Duty / 𝕾acrifice?

I will always be the virgin-prostitute, the perverse angel, the two-faced sinister and saintly woman.

[hightowred]

Alicent Hightower of HBO's House of the Dragon.   Do not follow first.

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[perditionable]

"Alicent," Rhaenyra scolds. "Kill yourself."

[hightowred]

"That's not very demure, very mindful or very cutesy," she points out.

[hightowred]

@damnatius,

"Rhaenyra," Alicent moans.

[notmorbid]

my murder, pt. 2.

dialogue prompts from my murder: a novel by katie williams.

you always knew your manners.

i understand. it's hard to know what to say.

today, i'm okay. and you? how are you?

i want to know why you're nervous.

i guess i believe in second chances.

i remember those days. and nights.

we can do this however you want.

this is a little awkward, huh?

how did you know something was wrong?

are you breathing in? are you breathing out?

you're not supposed to lie to me anymore.

i don't know what to say to that, so can you stop apologizing? please?

i was glad to do something to help you.

you didn't need to trick me, honey.

all you ever needed to do was ask.

i don't know if i'll ever be ready. but that's how it is, right? things just happen, and then they're happening.

it's like you're no one. like you're nothing.

it feels better to name it.

i may not remember it, but it happened. and you remember it.

i like to know everything, so i don't mind if people explain things to me.

she was so sarcastic before all of this. it's not new. she's said things like that since she was a little girl.

i wouldn't say i 'laughed' at you.

you came back. you're here.

you want to eat your baby, don't you?

you didn't fuck up again, did you?

i should have believed you.

i did a bad thing.

there are different ways to love people.

you did good. it was scary. you were brave.

i've always been good at staying.

you can't ask a person if they've changed.

are your nightmares - i mean, how are they?

i've learned not to question the things that help me along.

thank you for coming with me.

whatever it is, you can tell me. i'm ready.

i feel like an intruder in my own house.

you don't have to lie to me.

everyone loves a dead woman, as long as she's the right kind of dead woman.

guess i'm not so good at keeping my promises.

we lied to each other. why did we do that?

what were you afraid of?

you can't promise you won't ever want to go.

i can promise that if i ever do feel like leaving, i'll tell you.

i was afraid the truth would hurt you.

fine. let them be a little uncomfortable.

it's you, isn't it?

[hightowred]

Things just won't be the same. I'm scared to death I'll scream your name. And still, there's not a thing I would change. That's okay. But I think about it.

"the queen who ever was" [s2e8], house of the dragon / i'd have to think about it, leith ross.

[padme-amidala]

ALICENT HIGHTOWER APPRECIATION WEEK: DAY 7: free choice ↳ sun bleached flies by ethel cain [insp.]