New Rhaenicent fic alert!
I finally decided to post chapter one of my courtly love/medieval romance poetry inspired fic, All that Love Wills
Summary:
Alicent was happy to be the Princess’ companion, a first line of defense before anyone could get to Rhaenyra, or before Rhaenyra could hurt herself. But after the Hand of the King dies unexpectedly, his young daughter is left to find her way in the world. Unsure of her purpose away from court and desperate to escape the clutches of yet another man in her family orchestrating her life, Alicent follows her brother on the roads of Westeros as he makes a living as a Knight of the Realm. When the Gods bring a battle-hardened Alicent back to King’s Landing, she must contend with the life she left behind, the warrior she became, an oncoming threat and the woman she has not stopped thinking about since the day she left.
Or, a canon divergence au in which Alicent becomes Gwayne's squire and lives as a travelling knight for ten years before returning to King's Landing and becoming entangled in a daring tale of war and romance. Basically what ocurred to me after researching medieval love poetry for two years for my dissertation and watching A Knight's Tale too many times.
Jousts! Swords! A lady knight! A princess! Homosexual tendencies! Insane 700 year-old poems! And more!
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