— open: f 18-20
— connection: newly betrothed highborn lady, possibly a stark, tyrell, lannister
— plot: prince aerion targaryen (18) is set to meet his betrothed, a match made by his father without his consent, at the tourney of ashford meadow. he is not excited at all, but maybe, she might actually be interesting. bonus points if you make her as cuckoo as he is. content warnings: nsfw.
disclaimer: this starting message is quite long but no need to match length! i'd even prefer shorter messages but i like my starters to have alllll the detail (: i also have not done rp directly on tumblr in years soooo be nice!
"somebody fetch me some wine and a pretty wench to keep busy—" "you idiot." maekar snapped, grabbing his son by the back of the collar to prevent him from wandering into the ashford castle once they had gotten off of their horses. they had just arrived at the tourney, and aerion was in no rush to meet his betrothed. his father was clearly losing his patience, muttering into his son's ear, "make yourself presentable for the girl, i will be sending for her and her father shortly. no wine, no wench. you will spend the day with her, and i do not want to hear another fucking thing about it, aerion." with that, maekar released his son with a harsh shove, and the furious brightflame silently made his way inside.
having hoped for a brief moment of solitude to sneak drink and lounge, aerion found himself vexed by his father’s continued presence in his designated chamber. with the current theatrics of his wretched siblings gone “missing,” a trifle that aerion believed called for no true concern, he predicted his father would hastily join his uncle—heir to the iron throne and most anticipated guest of the tourney—with lord ashford to attend to such matters.
as it seemed, maekar deemed it of greater consequence to greet the girl and her father (and, no doubt, to ensure his son conducted himself in a manner expected of a targaryen prince before leaving them be). no wine. no wench. only a valet laying out fresh clothing of crimson and black, combing his cropped white hair, and smoothing scented oil to the skin.
aerion hardly had a moment to sit in the solar before he could hear them approaching. he couldn’t be held accountable for the low groan that slipped from his throat; he truly could not possess less of an interest in this. “up.” maekar sounded pained in his sharp instruction, both already rising for the attendant's introduction while the guests stepped in, “maekar targaryen, prince of summerhall, and his son prince aerion of house targaryen.” aerion inhaled slow through full lips, summoning the will to force a pleased expression on his face.