gone.
In her place was a spoiled, furious thirteen-year old girl who smacked Aegon on the head,
Aegon yelped, rubbing the spot as he grinned, pleased with himself.
Aegon grinned, “I was simply testing Aelys’ handmaid’s skills in braiding. Appearance is important for a future queen, isn’t it?”
Aelys growled, reaching her book this time.
“Your Grace-” Orwyle spluttered in disbelief, his old hands clenching the parchment of his teachings.
Aelys tilted her head, her lips curving into a smile far to be sincere. “Disrespect,” she muttered, her voice smooth as honey, “deserves an iron fist.”
Just as Aegon was ready to retaliate by launching an attack on the sapphire pin on her hair, Aemond looked at him coldly, “Are you quite done?”
Aegon froze and rolled his eyes, “You are always no fun. No wonder our mad sister is the only being who acknowledges you.”
Aelys threw a glare, “Right. Helaena speaks to Aemond, while you mostly speak to wine. And he is the unfortunate one?”
Aemond did not laugh, nor did he join in the banter. But for a moment—just a moment—a small, barely noticeable smile ghosted his lips.
She had not dismissed him this time. Aelys and Aegon carried on as they always did, their words sharp, playful, a game only they understood. But Aemond was not part of that game. He never was.
Not like Aegon.
Aegon, who never had to earn her attention.
Aegon, who took her barbs and threw them back like they were a shared secret.
The chamber had been filled with laughter moments ago. Aelys, still poised to launch her book at Aegon, froze mid-motion. The banter died in an instant, the shift so abrupt it was suffocating.
Aemond had spoken quietly, but the words settled over them like a blade pressing against flesh.
"I would kill him."
The silence was deafening.
Aegon turned his head slowly, his smirk faltering. Aelys lowered her book, her violet eyes narrowing—not in shock, but in calculation.
“I would kill him.”
Aemond repeated, his voice almost melodic, almost elegant.
The air was still warm with sunlight, but the peace in the chamber shattered as if a cold wind had cut through it.
"If I were the Conqueror, having seen the seed of sins he would have committed against the realm, I would have killed him with my own hands."
Maester Orwyle stiffened. His aged fingers gripped the parchment before him, knuckles turning white.
"My Prince," the maester rasped, "you are speaking of kinslaying—the greatest of all sins."
Aelys, still carrying the remnants of annoyance from earlier, perked in surprise. Her eyes found Aemond's, curiosity cutting through her early irritation. For a moment, she wasn't sure if she should be wary or impressed.
Aegon let out a low whistle, shaking his head as he leaned back lazily against the chair.
"And they call me reckless," he muttered. "You’d kill your own blood before they even committed a crime?"
Aemond did not look at Aegon. His gaze remained steady and unreadable, locked on the maester.
“A sin prevented is a sin erased.”
Orwyle’s face paled further.
Aelys, however, had not yet spoken. She was watching Aemond closely, head tilted just slightly, considering.
She leaned forward and spoke again, carrying a smile as if the subject was some court gossip, "And where does it end, then? If one executes a man for what he might do, would the world not be left leaderless?"
Aemond turned to her at last, "Would you have left Maegor alive, then?"
The question was a trap, and they both knew it. She did not answer immediately.
Aegon, of course, would not take this as seriously as Aelys.
He snorted, shaking his head, "Gods, you’re both insufferable."
He turned to Aelys.
"If my brother ever tries to steal your throne, do me a favor and kill him first, would you?"
Aelys ignored him. Aemond did not even blink.
The air was still thick with the weight of Aemond’s words. Even Aegon, who often laughed off the seriousness, had not yet made another joke.
FInally, Aelys winked, “ Maester, The ruler shall be the protector of the realm, but the Hand should be his sword. Perhaps, when I am queen, I will make Aemond my Hand."
For the second time that afternoon, silence followed. But this time, it was a different kind of silence.
Aegon blinked, then let out a sharp laugh, grinning as he slung an arm lazily over his chair.
"Would he have to braid your hair as well?"
Aelys tilted her head and smirked, "If he does it as well as he strategizes, I might allow it."
Aemond’s lips pressed into a thin line, his expression unreadable. But beneath it, a flicker of something that was not quite irritation or amusement.
"That does make sense. He already stares at you like a dutiful knight waiting for orders,” Aegon teased.
Aemond did not react, but Aelys turned toward Aegon with a raised brow.
"Aegon, if you paid half as much attention in your lessons as you do to my hair, perhaps I would consider you for Hand instead."
Aegon feigned offense, placing a hand over his heart, “What a cruel thing to say to your future King Consort.”
A shade of pink crept on Aelys cheeks before she protested the betrothal was mere rumours and that she would rather die dragonless than marry an idiot like him.
Orwyle, still pale from Aemond’s earlier statement, seemed almost relieved by the change in conversation.
Almost.
He watched as Aelys subtly redirected the conversation, drawing attention away from the weight of kinslaying and back toward courtly wit.
But he had not missed Aemond’s expression, nor the slight shift in his posture. He had not missed the way Aemond had studied Aelys’ words—not as a jest, but as something else. Something dangerous.
"We will end the lesson here for today," Orwyle finally said, closing the book before him.
Aegon cheered, stretching his arms dramatically. Aelys leaned back in her chair, satisfied. Aemond said nothing at all.
The lesson ended, and they left the solar behind.
Aegon was already complaining about something, and Aemond was as silent as ever, but Aelys barely listened. The sun was high now, its heat warming the flagstones as they walked.
The path to the dragonpit was one she knew well by now, part ritual, part performance. She had walked it many times. Jace and Aegon were the only ones taking instructions from the dragon keepers. Arrax was too small to be ridden. And she and Aemond, well, their eggs weren’t hatched.
It never troubled her, watching the boys with their dragons. Jace all determined focus, Luke still too small to ride but beaming anyway. Even Aegon, who was smug enough about it for all of them.
Her dragon would come, not as a gift, nor as a birthright. She would not wait for an egg to hatch. She was waiting for the right moment to take one. And really, under her grandsire’s gentle reign, what need was there for dragonfire. A queen had other ways to rule.
But still, as they crossed the threshold into the dragonpit, and the hot breath of beasts curled in the air, she found her pulse quicken.
One day, when it mattered.
It did not take long before Jace and Luke found her.
Jace walked ahead, purposeful, his excitement barely contained. Luke, smaller and still growing into his limbs, practically bounded up to Aelys with the unshaken enthusiasm of a younger brother who had been waiting all morning for his sister,
“Aelys, mother said I improved much in High Valyrian,” Luke beamed, his small figure hugging into her
She ruffled his brown curls despite his weak protest, wrapping an arm briefly around his shoulders, “As a Targaryen prince should. Perhaps Jace should learn one thing or two from you.
Luke giggled, his face bright.
Ahead of them, Jace stiffened—he’d clearly heard.
Aelys raised her voice, just enough to carry.
“After all, it’s dracarys, not drasharys, dear brother.”
She let the syllables fall with exaggerated precision, her tone all silken mockery.
Jace turned his head, scowling over his shoulder.
“That was one time.”
Luke laughed outright, his delight echoing in the open air.
Amidst the banter, Aemond followed a step behind. He always did.
Aelys spoke to Jace with the sharpness of competition, but to Luke, she was different. She was gentle. Protective.
It was no doubt Aelys loved her brothers. It wasn’t the first time.
Aemond remembered her, several years past, standing with all the self-importance of a Velaryon princess at Luke’s first nameday feast when Lady Lannister’s little daughter had whispered something sharp about their hair, “brown like a common boy.”
Aelys had turned toward her with an expression so polite it was almost kind, “My brother’s hair shines like polished bronze,” she said softly. “And that makes him rarer than all the dull gold in Casterly Rock.”
And the Lannister girl had said nothing else for the rest of the afternoon.
Aegon was another story.
He walked beside Aelys, their steps in easy rhythm. They spoke in half-finished thoughts, their laughter low and private.
They didn’t need anyone else.
They never had.
The eldest prince.
The heir of the heir.
Their marriage was all but decided in the eyes of the court.
Ahead of him, Aegon brushed his fingers against Aelys’ braid—casual, familiar. She didn’t pull away.
Aemond’s jaw tightened.
He followed, silent, his pace measured.
But his hands curled once at his sides before he forced them still.
Aemond was outside of it.
He had always been outside of it.
And when they reached the foot of the Dragonpit, and the smell of sulfur grew thicker in the air, Aemond took a step closer.
And then, quietly—just enough for her to hear—Aemond spoke.
"The Hand should be the sword, you said."
Aelys turned her head, momentarily thrown off by his words. The restraint in his face only made his words cut cleaner.
"Would you still say that if the Hand was the one holding the true power?"
Aelys had not answered him directly, but she had answered him all the same.
She had turned her head, her silver hair catching the light, her violet eyes shimmering like polished amethysts.
She had smiled. Bright. As if it cost her nothing. The smile of a girl who had never wanted for anything.
"If the swordsman cannot wield the sword, it shouldn't have been in his possession in the first place."
She had blinked, unshaken and regal.
So utterly privileged in her belief that power would always be hers to command and to bestow.
Aemond felt something sharp curl in his chest.
She is a princess, the eldest princess of the Heir to the Iron Throne, who has never had to fight for her place.
She speaks of power as if it is something natural—something she will inherit, something the world will bow to without question.
Even now, she walks toward the Dragonpit like it is a place of entertainment. A place to watch her brothers soar, as if their dragons are an extension of her own future reign.
She had no dragon.
And yet, she is not restless.
She is not desperate. Not like him.
Because she does not need one. Not yet.
Aemond should have dismissed her comment as childish—but he couldn’t.
Because despite the silk and the untroubled grace of a girl raised to rule… her words had not been naïve.
She had not called the swordsman a servant.
She had not dismissed the sword as nothing.
She had not said the sword should obey the hand.
"If the swordsman cannot wield the sword, it shouldn't have been in his possession in the first place."
And Aemond understood what she meant.
If the crown could not control its blade—then perhaps the blade should decide for itself.
He had always known Aelys was clever, but he had never thought of her calculating.
Perhaps he had been wrong.
She was still a princess, a girl born into privilege, raised with the certainty that the realm would always bend to her, but she was not blind.
And she had just reminded him of his place.
A sword, Aemond. That is what you are to her.
Something to be wielded. Something useful.
Something that is only as valuable as the one who holds it.
Aemond inhaled slowly, steadying himself.
Then let us hope the swordsman never grows weak.
The heat of the Dragonpit settled over them like a heavy cloak, thick with the scent of sulfur and charred flesh. The ground beneath their feet was cracked from centuries of dragonfire, and the air carried the weight of an ancient power.
The keepers led out Vermax, his scales glinting a deep green under the torchlight. The young dragon was hot-tempered, restless, his wings twitching as if already longing for flight.
Aemond stood still, watching.
Jacaerys took a step forward, shoulders squared, the weight of command sitting uneasily on him. He raised a hand—hesitant, uncertain, yet eager.
"Dracarys."
Flames burst forth.
The poor sheep barely had time to scream before it was engulfed in fire, its body curling into ash and ruin. The stench of burning flesh filled the pit.
Aemond did not flinch. He barely blinked.
It must be a strange feeling.
To command a beast capable of death and destruction.
To know that a single word from your lips could reduce flesh to cinders.
Aemond’s grip tightened at his side.
The thrill of power.
Aemond saw it—the moment of hesitation, the glimmer of fear in Jacaerys’ eyes before Vermax obeyed.
He saw the way his hands trembled, the way his breath hitched in awe and uncertainty.
He is afraid of his own power.
And yet, he holds it all the same.
Power should not be held by those who fear it.
Aemond’s head snapped toward the roar of Sunfyre followed by his brother’s laughter, his thoughts interrupted.
There they stood—Aegon and Aelys.
The golden dragon, larger, older, magnificent in its youthful excitement, had nudged its great snout against her hand.
And then, Aemond saw them.
Aegon’s hand, covering hers, enveloping hers, guiding her touch against the warm golden scales of his dragon.
Aelys did not pull away.
She let him hold her hand, let him guide it along Sunfyre’s gleaming hide as if it were a natural thing.
He tore his gaze away, but the feeling did not fade. It would not fade. It only dug deeper, sharp and unyielding, carving something bitter into his ribs.
Aemond felt his breath slow, controlled, carefully measured.
Consumed by his thoughts, Aemond did not notice Aegon silently sneaking to little Luke’ side while Aelys was caught up trying to speak High Valyrian to Sunfyre, and whispered something mischievous in his ears. Then, a glance, a knowing smirk exchanged between Jacaerys and Luke, a spark of something unspoken but understood.
Aemond exhaled slowly, already bracing himself.
Before he could step away, Aegon was at his side, an arm slung lazily over his shoulders, his grin that of a cat toying with a trapped mouse.
“So, we’ve been wondering.”
Aemond said nothing.
“You are the only one among us without a dragon.”
The words were spoken lightly, as if it were an offhand observation, but Aemond knew better. Everything Aegon said was deliberate.
“Ah yes, Aelys—she flies with me,” Aegon blinked, feigning innocence.
The muscles in Aemond’s jaw tightened. He understood the reference immediately.
He remembered that day.
The day Aegon had taken Aelys on a reckless flight over Blackwater Bay, the day they had nearly drowned themselves after a miscalculated dive into the waves. The day Alicent had struck Aegon across the face.
Aelys would never have agreed to it, yet, she had gone.
Aemond inhaled. He would not react.
Aegon only smiled wider.
“So,” he continued smoothly, “we’ve decided to find you a dragon.”
Aemond turned to him, raising a brow. His voice, when it came, was calm, steady. Measured.
“A dragon?”
“How?” He raised his brows, concealing his interest.
Aegon’s grin stretched,“You will see.”
Aemond followed his gaze, eyes tracking the movement from the dark mouth of the Dragonpit.
Luke stepped forward, guiding something into the light, his face barely hiding his amusement.
The shape was small, ridiculous. Not a dragon.
A pig.
It was plump, pink, with wings made of cloth haphazardly tied to its back.
"The Pink Dread!"
The laughter rang through the Dragonpit, bouncing off the stone walls, loud and unrelenting.
Aemond stood rigid, his hands curled into fists, his breath slow, too slow. It was the kind of forced control that came before the breaking point.
The pig—The Pink Dread—snorted and fidgeted, its ridiculous cloth wings fluttering as it shuffled in the dirt.
Jace and Luke were grinning, proud of their little trick. Aegon stood at the center of it all, smug, triumphant, waiting to see just how long it would take before Aemond snapped.
“Seven hells, Aegon, are you really this stupid?”
Aelys’ voice cut through the laughter, exasperated. She stepped forward, pushing past Jace and Luke, her silver hair catching the torchlight as she glared at Aegon.
“I don’t have a dragon either, or did you forget? What, are you trying to insult your future queen?”
Aegon’s grin flickered—just for a moment—before he scoffed.
“Oh, come on, Aelys, it’s not the same—”
“Even having the most beautiful dragon cannot make up for your stupidity,” Aelys snapped, colder than usual.
For once, Aegon had nothing to say. His grin slipped, and he looked at her with a flicker of something she didn’t have the patience to name.
But she was no longer looking at Aegon.
Her gaze found Aemond in the half-light beyond them, where he stood apart from the others—as he often did, though she rarely thought to question it.
He hadn’t moved. His hands hung loose at his sides, his posture straight and composed, but there was a stillness to him that caught her attention in a way it shouldn’t have.
There was nothing remarkable about it.
She took a step toward him before she realized she meant to. Not out of pity. She told herself it wasn’t that. It was something else. Something she did not understand.
He held himself tightly, as if he had been carved from stone, every line of his body measured and precise.
She recognized the weight in his shoulders.
It was the weight of standing alone. She had forgotten the first time she had felt it. It was the weight of standing alone. She had forgotten the first time she had felt it.
Perhaps it was in those early years, when she stood at her mother’s side in court, naïve, or pretending to be, speaking with all the certainty of a girl who knew no fear.
Perhaps it was when she defended her mother’s claim with a sharpness that was dismissed as youthful pride, her words too smooth, too carefully chosen to be anything but rehearsed.
Or perhaps it was when she smiled sweetly while countering whispers about her brothers’ heritage, wielding innocence like a blade honed in secret.
All the while watching Alicent from across the hall, feigning courtesy as she struck at her in ways too subtle to be named for what they were.
The quiet weight of watching others laugh when you cannot.
She had not expected to see it on him.
Aelys let out a slow breath and smoothed her hand down the front of her skirts, a motion meant to settle herself more than anything.
She didn’t speak to him. There was nothing she could say that wouldn’t sound hollow.
But before she turned away, she inclined her head ever so slightly. A gesture so small it might have gone unnoticed by anyone else.
But not by him.
And not by her.
Her attention snapped to Jace, who was still trying to smother his laughter.
“You are supposed to be the responsible one,” she said, arching a brow. “I see little evidence of it.”
Luke froze, blinking up at her.
She let out an exaggerated sigh and patted his head like he was a small, innocent child.
“Not your fault, Luke. You’re still young, easily misled.”
Jace’s amusement dimmed slightly.
“It was just a joke,” he muttered.
“Right.” She scoffed and glared at both Aegon and Jace. “A joke that needed a six-year-old to carry out. Next time, if you want to make a fool of someone, try handling it yourself.”
The laughter died completely. Aegon let out a dramatic sigh, rolling his eyes as if she had just ruined his fun.
Jace shrugged, suddenly less sure of himself.
Luke fidgeted, his enthusiasm drained.
And Aemond—
Aemond stood silent, watching her. He was used to standing alone, to swallowing his rage and letting it fester in silence. He had not expected anyone to speak for him.
And yet, Aelys had.
She did not laugh. She did not ignore me. She spoke.
But was it because she believed in fairness? Or because she would not let them embarrass her along with him?
Does she see me?
Or does she just not want to be associated with someone being mocked?
The thought made his fingers twitch.
He did not know which answer would be worse.
The Dragonpit was quieter now.
The laughter had died. The joke had passed. But the air still felt charged, like the embers of a fire waiting to catch.
Aelys had turned away, stepping lightly toward Sunfyre, already moving past the spectacle as if it were beneath her concern.
Aegon exhaled through his nose, unamused but unwilling to argue.
Jace and Luke, once so triumphant in their prank, now shuffled awkwardly, their excitement drained.
And Aemond—
Aemond had not moved.
His hands had relaxed at his sides, his posture straight, his expression composed, but his mind was not still.
"If you want somebody to do your dirty work, choose better than a child."
He had heard the words. He had seen the way Aegon had taken them, the way Jace had looked down, the way Luke had wilted slightly under her gaze.
Aelys had control.
She had not raised her voice. She had not fought. She had spoken, and they had listened.
Aegon, for all his power, for all his arrogance—had been made to look like a fool.
Not with fire, not with steel, but with words.
And that, Aemond realized, was what made her… dangerous.
A swordsman could be disarmed. A swordsman could be killed.
But the one who wields the sword? The one who chooses where to cut, when to strike?
They are the true power.
Aemond tilted his head slightly, watching her.
She had dismissed the insult, dismissed the game, but she had not dismissed the system that allowed it to happen.
Because in the world Aelys envisioned, she was always the hand that wielded the blade.
She spoke the commands, she decided who won and who lost, and the world would always bow to that.
But the sword itself—the thing she wielded, the thing she needed, the thing she used to carve her future?
It was not him.
Not yet.
The air was thick with smoke, with the heavy scent of dragons, but all Aemond could taste was iron.
It was a slow, curling decision, one that settled deep into his ribs like something inevitable.
He would not wait for a blade to be placed in his hand.
He would take one.
Not for Aelys. Not for the court. Not for anyone but himself.
That night, as the others slept, Aemond would return to the Dragonpit alone.
And by sunrise, the world would know:
A swordsman without a sword was nothing.
But a swordsman who seized his own? That was something to fear.
Authors note:
As much as we grew hotd season 2 was a disaster in many aspects… I LOVED LOVED their characterization of Aemond and all my predictions from S1 were validated… This chapter put a lot of analysis on how Aemond thought when he was young and I know u might have a lot fo questions like ‘why does he even care about Aelys and Aegon?’ ‘Why is he jealous… is it just bcz this is a fmc X Aemond fic?’ These questions will be answered in the followed chapters. I hope you enjoyed it! Lemme know what u think! Your comments mean the world to me as a uni student struggling to find time to write :))))
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dernieredanse21 · 4 months ago
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Meeting Vhagar - Drabble
Aemond x Wife!Reader
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Much to your dismay, Prince Aemond insists on bringing your little son to Vhagar. Set sometime during the Dance.
Contents: Just a little practice thing... Dad!Aemond, Targaryen parenting, subtle fluff. Little bit of subtle angst too. No filth this time..
Words: 3000, and very sloppily proof read.
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The carriage can only take you so far as to the Iron Gate. 
Beyond its massive doors, the Rosby Road winds North, poorly maintained and full of potholes, as it is the shortest of the main roads, and thus the least important. It is not as busy as others, and the gate is not guarded as well - clearly, as the men who should be protecting it are presently engaged in a game of cards, laid out on top of a large, flat rock.
That is where the driver will wait, but it is not your destination. 
There is another little trail. One that runs in the opposite direction, scarcely used and partially hidden, visible only to those who know it. No horse or wagon can make the journey, and there is no option but to walk - first along a narrow, trodden path, and then further still, down treacherous steps, carved into the very rock the city rests upon. Past the watchtower, and across the Northern beach, to the vast caves of Maegor the Cruel, where Vhagar has made her nest.
You walk alone, just the two of you. The prince in his coat and boots, and yourself in attire much less suited for the occasion. Fine shoes, fine skirts, and with your little son cradled in your arms. 
The gentle rocking of the carriage has lulled him to sleep. Four months old, he is, and a source of such joy that your poor heart can scarcely contain it. From his first high-pitched cry when you brought him into the world - oh, the pains of labour were all but forgotten, as was the threat of the raging war. And when the prince came to see his son, you could hardly even bear to let him hold him. 
He wanted to bring the boy much sooner, but both you and the dowager queen staunchly put your foot down against that. Children should not be brought outside the home until they have at least lived through the first perilous weeks, and possibly even their first fever. And even then, most would argue, they have no business being around ferocious animals. 
“I don’t like it,” you say, for the umpteenth time, taking the hand offered to you by the prince to help you cross a treacherous stretch. “It is mad, bringing an infant to such a beast - ” 
“Vhagar should know him,” he says, steadfast and determined. As he has done whenever you voiced your concern. 
It does nothing at all to calm your nerves. But it is his most compelling argument, and the only reason you have allowed this lunacy in the first place. So the dragon would recognise the boy as his, and as one of her own. So she would know to protect him, if - something should happen. 
You make it halfway across the pebbled beach before the prince pauses. And you do too, lifting your gaze to follow his line of sight; see what he is looking at. 
An enormous, greyish mass, some yards away, that at first you thought was a moss-grown rock, or years of washed up seaweed. But the mass makes a rumbling noise and begins to shift and lift itself, slowly and carefully, as though with much effort. Part of it becomes a leg, another part unfurls into a great wing, and the rock nearest to you becomes a head, with a mouth full of jagged teeth, and two eyes opening slowly. Amber in colour, and with slitted pupils staring straight at you. 
“She can sense me,” the prince declares, with no small amount of pride, lifting his chin and straightening his back. 
You, however, are paralysed, utterly shocked by her vastness. You have never seen Vhagar this close before, and though you knew of her impressive size, it is one thing to see her soaring across the sky, and quite another to be right next to her, unprotected and vulnerable.
It seems to you that the span of her wings could cover half the city, that entire buildings could fit in her mouth. And certainly, she could end all three of you with her fiery breath, or with a single swipe of her claw or her massive tail. One wrong move, even if accidental, even if she did not mean to - you would all be dead. 
“Come,” the prince says, pushing at the small of your back. But you stall, digging in your heels, frozen in place at the sight of her. 
“I’ve changed my mind,” you stammer. “We should go back - it is not safe…”
The prince gives an overbearing, if somewhat irritated sigh. 
“Dragons are loyal beasts,” he reassures. “Vhagar is loyal to me, she obeys me - ”
“She is a beast,” you hiss, hugging your drowsy son closer to your chest. “She cannot be trusted. It is too dangerous - I won’t let you bring him any closer - ”
Prince Aemond does not like to be challenged. He turns around to look at you coolly, his voice low and scornful as he speaks. 
“Is your opinion of me so unfavourable, wife, that you think I would risk harm to my own son?”
“No,” you respond, quietly, but truthfully. Since you were married, your opinion of the prince has only risen, slowly but surely. And it continues to do so, still - though perhaps not right now. “I don’t like it - ”
“Mhm - so you said,” your husband says dryly, all but wrenching the swaddled boy from your arms. 
He does not complain, the boy. Prince Aemond comes to visit often, at least once a day, and sometimes more. He sits with the child, reads to him, lets him fall asleep in his arms - not for very long each time, but it is at least enough for the little boy to recognise his father’s low voice and stern face as something safe and comfortable. As is evident from the way he now settles against the prince’s leather-clad chest, tangling his little fist into a lock of his hair. 
The beast remains still, pensive as her rider approaches, her serpent’s eyes fixed on the thing in his arms, on what he is bringing her. Your most precious treasure, your life’s very purpose, completely at the mercy of the greatest dragon in the world. 
You might have felt more at ease if the soft, sparse hair on his head had been silver like his father’s, but alas, it is not. It is exactly like yours, and only the bright violet of his eyes gives away his true inheritance. 
And that seems like too little a thing for such a large creature to notice. 
Prince Aemond calls out in that strange language of his, with the open vowels and the rolling R’s. It is beautiful, especially in his mouth, and the dragon responds at once, contorting herself to let him touch her wrinkled neck with affection. Which is a strange sight, but what is even stranger is the way she grumbles - as though she likes it. He speaks to her as if she was another person, in long, full sentences that are much too complicated for you to even attempt to understand. There is only one word you can make out, for the sole reason that he says it twice - yoreliatzeh, or yorelatzya, or something akin to that. You haven’t a clue as to what it means. 
Vhagar snorts once, and the prince steps back to give her room to move, to rise up onto her legs and bring her head closer, her nose almost touching his hip. While you stand at a distance, staring at the utterly bizarre scene playing out in front of you. A fearsome, vicious beast, sniffing the child like a dog would. Gently and carefully, only she is so big that each of her cautious breaths is like a small gust of wind, making your husband’s hair billow about his face. When she makes a grunting noise, he carefully unwraps some of the swaddlings, holding the child up to let her see him better, smell him better. 
He is bright, your darling boy, and curious, like all babes and children. His eyes are wide as they take in Vhagar’s scaly form, and he gives a soft squeal of surprise or wonder, kicking his little feet under the blankets. Reaching his arm towards the beast's massive head, her massive teeth -
“Aemond, please - ” you gasp, clutching your hands to your throat. 
The prince turns his head to give you a stern look, one that clearly shows he is running out of patience. And maybe this time it is justified, because your fearful outburst startles the boy, who begins to squirm unhappily in his father’s arms. Fussing and whimpering; a sound that is as painful to you as salt to an open wound. 
“Bring him to me,” you plead, “can’t you see that he is frightened - ” 
“He is frightened because you are frightened,” the prince says, as soft spoken as always, but with a hint of something sharp underneath.
He cradles the boy closer to his chest, bouncing him gently, holding his head and murmuring soothing words. Exactly as you would do, and to the same effect. It calms him down, and his big, round eyes start darting around again, taking in his surroundings. The dragon, the grey sea, the fine silver clasps on his father’s clothes. It does seem that the latter intrigues him the most. 
Vhagar lifts her neck and tilts her head just slightly, seemingly very interested in the child, in this tiny little creature; the way he moves his little limbs, and his soft coos and noises. There is an almost… thoughtful look in her eyes, or at the very least a curious one. 
It makes you wonder about the extent of her perception. Whether she truly knows that this is Aemond’s child, that it came from him, from his body, his flesh. If she can sense it somehow, through the bond they purportedly share, or if she understood it when he spoke to her. 
How intelligent is a dragon? Are they like dogs or horses, able to learn the meaning of certain words, but not the full breadth of language? Or do they think as people, with nuance and emotion, and a mind as vivid as your own. 
You do not know. You suppose no one really does. 
“Come,” the prince calls, reaching his arm towards you, beckoning you closer. However, a single glance at Vhagar, whose mighty gaze is now focused on you, is enough to inspire disobedience in even the most well-behaved wife.
“I would really rather not - ”
“She must know the both of you,” he insists. 
“Is that - necessary?” you squirm, wringing your hands, very much aware that you are not a dragon rider, that you haven’t a drop of Valyrian blood. “Vhagar has no reason to think fondly of me…”
The prince scoffs. 
“Are you not the mother of my child?” he says. “Now, come.” 
You must go to him. He is your lord husband, and he is a prince, and such is the way of things. But you are not at all glad to, and you walk with shaky, reluctant steps, gripping onto his elbow and cowering behind him like a frightened child. 
You close your eyes when the dragon lowers her head once more, bringing it towards you. A sudden, low-pitched growl makes your heart tremble, but the prince speaks a soft command. Lykirī, Vhagar. Lykirī.
It has a calming effect on you too. As does the arm he keeps outstretched in front of you - solely for your comfort, you assume, as it would make no difference whatsoever, should Vhagar decide that she does not like you. But you appreciate the gesture nonetheless.
The air is warm, this close to her, and your skirts move around your legs when she breathes, slowly and deeply, while the prince speaks to her in soft tones. That word again, the one from before, and many others. You know the words for wife, for king, for father, brother, sister, even for dragon, but he says none of those now, so you have no guess as to what he is telling her. Or if she understands. Or what he would call you, if not his wife. 
This woman is my - spouse? lady? lover?
You do have a kind of love for him, and sometimes you think he does for you, too. Sometimes. One can never be sure of anything with the prince, who keeps himself so closely guarded. Even after more than a year of marriage. Even now that you have given him a child. 
The birth went mercifully well, but your recovery was long, and he has only recently begun to come to your bed again. And so far, only a handful of times. The first time, it was so painful for you that the act could not be completed, and the second time, he finished so quickly that it barely even counts. The third was better. Pleasurable for both of you, but still strange after going so long without it - at least for you. It is both likely and possible that the prince satisfied his urges elsewhere while your body was indisposed. You do not know. Nor do you wish to. 
The ground shifts beneath your feet, and the heat around you lessens, as does the heavy smell of burned flesh and brimstone, the very same one that so often clings to your husband’s clothes. When you open your eyes it is to the sight of Vhagar, settled onto her belly, her head laid atop her claws. Calm and docile, and with a deep rumble coming from her chest - one that is probably a sign of contentment, even if it sounds utterly terrifying. 
“Touch her,” the prince commands, giving a gentle push to your back. “You have nothing to fear, touch her.” 
It is quite clear that Vhagar is unruffled by your presence, that she is resting. But with her eyes heavy and half-closed, it makes her look so menacing, so evil - even though you know that evil does not exist inherently in any beast. Only in those who train it. 
You draw in a steadying breath, gathering up your courage, reaching your hand out - only to then think better of it and let it fall. 
“I am afraid to,” you whisper.
The prince sighs. But his hand closes gently around yours, bringing it to rest on the side of her nose, first the tips of your fingers, and then your whole palm. 
It is like nothing else you have ever felt, her scales. You always imagined that a dragon’s skin would feel like leather, but Vhagar’s skin is so much tougher, so much rougher, like running your hand over little rocks. And she is warm - so warm, as though a fire is always burning somewhere in her throat. 
She does not object at all to your touch, even when the prince withdraws his own hand, leaving only yours. Only you and Vhagar. The largest, oldest being in the world. 
To think, the things she has seen. The conquest, the Dornish Wars, the very founding of the realm of the Seven Kingdoms. Dozens of castles have crumbled in her fire, and thousands of people have perished, and she has fought and won hundreds of battles; torn through stone, rock and earth as though it was boiled jelly. 
It is at once terrifying and romantic, like something from a fairytale, or stories of ancient times. A creature of such myth and legend that you almost feel as though you should bow down to her, as one does before a great matriarch.
Vhagar the Conqueror. Queen of all Dragons. 
She closes her eyes when you draw back. 
“He might ride her too, some day,” the prince says quietly. Wistfully. 
“But dragons only have one rider - ” you protest, cutting yourself off when you realise what he meant. What he left unsaid. 
This is war. The realm is at war. Death is everywhere; at the end of a blade, in the point of an arrow. And if not on the field of battle, then in tainted water or plague-ridden camps; empty bellies or festering wounds.
“You shouldn’t say such things,” you mutter, looking down at your feet. Your dirtied shoes. 
The prince does not answer. A heavy mood has settled over the rocky beach, something vast and bleak and empty, only compounded by the surroundings. The colourless sky, the sombre crashing of waves. Even Vhagar gives a doleful sigh, as though she too is weary of what is to come.
She has been the prince’s companion since childhood. He was born to the queen, but Vhagar made him what he is, made him ruthless, made him brutally ambitious. Made him Aemond One-Eye, Aemond the Kinslayer. Prince Regent, Protector of the Realm. She has known him boy and man, as well as any, and better than most. She has known him in life, and she may yet know him in death.
You push that thought away as forcefully as your mind allows. You shouldn’t think such things. 
A coo from your son breaks the tension, and his eyes turn to the sky, where a large heron is flapping its wings. The afternoon is turning to evening, and soon the bell will ring for supper - something warm and comforting, you hope. You are cold, your breasts feel sore, and you have most certainly had enough excitement for one day. For several days, in fact.
“Can we go, please,” you breathe, looking up at your husband with wide, pleading eyes. 
“She is tired,” he says, with a soft glance at Vhagar’s terrifying face, and a gentle touch to her side. “Yes, we should.”
You walk slower on the way back. Uphill, with sore feet, and your boy now fast asleep in your arms. Safe and snug where he belongs. 
“My Prince,” you begin, sweet and innocent. “What does… yoreliatzeh mean?”
There is a sly little smile on his face when you look at him, a self-assured look in his remaining eye.
“Jorrāeliarza,” he corrects, with an artful pause before he continues. As though to keep you in suspense. “It means dear. Or… beloved.”
If he sees the sudden blush on your face, he does not let on. 
“Jorālitzeh.”
“No,” he says. “Jor-rāe-liar-za.”
“Jor-rāe-liar-za,” you repeat, trying your very best to mimic the exact movements of his mouth, the way he gently rolls his tongue. “Jorrāeliarza.”
“Better,” he nods, and then you round a corner, just in time to see the guards hastily hide their cards away, and the driver shuffling back towards the carriage, eagerly shoving his winnings into a pocket. 
Jorrāeliarza. Jorrāeliarza. Jorrāeliarza. 
Dear. Beloved. 
You like that very much.  
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dernieredanse21 · 4 months ago
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Dedicated to my original female character:
Aelys Velaryon Targaryen
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“Take what is yours. Or it will be taken from you.”
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A Kingdom of Ash and Fury
Summary: Aelys Targaryen was a ruler, but power is a lonely thing. One love was a promise never kept, the other a storm never meant to break-yet neither will stand between her and the throne that was stolen.
"You were never going to be their pawn, Aelys. I made sure of it."
"You are cruel. Aelys." A statement, not insult, not judgement. "No, I am necessary."
A House of the Dragon | Aemond Targaryen fanfiction
Prologue
Chapter 2
Aelys Targaryen
Chapter 1: For Now
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The bells tolled again. Not for a coronation, nor a death, but for another birth within the Red Keep. Another son born to Rhaenyra Targaryen.
Joffrey Velaryon.
The chamber was filled with the scent of blood and sweat, the aftermath of labor still clinging to the air. Rhaenyra lay against the pillows, exhausted, her skin damp, her breath shallow. Amidst the midwives, their hands with blood and sweat, an anxious princess, barely seven, stood between the, and her mother- in a regal her gown that seemed out of place with the labour chamber, her small hand clasped around Rhaenyra’s wrist. Her violet eyes were clouded with concern, her usual brightness dimmed in the face of her mother’s suffering.
Rhaenyra gave her daughter a tired smile, brushing a damp strand of silver hair from her face. “You look at me as if I am dying,” she murmured. “I have done this before, sweetling.”
Aelys hesitated, then tightened her grip. “It is cruel,” Aelys whined softly, “You should not have to suffer so. Sometimes, I don’t know if I should hate or love my brothers.”
Rhaenyra chuckled weakly. “This is the price we pay for our blood, my love.” She reached for Aelys’ cheek, her thumb brushing lightly over it. “You are fierce, even at seven. I see so much of myself in you.”
Aelys sat up a little straighter at that, pride flickering in her expression. She had always wanted to be like her mother—strong, bold, unshakable. But as she gazed at Rhaenyra now, vulnerable in her exhaustion, she also felt the deep, simmering anger of a child who understood far more than she should.
Then, the summons came.
Alicent Hightower had sent word. The Queen demanded the newborn be brought to her immediately.
Aelys understood what this was, a reminder that the Queen’s authority extended even over the heiress of the Iron Throne in her most vulnerable moments. But she also understood something else: this was an opportunity.
She turned to her mother, her expression shifting, shedding concern for something else. Something sharper. Something clever.
“Mother,” she said sweetly, “you shall rest. Let me bring Joffrey to the Queen.”
Rhaenyra studied her daughter for a long moment. A frown creeped on her brows, “Aelys, you know better than to find troubles.”
Aelys’ eyes darted momentarily at her mother’s warning and her gaze quickly turned into a carefully crafted pool of sparkling naivety and joy, “Of course not, mother. How would I ever?”
Finally, an understanding flickered in Rhaenyra’s tired gaze. Then, ever so slightly, she smiled.
The midwives hesitated, looking between them, but Aelys was already rising to her feet, reaching for the swaddled babe in the wetnurse’s arms. She cradled Joffrey with the confidence of a child who had never been told she could not do something.
And then, she left.
Alicent was waiting.
She had positioned herself in Viserys’ chamber, expectant and composed, her hands folded in her lap. But beneath that calm exterior, she was watching and waiting.
Would the child be like Jacaerys and Lucerys—brown-haired, soft-featured, another mark of Rhaenyra’s deception?
The halls of the Red Keep were alive with the rustle of skirts and whispers of courtiers. Septas and servants moved quickly, casting curious glances as Aelys walked not toward the Queen’s chamber, but down another corridor, toward the rooms where the young Prince Aegon was known to loiter.
She found him sprawled across a divan, idly flicking a dragon-carved dagger between his fingers. His golden curls were mussed, his expression bored until he saw her.
Aegon’s brows furrowed. “Why are you carrying a baby? Is that- ”, His violet eyes widened so much as if he had seen Sunfyre laying a dragon egg, “Your brother?!”
Aelys smirked. “This is Joffrey. Mother is resting, and the Queen wishes to see him. But I thought it only right that he meet you first.”
Aegon hesitated. He eyed the child warily, as though it might burst into flames at any moment. “Why?”
Aelys tilted her head, feigning innocence. “You’re the eldest prince. Shouldn’t he know you first?”
Aegon finally scrambled off the divan, peering at the bundle in her arms as if it might explode at any moment. “But - but he’s so small! He’s not even screaming!”
“He was screaming plenty before,” Aelys said breezily. “Now he’s just… adjusting.”
Aegon leaned in closer, his hands hovering in the air as if unsure whether to touch the newborn or keep his distance. “Is he supposed to look like that? He’s all red and wrinkly. Are you sure he’s not cursed?”
Aelys giggled. “You were small and wrinkly once too.”
Aegon recoiled. “No, I wasn’t.”
“Oh, you were,” Aelys teased, stepping closer. “You probably looked worse.”
Aegon groaned, running a hand down his face. “Gods, don’t say that.” He blinked, “You didn’t. At least.”
A soft laugh escaped from Aelys lips, “You remember how I looked when I was born?”
“Oh I remember. You were a tiny thing wrapped in a silver silk so brilliant that ladies in court gossiped for months about.” Slowly, the young prince reached out, cradling the tiny bundle in his arms. Joffrey squirmed slightly, his tiny hand grasping at nothing. Aegon let out a nervous laugh, looking at Aelys in wide-eyed amazement, “Everybody wanted to play with you, but Mother didn’t let me- you know.”
Aelys rolled her eyes in annoyance at the mention of the queen.
“He’s warm,” Aegon muttered, his voice softer than usual. “And… squishy.”
Aelys burst into laughter, the sound bright and unburdened. “He’s a baby, Aegon.”
Aegon’s gaze flickered between her and Joffrey, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. For all the politics they did not understand, in this moment, they were only children.
Aelys grinned. Perfect. Aelys suppressed a smile. He always followed her lead.
Aegon, however, did not look away from her. He always loved to watch Aelys when she acted, spoke, laughed—bold and proud, reckless in a way that seemed effortless, like she belonged to the world in a way he never quite did. He didn’t understand it, but he liked it.
And, somehow, she always made him feel at ease.
The doors shut behind her with a quiet click. Somewhere, beyond the stone halls, the Queen was waiting.
When the babe was finally brought to Alicent and Viserys, it was not the moment the Queen had intended.
Rhaenyra had recovered enough to walk, Laenor at her side, his grip firm on her arm. Joffrey was now in the arms of the wetnurse once more, freshly swaddled, his tiny fingers curling in sleep. Alicent’s lips were pressed into a thin line, but she could say nothing of Aelys’ delay, with her own son—not before Viserys, who was simply pleased to see his newest grandson.
Still, Alicent tried.
“See Laenor, perhaps you will have one that looks like you,” she mused aloud, her voice mild, but her gaze sharp.
The Hightower queen was trying to unsettle her mother, and the young princess would not allow it.
Aelys, standing at her mother’s side, blinked innocently. “But I do look like Father.”
She turned to Laenor, flashing him a sweet, mischievous smile, and Laenor—Laenor chuckled. He scooped her up effortlessly, pressing a kiss to her silver hair.
“You sure do,” he murmured, amused and utterly at ease.
Aegon, who had been distractedly poking at Joffrey’s tiny hand, suddenly perked up. “That’s true! Aelys does look like Laenor.”
Alicent’s lips thinned as she shot a glance at her son. “Aegon—”
“She does, though. She’s got silver hair, just like him,” Aegon grinned at Rhaenyra and Alicent, now fully invested in following Aelys’ lead, “Jace and Luc, oh- and little Joffrey just aren’t as lucky as Aelys, after all, not even every Valyrian can be as pretty as her.”
“Pretty words, Aegon,” Alicent said smoothly, though her fingers twitched against the silk of her dress. “But beauty and inheritance are not the same. The realm remembers blood, not appearances.”
Alicent exhaled through her nose, slow and controlled. She turned to Viserys, smiling as if indulging a child’s game. “As does the law.”
The tension in the room bursted with Viserys’ laughter. Whether he truly found Aegon;s words amusing or simply wished to, none could say. The moment to strike had passed, the game had moved on. Alicent watched, her expression unreadable, as Viserys reached for Joffrey, as Aegon remained nearby, utterly unaware of the undercurrents at play. He was too busy tugging at Aelys’ sleeve, fascinated by her effortless defiance, by her bright laughter as she fussed over the newborn.
For now, the children played. For now, they laughed.
For now.
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A Kingdom of Ash and Fury
A House of the Dragon | Aemond Targaryen Fanfiction
Summary: Aelys Targaryen was a ruler, but power is a lonely thing. One love was a promise never kept, the other a storm never meant to break—yet neither will stand between her and the throne that was stolen.
“You were never going to be their pawn, Aelys. I made sure of it.”
“You are cruel. Aelys.” A statement, not insult, not judgement. “No, I am necessary.”
Chapter 1
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Prologue:
The Birth of Aelys Targaryen
The Red Keep, 109 AC, The Red Keep
The bells of King’s Landing tolled at dawn, ringing out over the Red Keep, across the rooftops of the city, down to the docks where the Blackwater Rush met the sea. They heralded the birth of a Targaryen princess.
A girl.
Within the throne room, courtiers gathered in hushed anticipation. The labour had lasted through the night. The child had come screaming into the world just as the first light touched the horizon, her arrival marked by a sky burning with the embers of dawn. Another Targaryen born, the maesters had murmured, another time the gods flipped a coin.
King Viserys had been the first to enter the birthing chamber. His robes were hastily donned, his silver hair unkempt from a restless night, but his face was alight with joy. He had taken the babe into his arms, gazing at the child swaddled in crimson silk.
“Blood of the Dragon,” he had declared to the room. “My granddaughter.”
Rhaenyra, still flushed from labor, had smiled weakly at her father, “Aelys, her name would be Aelys.”
A daughter was not a son, but it was a firstborn child, strong and healthy. She had done what was expected. She had secured the next generation of her bloodline.
But beyond the chamber doors, the court did not speak of joy.
The whispers had already begun.
The girl should have been celebrated. She was the firstborn of Rhaenyra Targaryen, heir to the Iron Throne, daughter of Laenor Velaryon. A princess of pure Valyrian blood. But there was a shadow over her cradle, a question that slithered through the halls of the Red Keep, unspoken yet ever-present.
Whose daughter is she?
Ten moons ago, a girl with silver hair had been seen walking the Street of Silk, cloaked but unmistakable, with a man at her side. A prince.
Daemon Targaryen.
The city still murmured of it, though few dared speak openly.
Would he?
Could he?
Had the Rogue Prince truly laid hands on his own niece before she was wed to Laenor Velaryon?
Did the king send him away for that very reason?
Daemon Targaryen was many things—warrior, rider of Caraxes, previous claimant to the Iron Throne—a man not known for restraint. The court had not forgotten the blood he spilled in the Stepstones, the whispers of his violence, nor the bodies he left behind when his ambitions were thwarted. He was charming among the soldiers, yet, a man who made kings and nobles uneasy because he was uncontrollable.
A child sired by Daemon would be born of fire, carrying not just the blood of the dragon, but the will of a conqueror. She would be raised by Rhaenyra, trained as a queen, but with Daemon’s ruthlessness of taking what one believed was theirs, no matter the cost.
If Aelys was truly his daughter, then she was more than a threat.
She was a weapon waiting to be sharpened, thought Alicent Hightower.
Laenor Velaryon was the first to arrive at the chamber, smiling as he crossed the threshold, silks of House Velaryon draped over his broad shoulders. He moved without hesitation toward Rhaenyra, toward the child. But the eyes of the court watched him too closely. Did he pause? Did he hesitate?
The babe in his arms had hair of moonlight and eyes of amethyst. A true Targaryen. A Velaryon in name.
Yet that, too, was dangerous.
Because if she was not Laenor’s, then she was Daemon’s.
And that made her the most dangerous child in the realm.
Aelys Velaryon. Aelys Targaryen.
Another Rhaenyra.
Firstborn child of Rhaenyra, not a second son to be set aside.
And if she truly was Daemon’s daughter, she would be the child of a prince who should have been heir himself.
Alicent Hightower did not smile when she heard the bells. She sat in silence, green silks draped over her lap, fingers tightening around the arms of her chair. Her son, Aegon, was barely two years old. The king’s first born son. A prince. A boy.
And yet, even now, Viserys placed a girl in the light of succession.
She did not need to look to know her father Otto Hightower was already at her side.
“Another princess,” Otto said, voice low.
Alicent’s lips parted, her gaze still fixed on the doorway that led to the queen’s chambers.
“Another queen,” she murmured.
Otto said nothing. The air was thick with unspoken words. The realm had begrudgingly accepted one female heir. They would not accept another.
And if this girl was truly Daemon’s—
Alicent exhaled sharply. She did not entertain foolish hopes. Viserys would never name Aegon heir over Rhaenyra. But this child? This girl born beneath the stain of scandal? There would be whispers in the realm. Dissension. Uncertainty.
Alicent’s fingers relaxed. She finally looked at her father, his face impassive, unreadable.
“She will never sit the Iron Throne,” Otto muttered.
Alicent tilted her head, watching as Viserys lifted the newborn high before the court, proclaiming her as his blood, his legacy, his future.
Her expression did not shift.
“She will if her mother does,” she answered softly.
Otto’s eyes flickered, absorbing the weight of those words.
A long silence stretched between them.
“And if she is truly Daemon’s?” he murmured at last.
Alicent did not answer. Instead, she turned back to watch the child, swaddled in crimson silk.
And in the shadows of the Red Keep, the pieces on the board began to move.
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dernieredanse21 · 1 year ago
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The fact that Aegon only is truly happy when he's with his children or his dragon. The only pure and beautiful things in his life. The only one who loved him without any reason. They are his everything. But he's going to lost his everything.
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dernieredanse21 · 1 year ago
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Bittersweet
Inspired by the song "Too Sweet" by Hozier
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Summary: As the Na-Baron's proposed bride, you were simply too sweet for him and his bitter being. You were too innocent and pure to be tainted by the blood-stained hands of the Harkonnen heir.
Warnings: Sunshine x Grumpy Trope, Mature, 18+, P in V sex, Unprotected Sex, Oral Sex (F receiving), Fingering, Overstimulation, ¿Slight Rejection?, ¿Softer Feyd-Rauth?, Not Proofread
Word Count: 4,607
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They say you were of great beauty and good breading, all things needed in a wife. Feyd-Rautha never sought out a love match; all he needed was a wife whose womb was suitable for taking his seed and producing his heirs. He saw meeting you as a dire chore, having to travel to your planet and seek out and court the girl whose task could be reduced to a simple broodmare. Feyd-Rautha grimaced at the bright sun on your home planet, a planet that resembled ancient Earth before it ultimately met its demise. Your father, the duke, stood with his duchess to greet and welcome him. He turned to your mother, a small fake smile on her lips as she was trying hard not to let her distaste show as she saw the man who they planned to marry her daughter too. Sickly pale and hairless, far from the standard of beauty your planet had. 
“Na-Baron, welcome; we hope your journey was well,” your father greeted. The Na-Baron let him continue on with pleasantries as his eyes searched for you, whom he was tasked to court and marry. He wished to know if you were truly as beautiful as all had praised you. He wanted to deduce if you were somewhat worthy of all of this trouble he must go through. “Come, let us escort you inside, my lord. My daughter waits for you there,” He heard the duke say, and the Na-Baron felt annoyance at your self-importance, not even bothering to greet him as he had landed, having him be the one to come to you. He somewhat made up his mind that you were a spoiled child of one of the great houses. Covered in frills and frivolity. That whatever beauty they talked about and praised you for was just a cover to hide the fact that you were a tempestuous, spoiled brat who would certainly be a difficult wife for any lord. 
Feyd-Rautha hid his confusion and annoyance as he was led to a place surrounded by greenery and colors that stung his eyes foe be was used to the bleakness and darkness of his home. “My sweet,” The Na-Baron heard your father call, and that is when he finally noticed you. Your back was turned from him, hair that he had none cascaded down your back and reached your waist that was cinched inside the bodice of your color-filled gown. Feed clenched his jaw and felt his breathing stutter as you finally turned your direction to him. Turning to the call of your father with your bright eyes searching for his frame and pink lips parted, you had a flower in your hand, your fingers rolling the delicate stem. 
“Na-Baron, may I present you, my daughter,” Your father said and urged you to step closer. You licked your lips and curtsied lowly before the heir of house Harkonnen and your possible husband. “Welcome, Na-Baron,” You said lowly. Feyd was never one to be phased, especially not stunned, but that was the precise state you had placed him in. He thought the praises they gave of your beauty and nature was an exaggeration— they talked about you as if you were a propaganda, a savior, a goddess of beauty. And now, the heir of House Harkonnen understood their words and saw they spoke truth in every syllable uttered. 
You grew more nervous with each moment the Na-Baron did not reply to your greeting. You felt rather unnerved with each passing moment he stared you down with his blue eyes, his plump yet pale lips parted as he assessed your frame. You swallowed thickly and turned to your father for some sort of comfort, but he, too, did not know how to take the Na-Baron’s silence. “My lady,” the Na-Baron finally rasped out, your skin glowing with gooseflesh at how his voice sounded— it was a sound you had not heard before, something different and interesting. All together, the Na-Baron was different and interesting. “I shall leave you two to talk and get to know each other better,” Your father said, and you willed your heart to calm as the intense stare of the Na-Baron was undoing your composure. 
“How… how are your travels, my lord?” You asked after a pause of silence, the Na-Baron wanted to roll his eyes as you had the same trite question as your father. However, he still replied. When there was silence after his answer, he watched you fiddle with your fingers and unconsciously bite your lip as you thought of another topic of conversation. “Would you like a tour of the castle, Na-Baron?” You asked, and though Feyd had little to no interest in architecture and was actually quite tired from his travels, he still felt himself nod and walked beside you as you guided him through your home. 
Feed listened to your sweet voice that sounded of harmonious melodies. Telling him of the history of your house and the decor the castle keeps. Noticing how your voice would grow slightly higher when you spoke of something that was of much interest to you. He also noticed how all who passed the two of you would bow in respect and you would offer them your sweet smile with a wave of your hand or a greeting on your lips. It should annoy him that when stood next to you, his imposing and intimidating demeanor seemed to be outshined by your charming and pleasing self. 
You two paused by a mirror, a painting atop of it, which you explained the meaning of in great detail. Feyd-Rautha caught your reflection, the two of you of stark difference. There was quite literally an aura of lightness exuding from you, the sweetness in your voice, the innocence and naivety in your eyes so entirely different against the darkness he exudes, the black that stained and hardened him. Feyd-Rauth could not take his dark eyes from your lips, the way they moved as you spoke, how you would lick them when you paused from speaking, giving them an irresistible sheen and making them look more pink and evermore kissable. 
The Na-Baron Feyd-Rautha never had the urgent desire to kiss anyone before. Yes, he had his darlings and concubines, but ever since he acquired them, he had never once kissed them first. When they started to grow slightly comfortable around him, they would kiss his lips, eager to make him kiss them back, but he never did. He did not find any sort of pleasure in kissing them. But with you… just by the look of your lips, all he wanted to do was grab your flushed cheeks and feel your mouth against his. “My lord?” You called as you had noticed that the Na-Baron was staring far off into the mirror, unresponsive to your previous calls. “Na-Baron?” You asked and gently took hold of his arm to asses if he was truly well. 
Feud felt his whole body tingle as you placed your touch atop his armor-clad arm, a concerned look on your face that he had never been the receiver of. “Are you well, my lord?” You asked with a concerned tilt of your head. “Y-Yes,” He stuttered, what had you done to him? The ferocious and fearsome fighter that he was now far gone as you blessed him with your gentle touch. “I apologize; I may have droned on for too long… I shall escort you to your chambers so you may find rest,” You said with slight embarrassment. Lowering your gaze to the floor and removing your hand from his arm. Feyd did not know how to perceive you… you were demure yet somehow confident. You were genuine, yet not at all of you could be read and deciphered by him. 
The Na-Baron once again followed you as you led him to the guest wing of the keep. His eyes were steadily at your frame, the way your hair swayed and bounced at every step you took. How you left behind a trail of your scent in the corridors, the Na-Baron greedily inhaled it and felt himself turn warm with a further push to his desires. As you had led him to his chambers to let him rest, you curtsied before him once more, the Na-Baron catching the most tempting view of your bosom. His mind and body were screaming at him to pull you into the chambers and have his way with you. To show you new dimensions of pleasures and ruin that he was certain you had never had before. But the Na-Barom did the genteel thing to do and gave a bow before watching you walk away and finally retire to his own chambers to rest. 
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When the next morning came, the Na-Baron found you in the gardens once more. You kneeling by a structure that houses water with a statue in the middle of it. He curiously leaned forward to inspect what you were doing. He watched as your fingers pushed floating flowers, and a small smile grazed your face. He stepped closer, announcing his presence in the reflection of the water. He expected you to grow startled; he was waiting for the fear to come to your eyes, but he was taken aback as you turned to him with a pretty smile upon your lips. The Na-Baron swallowed thickly as he felt his heart stutter at your smile. He never thought he had one— a heart, that is. But now it announced itself greatly as it throbbed loudly in his chest when you stood and stepped closer to him. 
“I hope you had a good night’s rest, Na-Baron,” you said in your genuine tone. “I—I did,” Feyd clenched his jaw; he was stuttering again. What had you done to him? How could you have dismantled and discombobulated him with just a smile and your honey voice? “Would you care to join us to break our fast?” You asked and glanced toward the direction of the laid-out feast for the morning. The Na-baron gave a curt nod, and you led him towards the table where your parents were approaching. 
Feyd gave them a nod as they greeted him whilst assisting you into your seat. He was truly doing the most here, being obliging to you and your kin just so the courtship would be a success and he’ll finally gain a wife and a womb. Feyd listened in to the chatter between you and your parents; you were truly quite talkative. If it were anyone else, he would have grown annoyed with the incessant blabbing that he would cut off their tongue. But somehow, with you, he did not mind it. He actually found it endearing, and he wouldn’t mind for his future days to be filled with your voice. Feyd watched as you filled his cup with a dark, steaming substance. “Would you like sugar and cream, Na-Baron?” You asked and Feyd eyed curiously the liquid in his cup. He did not even know what it was, and you were offering him other substances to put on it? He declined and raised the cup to his lips. Surprised at how he quickly grew fond of the bitter, dark liquid. He watched as you added three cubes of sugar and a dollop of cream to your own cup, altering the bitterness the Na-Baron relished in. 
When the meal ended, you half expected that the Na-Baron would disappear with your father and discuss business; you were surprised that he was once again by your side. “Shall we continue on with the tour?” He asked, watching as you slightly frown. “Are you certain, my lord? I… I was afraid I had bored you yesterday with me droning on about the histories,” You say and feel your stomach fill with butterflies as the lord offers his arm for you to take. “No, I found it quite… educational,” He said and oddly felt his cold blood run warm at the smile that bloomed on your lips. You were quick to oblige his request, and his ears were filled with the soothing melody that was your voice. 
Though your voice and presence were soothing, there was a pestering feeling inside the Na-Baron. With every moment you kept your arm on him, your smile pointed towards him, and your innocent eyes looking up at him, he felt entirely guilty—guilty and torn. Were you truly the one he was meant to marry? You? So pure and innocent, a pretty little flower that would wilt under the dark, harsh sun of Geidi Prime and its heir. He could not take it upon himself to be the one to ruin you— he could not be the bitterness that seeps into your sweetness. 
As he sat across from you during dinner, a glass of bitter liquor in his hands, he had made up his mind. He could not be so cruel to be with you— you had turned his stony being soft for you and you alone. He wanted you, yes. Greatly so. With every moment spent in your presence, all he wanted to do was to take you and make every single inch of you his, but he placed great restraint upon himself as he could not tarnish your innocence. Perhaps in a few years, when the naivety of youth is gone in your eyes, and the sweetness in you has finally been diluted. Just not now.  
Feyd knew he should keep his distance, but he humored himself and escorted you to your chambers. “Good night, my lord,” You said, peering up at him. As always, he was silent. In others, you would find their silence unsettling and off-putting but with the Na-Baron, you found peace in his silence. Serenity, no matter the warnings your mother repeated at how violent and harsh Harkonnens were. There was something about his difference that attracted you greatly, which horrified your mother when you admitted to her that you developed a liking towards the young lord and how you would not be opposed to that if a match was struck between the two of you. 
You watched as his lips parted, and his dark blue eyes would trail between your orbs and your lips. You were hesitant as to where the scene would lead; you did not know if you should disappear into your chambers or stay rooted in your spot and wait for what would transpire between you and the Na-Baron. A long stretch of silence came, and you finally decided to move, a tad embarrassed as you had hoped that he would lean in closer and possibly kiss you… you have had the thought countless of time today. You let out a breath and turned away but ultimately were pulled toward Feyd-Rautha’s direction and finally felt his plush lips against yours. You tasted the bitterness of the brandy he had during dinner along with the cool taste of him… you feel cold hands cradle your cheek and the back of your head to keep you and your lips steady against his.
Feyd was proven correct at just how sweet you were. You were tooth-achingly sweet, inside and out. He pulled you closer and licked your bottom lip, expecting resistance, that your sensibilities would return pulled away. But you only let out a quiet moan and let him snake his tongue in. Feyd Rautha felt himself strain harder against his trousers, his hand that cupped your cheek trailed lower to your neck then down to your bosom. You gasped and pulled away, surprised by the immediate action. Feyd was dismayed himself as he gambled too much. He should not have dared to be so bold and quick to show all of his desires. “My lord, I…” you say in surprise, lips swollen and cheeks flushed. Eyes were flashing with a warning but deeper desire behind it. You breathed heavily as the Na-Baron backed away and stomped off, retiring to your room confused and filled with need. 
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The following morning came, and Feyd’s mind was made. He could not succumb to his desires and ruin you further. He was selfish, and his mind was muddled with want when he dared to kiss you and feel you against him. He knew if he spent another moment in your presence, his control would falter, and he would finally take what he had desired the moment he saw you in the gardens. “We respect your decision, my lord, however unfortunate it is,” Your father spoke as the Na-Baron stood in his study. The sun had barely risen, and the Na-Baron was quick to speak with his host and bid goodbye. “The treaties shall still take place, but a marriage is no longer required, my lord.” The Na-Baron stated, giving the agreement as a consolation for your planet. He watched as your father nodded his head. “I shall call on my daughter for the two of you to bid good bye,” Feyd wanted to protest, cowardly as he had hoped to leave your planet without another glance at you because it would make everything all the more harder. 
You frowned as your father broke the news to you and your mother. You turned to the woman who birthed you and saw the relief in her eyes, urging you to say your goodbyes so the Harkonnen heir could finally leave. You chewed on your lip as you could conclude by the abrupt departure and change of mind of the Na-Baron. You entered your father’s study, and he quickly left to give the two of you privacy. 
You stood by the wooden door, head hung low, and could not take it upon yourself to look at the man you had hoped to be your husband. “Goodbye, my lord, I… I hope you enjoyed your stay,” you said lowly, and Feyd clenched his jaw as he heard the hint of melancholy in your voice—melancholy that he was the reason for. “I have. Thank you for your hospitality, my lady,” He said and felt his body being pulled closer to you. A pull that he himself could not hinder. He stood before you and took your chin between his rough fingers, urging you to look up at him. 
“Did I do something wrong?” You asked, guessing your startled state the other night is what had led him to the decision. If not that, it was because you were not as chaste as he may have wanted for a wife— that you were ever so enthusiastic to kiss him and let him hold you. Perhaps he thought you untamed or promiscuous which is the reason for his sudden departure. You licked your lips as he made no reply; you shielded your gaze and backed away, his hold on your chin gone. “My lord, if this is about last night, I—“ Feyd clenched his jaw as his mind made him remember the way your lips danced with each other, the way it felt to hold your soft frame against his. “It is not.” He gritted, and you immediately stopped speaking, sensing aggravation in his tone. 
“Then, may I ask what is the reason?” You asked, wanting closure for the disappointment. You listened in to his strained breathing, your eyes catching the way his fists clenched along with his jaw. “I cannot marry you… I cannot be the one to ruin you,” He whispered the last part, his rasping voice struggling to utter the words. You tilted your head in confusion, “What? I do not understand, my lord,” You said and Feyd took in a harsh breath. “You are too pure— too sweet for me. You are not suited to be in the harshness of Geidi Prime let alone be a leader to it.” He said harshly, guilt coming to him as you stared at him with slight fear and offense. “You are too innocent and… and good for someone like me; this is for the best, my lady.” 
You frowned at his words, “You cannot think me to be so delicate,” You defended yourself. The Na-Baron scoffed and shook his head, “You are delicate. You are like those flowers you are greatly fond of— just one wrong thing, and you’ll wilt. You will not wither away in my hands,” He stated, and you felt your lips twitch at how he compared you to flowers. “Is that it? You think I’m weak and too kind?” You asked and observed the way the Na-Baron nodded. “Then I am the perfect match for you, do you not think?” You said, stepping closer. 
Feyd-Rautha was at a loss for words. “If I am weak… I would need someone strong to protect me… someone who is known to be the most skillful warrior in the universe… someone like you,” You whispered and dared to take hold of his cold hand. The Na-Baron felt his heart announce its existence once more, loudly thrashing inside his chest. Your scent invades his senses and makes his knees weak. His gaze turned from looking into your enchanting eyes and then to your luscious lips. “If I am too kind, then I would need someone fearsome so people would not take advantage of me and my good nature… I would need someone ruthless as they say you are,” You whispered, pressing your bodies closer, making him see that you, too, desired him. You feel his length straining against his trousers and perfectly settle upon your stomach, your cheeks going flush at the look of great wanting in the dark eyes of the Na-Baron. 
“If I am too sweet… then I need someone bitter to balance me… I need someone like you, my lord. I want you.” You whispered, slowly going to the tip of your toes to indicate you wished for the kiss. The Na-Baron got the hint and smashed your lips. Your lips fervently danced against each other, the Na-Baron kissing you as if you were the air he needed in his lungs. “You want me?” He breathed as you both parted for air. “I do, Na-Baron.” You said. Truth in your tone. You feel wetness pool between your legs at the growl that left his throat, his lips meeting yours once more. You guided his hand to cup your bosom, just as he had wished to do so the night before. You moaned against his lips as he kneaded your chest through the soft bodice of your gown. 
You feel him guide you to your father’s desk. Perching you upon the stable wooden table and placing himself between your parted legs. Your breathing heaved as his lips were placed on your neck, the Na-Baron biting your flesh and soothing it with his tongue. You turned your head to the ceiling as you felt him hike up your gown, his cold hands leaving fiery heat with each touch. “Say it again,” Feyd demanded as his hands squeezed the plump flesh of your thighs, the heat from your core radiating and calling for him. “I want you, Feyd… I need you, please,” You pleaded and placed your lips to kiss his neck, soft lips kissing his pale flesh, teasing the ball on his throat. 
Your eyes widened as the Na-Baron pulled away, watching in shock as he went to his knees and placed his strong hold on both of your thighs, urging them to part further so his lips could be met with your cunt. You gasped as you felt him push aside your small clothes and lick your slit with his talented tongue. “So fucking sweet,” he groaned and buried his head in your needing cunt. You bit down hard at your lip as the moans you wanted to spew would surely be heard by those who stood and passed outside. “My lord,” You cried as you felt him sucking upon your pearl and his cold finger teasing your entrance. “Feyd… please!” You pleaded as you wanted to feel more. The Na-Baron hummed and obliged your request, placing a finger in your tight cunt. You hear him spew out fouled words and praises, amazed as he watches your wet cunt squeeze tightly around his fingers. “You take my fingers so well, my sweet… now let us see how you’ll manage when it is my cock.” You whimpered as he abruptly stole his pleasuring fingers away as you were on the verge of climax.  
Your eyes were hooded with lust as you watched the Na-Baron greedily suck your essence from his fingers. You felt the urge to close your parted legs to seek out friction at the way he undid his trousers and set his manhood free. Your lips parted as you saw the whole of him, throbbing and pink… the head of his length releasing sheer grayish beads that indicated how much he wanted you. Feyd growled at how shamelessly you looked upon his length, want, and lust, the only thing evident in your eyes. He smashed your lips once more and positioned himself at your entrance, the tip of his cock gliding between your glistening folds. He pushed his way in, and he heard your sharp intake of breath, and whimpers of pain quickly followed. “This what you wanted…” Feyd gritted. A thin sheen of sweat all over his body at how you clenched tightly around him. “Yes, this is what I want.” You said, trying to prove to him that you were not as delicate as he had made you out to be. 
It took a moment before he was fully sheathed inside you. Both of you already panting. When Feyd slowly moved, he watched as your face contorted in pain, kissing away the tears that fell from your eyes as he took away your innocence. Feyd hissed as you clenched around him, finally feeling pleasure, your mouth spewing out sweet moans and calls of his name. “Look at you… my sweet, little wife, so pleasured by my cock,” The tears of pain turned to pleasure as you feel your peak quickly building up again. Feyd claimed your lips and bit down harshly to draw blood, curious to see if even your blood was as sweet as your being; it was. You moaned against his lips as your peak found you, your wetness doubling along with your sensitivity, but that didn't phase the Na-Baron.  He only continued to pound at you at a pace that would surely leave you unable to walk and sore for days to come. 
“Feyd, please…” You pleaded for something you did not know. All you knew was you were about to come once more, ready to cry out the name of the man who provided you with such blinding pleasure. The Na-Baron could usually last for hours, but with the way you clenched around him and how you sweetly moaned and called for his name, it was a miracle that Feyd had not spilled his seed the moment he pushed the head of his cock inside you. “Will you come again, my sweet? Will you come around my cock again?” Feyd hummed as his thumb circled the pearl in your cunt, making your eyes roll back in pleasure. 
“Yes…yes— oh yes!” You cried as you came, clamping around the Na-Baron’s length so tightly that he, too, joined you in your climax. His dark seed filling you and taking root. You two breathed heavily, Feyd hunching over you, who was perched upon your father’s desk. “Still too sweet and pure for you?” You asked in between breaths, watching as Feyd-Rautha wickedly smirked as his bitterness seeped into you and how his hands had tainted you. Perhaps he did need sweetness in his bitter life.
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dernieredanse21 · 1 year ago
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His POSTURE THE MAJESTIC WAY HE WALKS🫠🫠
Feyd Rauthas voice, his walk, his eyes 🔥 …
[requested bc you all said you miss him so much 💕]
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dernieredanse21 · 1 year ago
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dernieredanse21 · 1 year ago
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I check Tumblr 3 times a day for updates for this fic and THIS MADE MY DAY
She’s such a sexy, intelligent, adorable and badass queen
— THROWN TO THE WOLVES (VIII)
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PART ONE || PART TWO || PART THREE PART FOUR || PART FIVE || PART SIX PART SEVEN
PAIRING — Na-Baron Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen x fem!Reader // Atreides!OC
SUMMARY — Giedi Prime celebrates Feyd-Rautha's birthday and the hundredth kill in the arena. Meanwhile, na-baroness gets reminded by The Baron who pulls the strings and finds out unpleasant truth about the promise her aunt has given to the Bene Gesserit.
AUTHOR’S NOTE — It’s written as an usual x Reader fic without describing anything about the Reader’s looks but I still classified it as an OC as well since she is Paul Atreides’ half-sister. I wasn't sure what titles Feyd's children would have but since his brother is a Count, I assumed his children would be C(o)unts and C(o)untesses. I mean, his eldest son would become na-baron but only after his father would become The Baron, I assume 🤔 Next chapter we go to Arrakis, babes!!! 🤭 Thank you for all your comments, reblogs and messages! 💕
WARNINGS — arranged marriage, mentions of sexual activities (no actual smut), violent behaviour, death, syringes, mentions of planned and scientifical breeding, blood pact
WORD COUNT — 6,670
ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE.
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THROWN TO THE WOLVES (VIII)
You were laying on an examination table and staring at the black ceiling above you while the medic was busy with noting down some things and injecting you with vitamins, minerals and proteins. It was the day of Feyd-Rautha’s hundredth kill and his birthday but you hadn’t spent much time with him the past few days since he was restraining himself physically before the fight.
You still shared one bed with him, though. He wasn’t avoiding you as much as he had been the last time.
“How do you feel, na-baroness?” The medic asked and you smirked at him.
“Like you care about it,” you pointed out. “We both know you only care about the child.”
“I care about what I am being told to care about, my Lady. I follow orders,” he explained. “I asked na-baron the other day whether I should do everything to keep you in the best state possible or focus strictly on the child, na-baroness. He wanted me to ensure you would be alright,” he added and you tried your best not to show how surprised you were.
“He really said that?” You only asked.
“Well…” the medic looked down and laughed nervously, “he said that you might still be useful later, my Lady. Forgive my words.”
“The words are not yours, therefore you do not have to apologise for them,” you assured him. “Anyway, if I ordered for you to be killed, who would make sure I am alright?” You teased with a smile and he sighed with relief.
“So, how do you feel, na-baroness?” He repeated the previous question.
“I feel… different,” you told him. “I have these cravings…”
“Cravings are perfectly normal during pregnancy, my Lady,” he nodded his head.
“Yes, I understand. But recently I want to eat the same food as my husband although I still find it quite disgusting but… I still crave it. Feyd says it’s the child being whimsy but he is no medic…”
“It will pass,” the medic looked up at you and assured you. “The cravings will pass, my lady, after the pregnancy. Your husband is right about the child.”
“Other than that, except for feeling a little emotional at times, I do not experience any side effects of pregnancy. I don’t even feel sick in the mornings,” you told him.
“Yes, because I am trying my best to make this process go as smoothly as possible for you, my Lady,” he smiled and noted something down again.
“But…” you furrowed your brows, remembering something that had been worrying you lately. He looked up at you. “You see, during the celebration, I talked to my previous maids, perhaps you remember them. And they are pregnant, too. One of them told me the Harkonnen pregnancies are different and she warned me.”
The medic sighed and leaned back in the chair as he hesitated for a while whether he should explain this whole situation to you or not.
“There is no such thing as Harkonnen pregnancy, my Lady. We are humans just like you are,” he reminded you. “It’s the centuries of living on this heavily polluted planet that made us look the way we do and mutated some of our DNA but we are not of different species.”
“I understand,” you nodded. “Forgive me, I did not want to insult your culture.”
“Na-baroness does not have to apologise,” he bowed his head down slightly. “You see, our women are not very fertile because of the atmosphere on this planet. That is why our… medicine… has progressed so much. We needed to find an artificial way of ensuring population growth. The Harkonnen women – even boosted with injections – usually weaken a lot during pregnancies. But their bodies do not change much. When it comes to off-world women…” He hesitated once again and you sat up, listening very carefully. “Let’s say, your body treats your son as a foreign element. He is half Harkonnen – with the best genetic material from his father, of course – but your… clean and healthy body treats him as something polluted and poisonous. And what happens, my Lady, when you spill a drop of poison into someone’s drink?” He asked you.
“Diffusion,” you gasped and he nodded. Your heart skipped a beat. “So, the child is poisoning me?” You swallowed thickly as you asked. You could feel all your limbs go weak at the thought.
“No, na-baroness, not with me around,” he chuckled and shook his head. “But your former maids do not have such medical innovations, I’m afraid.”
“Will they die then?” You asked.
“No, they will not die. And their bodies might go back to normal some time after the pregnancy, once the blood gets rid of all the… toxins,” he added. “Forgive me, I did not mean to scare you, my Lady. And it brings me no pleasure to admit how truly poisoned our people are. It feels humiliating in a way.”
“So I have nothing to worry about?” You stood up and watched him carefully. He was visibly hiding something from you.
“Na-baroness doesn’t have to worry about the child taking away her strength, no,” he only said.
“What should I worry about then?” You raised your eyebrow at him, demanding an answer. You could see him panicking a little. He was the Baron’s loyal servant but you were being pushy and he was aware of the power you had recently gained. He couldn’t just lie to you so easily nowadays.
“I think you have been thinking of it, too, my Lady, of that possibility,” he whispered and you furrowed your brows. “Your mother, she… She died in childbirth, did she not? And everyone keeps saying how much you look like her, my Lady.”
“My mother did not die because she was weak in flesh,” you explained to him although you became nervous when he mentioned that. “She died because she was weak in mind. She couldn’t bear to live with my father in a loveless union. It killed her that on the day I was born he was with his pregnant lover. She died of sadness,” you informed him and he widened his eyes a little at that. You were aware that your explanation was not exactly very medically accurate.
“I can only say that I will try my best for the same thing not happening to you, na-baroness,” he stood up as well and bowed down, making you feel stupid for your outburst. Of course he was right. Your mother had died because she had lost too much blood.
She had died because of you.
Because of a child with a man she hadn’t loved. Because of a child she probably hadn’t even wanted in the first place.
Your whole life you had been imagining your life with her. How much she would love and cherish you. But what if she would not? Now, more than ever, pregnant with Feyd-Rautha’s son, you understood what your mother had gone through. She had been forced to give birth to you and she had paid the biggest price for it.
“I… I should leave now and prepare for the event,” you told the medic and he nodded at you and watched you walk out of the room.
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You walked through the dark corridor being led by the guards. You had been there before, a few days after your wedding, being taken to Feyd-Rautha preparing for his fight, scared of his reaction to see you disobeying him with the choice of your dress. These past few months, lots of things had changed. You walked confidently now with your head held high and waited for the guard to open the big, black doors in front of you.
You walked inside the room and spotted your husband in the middle of it, surrounded by the servants putting black paint stripes on his bare chest. One of the male servants was presenting the knives on a black, velvet cushion.
They all turned around to see you approaching them and you purposefully took your time while walking gracefully in a dress that was supposed to be one of his birthday presents. It was a mix of black latex – one of your new favourite fabrics – and black silk. Delicacy and vulgarity mixed together, wrapped around your curves and revealing just enough to let the imagination run free but not enough to actually reveal anything that belonged to Feyd-Rautha only. Your hair was loose but you wore a beautiful black diadem that had been a gift from one of the lords, given to you during the celebration feast thrown in your honour.
“Well, well, well,” Feyd’s eyes squinted at the sight of you as you stood right in front of him. You hadn’t seen him at all this morning because he had woken up very early to prepare. “I was just about to check the blade,” he pointed at one of the knives on the cushion. You saw terror in the eyes of the servants standing behind him.
Feyd reached out for the knife and balanced it a little in his hand before facing you and opening his mouth to show off his long tongue and licking the tip of the blade. You nearly gasped at the vulgarity of this act that made you ache in your core after a few days of not being touched by him at all. In your head, you imagined him dropping to his knees and burying his face right between your legs. It was making you feel dizzy to think of that and the tension between you two seemed to be under voltage.
But when you spotted his wrist tilting a bit, you already knew what would happen now.
“Tsk, tsk,” you hissed at him and he froze, confusedly looking at you. “It’s time to grow up, don’t you think?” You asked, teasingly. “Only spoiled little boys discard their toys so easily.”
You liked his bloodthirst and found it more than useful but you didn’t like to watch innocent slaves being killed for fun. You knew that it was not the custom of all Harkonnens to do that. A common lord would not kill so easily mostly because it would cost him money to get another slave. But Feyd couldn’t care less about the material aspect of it.
“Also, I do not understand why you decide to restrain yourself from fucking me but you can’t restrain yourself from killing before the actual fight in the arena. It makes no sense to me,” you added. “You need to be as railed up as possible.”
After a short while he lowered his hand and put the knife back on the cushion as the servants behind him sighed with relief.
“It’s not balanced properly,” he told the male servant. “Bring me another one, you useless sack of meat,” he ordered and the nervous man bowed down before hurrying out of the room.
“Good boy,” you praised Feyd, proud of yourself.
It was one thing to make him kill for you but it was another to stop him from killing.
“You want to weaken me,” he drawled through the gritted teeth. He was already railed up to the maximum and it was delicious to see him in such a state.
“Me?” You asked, playfully. “Far from that,” you explained. “I want you to be a rabid dog today, do you understand me?” You took a step forward to grab his crotch as your face remained inches away from his. The servants behind him widened their eyes and you felt a shiver going down his starved body. “Today is very important, my pet,” you whispered. “Do not disappoint me,” your hand squeezed him and let go as fast as you felt him hardening under your palm.
Feyd smirked at you.
“Rabid dog,” he only nodded, “for my Baroness,” he added and you felt a wave of pleasure crawling all the way through your skin.
You leaned in to cup his cheeks and place a kiss upon his forehead.
“Accept my blessing,” you breathed out, “and happy birthday, my darling”.
You took a step back and smiled faintly at him before bowing down slightly –  pure act of mockery after showing your unquestionable dominance – and walking away to leave the room to let him continue his preparations.
“I will make you proud,” you heard his voice when the guards opened the doors in front of you. To that, you gave no answer as you left the chamber and placed both of your hands protectively on your abdomen.
The truth was, he had no idea how important that fight could be for the both of you. Baron Harkonnen hadn’t spoken to you a lot the past few days and you had no idea if he had decided to listen to your advice or not. For a while you wanted to warn Feyd about such a possibility but you knew that it would only take away satisfaction and pleasure from him. And it was his birthday. He deserved his gift.
That is, if The Baron had listened to you.
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After being announced, you waved at the Giedi Prime citizens gathered in the arena as they cheered loudly at the sight of you. You gave them a wide but dignified smile before sitting on the chair next to the Baron’s and taking your binoculars from his servant.
“You will be pleased,” Baron told you as he watched you from the corner of his eye and puffed on his pipe.
“There are a lot of ways to please me, my Lord. Care to specify?” You teased and you swore, one of his eyes twitched at that.
“He will be given three Atreides soldiers that we kept imprisoned after taking over Arrakis. You might even recognise them,” Baron explained.
“I doubt,” you winced. “I never paid attention to soldiers,” you explained. “Not as individuals, I mean.”
“Well, you better pay attention to one of them now because he is not drugged,” Baron informed you and your heart skipped a beat at the revelation.
It made you both excited and terrified. You couldn’t show any of this to the Baron so you just nodded your head at him.
“If my nephew dies today, it will be on you,” he chuckled.
“It has no significance to you, does it? Your next heir is already in the making,” you pointed out sternly and caressed your womb. You dropped your formalities with him nearly at all because you felt that you no longer had to address him as my Lord. Not only you had advanced in his eyes in the ladder of his enemies but you also held the title of Duchess Atreides.
Oh, you had just realised. You really were Duchess Atreides now. And you would watch your husband murdering your own soldiers. That was dark, you had to admit. Baron still had his spirit.
“If my nephew turns out to be so weak to be killed today by a mid Atreides soldier, I am sure his son will be no better,” Baron’s voice got serious again and it caused a chill to go down your spine.
Well, you were trapped. Feyd had to win, otherwise you and your son would die, too. How stupid you had been to think that the Baron wouldn’t twist the game for his own gain.
“We will have to find a way to plant a better seed in your cunning womb then, my Baroness,” his eyes sparkled at you and then he brought the binoculars to his face and watched the arena.
You turned your head around to hide the way your body gagged at his words. You’d rather him to kill you than find a way to implant his spawn inside your womb, even if it would not even require touching him.
You took a deep breath in and watched Feyd entering the arena through your binoculars as the crowd cheered. What had you done…? Had you outplayed yourself? Would it be your end?
Your shaking hand squeezed your womb as if you wanted to comfort your son although he was too small to be stressed about it.
It’s going to be alright, you kept thinking, pretending you were talking to your child. Your father’s going to win it, my little one, don’t you worry.
You were so lost in the thoughts of stress and anxiety that your senses got numbed for a while and you came back to reality only when the whole arena was filled with a loud cheer as Feyd’s first opponent was killed.
You sighed with relief as he had only two to go now. You focused on the man who was not drugged and you realised that you indeed recognised him. He was an excellent warrior and it made you feel uneasy.
You tried not to look at the Baron at all but you could feel his eyes on you. And not only his.
You looked up through your binoculars and saw that on the balcony in front of you, the Bene Gesserit sisters were sitting together. Not only the local one but lots of them – hiding in the shadows behind their veils. Watching you.
You wondered if one of them was your aunt. Probably.
“Don’t you just hate them?” You fought your disgust and fear as you spoke up.
“Hm?” Baron asked.
“The Bene Gesserit,” you explained. “Their schemes and plans, they interfere with yours a lot, don’t they? Don’t you hate how much power they hold even over you?”
“Well, what would you propose to do with them? I can’t just throw them out,” he laughed at you.
“Why not? If I was The Baroness, I’d limit their influence in the Harkonnen systems,” you told him and he brought the binoculars down as the crowd cheered when Feyd dealt with another drugged warrior.
“Then perhaps you are not ready to become her yet,” Baron squinted his eyes at you.
“Why is that?” You brought your binoculars down as well and dared to turn your head around to face him as if you were accepting a challenge.
“You cannot reject customs so old and so common throughout the galaxy if you want to be a respectable House and not an outsider. I thought you’d know that, it’s basic knowledge,” he explained.
“I thought The Harkonnens were richer than the Emperor himself and with an army much bigger than his. Houses of such influence don’t have to care about the rules. They make them. I thought you’d know that, it’s basic knowledge,” you drawled.
If Feyd would win this fight, you would remain untouchable. If he would die, your life would be hell anyway. You had nothing to lose. You could speak to The Baron however you wished. At least your anger was telling you this and it was very tempting to listen to it.
But The Baron only chuckled at you.
“I like your fierceness. It is obvious you hold lots of hatred towards the Bene Gesserit but you cannot let your personal judgement overshadow the real situation. They can be useful,” he told you.
“I guess they can be,” you shrugged your arms and brought the binoculars back to your face.
“If it wasn’t for them, your dead body would rot in the Arrakis’ desert now,” Baron reminded you and you swallowed thickly.
You had other things to worry about now. Feyd was left alone with the undrugged Atreides warrior and he was struggling to win that one. You clutched on the edge of your chair with one of your hands as you watched him being nearly killed over and over. He was fighting back excellently but his opponent was more equal to him and his skills than you’d like him to be. You could see on the people’s faces that they all held their breaths.
But none of their lives were in as much danger as yours in the case of your husband’s death.
Your anxiety turned your hands cold and formed a gulp in your throat that was making you feel nauseous as you watched Feyd getting rid of all his cheating devices that were supposed to make him safe. He was full of adrenaline and wanted to show off – to make you proud. But he had no idea how much it all could ruin your life in the process.
“What is he doing?” Even Baron’s servant was shocked.
“Showing his worth,” Baron chuckled.
You wanted to scream at The Baron to make it stop and it was physically hurting you that you had to restrain yourself from doing so. You couldn’t show weakness but not only were you worried about yourself and your child but you had also just realised you were worried about your husband’s life.
It was an odd discovery but when you thought that you’d never be able to hear him call you pet or have him fuck you, you would miss it dearly. If you’d never be able to cup his angry face and watch it relax at your sweet cooing, you would be very upset.
It was pure torture to watch him fight now and struggle with the Atreides soldier. There was no way the Baron didn’t see the way your legs and arms were shaking. But it probably brought him nothing but pleasure.
When Feyd definitely killed the brave opponent and was announced a winner as he screamed in victory and raised his blade, you still couldn’t believe that it was happening for real. You needed a moment to go back to reality and when the cheers of Giedi Prime citizens reached your ears, you stood up abruptly. The people cheered even louder now at the sight of you and you approached the railing to look down at your husband.
You were aware that all binoculars at the moment were pointed at you so you tried not to show a hint of fear and nothing but pride. In Feyd’s eyes you spotted a sparkle at the sight of your satisfaction with his performance.
You turned around and passed the chuckling Baron without the word to reach the elevator as your guard followed you without a word. You wanted to be with your husband now.
It seemed like forever until the elevator was finally down and you hurried out of it to run through the dark corridor to reach the doors to Feyd’s chamber. On your way you spotted the Harkonnen servants dragging dead bodies of his opponents but you didn’t even flinch.
“Stay outside,” you ordered the guard and he nodded before you pushed the doors open and entered the room.
Feyd was standing there shirtless and smirking proudly at himself as the medic was tending his fresh wounds with some sort of liquid. You approached them and the medic bowed down at you as he moved out of your way.
You cupped your husband’s face and brought it down to press his forehead to yours. He was a bit taken aback by the aggressiveness of your moves.
“You did it, Feyd. You did it,” you felt tears streaming down your face and he furrowed his brows at your reaction. He grabbed your wrists and pushed you away slightly.
“You knew,” he only said and clenched his jaw. “You knew about that man not being drugged, did you not?” His pupils darkened. “What game are you playing? Trying to get rid of me with my uncle, huh? You want to be his little Baroness instead?”
“My Lord…” The medic tried to interfere seeing the way your husband was twisting your wrists to cause you pain. But Feyd only gave him a deadly glare.
Sometimes rabid dogs would bite their owners, too. You weren’t scared of him, though. He was confused and jealous.
“My darling, not only I knew but it was also my idea,” you told him and he froze to take a better look at your face. You smiled at him. “And now everyone on Giedi Prime respects you for the warrior you are. I have seen you train many times before, I thought the way your uncle gives you drugged warriors is humiliating to you,” you explained softly. “I couldn’t tell you before because it would spoil your fun. Happy birthday, Feyd,” you added.
He softened in an instant and let go of your wrists only to grab them again and bring them to his lips and shower them with hungry and sloppy kisses that would later leave the red marks. His kisses were never soft or gentle, you suspected he wouldn’t know how to kiss like that.
“Leave us,” you whispered almost inaudibly to the medic and he bowed down before walking outside the room.
When Feyd finished soothing your wrists, he pulled you closer to him and you placed a kiss on his forehead.
“You made me proud,” you told him and picked up the bowl of liquid the medic had left behind as you began to tend your husband’s wounds yourself. He shivered when your fingertip touched him gently for the first time and you shushed him quietly. “When you killed your harpies, your uncle caught me in an empty room and told me that the other lords call you weak now. I told him to give you a real warrior so the lords stop their whispers. But my real agenda was to show the nobility of Giedi Prime that you are a worthy successor,” you shared the details of your plan with him.
“What do you mean he caught you in an empty room?” Feyd’s jaw clenched.
“That is not important now, my pet,” you shook your head with a chuckle. Your fingers worked delicately and slowly on his smooth skin. You doubted anyone had ever touched him this way before.
“One victory like this is not enough,” he pointed out.
“I know. But now it’s going to be easier. We still have to be patient, though,” you looked up to meet his gaze. “Here, it’s done,” you announced and put the bowl away.
“You should leave before I ravage you,” he looked you up and down with so much hunger in his eyes that you felt as if you were already naked in front of him.
“You think I don’t feel the same after all these days of not feeling you?” You laughed at him. “Do it,” you dared him and his eyes widened. “I trust you won’t hurt me despite your starvation,” you teased.
Some part of you really trusted him. Perhaps because he was the only person in the world you could trust amongst the Harkonnens and you desperately wanted an ally.
Your plan would only work out if you had Feyd by your side.
“Later,” he shook his head, surprising you with the level of his self-discipline. “I can wait a few more hours but I will not risk the safety of my heir,” he explained.
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The birthday celebrations started but Feyd was not very excited about them. He had been way more interested in the celebration thrown for you and your son than about his own. He seemed to be bored and all the gifts presented to him were making him nod his head without any enthusiasm whatsoever. Birthdays were not celebrated as officially as other holidays on Giedi Prime so you were able to roam freely around the room and talk to people while he was doing his own thing. However, you were growing tired and exhausted. It was evening already and all the stress you had experienced earlier wore you out. 
You felt Feyd’s hands on your shoulders and you turned around to face him with a smile.
“I’m bored here,” he told you.
“It’s your birthday, you should be celebrating,” you caressed his cheek.
“I’d rather celebrate with you upstairs,” he smirked and you nodded softly. “I’ll go talk to my uncle now as he wishes to see me and you go to the bedroom and wait there for me,” he ordered and you leaned in to peck his lips. 
“Don’t take too long, I have more gifts for you,” you told him and his eyes sparkled as he nodded his head and walked away to go to his uncle.
You excused yourself using your fragile state and you left the dining room to go upstairs. Once again you were not guarded but this time you decided not to wander around the yet unexplored rooms and go straight to yours.
When you were about to reach the staircase, you heard someone else’s footsteps behind you. They weren’t as heavy as the usual steps of the Harkonnen guards or lords but they still made your heart sink in your chest. You turned around and spotted the local Bene Gesserit woman standing a few steps behind you. You wanted to sigh with relief but you were not stupid to think that her presence meant you were safe. Quite the opposite.
“What do you want?” You asked her.
“To talk,” she approached you and took her veil off. You were surprised to see that she was a regular woman like you were. You had never been able to spot that from behind the veil covering her face.
“Talk about what?” You gritted your teeth and she reached her hand out towards your womb. You hissed at her and grabbed her wrist to stop her.
“I mean no harm,” she assured you and pressed her hand to your abdomen for a while. Then she hummed to herself and took the hand away. “Impressive. Your aunt barely managed to convince the sisters to allow this union because your genes were not as strong as they wanted Feyd-Rautha’s children to have. However, I see that the Harkonnen medicine is progressing greatly,” she pointed out. “They brought the best out of you.”
“I don’t like the way you speak of me,” you snapped. “You don’t address me properly and you dare to insinuate my genes are not good enough to bear my husband’s offspring.”
Bene Gesserit smirked at you. She didn’t seem to care about your little outburst at all.
“However, it’s a boy,” she continued. “I mean, of course it is. I didn’t expect the Harkonnens to want anything else,” she added. “Your next one shall be a girl.”
“Excuse me?” You took a step back and clenched your jaw. “What I have next is my business. Mine and my husband’s, that is,” you placed your hand on your womb protectively.
“If you don’t give Feyd-Rautha a daughter, my Lady,” she emphasised ironically and you raised an eyebrow at her, “then I will.”
You nearly gasped at her insolence. Rage filled your whole body hearing her words. She threatened to lay with your husband? While she was inside your home?
“If you bewitch my husband, I will have you killed. I do not care about any of you,” you threatened her back.
“Your aunt promised us that you would be easy to control. As we both know, that is not true but we can let that slip. However, we will not give up on the promised daughter,” she explained calmly.
“Wh-what?” You stuttered out.
“Your aunt promised us that your first born daughter will be trained to become Bene Gesserit,” the woman answered and you felt a stinging pain in your chest.
Your aunt… whom you had never even met in your life. Of whom you had had no idea for most of your life. Yet she seemed to be the mastermind behind it all because of your grandfather’s sick ambitions to put his granddaughter on the Harkonnen throne. And your father… He passively had allowed that all to happen as Lady Jessica had cheered. 
“Is she here?” You barked at her. “My aunt? I want to talk to her.”
“The other sisters have left already, I’m afraid, na-baroness,” the woman told you. 
“If I have a daughter one day, I will not give her away to you witches,” you pointed your finger at her.
“There will be no need. She will stay here and I will train her,” she explained. “The Harkonnen countess would not be treated like a regular sister. Of course such powerful members have their privileges.”
“I still don’t want you near any of my children,” you told her angrily. “And I want you to stay away from Feyd.”
“You’re scared,” she smirked as she approached you, “because you know my poison is more effective than yours. I could really bind him to me in a way that is not accessible to you. You don’t hate us for witchcraft. You hate us because you’re not one of us,” she dared to whisper to you.
“I prefer holding less power but not being a blind follower of any idea nor force but myself and my own desires,” you answered proudly and straightened yourself.
You will obey me.
The loud and overwhelming voice boomed inside your head. You knew that voice very well. You had been growing up with it around.
“I will obey you,” you nodded and turned around to walk away but after a while you managed to fight this staggering sensation numbing your brain. “I will not,” you said.
“What did you say?” Bene Gesserit asked, surprised. You turned around to face her once again.
“I will not,” you repeated.
“How did you do that?” Her eyes widened.
“Growing up around Lady Jessica… You think I didn’t learn how to disobey your cursed voice?” You asked her with contempt. She didn’t have to know how much it costed you each time to be able to do that. You wanted her to think it was easy.
“That is impossible,” the woman shook her head. “You could not learn that by yourself.”
“Yet I did,” you shrugged your arms. “And no offence, but Lady Jessica was more powerful Bene Gesserit than you are.”
“Yes, she was,” she nodded. “That is why she was able to teach you this.”
“Teach me this?” You raised your eyebrow.
“Of course. Do you think you were able to master this ancient ability to fight The Voice by yourself? She had to teach you this. I only wonder why,” she hummed to herself.
Now you wondered, too. Perhaps some part of her wanted to protect you from whatever would come in the future. Perhaps some part of her cared about you.
And you hated to be grateful to her for anything but now you were.
“I might give you a daughter next,” you told the woman in front of you. “Having a powerful Bene Gesserit as my daughter can be useful,” you remembered Baron’s words. “But if you try to pit her against me or send her away to procreate with some gross lord far away from here, that is when I will intervene and you will regret this, witch,” you warned her.
She nodded.
“And if you touch my husband…”
“With all respect, I’d rather not touch him if I don’t have to, so just give us a daughter next,” she chuckled nervously.
You smiled at her. At first you were surprised hearing her words but then you remembered that most people did not see Feyd the way you were seeing him now. To them he was scary, unhinged and temperamental and his presence was deeply unsettling.
You left her in the corridor and went upstairs to your bedroom. You regretted not seeing your aunt because there were lots of things you’d love to tell her.
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Feyd joined you in the bedroom not long after. You were dressed in a nightgown already and sitting on the chair pulled away from his desk.
“What took you so long?” You asked him when the doors closed behind him.
“He gave Arrakis to me,” your husband informed you and stood above you as your eyes sparkled.
“What? He did?”
“Apparently Rabban is humiliating himself over and over there and embarrassing our family,” Feyd gritted his teeth. “I will be named the new Governor soon.”
“Well, that’s a gift I cannot possibly beat,” you teased and beckoned him over as he fell to his knees to be able to face you.
Feyd put his hands on your thighs as he opened them with his long fingers and you chuckled softly at him.
“Such an eager pet, aren’t you?” You teased him and he looked up. “That gift has to wait. Give me a knife,” you asked him.
He was confused but he handed you a short blade he was always carrying with himself.
“It’s so pretty,” you took a better look at the dagger in awe. It was really an excellent piece of work.
“Keep it,” your husband breathed out.
“But it’s your birthday, not mine,” you caressed his cheek gently.
“You need a weapon, too. I want you to keep it, just in case. When I’m not around and my uncle catches you in an empty room… For example,” he insisted.
“I don’t even know how to use it.”
“It’s a knife,” Feyd snorted. “You just stab.”
“Well, I guess. You can teach me more when I’m not with child anymore,” you proposed.
“I can,” he nodded and leaned in to place a kiss on your womb.
“So you do know how to kiss like that,” you teased and he looked caught off guard.
“I did it like you always do it… Did I do something wrong?” He asked and you swore, you could call him adorable in a way. You couldn’t believe it was the same man who had been slaughtering his enemies in the arena earlier.
“Aw, I’m only teasing. Give me your hand,” you ordered and he raised his arm as you slit one of the lines on his exposed palm. He didn’t even wince, so used to the pain much greater than this one. And he didn’t question anything you were doing either. It was almost sad, the way he obeyed you.
You watched his blood spilling down his pale skin; so dark and thick – it was nearly black and of a slimy texture. Then you cut yourself the same way, trying not to hiss out of pain as your own blood spilled, looking much healthier than his poisoned one.
You put the blade away and held his bleeding hand with yours to squeeze it tight. Feyd looked deep into your eyes, understanding the meaning of this gesture.
“I am yours and you are mine,” you told him. “Forever from now on. Your blood is my blood, my blood is your blood. We are one,” you whispered. “You do not exist without me and I do not exist without you. Together we will build our empire,” you continued and he nodded with a very serious expression on his face. There was pure admiration in his eyes, though. “We will not allow him to come between us.”
“We will kill him,” Feyd added angrily and you nodded at him. He was so eager.
“And everyone else in our way,” you assured him. “I shall be your anchor.”
“I shall be your blade,” he promised and you leaned down to join your lips together and mix your saliva like you mixed your blood.
You let go of his hand and straightened yourself, breaking the kiss. Feyd however brought your palm to his mouth and began to lick your wound as he drank the blood that spilled. Like dogs would lick their owners’ wounds.
“If I had known he’d give you Arrakis, I’d come up with a better gift,” you joked. Feyd looked up at you with your hand still pressed to his mouth, now stained with your blood.
“Nothing he’s ever given me can match you, my Baroness,” he confessed.
You smiled at him lovingly. It was a sight no one else in the world could admire – Feyd-Rautha on his knees, obedient and in awe. You finally opened your thighs in front of his face to give him what he had been waiting for since this morning. Most likely the gift he had been anticipating the most.
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The intimacy is sublime
I just wanna say that I am SO excited for the part 2 to your Paul Destiny fic. I have so many questions and Im excited to see if they get answered. Like if Paul is pledging his love to the reader then is the romance plot with Chani still relevant? Is the reader still the princess here? Very interesting
Imagine if Paul Atreides claimed you as his destiny: PART Ⅱ of Ⅱ
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A/N: Honestly, I didn't think this would blow up so much- 1k+ likes??! Thank you all, it's sick 🙃 in answer to your questions, I didn't really specify if the reader (you) are part of a Great House or the Emperor's daughter, or maybe someone else, that's kind of up to your imagination. And yeah, sorry Chani fans, I kind of kicked her to the curb lmao; This is all about you, and so enjoy the second and final part of this destiny trope before I work on some relationship headcanons for Paul and Feyd-Rautha... Requests are open for Dune 2, so don't be shy 📩
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You can't escape fate.
It's as real as the Spice that threads through the grains of sand blanketing Arrakis in heavy, warm golden waves. It twists and turns in the air, in the tides of change, something beyond understanding roping together reality and its lives to bond, whether in love or hate.
At least, with the newly ascended young Emperor, you know which side you're on. Since the day of his declaration and claiming of you as his Empress, you've never once left his sight, unknowingly or not. The boy is almost ridiculously close and observant, as if testing the depths of the events unfolding around him, testing to see whether you'll try to run from them, from him. But you can't run from fate, either.
"You aren't resting."
Paul's soft, low voice slices through the silence of the dusk, the only words you hear before you feel his warm, firm arms slipping under your arms and around your middle, pulling you into his front in a smooth, protective motion. His chocolate brown locks tickle your neck and cheek as he gazes up at you from your shoulder; wandering, curious eyes study yours knowingly, his natural hues tainted blue with the Spice.
"What troubles you?"
You hesitate in your response, unsure of the right thing to say. There's no point in lying, not to him, to a boy who could easily use the power of his Voice to make you tell him everything and anything with just a few words. He's done it to the Bene Gesserit, to those who speak out of turn and challenge him cluelessly, but never to you. And something tells you that he never will.
"I'm sorry," is how you answer instead, in a small whisper, trying to read his expression before his reaction.
But all Paul does is give you one of his soft, amused smirks, a brow raising slightly, unconvinced.
"Don't apologise to anyone for anything," he murmurs, his fingers drifting to lock with yours, his hand hot and strong in yours. "We are to be wed, you and I, soon. So what troubles you?"
"It's not you," you tell him as earnestly as you can, his eyes capturing yours and holding them as you blink up at him. "I'm just... nervous."
"Nervous?" Paul repeats gently, his hands squeezing yours for a moment, his face an inch away from yours. "What have you to be nervous about?" He grins slightly, not attempting to hide his teasing amusement. "A wedding?"
You can't help but smile at his tone, savouring the unguarded moments of the new, young Emperor, his boyish traits lingering beneath the newfound power and promises passed down to him.
You were nervous, because you weren't so familiar with destiny and its quirks, and yet, Paul Atreides seemed to be its master. Nervous, because although there was a strange pull between you and him, a deeper part of you somehow knowing him, at an instinctive ease with him, you had never met him before these past few days, and now, you were going to be joined together for time indefinite by marriage. Nervous, because he didn't just want you to rule with him, but alongside him, as a partner, a second part of him. His second half who's with him in soul, not just spirit, physically, not just mentally. And he's relishing in it.
"I've never had one before," you shake your head with a light smile, "I don't know what to expect. Or what's expected of me."
Paul hums to himself at your reply, pausing for a while as he thinks over his words.
"It isn't just a wedding," he tells you quietly, "it's so much more. This... this a beginning. A new dawn."
"Beginning?" You echo in bemusement, looking up at him in wonder. "Of what?"
"Of a new era," Paul says thoughtfully, his hands moving from yours to run over and down your sides, tracing over your figure absentmindedly, a gesture that makes you hold your breath for a beat as you watch him, "the first of many. You are more than a mere future. You're the future. My future. And the future of my people."
The sincerity and conviction in his voice makes you stare back at him in slight awe, taken by his certainty of what he's seen in the deepest stretches of his mind, the flickering images of you, adorned in all your natural beauty and grace that he could find nothing short of perfect. You were a fantasy and a hope materialised. Someone he'd wished and dreamed for so much, that you came true, just as you should have.
"Anything that happens to you," Paul continues, looking you straight in the eye as he speaks, "happens to me. You have always been mine, and I was yours before then. Absolutely and completely."
And his words make a home in your head, everything he says so poetic and beautifully surreal, but so honest and unwaveringly confident. He didn't need to practise what he said before he whispered the sweet words in your ear, in a voice only you could catch, in the long, warm nights on Arrakis. There was no need for practice. He had been made for this, and he wouldn't have it any other way.
You let yourself relax slightly in his grips, giving him an earnest smile. "That sounds nice."
Paul smiles back at you, a bright, sweet smile that makes him seem so soft and normal, almost forgetting for a moment of his utter strength and glory over the planets, his dangerous darkness that he occasionally allowed to rule over his actions at the tensest of times, until those who stood up against him retreated in bewilderment and fascination and fear.
"It does," he agrees, his gaze dropping to look out at the dunes beyond you, "you can't imagine..."
You couldn't. But every part of you wanted to. And those parts won.
"Won't you tell me?"
Paul's attention shifts back to you after you speak, before you can stop yourself.
"Would it be kind to tell you?" He asks aloud, speaking half to himself as his eyes go to search yours again, studying every inch of you, almost unsettlingly intently.
"Do you dream?" Paul questions you softly, and you dither before shaking your head.
"Not like you do," you answer steadily.
"Like I do. Seeing your face amidst the streaks of sunbeams and every kind of ethereal power that could create wonders, planets, worlds. Waking up, and you're not here, though it felt so real," he goes on, his voice laced with longing, as if it pained him to remember the feeling. "Realer than I've ever felt anything before. Every sense in me was awakened, because with destiny, I saw hope. And I did not know that hope could be so.... beautifully... angelic."
Paul draws closer and closer with each word, pulled by invisible strings to rest his forehead against yours, closing his eyes for a long moment to breathe, breathe you in. The sight of it is almost dizzyingly hypnotic, staring at the little scattered freckles over his fair, lightly tanned skin, cheeks flushed golden. He moves his face to rub his cheek against yours, seeking out affection in an irresistible rare, vulnerable move. Your hand reaches up to brush your fingers against it, and he takes it in his immediately, pressing his lips against your fingertips as he speaks.
"I need you," Paul insists, his voice firm and pressing again as he stares at you with a spark of desperation. "I need only you. More than you can comprehend. By my side, always, where you belong."
"I'm right here," you reply a little giddily, looking away from his eyes slightly bashfully from the intensity and unbridled longing of his gaze. "I suppose I'm just not used to this."
"To what?" Paul questions, his fingers tilting your chin up softly to force your eyes back up to his, his face a little closer than before. "To being an Empress?"
Before you can respond, he's pushed himself closer over you, his warm, damp lips sliding and pressing against yours and parting to encourage you to deepen his affections. It sends hot shockwaves rushing straight through your blood, as Paul crouches over you, all patience and purpose forgotten in the moment where it's just the two of you in the calm, lingering desert night.
You fit together perfectly, too perfectly for his words to be untrue, and his head tilts keenly where your fingers skim his neck, his lips parting from yours as they tangle in his hair with a short gasp. He loses none of his confidence and persistence, his azure blue eyes a shade darker as he watches you with an open trace of adoration.
"A queen?"
"Paul," you start shakily, as he smirks at you fondly, his head ducking to trace his tongue briefly up the skin of your neck, with a faint chuckle.
"To being desired?"
You glare at him weakly, hanging onto his hands tight to find some sense of grounding. "You're just playing with me."
"I intend to do so much more than that," Paul grins at you, kissing your cheek before burying his face against your shoulder. "And so should you. Test the depths of our connection. Push it to its limits. Push me. Please."
You find yourself speechless again at his way with words, simple and truthful, but full of passion and unthought romance, a sensation he's been craving since the first shadows of your being in his hazy dreams and visions.
"Give into your destiny, sweet girl," he croons to you in a whisper, his lips brushing against yours and pressing down against your skin needily, hungrily. It takes almost inhumane strength not to crumble and shiver under his touch and desire radiating off him and his dark glare, the wanting over years of dreams and prophecies building up to its peak. "Give into me."
"I think I will," you whisper back in awe and giddiness, your arms having to hold tightly around his neck to stay upright. "I think I want to."
"That's good," he praises you with a soft smile, as his voice lowers. "And besides," Paul mutters in your ear, nuzzling against your cheek breathlessly, with that subtle, teasing look in his eyes, "I plan on taking you as mine well before the wedding."
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