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Iâve seen a edit where Jacaerys is frozen in time on Dragonstone still dead and Dany is the one to bring him back to lifeâŚ
so like imagine.. being Danyâs younger sister, and arriving to Dragonstone and find a coffin with a boy in it..
and maybe Danyâs sister is having memories of a life she never lived..or maybe her previous life. The boy looks so familiar. And a f strange magical force is beckoning her to kiss him.
â Ăâ headcanons on the adventures of Jacaerys Velaryon and twin!reader.
đŽâs navigation. house of the dragon.
contains ⌠one small angst scene regarding lucerys, the rest of the headcanons are all lighthearted!
wc. 2k.
Ă i imagine jacaerys is a LOT to handle. one minute, heâs rambling on and on about baela (actually, you donât mind this much; you adore baela) or heâs recruiting you to rummage through your grandfather, lord corlysâ, treasure room; the punishment is always more lenient if youâre caught together, instead of jace alone. or so he swears. or heâs bored to death down at one of the beaches on driftmark, and decides to disturb your peace and throw a piece of slimy, sandy seaweed at you.
Ă ânoâletâs just go inside, youâve ruined it. youâre an idiot, you know that. a tried and true idiot,â you declare, and shove past him on the path back to high-tide. meanwhile, heâs laughing so hard at your reactionâthe wheezing sort of laughâhe canât breathe, much less issue any apologies.
Ă heâs a true rage-baiter in every sense of the word. and is quite successful, i must say. itâs immature. itâs irritating. that you know. but, you also know itâs jaceâs weird way of showing love.
Ă âgranddaughter, whatâs wrong,â i imagine rhaenys asks as you re-enter high-tide with that demon on your heels.
Ă âjacaerys thought it properly funny to throw seaweed in my hair,â you state.
Ă âi did no such thing, grandmother,â heâd LIE. rhaenys is aware heâs a liar though, âjace, must you terrorize your sister soâi thought you grew out of that,â thereâs a small smile on rhaenysâ face as she speaks though.
Ă âitâs not funny!â you snap, and stomp up the stairs.
Ă âmy dear sisterâs a bit of a brat, isnât she,â jace smirks, as if heâs not as spoiled, and equally as much of a brat at times.
Ă despite the silliness, you and your twin are adept in politics and diplomatic matters of the realm. an integral part of the council, even if a few of the council members regard you as no more than the queenâs pampered eldests.
Ă when that sentiment gets too brazen, jacaerys is quick to go, âwatch your tongue when you speak of the princess, my sister, ser.â defends you instead of himself. it works the other way too, âser, i might point out that the prince speaks with reason. i implore you to respect prince jacaerysâ word, please.â
Ă in those instances, daemon glances over to rhaenyra with a roll of the eyes, âthose twoâve got littermate syndrome,â heâll scoff. in truth, heâs proud that you two are so protective of each other.
Ă on dragonstone (and years ago at the red-keep) your chambers are either side by side in the same hallway, or across from each otherâs in the same hallway. you definitely regret that choice.
Ă any and all hours of the day, your door opens on account of absolute nonsense, âplease tell luke i am a better dragonrider than he is.â
Ă then, luke barges in right behind jace, âno, he isnât! truly! i donât claim to be better because itâs me, i truly am the better rider.â
Ă iâm better than both of you. out! now!â
Ă lucerys at least tries to respect the âstay out of our sisterâs chambersâ request. your twin, on the other hand, couldnât care less. comes in whenever. letâs say ser erryk is one of your protectors and is on princess âchamber guardianâ duty. out of thin air appears jace, âgood-morrow ser erryk, is my sister in.â
Ă ser erryk says, âyes, my prince. though the princess is still abed.â
Ă that second part went in one ear and through the other, âopen the doors ser erryk, if you will,â and BEAMS while he says it. knows heâs evil.
Ă sometimes one of you falls asleep in the otherâs chamber. imagine itâs early, around 8AM. rhaenyra enters jaceâs chamber only to find you sprawled out on the floor at the foot of the bed, âjace youâve let your sister sleep on the floor, seriously,â rhaenyra chuckles and shakes the pair of you awake.
Ă i forgot y/n was there,â he groans, crawling to the end of the bed to peer down at the floor, âhi y/n,â he waves.
Ă youâre in for a week of a sore spine and limbs, âmother my back hurts,â you wince. ser erryk enters to assist you off of the floor. âi suppose so!â rhaenyra scoffs in amusement.
Ă rhaenyra often tells daemon, âmy eldest are a mystery iâve yet to understand.â
Ă on another note, i know luke loves to bother his older siblings. heâll waltz up to you and jacaerys in the courtyard of the castle and claim thereâs a message for you. once you and jace are prepared to receive it, lukeâll pause, glance to you, then to jace, and proceed to fart.
Ă ah, luke thatâs awful,â jace says, although thereâs a huge idiotic grin on his face.
Ă âyouâre not right in the head, lucerys,â you add on.
Ă âthat is putrid, seriously,â jace laughs.
Ă âgo away, both of you. actually, i think iâll go,â you state and walk off.
Ă what are they, five ? weâre all the middle of a war, for fuckâs sake.
Ă you and jace race on dragonback. all. the. time. youâre excellent dragonriders; quick, agile, work well under pressure. i imagine your dragon, vermax, and arrax are all the offspring of caraxes and syrax. i think an interesting headcanon is that your dragon takes after caraxesâ appearance. long and slender frame, spiked tail, hind-legs with wings and the trademark longer neck. or rather, right now the dragon is too young to say for sure that its neck will grow as long as caraxesâ. 6/10 youâre the winner of the races. rhaenys and corlys will watch sometimes, so will daemon and rhaenyra on the off chance that thereâs time.
Ă god, imagine rhaenyra tells you and your brother a bit about her crush on ser criston. you and your twin are in hysterics.
Ă âser criston !? mother, ew,â jace cackles.
Ă âthe queenâs brother, ser gwayne was right there, mother,â you grown.
Ă âser gwayne ?!â rhaenyra laughs.
Ă âi KNEW you fancied him!â jace shrieks.
Ă you and jace burst into rhaenyraâs chamber on occasion, and invite yourselves to lounge on her bed or taste some of the expensive wines displayed on one of the shelves. rhaenya does not endorse that last part.
Ă âsister, would youâve run off with cole,â jace asks, long after the subject of conversation changes.
Ă âno, i donât think so. instead, i wouldâve pleaded with grandfather to marry me to gwayne hightower. ugh, mother if only i were you at that time,â you shake your head.
Ă âif life played out that way, i wouldnât have you, or jacaerys, or your younger siblings,â rhaenyra says.
Ă âyou would, we would simply have red hair rather than brown, thatâs all,â you answer.
Ă âi donât think red hair would suit you y/n,â jace cackles again, as if the mere thought is hilarious.
Ă you and jace go to winterfell together. and lord is it a time. you forget all about gwayne hightower and develop a serious crush on lord cregan stark. you conduct yourself well though, you focus on the point of the visitâdiplomacy, allies for team-black. however, during the short stay at winterfell, you and jace debrief every night on the recent developments in your cregan crush.
Ă âjace, stopâlisten. lord stark brought a heavier coat and put it on my shoulders himself.â
Ă âhe did the same for me, y/n!â
Ă âjacaerys just let me have this, i beg.â
Ă for now, letâs skip over the part when jace receives news of lukeâs death to winterfell. imagine once youâre back on dragonstone, he canât wait to tell rhaenyra about your crush on cregan stark.
Ă you have to YELL over him to get your point across, âmotherâjace shut up please. you werenât there, you didnât hear how he said it. he went âmy greybeards will fight haaard, like northernersâlike nooorthernersâ,â you try to imitate the northern accent, and lay it on thick especially on the ânorthernersâ part.
Ă jace is quick to intercede, ây/nâs never ever stared so hard at any lord that hard ever in our life, i swear it.â
Ă rhaenyra shakes her head in pure amusement, âis that so.â
Ă âoh it definitely is. lord stark says, âi can see to switching you to a chamber without windows to keep out the cold, if it please you, princessâ and y/n went, âoh thank you lord handsome of the northâ,â jace lies claims.
Ă âi never said that!â you exclaim.
Ă if rhaenyra says, âactually, i think you might live well in the north, my darling.â
Ă jace interrupts, âwell i donât do well in the cold, so thereâs no way y/n will marry a stark.â
Ă âi never said a single thing about marriage,â you point out.
Ă jace ignores this, âwe all know of your âappreciationâ for baratheons, what with their raven hair and those gaudy antler helmets. weâll get you a baratheon instead, iâll see to it myself.â
Ă âagain, i never said a single thing about marriage.â
Ă alright, time for the angst. rewind to winterfell. when you and jace receive the news, of course youâre out of your minds with grief. it brings back memories of the death of laenor, or laena, or ser harwin strong, or your grandfather viserys, or your sister visenya. but itâs worse this time. a lot worse.
Ă i imagine that at first, you asked to accompany lucerys to stormâs end rather than go with jacaerys to winterfell.
Ă luke wanted to go to stormâs end alone, show rhaenyra, daemon, and everyone else that he was capable and of use to the cause.
Ă âluke, câmon i wonât take over, itâll be all you,â youâd urged.
Ă âno y/n, i want to go alone. now, shut up before mother makes me take you,â luke sighed, but smiles soon after, âbesides, you only want to see the baratheon sons up close.â
Ă so, with that, you went with jace instead. the rest is history.
Ă âi knew i shouldâve went with luke. gods, iâm soâi shouldâve gone with luke, jace.â
Ă in the end, thereâs no use in shifting around what wouldâve or shouldâve or couldâve happened. itâs over, itâs done. and lukeâs gone. your first baby brother, the one that copied all of your mannerisms, and pestered the maesters whenever you were sick, and sat with you outside in the courtyard after any argument, big or small, between rhaenyra and you.
Ă itâs an unspoken agreement that the honor to name one of your sons âlucerysâ is yours, and jace is 100% supportive of itâdoesnât mind at all.
Ă after the funeral, i imagine youâll fall sick for a couple weeks, itâs pure exhaustion and grief. itâs unforgiving and inopportune.
Ă jacaerys sits next to you in your chamber as the maester tends to you and administers medicines. you cry the entire time, each time. not from the pain of your throat or chest or gut, but from the wretchedness of grief that seems to peel back your skin and crawl underneath.
Ă anyway! letâs return to the scheduled program.
Ă lastly, letâs revisit the ragebaiter jace agenda. he hides behind the door of your chamber and shrieks to scare you. all the time. you think youâve learned when to expect it and prepare, but youâre never prepared.
Ă âmy prince, if i may. is it necessary to startle the princess,â ser erryk asks, to which jace smirks, âoh itâs very necessary, ser erryk.â
Ă jace will peek at your journal when youâre not around, and find the occasional, âmy brother jacaerys is the most insufferable pest iâve ever met, i think that is why the gods made me the prettier twin.â
Ă trust, he 100% confronts you about that one, âthatâs so so wrong,â heâd insist.
Ă imagine he enters the chamber. youâre in there with a handful of servants. cue jace, âpreparing to lie in bed and think of lord stark, hm.â
Ă âget out,â you demand, hairbrush thrown in jaceâs general direction.
Summary: As Daemon stays in Harrenhal without reporting to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, their daughter decides to go talk to him personally⌠However, the ghosts will show her the truth, whether she wants to or not.
Pairing: Platonic Rhaenyra Targaryen x female Velaryon!reader, Platonic Daemon Targaryen x female Velaryon!reader, Platonic Jacaerys Velaryon x female Velaryon!reader
Words: 2.4k
Warnings: SPOILER FOR HOTD SHOW/FIRE AND BLOOD BOOK AT THE END, no use of y/n, written in second POV, paranormal elements, Alys being weird, Daemon, cursing, typical Westeros bs, Harrenhal is probably so out of character, but who knows atp, probably ooc Rhaenyra as well
A/N: I meant to write this with my OC but I know that doesnt really do well on here so
I do not use any AI to write my fics, gtfo with that bs
PART 1
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Rhaenyra Targaryen arrived at Harrenhal before the sun had risen completely. The rain had stopped, yet it was gloomy and foggy.
She was furious.
You had left without permission, slipping away from safety in the middle of the war. Disobeying a direct order to stand down. Part of her was proud of your bravery, even though she would never admit it out loud in this situation. The other part wanted to lock you in the pits of Dragonstone to keep you safe.
Daemon was waiting for her as she entered the castle. This was the first time they had seen each other since he abandoned Dragonstone a month ago.
âYou should have sent word that our daughter was here,â Rhaenyra hissed as they walked through the corridors.
âShe arrived yesterday, and I was already occupied,â Daemon replied with a shrug. âBesides, you already knew where she was.â Rhaenya was about to snap at him when he pushed open the doors to your sleep chambers.Â
âSweetheart?â She frowned as she glanced around, taking in the sight before her. The room was empty. The bed had barely been touched; it was not usually rustled and messy, as you always left it. The fire in the hearth had gone out. It felt cold, too cold for her liking. âWhere is she?â
Daemonâs expression darkened, realizing what could have happened to you. Fear began to grow inside him, but he did not want to alert Rhaenyra yet.Â
Every servant and guard was questioned, yet nobody had seen you since the previous day. Minutes went by before an elderly servant approached them. âYour Grace,â she greeted nervously, fumbling with her apron. âI believe I saw the princess outside, near the godswood.â
Rhaenyra and Daemon moved as quickly as they could. Their hearts were pounding with fear. Did someone sneak into the castle during the night? Did Aemond manage to enter unnoticed? Was there an army waiting for them outside?
Then, they saw you, lying motionless under the tree. Your slip was soaked through, your hair and skin stained with mud. Crimson stains marked your cheeks, as if you cried blood during the night. âNo!â Rhaenyra screamed, dropping to her knees beside you. Her hands grasped your face, desperately searching for wounds. She could feel you shaking. âLook at me, open your eyes. Please.âÂ
She placed your body on her lap, softly rocking you as she placed kisses on your forehead. Daemon kneeled beside both of you, grasping your hand while looking around the empty yard, trying to find anything amiss. Rhaenyra cried quietly as the maester approached.Â
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The maester worked quietly, his brows furrowed as he consulted with his helpers in hushed words. Rhaenyra stiffened as he gave you a small amount of milk of the poppy. âTo control the trembling, Your Grace,â he informed your mother.
âWhy wonât she wake?â Rhaenyra questioned sharply.Â
âI do not know, Your Grace,â he admitted. âShe seems to be in perfect health; thereâs no reason for her to be unconscious.â
âWe are leaving,â Rhaenyra declared before she started to pick up some of your belongings.Â
âMy queenââ
âNow.â
In that moment, Rhaenyra did not care about anything else that wasnât attending to you. Right now, you were her only priority.Â
You were carefully secured for the journey back to Dragonstone, wrapped in blankets to protect you from the harsh winds. Rhaenyra and Daemon glanced your way every five minutes, terrified that you would somehow wake up and roll off.
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In Dragonstone, Maester Gerardys spent hours examining you. He checked your pulse, your eyes, and the strange red stains that remained beneath them. He listened carefully as Rhaenyra recounted finding you beneath the weirwood tree.
"I can find no wound upon her body," Gerardys admitted.
"Then wake her!" Rhaenyra snapped.
The maester lowered his gaze. "If I knew how, Your Grace, I would."
You remained motionless upon your bed. Only the occasional twitch of your fingers or flutter of your eyelids proved you were still alive.
Hours passed with no signs of progress. As evening approached, the chamber door suddenly opened, Jacaerys entering without knocking. He had spent the entire day hearing rumors about his sister's return. Relief and irritation had carried him down the halls. Part of him wanted to yell at you. You had vanished without warning, flown across the realm by yourself during a war. You had terrified everyone to prove a point.
The words were already forming in his mind when he stepped inside. Then he saw the bed. His smile disappeared instantly. You were pale and unmoving beneath layers of blankets. Maester Gerardys stood nearby with a worried expression. And Rhaenyra was sitting on a chair in the corner, quietly crying.
For a moment, Jace could not process what he was seeing. Rhaenyra sat staring at you from across the room. "Mother?" Jace asked quietly, and Rhaenyra looked up at him. The grief in her eyes made his stomach drop. "What happened?"
No one answered immediately. He crossed the room and reached the bedside. His gaze swept over you, searching for injuries that were not there.
"Sister?" He called for you, but you did not respond. Thatâs when he realized you were unconscious. "What happened?" he repeated, louder this time.
Daemon stood near the window, his expression grim. "We found her outside Harrenhal this morning." Jace stared at him in confusion, opening his mouth to ask a question before Daemon spoke again. "She was unconscious beneath a weirwood tree.âÂ
The room seemed to tilt slightly. Jace looked back at you with more attention, the dried red streaks still faintly visible beneath your eyes, your unnaturally pale face, your hands lying limp atop the blankets.
Guilt settled over him. You two had never spent much time apart; it was impossible to separate you for long periods of time. Where one went, the other would follow. Now you had left Dragonstone alone, got hurt, and he had not been there to protect you.
Slowly, Jace sank into the chair beside your bed. His hand found yours immediately. They were cold. "I should've stopped her," he whispered.
"You couldn't have known, my love,â Rhaenyra told him, standing up and walking towards him, her hand caressing his hair.
"But I should have known,â his voice cracked, "I should've gone after her."
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The castle was silent when you opened your eyes. For several minutes, you simply stared at the ceiling, your expression distant and empty. Then, without a word, you sat up and climbed out of bed.
The whispers had returned. Faint voices called to you from somewhere beyond the castle walls.
Soon, you walked out into the castle yard, unnoticed by the guards. The night air was cold against your skin, yet you seemed not to feel it. You walked to the center of the yard and stopped abruptly. Your head tilted slightly as if listening to someone standing beside you.
"There is blood in the snow," you whispered, your body trembling violently. "The dragon with one eye watches the sea burn. The crown falls into the water..." You swayed where you stood, eyes unfocused.
Inside the castle, Rhaenyra stirred in her chair. She had refused to leave your bedside, eventually falling asleep beside the bed from exhaustion. Her eyes snapped open and immediately looked toward the bed. It was empty. "Sweetheart?" Rhaenyra leapt to her feet and searched the room. The blankets were tossed aside, and the door was wide open. Her heart began pounding. "Daemon!"
The shout echoed through the silent castle.
Moments later, he burst into the room, sword already in hand. Jace followed close behind, looking confused and half awake. "What happened?" He asked, rubbing his eyes.
"She's gone." The color drained from his face.
Rhaenyra's scream woke some of the servants, who helped search for you in every corner of the castle. Every passing second made Rhaenyra's fear worse. Then one of the knights shouted from the courtyard.
"Your Grace!"
Rhaenyra, Daemon, and Jace ran towards him.
You stood alone beneath the moonlight, your body shaking. Your eyes remained open, yet they stared straight ahead as though you were looking at another world entirely.
Jace reached you first, quickly shedding off his cloak and wrapping it around you. "Sister, please wake up.â
"The dragon falls," you murmured. "The sea turns black."
Jace's expression fell. âPlease stop,â he begged, his voice breaking. He shook you, gently, desperate for any sign of consciousness. "Please wake up."
Rhaenyra immediately moved beside him. Her hands framed your face as she desperately stared into your eyes. She called your name again and again, hoping you would answer. "Sweetheart. Look at me, please."
"The prince without a crown dies alone," you continued speaking, making Rhaenyra flinch. This was worse than finding you unconscious.Â
Even Daemon looked shaken. He stood on your other side, watching you with concern, an emotion rarely seen on his face. Dragons, war, and death had never frightened him, yet there was something deeply wrong about this.
Jace was openly crying now. His forehead rested against your shoulder as he clung to your hand. He kept repeating your name between sobs, hoping that eventually you would answer. You never did.
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The days that followed were terrible.Â
You remained confined to your chambers under constant watch. Maester Gerardys visited several times each day, checking your pulse, examining your eyes. Though you were awake now, there was still something fragile about you.
The shaking gradually stopped. At first, it faded for only a few hours at a time before returning. Then the tremors became weaker and less frequent until they disappeared entirely.Â
Rhaenyra rarely left your side. She only attended council meetings when necessary, often returning before anyone noticed she had gone. She slept in a chair beside your bed nearly every night, unable to shake the fear that she would wake to find her daughter missing again.
Daemon handled the situation differently. He said little, but he visited often. Sometimes he sat quietly near the fireplace while you rested. Other times, he simply stood near the door for a few moments before leaving, as if reassuring himself you were still there.
Jace practically moved into your chambers. He brought books, food, and endless stories from around Dragonstone in an effort to distract you. Whenever you rolled your eyes at him or told him to stop fussing, he secretly considered it a win.
You began to make progress slowly. You spent short periods outside your chambers without anyone fearing you would collapse. To anyone passing by, you might have looked perfectly healthy.
But the nights were different, the nightmares never stopped. The dreams always felt real. You saw dragons falling from burning skies, battlefields covered in bodies. Sometimes you saw Lucerys standing beneath a weirwood tree. Every dream left you waking in a cold sweat, struggling to separate dreams from reality.
One night, Jace found you sitting beside the window after another nightmare. You stared out at the sea, wrapped in a blanket despite the warmth of the room. The moonlight illuminated the dark circles beneath your eyes. "You should be sleeping," he said softly.
You gave a humorless chuckle, "I was." Jace sat beside you, wrapping his arm around your shoulder so you would lean on him.
For a while, neither of you spoke. The crashing waves below Dragonstone filled the silence between you. "The dreams wonât leave me alone," you admitted after a while.Â
Jace nodded in acknowledgment. "We'll figure it out, you will be better soon." He promised, giving you a reassuring squeeze.
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Weeks later, you had been sitting by the fire with Jacaerys when the words finally came. You had avoided the memory for days, scared to tell your family the truth.
âI didnât go to the godswood because I wanted to,â you revealed.
Jace turned toward you immediately, attentive but worried.
Your fingers tightened around the edge of your blanket. âLucerys came to me when I woke up.â Rhaenyra turned slowly, her eyes widening in terror. Jace gasped at the mention of your brother. âHe woke me up,â your breath hitched slightly. âHe called my name like he used to when we were children, he told me to follow him.â
Jaceâs expression tightened, pain flickering across his face, but he said nothing.
âI followed him through the halls. And when I lost himâŚâ You hesitated, as if the next words were hard to say. Jace nodded, urging you to keep talking. âI heard whispers; they pulled me toward the godswood.â
Rhaenyra stepped closer to you now. You finally looked up at her.
âAnd then I saw him again.â
âLucerys?â Rhaenyra asked quietly.
You shook your head. âNo⌠I saw Ser Harwin.â Rhaenyraâs expression changed before she could hide it.
Jace felt sick now. It had been so long since you spoke about him. While growing up, you knew the truth about your parentage. And you did not care about the whispers of it. He did not hide his feelings towards you, his only daughter, until the end. He loved you.Â
âI followed Lucerys into a room, and there was a baby with him.â
Jace frowned slightly. âA baby?â
âVisenya,â the name made Rhaenyra close her eyes, tears already falling down her cheeks.
âShe was on the ground, playing with him; it terrified me. When I turned to leave, Harwin was there, smiling at me.â You wiped your tears away. âI donât know if it was real,â you whispered. âI ran out as fast as I could to follow Lucerys.â
Rhaenyra finally moved. She crossed the room and sat beside you, grabbing your hand. âDid you see anyone else?â Jace wanted to cry; every memory he had repressed was slowly returning.
You gulped, your breath hitching again in fear. âAlys Rivers. She⌠she told me we were alike and forced me to touch the tree. I swear I did not want to touch it. I swear I didnât do it on purpose.â
You were sobbing now. Rhaenyra wrapped her arms around you and held you as you cried. Her eyes were dark with fury at the mention of her. She had heard stories, although she thought they were meant to scare children into behaving. âI know, my sweet. I know it was not your fault.â
As the night went on, Rhaenyra was able to calm you down. It was the first night you could sleep without having a nightmare⌠Yet you never revealed what you had seen and what the whispers were about.Â
You had dreamed about their deaths and the fall of House Targaryen. How could you tell your mother and your brother the truth? You knew this would become real, no matter how hard you tried to stop it.
you disappear into the sudden onslaught of a winter storm. cregan refuses to lose you.
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notes/warnings: karstark!reader, fem!reader (no physical description but reader is referred to as lady stark/wife), hurt/comfort, violence, descriptions of hypothermia, death of a man and an animal but i did my best to not be too descriptive, force feeding (drinking?) depicted as necessary, implied sexual content, cregan has a direwolf bc I SAY SO idgaf if itâs not canon, my depiction of hypothermia is based on reliable sources such as the mayo clinic and reddit asks, mentions of pregnancy
a/n: heavily inspired by this lovely lovely piece by @dreamfyr-e !!!
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Every Northerner knew: to get caught in a snowstorm was the same as walking into your own grave.Â
The party had set out from Karhold over a week ago. The visit to your childhood home to see your sister and her new child had lasted three weeks, and while you were excited to meet your nephew and see your family, the ancient castle no longer felt like your home.
A few ravens came to and from Winterfell throughout your time at Karhold. You were never truly that far from your husband if his letters came within four days of him sending it, but that changed little. By the end of your visit, even your sister could seeâyou were eager to return to what you now called home, to the arms of your Cregan.
âI still donât believe you when you tell me what heâs like with you,â She mumbled when she was helping you pack the remaining of your belongings, âTimes Iâve met him, heâs hardly spoken other than giving his men orders. Always looks like heâs swallowed a lemon.â
âHeâs a man of few words, yes,â You conceded, âBut heâs always been so gentle with me, Asha. Never raised his voice or his hand.â
She scoffed. âI doubt you would let any man raise a hand against you, even if he is Warden of the North. Remember what the boys used to call you when we were little?â
âThatâs true,â You responded, somewhat smugly, âBut Creganâs never given me reason to bring out the âCunt of Karhold.ââ
Your route there had been kind to you. This winter had already stretched long and proven brutal, but the months leading up to your visit had been tame. You left Winterfell with the utmost confidence in your safety.Â
The party rode to the northeast, stopping for one night at Dreadfort, the halfway point between your new home and ancestral one, the weather had calmed and the conditions of the roads had been so favorable that your party arrived at Karhold one day early.Â
The same could not be said for the return.
The temperature dropped two weeks before you left. A harsh storm came and went during that time, lasting three days and causing you to consider postponing your departure by another week, even if you didnât want to.
Your safety is paramount, Cregan had written after receiving your letter posing the question, I would not fault you for your caution. I would rather you return to me later than not at all, my love.
But the storm had already gone by then. The Karstark scouts said that roads had been cleared rather quickly. The snowstorm was a fluke, they explained, the weather should return to how it had been of late.
And you listened. The bannermen accompanying you listened. And now you were all about to die.Â
Visibility was high, the cold bearable, the roads truly in good condition, and you made it to Dreadfort with few issues. Leaving Dreadfort was where things had taken a turn for the worse. Now, two days later, you werenât sure youâd even see the walls of Winterfell before freezing to death.Â
The storm had truly come from out of nowhere. That morning, youâd risen from your camp with the reassuring knowledge that you were less than a dayâs ride from the northern capital. By that evening, you would be in the comfort of your own bedroom, with a hot bath, a belly full of food, and the wall of warmth that was your lord husband to welcome you home.Â
Now, the party was falling apart around you. It had become darker as the short winter day drew to a close. The wind had picked up, visibility had dropped with the same dreadfulness of a falling cup you knew would shatter upon impact. It was snowing sideways.Â
âHow far are we, ser?â You yelled to one of your guards, voice muffled against the yowling of the storm. You were squinting to keep your eyes as free from falling snow as possible, but it also meant seeing even less than what you could currently see. Your horses were quickly becoming panicked.
âIâd wager less than two hours, Lady Stark,â He answered, âBut we must make haste.â
The group of youâconsisting of you and about twenty bannermenâtried your damnedest to rally, to push forward. Home was so close, you could make it if you hurried. Everyone was rattled and on edge, men snapping at each other at the slightest provocation. The horses were jittering, put off by the cold.Â
You, attempting to use your authority over them all to force them to just go faster. The cold made Winterfell feel even further than it currently was, turning the earth elastic. Pulling it far and taut.Â
Cregan, weâre coming, you wanted to call, please, let us come home.
And then the tree fell.Â
The wind, already blowing so hard, gave an even stronger gust. With a terrible crack, and a long, loud groan, a dead tree came down on you all. You gripped the reins of your horse with all your remaining strength, barely managing to pull it away as the trunk came crashing down.Â
BOOM
The sound echoed across the forest, causing your heart to drop. Even more snow kicked up off of the ground as a result of the impact. You watched at least one man get crushed under the massive tree, his cries silenced by the roar of the wind and the angry crash.Â
Startled horses scattered, unable to be calmed by their riders. Yours bucked, once, twice, and for the longest second youâve ever experienced, you thought she would flip, and crush you beneath her.Â
Instead, she squealed in terror, and turned to run. You watched as the party disappeared into the storm, wind biting at your cheeks and pulling the hood of your cloak back.
âNo,â You demanded, yanking on the reins to no avail, âGo back, go back, go backâ!â
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The papers on his desk had been abandoned about half an hour ago. Cregan Stark was pacing the length of the room. He hadnât spoken since someone had answered his questions, and the advisors were growing anxious at the unreadable look on his face.
âIs the storm expected to stop?â Cregan asked from the desk.
âThe clouds are dense, my lord,â The maester said, âI would expect this storm to last till the morrow, at least.â
His scowl deepened. âAnd no one has heard from my wifeâs party. My wifeâs party, who should have been spotted by now, per the raven they sent this morning.â
The maester looked down, unable to meet those intense gray eyes. â...No, my lord. There has been no word from the scouts.â
No one could hear it, but everyone in the room could see the heaving of his chest, the flaring of his nostrils, the occasional twitching of his fingers. His energy pushed outwards, pressing against everyone like a weight on their chests.
Cregan Stark did not get nervous. No, Cregan Stark inspired nervousness in others. And yet, now, at the concept of his wife disappearing into the snow, he seemed to be doing both. Even Bear, the Warden of the Northâs large, frightening direwolf paused from licking at his black and brown coat to track his masterâs movements.
He stopped, before turning to face the men in his study. The entire room held its breath.Â
âWeââ
âLord Stark, my lordâ!â
The door slammed open, and a guard entered the room, panting. He had clearly run from the courtyard, cheeks red, cloak dusted with snow. He was panting heavily, leaning against the doorframe for support. At the interruption, Cregan reared on the young man, angry gaze more wolf than man.
âErik,â He grunted, âWhat is the meaningââ
âThe party is not f-far,â Erik said quickly, breathless, âBut something has gone wrong. One man is presumed dead, two men are missing, and L-Lady Starkââ
All the air seemed to have been sucked out of the room as the man bent over, coughing with overexertion. Suddenly, with a stalking gait, Cregan was crossing the room, almost lunging for him. Some men stood at the sudden movement, but made no attempt to hold him back. Creganâs arms shot out, gripping him by the shoulders and shaking. Gray eyes flashed with madness, and he paid no mind to the smaller manâs heaving in his face as he got in close.
âWhat about Lady Stark, boy? Where the fuck is my wifeââ
âHer horseâher horse was startled. It ran further into the woods. Theyââ More coughing, ââthey cannot find her.â
The guard fell to the floor as Cregan dropped him. His eyes were wide, his emotions now tangible: heavy, angered panting, matching with the rhythmic rising and falling of his hulking shoulders.
He looked back at his advisors. âReady my horse and my wolf at once.â
âMy lord, you will freezeââ
His tone left no room for discussion. âPrepare a search party at once. And bring me something from her chambers. Bear will need it to track her scent.â
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The truest darkness lives in the forests of the North. You were living it now, barely able to see anything except for the rough outlines of tree trunks, which went on for miles. Not that you could see them that far.
You couldnât tell how long had passed. The snow had never let up.Â
The panic didnât set in immediately. First, you called for your bannermen. Shouted their names over and over until their names began to sound foreign. Donât panic, you tried to tell yourself, conserve your energy.
It had gotten you nowhere, body beginning to shiver as you realized you were alone and couldnât make out the path your horse had dragged you down.Â
Winterfell is north. Just go north. Which way is north?
The shivering turned painful. Shoulder blades locked stiffly as you hunched into yourself. You could hardly feel your fingers gripping the reins of the horse, even under thick lined leather gloves. You tried to orient yourself, but it proved difficult. Dusk had passed. It was now night. You had no torch or means of making a flame to light your way, the falling snow blocking what little you could see.Â
Surrounded by trees, with no discernible landmarks or visible light in the distance to guide you further, you wandered the woods with your horse, trying to follow your horseâs tracks back to your party. Even if they were gone, if you could find the fallen trunk, you would know which way to go. If any of them had followed your path, you would run into them, and you could return together.Â
The minutes stretched into hours, a seemingly endless night suffocating you. The feeling in your nose disappeared first. Where once your cheeks burned from the cold, now the sensation bloomed into nothingness. Blowing hot air into your glovesâa constant shaky hah-hah-hah that might have helped this morningânow did next to nothing to relieve your trembling fingers.
You donât know when your eyelashes froze, but you only noticed when you took note of the foggy white ring encroaching on your peripheral vision. When you blinked, you heard the softest crunch in the way you could hear yourself swallowing or breathing. You could only assume the same was happening with your eyebrows.
And when you realized your horse was taking you in circles, the poor creature also suffering from the cold, you realized you no longer knew what to do.Â
The shouts turned to screams. You hadnât screamed out of fear in years, perhaps not since you were a child. No reason to. This was primal, brewing at your sternum and building up, up, up with every desperate rise and fall of your breath. When the pressure could be held no longer, it escaped you.
Screaming for Cregan, which you knew made no sense. He was even further than your party, but it changed nothing. You screamed and screamed and screamed, until it turned to wailing.
Wailing for your mother, who had died years ago. Who would certainly be of less help than your bannermen or Cregan now, barring divine intervention. Â
Mind slowly growing foggy and voice going hoarse, you finally admitted it to yourself. You were lost. Well and truly lost.Â
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The search party assembled and departed with a quickness that would have made Cregan proud of his men under any other circumstances. Now, however, he could only feel anger, concern, determination.
Iâm coming, love, he thought, Iâll not let you get away from me.
His men, armed with torches, extra pelts and blankets tucked in their packs, and flasks of hot mulled wine, set off in the direction your bannermen had said theyâd last seen you. Your horse, spooked by a fallen tree, had run southwest in the commotion. Before theyâd left, a servant had brought him one of your hairbrushes. Heâd let Bear sniff some at the hair caught in the bristles, and knew that as long as they found the fallen tree, the shaggy black and brown direwolf would pick up on your scent.Â
They rode south. The second they broke into the treeline, Bear sped up. The large creature, at top speed, was faster than the horses, but only in bursts of energy. He seemed to sense Creganâs desperation.Â
He ran so fast he disappeared from Creganâs line of view. The men around him followed the direwolf, trusting the beastâs instinct.Â
Moments later, a howl pierced the air. When they caught up to Bear, there it was: a long, dead tree trunk, pinning a horse and its rider to the now red forest floor.
âCheck to see if heâs alive.â He commanded two men. He began to separate his men into small groups. âYou lot are to search for the missing Manderly boy. All of you over here, call for Willas Snow. The rest of you, follow Bear! All of you pair up, spread out, call their names. We will find them. I refuse to leave without my wife.â
He felt as though he were watching someone else take command of his being. Someone who knew his men, commanded his men like he did. But Cregan was hardly inside of his own body. Though he cared for his menâpresent and missing alikeâand knew he would grieve the man crushed by the tree, right now he could not bring himself to care about them. His only thoughts were of you, out in the cold, dark wood.Â
Somewhere near him, but increasingly far away. There was a pressure growing in his chest, pushing back against the whipping wind, threatening to rise up past his throat and out of his mouth.Â
You could be hurt. You could be dead. But he would not rest until he saw you with his own two eyes.Â
Around him, the shouting began. Calling for Petyr Manderly. For Willas Snow. For Lady Stark. But Cregan did not call for either of the men, or for the Lady Stark.Â
âY/N! Y/N!â
In the middle of the wood, throat straining as his voice was carried away with the wind, Cregan called for you.
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When the whispers began, the cold had taken control of your body. The forest seemed to be spinning, the trees duplicating. Even in your delirium, you knew you should not have gotten off of the horse, but at the time youâd thought it was a good idea. You could no longer see her anymore, and you scatteredly wondered if she had gone towards the whispers or succumbed.
Now, you were stumbling through ankle-deep snow, hiking up your stupid gown to trudge through the forest. The cold had passed.Â
It almost felt pleasant now. The sensation was similar to the night Queen Rhaenyra had sent a crate of Dornish red wine to Winterfell as a gift for your husbandâs 24th name day. The great hall had been filled with more dancing than stumbling, and you spent the entire next day vowing to never drink again. That had been at the end of summer. Summer is kind. Autumn is forgiving. Spring with Cregan is so nice. WinterâŚ
And yet, it was still snowing. Still black. But the whispers were getting louder. You couldnât make sense of them at first, layered and urgent and pleading.Â
Lady Willas Petys Stark Snow Manderly⌠Snow Lady Manderly Petyr Willas StarkâŚ
That was not your name. Names. The names of your bannermen who were no longer around you. Petyr, Willas, Jon, Ethan, Brandon⌠Names names names names names think of namesâthink of lovely names.
In the distance, an orange beacon appeared. How pretty, you thought, pretty. Pret-ty. My husband is pretty.Â
You felt drunk, body swaying back and forth as you began to move towards the lightâlights? There were two now. Then three. Then a few more.
The whispers grew louder, more urgent. Who were they calling for? He had such a long name, but none of them seemed to know it exactly. Your neck began to sag downwards as you listened to them call for the man with the long name. Petyr Lady Petyr Snow Willas Stark Lady Manderly Snow Lady Lady Stark Lady Lady Ladyâ
Y/N.
Your neck snapped up, head turning frantically to search for who had whispered your name.
Y/N.
You froze. You knew that voice. The inflection of your name.Â
It wasnât a whisper.
âY/N!â
âCââ
He was here he was here he was here he was here. And if he was here, thenâ
You watched, almost entranced, as a large black mass bolted out of the dark, barreling into you, tipping you over. You landed on your back in the snow. The snow, which was warm. Hot, even.Â
Forcing yourself onto your elbows, your gaze landed on Bear. You tried your hardest to keep yourself focused on your husbandâs direwolf, but the forest was running circles around you, and your body felt like it was on fire.Â
When he tilted his snout up, letting loose a howl long and urgent, you barely heard it. This was a dream. This had to be a dream. Any moment now, you would wake, and be in your bed in Winterfell.
As you moved onto your knees, you pulled your gloves off. Your fingers were ablaze and you wanted to pet the beast. Stumbling onto your feet, you held up a hand, mouth gaping as you tried to ensure you werenât melting from the heat. When you saw you werenât, you reached for Bear.Â
âHere! My lord, sheâs over here!âÂ
Time slowed to a glacial pace. Your movements dragged as if you were underwater, all sounds muffled and scrambled. If you were underwater, they were above the surface.
You didnât touch Bear. He moved to the side. A horse skidded to a stop in front of you, the movement lasting years. It took so long that it didnât even frighten you. All you could do was look up at the angel mounted on the stallion, face lit by an army of torches suddenly surrounding you.
Him.
He unmounted the horse, barking unintelligible orders to the men around him. Something about a missing horse.Â
Then his eyes landed on you, and you damn near fell over again. When he spoke, you understood what he said. How could you not? It was one of your favorite words, one of your favorite things he called you.Â
Always with the gentlest tone, no matter the time or place. Against your hair early in the morning, in your ear at your side at supper, against your throat in the middle of the night. The first word to break through the noise, bring you back. To pull you out of the water and allow you to gasp for air.
âWife.â
You would answer. Yes, of course you would answer. You would always answer when he called. Cregan. Husband. My love.
âCââÂ
The harsh sound punched out of you, a shaky, croaky kuhhh of a dead woman newly reawakened. His eyes, already alert at the state of you, grew even wider. Immediately, he engulfed you, having to bite back the shock at just how cold your body was. He smoothed a hand over your hair, chest deflating at the reassurance of having him in your arms.
âY/N,â He rasped, âWhat happened?â
You couldnât say. You were just happy he was here. Again, you tried to say his name. âCuhhhâC-Creââ
âYes, yes, sweet girl, Iâm here,â He insisted, grabbing you by the wrist and tugging, âWe need to get you home now.â
He had never seen you like this. And by the grace of the Old Gods, he would never see you like this again. Slurring your speech, lips and fingersâwhere were your gloves?âa blueish gray, frost clinging to your brow, your hair, your lashes.Â
You were manhandled onto the stallion. Quickly, you were growing agitated. A pelt was draped over your shoulders, much to your dismay. He mounted it behind you, before trying to hand you a flask.
âDrink,â He commanded, ââS warm.â
Deliriously, you shook your head, weakly pushing it away. âSâŚâ
His stern tone dropped lower, now a pleading undertone to it. âPlease, love. You must drink this now.â
âSummer.â
He immediately knew what you meant. âNo. No, itâs not summer. Byron! Sylas! Sean! On me! Weâre returning to the castle. Now.â
His poor wife, delirium turning into distress. You shook your head, brow furrowing. As long as you were upset, you were awake. He swallowed the lump in his throat and uncapped the flask.
âForgive me.â
A large hand gripped your jaw. The wine was forced down your throat in a manner that had you spluttering with tears running down your face. Cregan grimaced the entire time, mumbling soft apologies and stroking your jaw with his thumb. He tried his hardest to ignore the clench in his chest as your hand weakly trying to tug his own away from your mouth.
You needed warmth. You were already feeling so hot you had removed your gloves. He knew this was one of the final symptoms, had seen naked corpses emerge from melting snow that had gone through similar. That if Bear had found you minutes later, this conversation would not be happening. The hot wine would help. It had to, because he didnât know what he would do if it didnât.
In a way, it did help. Upon contact with actual heat, the false blaze in your body evaporated. The pain returned, more intense than ever. When you finished coughing, you felt again the aching in your jaw from your chattering teeth. Your shoulders and upper arms were cramping from how tightly you had drawn in on yourself.
âC-Cregan,â You finally managed, âHurts.â
He breathed a small sigh of relief. âGood,â He bit out, âAs long as it hurts, youâre alive. Weâll deal with the rest later.â
The breakaway party departed. You sagged against Cregan, who did his damnedest to hold you up. You werenât speaking, but he could feel you shivering through the pelt. Shivering didnât even feel the proper term. Your body was thrumming, vibrating in a manner he could only call disturbing.
As he watched his direwolf speed up, he wondered briefly if he should have allowed you to ride Bear instead of the horse. Bear would have likely been able to get you to Winterfell faster.Â
Cregan had ridden Bear. You had ridden Bear. But never for very long. Direwolves were hardly pets, and Bear would let you both ride only for as long as he allowed it, which he wasnât sure would be long enough to get you back home. And he wasnât sure how well youâd be able to hold on.Â
No, the horse was better, he realized as you broke through the treeline. He shook his head, forcing himself to focus. Your small group carried on, and he began to allow himself to feel calmer. You were here. You were alive. You would recover.
Until a few minutes later, when your head started to tilt back against him, lolling back and forth in sync with the horseâs gallop.
âY/N,â He shouted over the wind, âY/N!â
Your eyes, unfocused, searched for him. You could vaguely make him out, features dimly lit by the torches of two of the men riding at his side.
Your hand gripped his forearm weakly. âYou...â
âMe, what about me,â He said, âYou need to stay awake.â
Your face twisted, before sluggishly shaking your head. âTired, Cregan.â
His heart sank. Any moment now, Winterfell would appear on the horizon. His voice dripped with a rough desperation that pierced through the howl of the wind. âYouâGods, woman, you need to fucking stay awake.â
âI canât⌠WantâŚâ
âWhat do you need? Tell me,â He pleaded, âThink about what you need. Tell me. Iâll get it. Think, Y/N, think! Do not fall asleep.â
He looked up from your face to check the path. In the distance, he could see lights. A sound fell from his mouth, an unintelligible groan of relief, of fear, of rare powerlessness.Â
âMy lord!â One of the men called, âIâll ride ahead and notify the maester. We must do everything in our power to warm her back up.â
Cregan nodded furiously, nodding his head. âGo!â
The man sped up, and Cregan found himself tugging on the reins to beckon his horse to go faster as well. Full speed in this weather would not do the horses good, especially when theyâd been riding in the cold for so long already. But he needed to push. Every second out here was a second too long.
âAlmost there, pet,â He cooed, pressing a kiss to the crown of your head, âHome soon.â
âHome,â You murmured in agreement. Your voice sounded so quiet.
He could see the gates. They were opened, a small mass of people huddled together. Anxiously waiting for their lord and lady to come home.
You looked up at Cregan again, and your vision blurred, black spots dancing around you. You needed to tell him. Your eyes fluttered open and fluttered shut.Â
âNeed to tell youââ
His stomach twisted, half expecting heâd need to reject a weak goodbye. When your eyes rolled up in your head, his heart splintered, gray eyes wide as he watched your every fading movement. âTell me! Tell me anything, everything, Y/N, please.â
As you crossed through the gate, your head lolled to the side, and Creganâs screaming faded into nothing.
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How soft everything was.
How cold.
ââŚNow a matter of when, not if.â
âSo sheâll live?â
âYes, my lord. I consider it nothing short of a miracle that she survived and kept all of her limbs.â
âGods be good.â
The disembodied voices sounded muffled and far away. Your body remained still as you woke. Your eyes remained closed, your limbs still curled into a ball. You were wearing one of your wool nightgowns. The fabric was lighter than what youâd been wearing earlier, yet your body felt so heavy. Like you were anchored to the bed.
Your muscles ached. Like you had been wound up so tight it would take centuries to unwind you.
The maesterâs voice, somewhere in the room, turned worried, then quiet. âThere is another matter I came upon during my examination, my lordâŚâ
You couldnât make out what was said after. You did, however, hear Creganâs steady exhale. A sharp sound of unexpectedness, a reveal he had not seen coming.Â
âYouâre sure?â
âYes, my lord. I did not realize until after I was sure she was warm enough, but I am positive.â
Your eyes cracked open. The pair was faced away from you, but you could make out Cregan running a hand down his face. The maester had a hand on your husbandâs shoulder, squeezing in reassurance.
When Cregan finally spoke, he had hardened his tone again. âThank you again, Maester Cromwell. You may go.â
âI suspect Lady Stark will be awake before the end of the day. Come find me when she stirs.â
âAye,â Cregan agreed, âI will do everything in my power to ensure my wifeâs recovery.â
He closed the door behind the old man, and turned back to the room. When he saw your eyes, cracked open, tracking his movements, he froze.
You said nothingâthere was hardly any energy in you to do otherwise.
âY/N,â He sighed. He crossed the room, removing his gloves and kneeling at your bedside. A large hand swept atop the crest of your head, before running down to your cheek. You whispered his name at his warmth, trying to press into his rough fingertips.
Here, close to you, you could make out his features. The circles under his eyes were dark, and put quite plainly, he looked as close to death as you were. His long hair was messy, and you could make out a gentle shadow across his jaw and chin. He always preferred to be clean shavenâhe had skipped his morning shave.
âI thought you were going to die,â He murmured, pressing a kiss to your forehead, âWhat the fuck happened?â
You opened your mouth, trying to find your voice. After inhaling deeply and trying to clear your throat, it came to you. When you spoke, it hurt.
âStorm caught us off guardâŚâ You winced. âTruly.â
He shook his head, before pressing his forehead to yours. He grabbed one of your hands and clasped it with both of his, grasped as if in prayer, utter devotion. âI have half a mind to lock you in this room and never let you outside again. We thought you were dead, Y/N. We brought you in and nothing we did was warming you up. It took hours.â
âIâm still cold,â You agreed weakly.Â
Cregan frowned, noting the temperature of your fingers. âMaester Cromwell said that would happen. Your nerves are shot. Youâll feel cold for the next day or so. Weâll run you a hot bath, the servants will stoke the fire, and Iâll have some broth brought up.â
âThank you,â You mumbled, âYou saved me.â
For the first time in hours, maybe even days, he smiled. It was small, but it was for you, and it was all you needed. âI promised to keep you safe, did I not?â
âYou did.â You managed to lift your head, pressing your lips to his. The kiss was gentle, reverent, and one of his hands cradled the back of your neck, the other moving down to your stomach.
âWhy didnât you write and tell me,â He urged when you broke apart.Â
âTell youâŚ?â
His grip on your stomach tightened. Not enough to hurtânever to hurt. But his fingers splayed enough to reclaim, to show possession. âYouâre pregnant.â
Your eyes snapped open, finally moving to place your hand over his. You sighed, the moment stolen away.
âI realized when I was at Karhold. My sisterâs maester confirmed it as well. I wanted to tell you myself,â You explained, âSee your face when I told you.â
He lowered his head, pressing a kiss to your stomach where his hand had just been, knowing that soon it would swell, that soon everyone would know heâd done his duty as your husband.
He pursed his lips. âIâm trying very hard not to be mad at you right now,â He confessed softly, âAll of you should have known better. Should have turned around the second the wind picked up.â
âTurn around to where?â You asked gently, not angry at his sudden outburst. âWe were closer to Winterfell than we were anywhere else. We had no choice, Cregan.â
He shook his head again, brow furrowed as he kissed you again. He moved his kisses from your lips, to your cheeks, nose, forehead, and ears. Finally, he buried his face in your neck. You shivered at his hot breath against your jugular.
When he spoke, his voice sounded harder than usual. He only got like this when he was holding back the full weight of his emotions. âNever scare me like that again.â
âI wonât,â You promised, âItâs over now. Iâm here, with you.â
Now it was your turn to stroke his hair. âThere were others that went missing,â You remembered, âWhat of them? My horse?â
He pulled away to look at you. His face had returned to the sternness you always expected of him. âSheâs resting. Petyr Manderly and Willas Snow are safe. Ser Petyr has lost two fingers from the cold. Ser Willas is still asleep, as far as Iâve heard.â
You nodded. âThank the Gods,â You whispered, âOne death was too many.â
âHeâll be given a proper funeral tomorrow,â Cregan said.
You looked down, moving to rise. âI want to goââ
Cregan grabbed your shoulders gently, trying to press you back into the mattress. âAbsolutely not. You are on strict orders to remain abed.â
You raised an eyebrow. âFrom the maester?â
âFrom me,â He insisted, âYour lord husband.â
Finally, you smiled. âAh,â You managed, â A good thing I never listen to him anyway.â
He was almost relieved at your defiance. You were the most stubborn woman heâd ever met, the spitting image of every southernerâs mental preconception of a bull-headed northern woman.
âYou want to pay your respects, wife, I understand. But you are both recovering from near freezing to death and now in delicate condition, carrying our babe. I cannot have you overexerting yourself like this.â
You sat up. He let you, though it looked almost painful to not push you back.
âI will go, but not for long,â You told him. Not requesting, nor commanding. Informing. âThe man died escorting me, in our service. I will not miss his funeral. He gave his lifeâthe least I can do is spare a few moments of mine to give his widow my condolences.â
âFucking hells, woman.â Cregan closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger. You did not look away, hardening your gaze.
At last, he relented. âVery well. But you are to stay less than an hour. I will accompany you and carry you back to this room myself if I have to.â
You grabbed his face, cradling his jaw in your cold hands. âThank you for understanding, Cregan.â
He hummed, kissing the pad of your thumb. âIâll send for the maester.â
You smiled, glad to finally be home. âSend for some food, too, please. Your son is starving.â
âOr daughter,â Cregan suggested.
Your smile grew wide. âAs stubborn as I?â
He gave you another kiss, hands cradling slowly warming fingers. âI would have it no other way.â
hope u enjoyed <3 pls comment/reblog if you did!!!
Helloooo glad youâre back â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸ I wanna request for platonic rhaenyra x daughter reader, it doesnât really follow canon
Aegon has Ser Arryk kidnap reader as revenge, planning to let Aemond keep her as a wife since thats what he has always wanted. Rhaenyra finds out about it all the following morning, causing her to become mentally unstable and violent.
When Aemond leaves Kings Landing, Aegon flies to Dragonstone to taunt Rhaenyra, threatening to throw reader on the ocean if she doesnât surrender. Heâs ambushed and returns to the Keep but ends up tossing reader. She can swim but its still a long distance. Daemon and Jace reach her in time while Rhaenyra runs down all those stairs lmao
Enraged, she sends all of Team Blackâs dragons to burn down the Red Keep. Rhaenyra goes to her daughterâs chambers and holds her close, because sheâs still terrified and vows to keep her safe, but doesnt tell her whats about to happen.
What Is Mine
Platonic Rhaenyra Targaryen x femdaugther!reader
warning(s): possessive behavior, obsessive love, violence, trauma aftermath, parental mental health crisis, controlling behavior, dark themes, kinda dark yandere rhaenyra?
wc: 4.9k
The morning sun had barely crested the horizon when Rhaenyra knew something was wrong. She felt it in her bones, in the hollow space where her daughter's presence should have been. The castle felt too quiet, too still, and when she swept into her daughter's chambers with her heart already racing, she found the bed empty, the sheets cold.
Mine. Where is mine?
The thought came unbidden, primal. Her daughter was supposed to be here, in this room, where Rhaenyra could find her at any moment. Where she belonged.
"Where is she?" Rhaenyra's voice cut through the dawn like a blade. The servants stumbled over their words, their faces pale with fear. No one had seen the princess since the night before. No one had heard anything unusual.
It was Daemon who brought her the truth, his face carved from stone, his eyes burning with barely contained fury. He found her in the council chamber, her hands pressed flat against the painted table as if she might fall without its support.
"Ser Arryk," Daemon said, and the name alone made Rhaenyra's blood run cold. "He took her in the night. On Aegon's orders."
The world tilted. Rhaenyra gripped the edge of the table until her knuckles went white. "Took her where?"
"To King's Landing." Daemon's jaw clenched. "There are whispers, Rhaenyra. Aemond has always wanted her. Since she was a girl. Aegon means to give her to him as a wife, as revenge for Luke, for everything we've done."
No. No. She is mine. Mine. Not his. Never his.
The sound that tore from Rhaenyra's throat was not entirely human. It was the cry of a dragon, of a mother whose child had been stolen in the dark. She swept her arm across the table, sending cups and scrolls flying. Wine splashed across the painted map like blood.
"I will kill him." Her voice shook with a violence that made even Daemon step back. "I will kill them all. Every last one of them."
"Rhaenyra-"
"Do not tell me to be calm!" She whirled on him, her eyes wild, her carefully braided hair coming loose around her face. "They have taken my daughter. My child. Mine. To give her to that one-eyed monster like she is a prize to be claimed, a possession to be owned."
But she is mine to possess. Mine alone. She came from my body. She is part of me.
She could see it too clearly in her mind: her daughter's face, frightened and alone, trapped in the Red Keep with men who saw her only as a tool for their ambitions. Aemond had watched her grow, had made his intentions known in looks and words that Rhaenyra had dismissed as the foolishness of a boy. But he was a man now, a man with a dragon and a crown prince's authority, and Aegon had delivered her daughter into his hands like a gift.
The image of Aemond touching her child, of his hands on skin that belonged to Rhaenyra, of him claiming what was hers, made something break inside her mind. Her daughter's body was hers. Every inch of her, from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet. Rhaenyra had brought her into this world, had nursed her at her breast, had held her through every fever and nightmare. No one else had that right. No one.
The rage that filled her was molten, consuming. She overturned chairs, tore tapestries from the walls. Her council tried to speak reason, tried to plan, but their words were meaningless noise against the roaring in her ears. Maester Gerardys approached with a calming draught and she struck it from his hands, the glass shattering against stone.
"Your Grace, we must think strategically-"
"Strategy?" Rhaenyra laughed, and it was a terrible sound. "They have stolen my daughter from her bed. There is no strategy. There is only fire and blood."
She paced like a caged beast, her mind fracturing under the weight of her fear. Every moment that passed was another moment her daughter spent in their clutches. Every breath was another breath in which unspeakable things might be happening. The thought of Aemond's hands on her child, of him claiming her as his wife, of him touching what belonged to Rhaenyra and Rhaenyra alone, of her daughter's cries going unheard in the cold stone halls of the Red Keep, it was enough to drive her mad.
She will never be his. She is mine. My flesh, my blood, my child. I will burn the world before I let him have her.
"Ready the dragons," she commanded, her voice raw. "All of them. We fly for King's Landing now."
"We cannot simply-"
"Now!"
The word echoed through the chamber like thunder. Her council scattered, some to obey, others to whisper among themselves about their queen's unraveling mind. Let them whisper. Let them doubt. She would burn the world to ash if it meant getting her daughter back. Would tear down the Red Keep stone by stone with her bare hands. Would kill Aemond herself, slowly, for daring to want what was hers.
But before the dragons could be saddled, before Rhaenyra could mount Syrax with vengeance singing in her veins, a cry went up from the watchtowers. A dragon approached. Not one of theirs.
Rhaenyra ran to the shore, her heart hammering against her ribs. The wind whipped her hair across her face as she stared up at the sky, and there, descending through the clouds like a golden nightmare, was Sunfyre.
And on his back, Aegon held her daughter.
Mine. He has his hands on mine.
The world stopped. Rhaenyra could see her child's face even from this distance, pale and terrified, Aegon's arm locked around her waist as Sunfyre circled above the shore. The dragon's scales gleamed in the morning light, beautiful and terrible, and Rhaenyra felt her heart shatter and reform into something sharp and deadly.
"Rhaenyra!" Aegon's voice carried on the wind, slurred slightly with wine even at this early hour. "Sister! I have come to make you an offer!"
She could see where Aegon touched her daughter. Could see his arm around her waist, his hand on her body. Wrong. All wrong. No one should be touching her but Rhaenyra. No one should be holding her but her mother.
She could not speak. Could not breathe. Her daughter was there, so close and yet impossibly far, held in the arms of a man who had already proven himself capable of any cruelty. In arms that were not Rhaenyra's. Being touched by hands that had no right.
Daemon appeared at her side, his hand on his sword, but what good was a sword against a dragon in flight? Jace stood on her other side, his young face twisted with fury and helplessness.
"Surrender!" Aegon called down, and now Sunfyre hovered lower, close enough that Rhaenyra could see the tears on her daughter's face. "Bend the knee, acknowledge me as king, and I will return her to you unharmed! Refuse, and I will let her fall into the sea like the bastard she is!"
"You would not dare," Rhaenyra heard herself say, though her voice sounded distant, strange. "She is your blood."
"She is a traitor's whelp!" Aegon's laugh was wild, unhinged. "Aemond wanted her, you know. Begged me to let him keep her. But I think this is better, don't you? A lesson in the price of defiance!"
Aemond wanted her. Wanted to keep her. Wanted to make her his.
The words echoed in Rhaenyra's mind like a death knell. She could picture it: Aemond's hands on her daughter's skin, his mouth on hers, his body claiming what belonged to Rhaenyra. The image made her want to claw her own eyes out, made her want to scream until her throat bled.
She is mine. Not his. Never his. I will kill him before I let him touch her. Will cut off his hands if they so much as brush against her skin.
Rhaenyra's mind raced. She could surrender. Could bend the knee, could give Aegon everything he wanted if it meant her daughter would be safe. The crown meant nothing compared to her child's life. Nothing.
But even as the words formed on her lips, she saw the trap. Aegon was drunk, unstable, capable of anything. Even if she surrendered, there was no guarantee he would keep his word. He might kill her daughter anyway, might give her to Aemond regardless, might use her as a hostage for the rest of Rhaenyra's life.
And if he gave her to Aemond, if that monster claimed her daughter as his wife, touched her, possessed her.
No. Better dead than his. Better drowned in the sea than in Aemond's bed.
The thought was monstrous, but Rhaenyra could not deny its truth. If she could not have her daughter, if she could not keep her safe and close and hers, then no one would have her. Especially not Aemond.
And in that moment of hesitation, everything went wrong.
Daemon had been signaling to their forces, hidden among the rocks and cliffs of Dragonstone's shore. Archers emerged, arrows nocked. Jace whistled sharply, and Vermax appeared from behind the castle, roaring a challenge.
Aegon's eyes went wide. "You dareâ"
"Release her!" Rhaenyra screamed, but her voice was lost in the chaos.
Sunfyre wheeled in the air, panicked by the sudden threat. Arrows flew, most falling short but some striking the dragon's golden scales. Aegon hauled on the reins, trying to gain altitude, trying to flee, and in his panic and rage and wine-addled confusion, he made his choice.
He threw her.
Rhaenyra watched her daughter fall. Watched her tumble through the air, arms flailing, mouth open in a scream that Rhaenyra felt in her very soul. The world moved in horrible slow motion, each second an eternity of agony.
Mine. My child. My flesh. Falling. Dying.
The splash as her daughter hit the water was like a physical blow. Rhaenyra's legs gave out and she fell to her knees on the rocky shore, a wail tearing from her throat that sent seabirds scattering into the sky.
"No, no, noâ"
But Daemon was already moving, Jace beside him, both of them racing down to the water's edge with ropes in hand. Rhaenyra tried to follow but her legs would not obey, her body frozen in horror as she watched the waves where her daughter had disappeared.
Then, a head broke the surface.
Her daughter was alive. Swimming. Fighting against the current with desperate strokes, her heavy dress dragging her down but her will keeping her afloat. She had always been a strong swimmer, had spent summers in the waters around Dragonstone, but this was different. This was the open sea, cold and merciless, and the shore was so far away.
Swim. Swim to me. Come back to me. You are mine. You belong with me.
"Swim!" Jace was shouting, wading into the water up to his waist. "Swim to us!"
Daemon had tied a rope around his waist and was diving in, his powerful strokes carrying him toward the struggling girl. Rhaenyra watched, her heart in her throat, as her daughter's head went under once, twice, each time taking longer to resurface.
The cold was the worst part. She could feel it seeping into her bones, turning her limbs to lead. Her dress was impossibly heavy, the fabric tangling around her legs as she kicked. Salt water burned her throat and nose every time a wave crashed over her head.
She could see the shore. Could see Jace standing in the shallows, could see Daemon swimming toward her with strong, sure strokes. But the distance seemed impossible, and her arms were so tired, and the water was so cold.
"I will not die here," she told herself through chattering teeth. "I will not give them the satisfaction."
She thought of her mother, of the fierce love in Rhaenyra's eyes, of the way she had held her close every night before bed and promised that nothing would ever harm her. That promise had been broken, shattered by men who saw her as nothing more than a pawn in their games.
But she would not let them win. Would not let Aegon's cruelty be the end of her story.
She swam. Kicked. Fought against the waves and the cold and the exhaustion that threatened to pull her under. And when Daemon's hand closed around her arm, when he hauled her against his chest and began towing her back to shore, she let herself sob with relief.
Jace grabbed her other arm as soon as they were close enough, and together they dragged her onto the rocky beach. She collapsed onto her hands and knees, coughing up seawater, her whole body shaking violently.
"You're safe," Jace was saying, his hands rubbing her back. "You're safe now."
But she did not feel safe. She felt broken, violated, terrified. Aegon had thrown her away like garbage. Had been willing to let her drown rather than face the consequences of his actions. And Aemondâthe thought of what Aemond had wanted to do to her made her stomach heave.
Rhaenyra had been halfway down the castle stairs when word reached her that her daughter was alive, that Daemon and Jace had pulled her from the water. The relief that flooded through her was so intense it nearly brought her to her knees again, but she did not stop running.
The stairs of Dragonstone were ancient and steep, carved from volcanic rock and worn smooth by centuries of feet. Rhaenyra flew down them like a woman possessed, her breath coming in ragged gasps, her hair streaming behind her. She did not care that she was barefoot, that her dress was torn from where she had fallen on the shore, that tears streamed down her face.
Alive. Mine is alive. Still mine. Still here.
Her daughter was alive. Nothing else mattered. She needed to see her, to touch her, to hold her and never let go. Needed to feel her daughter's heartbeat against her own, needed to know that she was real and whole and still hers.
She burst onto the beach to find her child wrapped in Daemon's cloak, Jace kneeling beside her, both of them speaking in low, soothing tones. But when her daughter saw her, when their eyes met, the girl's face crumpled and she reached out with shaking hands.
"Mother-"
Rhaenyra fell to her knees and pulled her daughter into her arms, holding her so tightly she feared she might break her. But she could not loosen her grip, could not bear even an inch of space between them. Her child was freezing, soaked through, trembling like a leaf in a storm. But she was alive. She was here. She was Rhaenyra's.
Mine. Safe. Here. In my arms where she belongs.
"I have you," Rhaenyra whispered into her daughter's wet hair, her hands roaming over her child's back, her shoulders, her arms, checking for injuries, for broken bones, for any sign that she had been harmed. "I have you, my darling. You're safe now. You're mine. No one will ever take you from me again."
But even as she said the words, even as she rocked her daughter and felt her tears soak into her shoulder, the rage was building again. Aegon had done this. Had stolen her child, had threatened her, had thrown her into the sea to drown. And he had escaped, had fled back to King's Landing on his golden dragon, thinking himself safe behind his walls and his crown.
He was wrong.
Rhaenyra pulled back just enough to look into her daughter's face, her hands cupping her cheeks, her thumbs stroking over her daughter's skin. Still here. Still whole. Still mine. She searched her daughter's eyes, looking for any sign of violation, any hint that Aemond or Aegon had touched her in ways that would require Rhaenyra to burn the world twice over.
"Did they hurt you?" The question came out harsh, desperate. "Did anyone touch you? Did Aemondâ"
"No, Mama. No." Her daughter's voice was hoarse, broken. "Ser Arryk took me straight to the Keep, but Aemond was not there. Aegon kept me in a tower room until, until he brought me here."
Relief and rage warred in Rhaenyra's chest. Good. Aemond had not touched her. Had not laid his hands on what was Rhaenyra's. But he had wanted to. Had begged Aegon to let him keep her.
"Can you stand? Can you walk?"
Her daughter nodded, though her legs shook as Daemon helped her to her feet. Rhaenyra immediately wrapped her arm around her daughter's waist, pulling her close against her side, supporting her weight as they began the long climb back up to the castle. She could not bear to let go, could not stand the thought of even Daemon or Jace touching her child for longer than necessary.
Mine to hold. Mine to carry. Mine to protect.
But halfway up the stairs, Rhaenyra stopped. She turned to look back at the shore, at the water where her daughter had nearly died, and then up at the sky where Sunfyre had disappeared into the distance.
"Daemon," she said, and her voice was cold, empty of everything but purpose. "Gather the dragonriders. All of them."
He understood immediately. She could see it in his eyes, the fierce approval, the matching rage. "Rhaenyra-â
"Every dragon we have," she continued, her voice growing stronger, her arm tightening around her daughter's waist. "Syrax, Caraxes, Vermax, Moondancer, all of them. They fly for King's Landing within the hour."
"Mother," Jace said carefully. "What are you commanding?"
Rhaenyra looked at him, at her brave son who had helped save his sister, and she saw the moment he understood. Saw the shock and then the grim acceptance.
"The Red Keep will burn," she said simply. "Aegon wanted fire and blood. He shall have it."
"The smallfolkâ"
"Will flee or die. I care not." The words should have horrified her, should have made her recoil from herself, but she felt nothing but cold certainty. "He threw my daughter into the sea. He would have given her to Aemond like a prize. There will be no mercy, no quarter. The Red Keep burns, and everyone inside it burns with it."
Her daughter made a small sound of distress, and Rhaenyra immediately pulled her closer, her hand coming up to cradle the back of her daughter's head, pressing her face against Rhaenyra's shoulder. "Hush, my darling. Do not think of it. Come. Let us get you warm and dry."
She did not speak of dragons or vengeance as they climbed the rest of the stairs. Did not mention the orders she had given or the destruction that would soon rain down on King's Landing. She simply held her daughter close, her arm like an iron band around her waist, and guided her through the castle halls to her chambers.
No one else would touch her. No servants, no handmaidens. Only Rhaenyra.
The room was exactly as her daughter had left it the night before, before Ser Arryk had stolen her away. The bed was still rumpled, a book lay open on the table, a half-finished embroidery sat in its frame by the window. Evidence of a life interrupted, of innocence stolen.
Rhaenyra's hands shook as she helped her daughter out of her wet clothes, her fingers working at laces and buttons with desperate urgency. She needed to see. Needed to check every inch of her daughter's skin for bruises, for marks, for any sign that someone had dared to touch what was hers.
"Mother, I can-"
"No." The word came out sharper than she intended. "Let me. I need to see. Need to know you are unharmed."
She peeled away the sodden dress, the heavy fabric falling to the floor with a wet slap. Her daughter stood shivering in her shift, and Rhaenyra removed that too, leaving her child bare before her.
Her eyes roamed over every inch of exposed skin. Looking for bruises on her wrists where Ser Arryk might have grabbed her. For marks on her throat where Aegon might have held her. For any sign that Aemond had gotten his hands on her before Aegon had taken her away.
Nothing. Her daughter's skin was unmarked save for a few scrapes from the rocks on the beach. Clean. Untouched. Still hers and hers alone.
"You are whole," Rhaenyra breathed, her hands running over her daughter's shoulders, down her arms, checking, always checking. "No one touched you. No one claimed you."
"Mother, please. I'm cold."
Rhaenyra wrapped her in warm, dry linens and soft furs, her movements almost frantic. A servant brought hot water and Rhaenyra waved her away sharply. "Leave us. I will tend to her myself."
She bathed her child herself, washing the salt from her skin and hair with gentle but possessive hands, as if she were small again. As if she were still the babe who had depended on Rhaenyra for everything. Her fingers lingered on her daughter's skin, memorizing every curve and plane, reassuring herself that her child was real and whole and here.
Mine. My flesh. My blood. No one else's.
Her daughter did not speak. She stared at nothing, her eyes distant and haunted, and Rhaenyra's heart broke anew with every passing moment. But beneath the heartbreak was something darker, something that whispered that this was good, that her daughter's trauma would keep her close, would make her dependent on Rhaenyra in ways she had not been before.
"I should have protected you better," Rhaenyra whispered as she combed through her daughter's damp hair, her fingers gentle but unyielding. "I should have posted more guards, should have suspected-"
"It is not your fault." Her daughter's voice was hoarse from screaming and seawater. "You could not have known."
But Rhaenyra should have known. Should have anticipated that Aegon would strike at her through her children, that he would use the people she loved as weapons against her. She had been so focused on the war, on strategy and alliances, that she had left her daughter vulnerable.
Never again. Never again would she let her daughter out of her sight. Never again would she trust anyone else to keep her safe. Her daughter would stay here, in Dragonstone, in these chambers, where Rhaenyra could watch over her every moment of every day.
She dressed her daughter in a warm nightgown, her hands lingering on her child's skin longer than necessary, and settled her into bed, piling furs and blankets around her until only her face was visible. Then Rhaenyra climbed in beside her, pulling her daughter into her arms and holding her so close there was no space between them.
Mine. Safe. Here. Where she belongs. Where she will stay.
"He said-" Her daughter's voice broke. "Aegon said that Aemond wanted me. That he had always wanted me. That he was going to make me his wife."
Rhaenyra's arms tightened until her daughter gasped. "That will never happen. I swear it to you on everything I hold sacred. Aemond will never touch you. No one will ever touch you. You are mine. Mine alone. Do you understand?"
Her daughter nodded against her chest, and Rhaenyra pressed her face into her child's damp hair, breathing in her scent. Still here. Still hers. Still untouched by Aemond's filthy hands.
"I was so frightened." The words came out as a sob. "When Ser Arryk came into my room, when he put his hand over my mouth and carried me away, I thought-I thought I would never see you again."
"Hush, my darling. Hush." Rhaenyra pressed kisses to her daughter's forehead, her cheeks, her hair, her hands roaming over her child's back in constant reassurance. Still here. Still whole. Still mine. "You are here now. You are safe. You are mine. I will not let anyone harm you. Will not let anyone take you. You will stay here, with me, always. I will never let you out of my sight again."
Outside the window, Rhaenyra could hear the roars of dragons, could hear the shouted commands as her forces prepared for flight. Soon, Syrax and Caraxes and all the rest would take to the sky, would fly for King's Landing with fire in their bellies and vengeance in their hearts.
The Red Keep would burn. Aegon would learn what it meant to threaten a mother's child. And if innocents died in the flames, if the smallfolk suffered for their king's crimes, then so be it. Rhaenyra had tried to be merciful, had tried to wage this war with honor and restraint.
But they had taken her daughter. Had stolen her from her bed, had planned to give her to Aemond like a possession, had thrown her into the sea to drown. Had dared to touch what belonged to Rhaenyra and Rhaenyra alone.
There would be no mercy now. No restraint. Only fire and blood and the screams of those who had dared to harm her child. And when it was done, when the Red Keep was ash and Aegon was dead and Aemond was burned beyond recognition, Rhaenyra would bring her daughter back here and keep her safe. Would lock her in these chambers if she had to, would post guards at every door and window, would never let her leave Dragonstone again.
Better a prisoner in her mother's arms than a wife in Aemond's bed. Better isolated and safe than free and vulnerable. Better hers and hers alone than anyone else's.
But here, in this room, with her daughter trembling in her arms, Rhaenyra said none of this. She simply held her close and stroked her hair and murmured soft words of comfort and love, her grip never loosening, her hands never stopping their constant checking and rechecking that her daughter was still there, still whole, still hers.
"Sleep now," she whispered, her lips against her daughter's temple. "I will stay with you. I will not leave your side. Will never leave your side again."
"Promise?" Her daughter's voice was small, childlike.
"I promise." Rhaenyra kissed her forehead again, her arms tightening until her daughter was pressed so close against her that Rhaenyra could feel every breath, every heartbeat. "Nothing will ever take me from you. Not war, not dragons, not all the armies of the realm. You are my heart, my darling girl. My flesh. My blood. Mine. And I will keep you safe. Will keep you here, with me, always. No one will ever touch you again. No one will ever take you from me. You are mine, and you will always be mine."
Her daughter's breathing gradually slowed, her body relaxing into sleep despite the trauma of the day. But Rhaenyra did not sleep. She lay awake, holding her child, her hands never ceasing their movement over her daughter's back, her arms, her hair. Checking. Always checking. Making sure she was still there, still real, still hers.
She thought of Aegon's face as he had thrown her daughter from Sunfyre's back. Thought of the casual cruelty in that gesture, the willingness to murder an innocent girl to spite her mother. Thought of Aemond, who had looked at her daughter with hunger in his eye since she was barely more than a child, who had wanted to claim her, to possess her, to make her his.
But she would never be his. Would never be anyone's but Rhaenyra's. Rhaenyra had brought her into this world, had nursed her and raised her and loved her with a fierceness that bordered on madness. And now that madness had been given form, given purpose.
They would pay. All of them would pay.
The Red Keep was burning now, she knew. Could picture it in her mind: the ancient stone walls cracking under dragonfire, the towers collapsing, the screams of those trapped inside. Aegon would be cowering in some deep vault, perhaps, or fleeing on Sunfyre's back once more.
It did not matter. He could run to the ends of the earth and she would find him. Would make him answer for what he had done. Would make him pay for daring to touch her daughter, for daring to think he could give her to Aemond like a prize.
But that was for tomorrow. For the days and weeks to come, for the continuation of this bloody war that had already cost so much.
Tonight, she simply held her daughter close and breathed in the scent of her hair and thanked every god she could name that her child was alive. Was here. Was hers.
And she would make sure her daughter stayed that way. Would keep her here, in these chambers, in this castle, where no one could touch her. Where no one could take her. Where she would be safe and protected and Rhaenyra's alone.
Forever.
"I love you," she whispered into the darkness, her grip tightening until her daughter stirred in her sleep. "More than crowns, more than kingdoms, more than life itself. You are mine. My child. My flesh. My blood. And I will never let anyone hurt you again. Will never let anyone touch you. Will never let you go."
Her daughter stirred slightly in her sleep, pressing closer to her mother's warmth, and Rhaenyra held her tighter still, her arms like iron bands, her body curved around her child's as if she could absorb her back into herself, could make them one being again as they had been before birth.
Mine. Always mine. Forever mine.
And Rhaenyra closed her eyes and held her tighter, even as the distant roar of dragons echoed across the water and the night sky over King's Landing glowed red with fire.
you disappear into the sudden onslaught of a winter storm. cregan refuses to lose you.
word count: 5.7k
notes/warnings: karstark!reader, fem!reader (no physical description but reader is referred to as lady stark/wife), hurt/comfort, violence, descriptions of hypothermia, death of a man and an animal but i did my best to not be too descriptive, force feeding (drinking?) depicted as necessary, implied sexual content, cregan has a direwolf bc I SAY SO idgaf if itâs not canon, my depiction of hypothermia is based on reliable sources such as the mayo clinic and reddit asks, mentions of pregnancy
a/n: heavily inspired by this lovely lovely piece by @dreamfyr-e !!!
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Every Northerner knew: to get caught in a snowstorm was the same as walking into your own grave.Â
The party had set out from Karhold over a week ago. The visit to your childhood home to see your sister and her new child had lasted three weeks, and while you were excited to meet your nephew and see your family, the ancient castle no longer felt like your home.
A few ravens came to and from Winterfell throughout your time at Karhold. You were never truly that far from your husband if his letters came within four days of him sending it, but that changed little. By the end of your visit, even your sister could seeâyou were eager to return to what you now called home, to the arms of your Cregan.
âI still donât believe you when you tell me what heâs like with you,â She mumbled when she was helping you pack the remaining of your belongings, âTimes Iâve met him, heâs hardly spoken other than giving his men orders. Always looks like heâs swallowed a lemon.â
âHeâs a man of few words, yes,â You conceded, âBut heâs always been so gentle with me, Asha. Never raised his voice or his hand.â
She scoffed. âI doubt you would let any man raise a hand against you, even if he is Warden of the North. Remember what the boys used to call you when we were little?â
âThatâs true,â You responded, somewhat smugly, âBut Creganâs never given me reason to bring out the âCunt of Karhold.ââ
Your route there had been kind to you. This winter had already stretched long and proven brutal, but the months leading up to your visit had been tame. You left Winterfell with the utmost confidence in your safety.Â
The party rode to the northeast, stopping for one night at Dreadfort, the halfway point between your new home and ancestral one, the weather had calmed and the conditions of the roads had been so favorable that your party arrived at Karhold one day early.Â
The same could not be said for the return.
The temperature dropped two weeks before you left. A harsh storm came and went during that time, lasting three days and causing you to consider postponing your departure by another week, even if you didnât want to.
Your safety is paramount, Cregan had written after receiving your letter posing the question, I would not fault you for your caution. I would rather you return to me later than not at all, my love.
But the storm had already gone by then. The Karstark scouts said that roads had been cleared rather quickly. The snowstorm was a fluke, they explained, the weather should return to how it had been of late.
And you listened. The bannermen accompanying you listened. And now you were all about to die.Â
Visibility was high, the cold bearable, the roads truly in good condition, and you made it to Dreadfort with few issues. Leaving Dreadfort was where things had taken a turn for the worse. Now, two days later, you werenât sure youâd even see the walls of Winterfell before freezing to death.Â
The storm had truly come from out of nowhere. That morning, youâd risen from your camp with the reassuring knowledge that you were less than a dayâs ride from the northern capital. By that evening, you would be in the comfort of your own bedroom, with a hot bath, a belly full of food, and the wall of warmth that was your lord husband to welcome you home.Â
Now, the party was falling apart around you. It had become darker as the short winter day drew to a close. The wind had picked up, visibility had dropped with the same dreadfulness of a falling cup you knew would shatter upon impact. It was snowing sideways.Â
âHow far are we, ser?â You yelled to one of your guards, voice muffled against the yowling of the storm. You were squinting to keep your eyes as free from falling snow as possible, but it also meant seeing even less than what you could currently see. Your horses were quickly becoming panicked.
âIâd wager less than two hours, Lady Stark,â He answered, âBut we must make haste.â
The group of youâconsisting of you and about twenty bannermenâtried your damnedest to rally, to push forward. Home was so close, you could make it if you hurried. Everyone was rattled and on edge, men snapping at each other at the slightest provocation. The horses were jittering, put off by the cold.Â
You, attempting to use your authority over them all to force them to just go faster. The cold made Winterfell feel even further than it currently was, turning the earth elastic. Pulling it far and taut.Â
Cregan, weâre coming, you wanted to call, please, let us come home.
And then the tree fell.Â
The wind, already blowing so hard, gave an even stronger gust. With a terrible crack, and a long, loud groan, a dead tree came down on you all. You gripped the reins of your horse with all your remaining strength, barely managing to pull it away as the trunk came crashing down.Â
BOOM
The sound echoed across the forest, causing your heart to drop. Even more snow kicked up off of the ground as a result of the impact. You watched at least one man get crushed under the massive tree, his cries silenced by the roar of the wind and the angry crash.Â
Startled horses scattered, unable to be calmed by their riders. Yours bucked, once, twice, and for the longest second youâve ever experienced, you thought she would flip, and crush you beneath her.Â
Instead, she squealed in terror, and turned to run. You watched as the party disappeared into the storm, wind biting at your cheeks and pulling the hood of your cloak back.
âNo,â You demanded, yanking on the reins to no avail, âGo back, go back, go backâ!â
â â â
The papers on his desk had been abandoned about half an hour ago. Cregan Stark was pacing the length of the room. He hadnât spoken since someone had answered his questions, and the advisors were growing anxious at the unreadable look on his face.
âIs the storm expected to stop?â Cregan asked from the desk.
âThe clouds are dense, my lord,â The maester said, âI would expect this storm to last till the morrow, at least.â
His scowl deepened. âAnd no one has heard from my wifeâs party. My wifeâs party, who should have been spotted by now, per the raven they sent this morning.â
The maester looked down, unable to meet those intense gray eyes. â...No, my lord. There has been no word from the scouts.â
No one could hear it, but everyone in the room could see the heaving of his chest, the flaring of his nostrils, the occasional twitching of his fingers. His energy pushed outwards, pressing against everyone like a weight on their chests.
Cregan Stark did not get nervous. No, Cregan Stark inspired nervousness in others. And yet, now, at the concept of his wife disappearing into the snow, he seemed to be doing both. Even Bear, the Warden of the Northâs large, frightening direwolf paused from licking at his black and brown coat to track his masterâs movements.
He stopped, before turning to face the men in his study. The entire room held its breath.Â
âWeââ
âLord Stark, my lordâ!â
The door slammed open, and a guard entered the room, panting. He had clearly run from the courtyard, cheeks red, cloak dusted with snow. He was panting heavily, leaning against the doorframe for support. At the interruption, Cregan reared on the young man, angry gaze more wolf than man.
âErik,â He grunted, âWhat is the meaningââ
âThe party is not f-far,â Erik said quickly, breathless, âBut something has gone wrong. One man is presumed dead, two men are missing, and L-Lady Starkââ
All the air seemed to have been sucked out of the room as the man bent over, coughing with overexertion. Suddenly, with a stalking gait, Cregan was crossing the room, almost lunging for him. Some men stood at the sudden movement, but made no attempt to hold him back. Creganâs arms shot out, gripping him by the shoulders and shaking. Gray eyes flashed with madness, and he paid no mind to the smaller manâs heaving in his face as he got in close.
âWhat about Lady Stark, boy? Where the fuck is my wifeââ
âHer horseâher horse was startled. It ran further into the woods. Theyââ More coughing, ââthey cannot find her.â
The guard fell to the floor as Cregan dropped him. His eyes were wide, his emotions now tangible: heavy, angered panting, matching with the rhythmic rising and falling of his hulking shoulders.
He looked back at his advisors. âReady my horse and my wolf at once.â
âMy lord, you will freezeââ
His tone left no room for discussion. âPrepare a search party at once. And bring me something from her chambers. Bear will need it to track her scent.â
â â â
The truest darkness lives in the forests of the North. You were living it now, barely able to see anything except for the rough outlines of tree trunks, which went on for miles. Not that you could see them that far.
You couldnât tell how long had passed. The snow had never let up.Â
The panic didnât set in immediately. First, you called for your bannermen. Shouted their names over and over until their names began to sound foreign. Donât panic, you tried to tell yourself, conserve your energy.
It had gotten you nowhere, body beginning to shiver as you realized you were alone and couldnât make out the path your horse had dragged you down.Â
Winterfell is north. Just go north. Which way is north?
The shivering turned painful. Shoulder blades locked stiffly as you hunched into yourself. You could hardly feel your fingers gripping the reins of the horse, even under thick lined leather gloves. You tried to orient yourself, but it proved difficult. Dusk had passed. It was now night. You had no torch or means of making a flame to light your way, the falling snow blocking what little you could see.Â
Surrounded by trees, with no discernible landmarks or visible light in the distance to guide you further, you wandered the woods with your horse, trying to follow your horseâs tracks back to your party. Even if they were gone, if you could find the fallen trunk, you would know which way to go. If any of them had followed your path, you would run into them, and you could return together.Â
The minutes stretched into hours, a seemingly endless night suffocating you. The feeling in your nose disappeared first. Where once your cheeks burned from the cold, now the sensation bloomed into nothingness. Blowing hot air into your glovesâa constant shaky hah-hah-hah that might have helped this morningânow did next to nothing to relieve your trembling fingers.
You donât know when your eyelashes froze, but you only noticed when you took note of the foggy white ring encroaching on your peripheral vision. When you blinked, you heard the softest crunch in the way you could hear yourself swallowing or breathing. You could only assume the same was happening with your eyebrows.
And when you realized your horse was taking you in circles, the poor creature also suffering from the cold, you realized you no longer knew what to do.Â
The shouts turned to screams. You hadnât screamed out of fear in years, perhaps not since you were a child. No reason to. This was primal, brewing at your sternum and building up, up, up with every desperate rise and fall of your breath. When the pressure could be held no longer, it escaped you.
Screaming for Cregan, which you knew made no sense. He was even further than your party, but it changed nothing. You screamed and screamed and screamed, until it turned to wailing.
Wailing for your mother, who had died years ago. Who would certainly be of less help than your bannermen or Cregan now, barring divine intervention. Â
Mind slowly growing foggy and voice going hoarse, you finally admitted it to yourself. You were lost. Well and truly lost.Â
â â â
The search party assembled and departed with a quickness that would have made Cregan proud of his men under any other circumstances. Now, however, he could only feel anger, concern, determination.
Iâm coming, love, he thought, Iâll not let you get away from me.
His men, armed with torches, extra pelts and blankets tucked in their packs, and flasks of hot mulled wine, set off in the direction your bannermen had said theyâd last seen you. Your horse, spooked by a fallen tree, had run southwest in the commotion. Before theyâd left, a servant had brought him one of your hairbrushes. Heâd let Bear sniff some at the hair caught in the bristles, and knew that as long as they found the fallen tree, the shaggy black and brown direwolf would pick up on your scent.Â
They rode south. The second they broke into the treeline, Bear sped up. The large creature, at top speed, was faster than the horses, but only in bursts of energy. He seemed to sense Creganâs desperation.Â
He ran so fast he disappeared from Creganâs line of view. The men around him followed the direwolf, trusting the beastâs instinct.Â
Moments later, a howl pierced the air. When they caught up to Bear, there it was: a long, dead tree trunk, pinning a horse and its rider to the now red forest floor.
âCheck to see if heâs alive.â He commanded two men. He began to separate his men into small groups. âYou lot are to search for the missing Manderly boy. All of you over here, call for Willas Snow. The rest of you, follow Bear! All of you pair up, spread out, call their names. We will find them. I refuse to leave without my wife.â
He felt as though he were watching someone else take command of his being. Someone who knew his men, commanded his men like he did. But Cregan was hardly inside of his own body. Though he cared for his menâpresent and missing alikeâand knew he would grieve the man crushed by the tree, right now he could not bring himself to care about them. His only thoughts were of you, out in the cold, dark wood.Â
Somewhere near him, but increasingly far away. There was a pressure growing in his chest, pushing back against the whipping wind, threatening to rise up past his throat and out of his mouth.Â
You could be hurt. You could be dead. But he would not rest until he saw you with his own two eyes.Â
Around him, the shouting began. Calling for Petyr Manderly. For Willas Snow. For Lady Stark. But Cregan did not call for either of the men, or for the Lady Stark.Â
âY/N! Y/N!â
In the middle of the wood, throat straining as his voice was carried away with the wind, Cregan called for you.
â â â
When the whispers began, the cold had taken control of your body. The forest seemed to be spinning, the trees duplicating. Even in your delirium, you knew you should not have gotten off of the horse, but at the time youâd thought it was a good idea. You could no longer see her anymore, and you scatteredly wondered if she had gone towards the whispers or succumbed.
Now, you were stumbling through ankle-deep snow, hiking up your stupid gown to trudge through the forest. The cold had passed.Â
It almost felt pleasant now. The sensation was similar to the night Queen Rhaenyra had sent a crate of Dornish red wine to Winterfell as a gift for your husbandâs 24th name day. The great hall had been filled with more dancing than stumbling, and you spent the entire next day vowing to never drink again. That had been at the end of summer. Summer is kind. Autumn is forgiving. Spring with Cregan is so nice. WinterâŚ
And yet, it was still snowing. Still black. But the whispers were getting louder. You couldnât make sense of them at first, layered and urgent and pleading.Â
Lady Willas Petys Stark Snow Manderly⌠Snow Lady Manderly Petyr Willas StarkâŚ
That was not your name. Names. The names of your bannermen who were no longer around you. Petyr, Willas, Jon, Ethan, Brandon⌠Names names names names names think of namesâthink of lovely names.
In the distance, an orange beacon appeared. How pretty, you thought, pretty. Pret-ty. My husband is pretty.Â
You felt drunk, body swaying back and forth as you began to move towards the lightâlights? There were two now. Then three. Then a few more.
The whispers grew louder, more urgent. Who were they calling for? He had such a long name, but none of them seemed to know it exactly. Your neck began to sag downwards as you listened to them call for the man with the long name. Petyr Lady Petyr Snow Willas Stark Lady Manderly Snow Lady Lady Stark Lady Lady Ladyâ
Y/N.
Your neck snapped up, head turning frantically to search for who had whispered your name.
Y/N.
You froze. You knew that voice. The inflection of your name.Â
It wasnât a whisper.
âY/N!â
âCââ
He was here he was here he was here he was here. And if he was here, thenâ
You watched, almost entranced, as a large black mass bolted out of the dark, barreling into you, tipping you over. You landed on your back in the snow. The snow, which was warm. Hot, even.Â
Forcing yourself onto your elbows, your gaze landed on Bear. You tried your hardest to keep yourself focused on your husbandâs direwolf, but the forest was running circles around you, and your body felt like it was on fire.Â
When he tilted his snout up, letting loose a howl long and urgent, you barely heard it. This was a dream. This had to be a dream. Any moment now, you would wake, and be in your bed in Winterfell.
As you moved onto your knees, you pulled your gloves off. Your fingers were ablaze and you wanted to pet the beast. Stumbling onto your feet, you held up a hand, mouth gaping as you tried to ensure you werenât melting from the heat. When you saw you werenât, you reached for Bear.Â
âHere! My lord, sheâs over here!âÂ
Time slowed to a glacial pace. Your movements dragged as if you were underwater, all sounds muffled and scrambled. If you were underwater, they were above the surface.
You didnât touch Bear. He moved to the side. A horse skidded to a stop in front of you, the movement lasting years. It took so long that it didnât even frighten you. All you could do was look up at the angel mounted on the stallion, face lit by an army of torches suddenly surrounding you.
Him.
He unmounted the horse, barking unintelligible orders to the men around him. Something about a missing horse.Â
Then his eyes landed on you, and you damn near fell over again. When he spoke, you understood what he said. How could you not? It was one of your favorite words, one of your favorite things he called you.Â
Always with the gentlest tone, no matter the time or place. Against your hair early in the morning, in your ear at your side at supper, against your throat in the middle of the night. The first word to break through the noise, bring you back. To pull you out of the water and allow you to gasp for air.
âWife.â
You would answer. Yes, of course you would answer. You would always answer when he called. Cregan. Husband. My love.
âCââÂ
The harsh sound punched out of you, a shaky, croaky kuhhh of a dead woman newly reawakened. His eyes, already alert at the state of you, grew even wider. Immediately, he engulfed you, having to bite back the shock at just how cold your body was. He smoothed a hand over your hair, chest deflating at the reassurance of having him in your arms.
âY/N,â He rasped, âWhat happened?â
You couldnât say. You were just happy he was here. Again, you tried to say his name. âCuhhhâC-Creââ
âYes, yes, sweet girl, Iâm here,â He insisted, grabbing you by the wrist and tugging, âWe need to get you home now.â
He had never seen you like this. And by the grace of the Old Gods, he would never see you like this again. Slurring your speech, lips and fingersâwhere were your gloves?âa blueish gray, frost clinging to your brow, your hair, your lashes.Â
You were manhandled onto the stallion. Quickly, you were growing agitated. A pelt was draped over your shoulders, much to your dismay. He mounted it behind you, before trying to hand you a flask.
âDrink,â He commanded, ââS warm.â
Deliriously, you shook your head, weakly pushing it away. âSâŚâ
His stern tone dropped lower, now a pleading undertone to it. âPlease, love. You must drink this now.â
âSummer.â
He immediately knew what you meant. âNo. No, itâs not summer. Byron! Sylas! Sean! On me! Weâre returning to the castle. Now.â
His poor wife, delirium turning into distress. You shook your head, brow furrowing. As long as you were upset, you were awake. He swallowed the lump in his throat and uncapped the flask.
âForgive me.â
A large hand gripped your jaw. The wine was forced down your throat in a manner that had you spluttering with tears running down your face. Cregan grimaced the entire time, mumbling soft apologies and stroking your jaw with his thumb. He tried his hardest to ignore the clench in his chest as your hand weakly trying to tug his own away from your mouth.
You needed warmth. You were already feeling so hot you had removed your gloves. He knew this was one of the final symptoms, had seen naked corpses emerge from melting snow that had gone through similar. That if Bear had found you minutes later, this conversation would not be happening. The hot wine would help. It had to, because he didnât know what he would do if it didnât.
In a way, it did help. Upon contact with actual heat, the false blaze in your body evaporated. The pain returned, more intense than ever. When you finished coughing, you felt again the aching in your jaw from your chattering teeth. Your shoulders and upper arms were cramping from how tightly you had drawn in on yourself.
âC-Cregan,â You finally managed, âHurts.â
He breathed a small sigh of relief. âGood,â He bit out, âAs long as it hurts, youâre alive. Weâll deal with the rest later.â
The breakaway party departed. You sagged against Cregan, who did his damnedest to hold you up. You werenât speaking, but he could feel you shivering through the pelt. Shivering didnât even feel the proper term. Your body was thrumming, vibrating in a manner he could only call disturbing.
As he watched his direwolf speed up, he wondered briefly if he should have allowed you to ride Bear instead of the horse. Bear would have likely been able to get you to Winterfell faster.Â
Cregan had ridden Bear. You had ridden Bear. But never for very long. Direwolves were hardly pets, and Bear would let you both ride only for as long as he allowed it, which he wasnât sure would be long enough to get you back home. And he wasnât sure how well youâd be able to hold on.Â
No, the horse was better, he realized as you broke through the treeline. He shook his head, forcing himself to focus. Your small group carried on, and he began to allow himself to feel calmer. You were here. You were alive. You would recover.
Until a few minutes later, when your head started to tilt back against him, lolling back and forth in sync with the horseâs gallop.
âY/N,â He shouted over the wind, âY/N!â
Your eyes, unfocused, searched for him. You could vaguely make him out, features dimly lit by the torches of two of the men riding at his side.
Your hand gripped his forearm weakly. âYou...â
âMe, what about me,â He said, âYou need to stay awake.â
Your face twisted, before sluggishly shaking your head. âTired, Cregan.â
His heart sank. Any moment now, Winterfell would appear on the horizon. His voice dripped with a rough desperation that pierced through the howl of the wind. âYouâGods, woman, you need to fucking stay awake.â
âI canât⌠WantâŚâ
âWhat do you need? Tell me,â He pleaded, âThink about what you need. Tell me. Iâll get it. Think, Y/N, think! Do not fall asleep.â
He looked up from your face to check the path. In the distance, he could see lights. A sound fell from his mouth, an unintelligible groan of relief, of fear, of rare powerlessness.Â
âMy lord!â One of the men called, âIâll ride ahead and notify the maester. We must do everything in our power to warm her back up.â
Cregan nodded furiously, nodding his head. âGo!â
The man sped up, and Cregan found himself tugging on the reins to beckon his horse to go faster as well. Full speed in this weather would not do the horses good, especially when theyâd been riding in the cold for so long already. But he needed to push. Every second out here was a second too long.
âAlmost there, pet,â He cooed, pressing a kiss to the crown of your head, âHome soon.â
âHome,â You murmured in agreement. Your voice sounded so quiet.
He could see the gates. They were opened, a small mass of people huddled together. Anxiously waiting for their lord and lady to come home.
You looked up at Cregan again, and your vision blurred, black spots dancing around you. You needed to tell him. Your eyes fluttered open and fluttered shut.Â
âNeed to tell youââ
His stomach twisted, half expecting heâd need to reject a weak goodbye. When your eyes rolled up in your head, his heart splintered, gray eyes wide as he watched your every fading movement. âTell me! Tell me anything, everything, Y/N, please.â
As you crossed through the gate, your head lolled to the side, and Creganâs screaming faded into nothing.
â â â
How soft everything was.
How cold.
ââŚNow a matter of when, not if.â
âSo sheâll live?â
âYes, my lord. I consider it nothing short of a miracle that she survived and kept all of her limbs.â
âGods be good.â
The disembodied voices sounded muffled and far away. Your body remained still as you woke. Your eyes remained closed, your limbs still curled into a ball. You were wearing one of your wool nightgowns. The fabric was lighter than what youâd been wearing earlier, yet your body felt so heavy. Like you were anchored to the bed.
Your muscles ached. Like you had been wound up so tight it would take centuries to unwind you.
The maesterâs voice, somewhere in the room, turned worried, then quiet. âThere is another matter I came upon during my examination, my lordâŚâ
You couldnât make out what was said after. You did, however, hear Creganâs steady exhale. A sharp sound of unexpectedness, a reveal he had not seen coming.Â
âYouâre sure?â
âYes, my lord. I did not realize until after I was sure she was warm enough, but I am positive.â
Your eyes cracked open. The pair was faced away from you, but you could make out Cregan running a hand down his face. The maester had a hand on your husbandâs shoulder, squeezing in reassurance.
When Cregan finally spoke, he had hardened his tone again. âThank you again, Maester Cromwell. You may go.â
âI suspect Lady Stark will be awake before the end of the day. Come find me when she stirs.â
âAye,â Cregan agreed, âI will do everything in my power to ensure my wifeâs recovery.â
He closed the door behind the old man, and turned back to the room. When he saw your eyes, cracked open, tracking his movements, he froze.
You said nothingâthere was hardly any energy in you to do otherwise.
âY/N,â He sighed. He crossed the room, removing his gloves and kneeling at your bedside. A large hand swept atop the crest of your head, before running down to your cheek. You whispered his name at his warmth, trying to press into his rough fingertips.
Here, close to you, you could make out his features. The circles under his eyes were dark, and put quite plainly, he looked as close to death as you were. His long hair was messy, and you could make out a gentle shadow across his jaw and chin. He always preferred to be clean shavenâhe had skipped his morning shave.
âI thought you were going to die,â He murmured, pressing a kiss to your forehead, âWhat the fuck happened?â
You opened your mouth, trying to find your voice. After inhaling deeply and trying to clear your throat, it came to you. When you spoke, it hurt.
âStorm caught us off guardâŚâ You winced. âTruly.â
He shook his head, before pressing his forehead to yours. He grabbed one of your hands and clasped it with both of his, grasped as if in prayer, utter devotion. âI have half a mind to lock you in this room and never let you outside again. We thought you were dead, Y/N. We brought you in and nothing we did was warming you up. It took hours.â
âIâm still cold,â You agreed weakly.Â
Cregan frowned, noting the temperature of your fingers. âMaester Cromwell said that would happen. Your nerves are shot. Youâll feel cold for the next day or so. Weâll run you a hot bath, the servants will stoke the fire, and Iâll have some broth brought up.â
âThank you,â You mumbled, âYou saved me.â
For the first time in hours, maybe even days, he smiled. It was small, but it was for you, and it was all you needed. âI promised to keep you safe, did I not?â
âYou did.â You managed to lift your head, pressing your lips to his. The kiss was gentle, reverent, and one of his hands cradled the back of your neck, the other moving down to your stomach.
âWhy didnât you write and tell me,â He urged when you broke apart.Â
âTell youâŚ?â
His grip on your stomach tightened. Not enough to hurtânever to hurt. But his fingers splayed enough to reclaim, to show possession. âYouâre pregnant.â
Your eyes snapped open, finally moving to place your hand over his. You sighed, the moment stolen away.
âI realized when I was at Karhold. My sisterâs maester confirmed it as well. I wanted to tell you myself,â You explained, âSee your face when I told you.â
He lowered his head, pressing a kiss to your stomach where his hand had just been, knowing that soon it would swell, that soon everyone would know heâd done his duty as your husband.
He pursed his lips. âIâm trying very hard not to be mad at you right now,â He confessed softly, âAll of you should have known better. Should have turned around the second the wind picked up.â
âTurn around to where?â You asked gently, not angry at his sudden outburst. âWe were closer to Winterfell than we were anywhere else. We had no choice, Cregan.â
He shook his head again, brow furrowed as he kissed you again. He moved his kisses from your lips, to your cheeks, nose, forehead, and ears. Finally, he buried his face in your neck. You shivered at his hot breath against your jugular.
When he spoke, his voice sounded harder than usual. He only got like this when he was holding back the full weight of his emotions. âNever scare me like that again.â
âI wonât,â You promised, âItâs over now. Iâm here, with you.â
Now it was your turn to stroke his hair. âThere were others that went missing,â You remembered, âWhat of them? My horse?â
He pulled away to look at you. His face had returned to the sternness you always expected of him. âSheâs resting. Petyr Manderly and Willas Snow are safe. Ser Petyr has lost two fingers from the cold. Ser Willas is still asleep, as far as Iâve heard.â
You nodded. âThank the Gods,â You whispered, âOne death was too many.â
âHeâll be given a proper funeral tomorrow,â Cregan said.
You looked down, moving to rise. âI want to goââ
Cregan grabbed your shoulders gently, trying to press you back into the mattress. âAbsolutely not. You are on strict orders to remain abed.â
You raised an eyebrow. âFrom the maester?â
âFrom me,â He insisted, âYour lord husband.â
Finally, you smiled. âAh,â You managed, â A good thing I never listen to him anyway.â
He was almost relieved at your defiance. You were the most stubborn woman heâd ever met, the spitting image of every southernerâs mental preconception of a bull-headed northern woman.
âYou want to pay your respects, wife, I understand. But you are both recovering from near freezing to death and now in delicate condition, carrying our babe. I cannot have you overexerting yourself like this.â
You sat up. He let you, though it looked almost painful to not push you back.
âI will go, but not for long,â You told him. Not requesting, nor commanding. Informing. âThe man died escorting me, in our service. I will not miss his funeral. He gave his lifeâthe least I can do is spare a few moments of mine to give his widow my condolences.â
âFucking hells, woman.â Cregan closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger. You did not look away, hardening your gaze.
At last, he relented. âVery well. But you are to stay less than an hour. I will accompany you and carry you back to this room myself if I have to.â
You grabbed his face, cradling his jaw in your cold hands. âThank you for understanding, Cregan.â
He hummed, kissing the pad of your thumb. âIâll send for the maester.â
You smiled, glad to finally be home. âSend for some food, too, please. Your son is starving.â
âOr daughter,â Cregan suggested.
Your smile grew wide. âAs stubborn as I?â
He gave you another kiss, hands cradling slowly warming fingers. âI would have it no other way.â
hope u enjoyed <3 pls comment/reblog if you did!!!
pairings: dark!vampire!jacaerys velaryon x pregnant!wife!reader (at first)
summary: Jacaerys returns home from the battle, but he's not the same, and he wants the greens to burn.
warnings: presumed death, angst, angst, angst, fluff, pregnancy, y/n goes into labor early, the greens suck, dark!Jace, fire, dragons, blood drinking, and other warnings.
EDIT: intended to be just one part, but I'm debating on making a second part on both here and ao3. still not sure though, because the ending's pretty solid.
read on ao3!!
War was always inevitable.Â
Men started wars for the dumbest reasons. Yet why was this one happening? Because of a throne. A throne rightfully belonging to your husband's mother. You wed Jacaerys not too long ago, and now were with child, the sixth moon. You wouldn't give birth yet. "No, don't go, Jace," You insist, grabbing his wrist to stop him."This won't be a battle you'll win. You will be outnumbered. I can't lose you."
"I must. They'll kill them if I don't. I couldn't save Luke." You frown."That wasn't your fault, Jacaerys. You and I are one. I can't..." He pulls you closer, and you needed that. His warmth's comforting."I'll return, my love. I promise. And for our babe." You sigh, before nodding."Go, then. Your mother needs her throne." He lets go, and you hope in that moment you're not making a decision you'd come to regret.Â
Your hand remained comfortably on your stomach. Would you have twins? Or a girl? Or boy? The possibilities were exciting. You should be happy, but it's a war right now, and getting pregnant wasn't one of the choices you should've made. War is no place for children. Yet the Greens seem to think so. You didn't have a dragon so you couldn't leave on your own. But you had no plans to, not in this state.Â
Pregnancy did that to you.
"Your grace, I wouldn't stress too much, it's not good for the babe," One of the servants had said to you. "I know, I won't, he'll come home, he never breaks a promise," You say, mostly reassuring yourself. A babe's growing within you, your babe must be protected. So, your worries eased. You and Jacaerys were thinking about names. Aemma, for a girl, to name after Rhaenyra's late mother, something she'd love, you're sure of it, and a boy, well, you both were debating on that. You wanted to instinctively call him Lucerys, after the brother that passed.
Still, you hadn't decided.
You wanted to do this with him and even though it had only been hours, you began feeling lonely. Emotions and hormones seemed to be all over the place. But you stayed put. You weren't going to be reckless. He had locked his own mother in her room. "Jacaerys?" You hear Rhaenyra call out. You stood up, wondering if it was best to tell her. "Jace?" She repeats, then you step into view."He's gone, your grace."
She would've fallen to the floor by those words.
"No," Rhaenyra whispers."My boy." "He'll live," You whisper, trying to convince yourself you were right. He has to, doesn't he? It pains you to see a mother like this, to lose a child. "He's going to be fine," You say again.Â
She looked at you, tears in her eyes."He shouldn't have gone. It should've been me." You look out the window. Baela's dragon was coming back.
Jace was not behind her.
Your husband was presumed dead.
Both he and Vermax vanished, Baela couldn't have seen where he had gone. Rhaenyra fell to the ground. You screamed, tears poured down your face. You could not help it. Then, you felt it. You screamed out again, this time not out of the pain from losing your husband.
You were giving birth.Â
Water dripped onto the floor. Rhaenyra froze."Early labor." Baela helped you."Come, Y/N. You're going to have a babe." You're led to your room. Screaming at the top of your lungs. Gods, this hurt. Why now? Why go into labor when Jacaerys is gone? You will at least have a babe to keep his memory and legacy going.Â
A midwife is summoned and the labor begins. This was your battlefield: childbirth. You werenât sure if you could handle this. What if you and the baby died? What then? Another loss for Rhaenyra?
You always looked up to her. She was always the rightful Queen to you.Â
You push, but itâs still painful. Theyâd be small and there was that youâd lose your child since you had gone into labor early. Perhaps the grief is what caused it to happen.
âI see the head.â
You groan, pushing as hard as you could. You knew this would happen of course, when you first found out you were with child, but this was something you hoped to do with your husband by your side.
âPlease! Get it out!â You yell, you donât mean it of course, but the pain is overwhelming and you just want the baby to be here, to be alive.
Undoubtedly, thereâs blood.
Not a lot but there is. And you hear a baby cry, you sigh of relief. âA girl,â the midwife announces, and begins cleaning the babe. Then the pain continues.
What?
You thought that was over. âTwins!â Itâs announced, after cleaning the baby, the birth continues. How long has it been since twins were born in this world? You groan, you're given Milk of the poppy, which is soothing the pain. You're beginning to feel groggy, but at least it's continuing. "A head, your grace," The maester said. You just nod tiredly. The birth was a little difficult with your daughter crying in the background.Â
Gods.
You wanted to live, badly, to be a mother, the one you've always dreamt of being. Then, you hear more cries in mixture of your daughter's. By this point, it had been several hours of labor. You didn't dwell on it.Â
"A boy."
You smile, and the two babes are in your arms. Two babies, in one pregnancy. You might faint, but you won't. You're still a little groggy. They suck and drink the milk. You didn't think they'd naturally latch on.Â
Rhaenyra comes in.Â
"The babes, they're beautiful," She said."Do you have names?" You frown. You wanted to do this with your late husband. "Aemma, for the girl," You said, then considered the boy's name. There had been several Aegons so far. "Lucerys, for the boy," You then say, she smiles.
But the happiness could not last very long.Â
Lucerys and Aemma were sweet babes, and they fed easily. They cried, like normal babies, but were easy nonetheless. That was a relief. You recovered in bed for the rest of the day while the babies were taken care of. But you also had to grieve on your own. Meanwhile, Aemond had gone to Harrenhal. Aegon was nowhere to be seen. You hoped Aemond wouldn't try anything on dragonstone for your children.Â
Jason Lannister had fallen in the battle, along with your husband. You could say it was karma.Â
Three days have passed.Â
You stare outside of dragonstone, the birth recovery wasn't so bad. "I figured you'd be here," Baela said, walking over beside you."Have you even eaten?" "I have," You say. You did. "Have you? Rhaena, too? your sister... I can't imagine," You sighed. "She's okay, I'm leaving again," Baela frowned."We have to. If they want a violent Queen, they'll get it." "She still thinks Alicent is good, that was the mistake," You whisper.
"I thought for a moment too."
Grief changes a person, and you no longer think peace can happen, not in this war. the greens have proven that. Sometime after this, Baela leaves. Rhaenyra's isolated herself. She's probably planning another attack. You stay in your room, isolation seems to work for you as you care for your babies. Lucerys is in your arms. Aemma is with your trusted Governness. You're trying, but you need support as a widow.Â
Bastards, you could guess what the greens would say, but they aren't.Â
You nearly fell asleep when you hear a dragon roar. It'd been 3 days and you thought maybe you're hallucinating a dragon. Baela was gone, you're sure of it. Rhaenyra might've left, but you doubted it.
You hand Lucerys over to the other governess.Â
"Baela? Back so soon?" You say, confused.Â
"I've missed you."
You freeze in your spot. It's Jacaerys. But, he's dead. He drowned in the waters. You know this. "Jacaerys, how are you here?" You ask, turning around. There's something different about him. It's everything. He had a sweetness to him, but you only sense death, and darkness. That sweetness is gone.Â
"The details aren't necessary," He tells you, kissing you deeply, and you embrace it. "Did you give birth?" He asks."So early?" You nod."It must've been because of the mere thought of losing you." Jacaerys kisses you again, more rough this time. You're enjoying it, but this... feels off. He's cold, very cold. "What happened to you? I heard you were dead," You ask, pulling away from the kiss.Â
"I lived. Now, I think, the Greens will finally get what's coming. They've earned it, don't you think?"
You step back."Jacaerys, what has happened? Please, tell me." "I'm just a little different, but I came back, and I wanted to come back to you almost immediately," He explained."But my thirst was too strong. It's contained now, of course."
"Contained? What does that mean?" You asked.Â
"I just want to meet the babe," He said."Then I'll explain." You chuckle."We had twins, Jacaerys." "Twins?" He said, shocked, but you could tell it was a good reaction. "You weren't here for the birth, so I named them Aemma and Lucerys," You explain. "I love you," He said."More than anything."
You smile."I love you too."
You bring the children out. You couldn't help but admire as he holds them. A loving father. "You must tell your mother," You say."She's devastated." "I know," Jacaerys sighed."Now, I owe you a story. I'm not necessarily human anymore." He said, while Lucerys in his arms. Aemma, in yours.
"Not human?" You say."I mean, I had an idea, I can smell death on you." "I washed up on the shores, Vermax was unharmed, hiding, but someone had turned me into one of them, a vampire," He explains.
You gasp. "I'm not going to hurt you, or them," Jacaerys said."However, I want to taste you, so badly. I've perfected my thirst. But just one taste of you, my loving wife." You feel compelled to say yes, so you do. Your children are taken from you to their rooms.
"Then, they will burn."
You want revenge just as badly as he does, but you also want to just enjoy the moments you have now that he's returned. The greens are only a small problem right now. You lay down on the very bed you gave birth in. He's on top of you now, and you relax as he kisses your neck before his fangs sink in, beginning to drink from you. The dizziness seems to happen right away. But he pulls back, and there's some blood on his lips. The feeling is complicated. It's like there's a thrill that comes from it, but fear at the same time.Â
"Just as sweet as I imagined it'd be."
You suddenly feel more exhausted, but you figured, after being fed on, you'd be tired. So, you try and get some rest, maybe you'd feel better in the morning. You close your eyes and you sleep. You dream.Â
You imagine Jacaerys dying for real in your dream, that he's been shot at, and Vermax has sunk into the sea.Â
It's a good thing it's just a dream.Â
Jacaerys wakes you, his arms had been wrapped around your waist. "Don't vampires stay up all night? I didn't think sleep was necessary," you chuckle. "I can pretend," He says, kissing your neck just a little."I have a plan. I want you to come with me, ride with Vermax."
You agree, immediately, knowing what he meant.
"Let's start with the red keep," You say. It's quiet, but he nods. The red keep no longer holds any meaning to him, now that they've corrupted it. It wasn't the innocent, just the castle, with those that have wronged you both.Â
Once you're in the air, the adrenaline kicks in.Â
They've woken the dragon, because despite what Alicent thinks, what Otto had thought, Jacaerys was still very much a dragon. Once you've reached the red keep, you hear him speak the words,"Dracarys."
You can tell he's smiling as the flames engulf it.Â
Summary: As Daemon stays in Harrenhal without reporting to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, their daughter decides to go talk to him personally⌠However, the ghosts will show her the truth, whether she wants to or not.
Pairing: Platonic Rhaenyra Targaryen x female Velaryon!reader, Platonic Daemon Targaryen x female Velaryon!reader, Platonic Jacaerys Velaryon x female Velaryon!reader
Warnings: no use of y/n, written in second POV, paranormal elements, Alys being weird, Daemon, cursing, typical Westeros bs, Harrenhal is probably so out of character, but who knows atp, probably ooc Rhaenyra as well
A/N: I meant to write this with my OC but I know that doesnt really do well on here so
I do not use any AI to write my fics, gtfo with that bs
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PART 2
The library in Dragonstone was one of the few places in the castle that felt peaceful and safe. Rhaenyra sat at a table covered in letters, maps, and reports. Sheâd been reading the same message for what felt like hours, not even turning the page. You sat away from her, curled up on a chair with a book on your lap.
âHow long has it been since Daemon left?â You suddenly asked.
She stilled for a moment before answering. âAlmost a month,â you hummed in acknowledgment.
âI am going to Harrenhal to get Daemon back,â you informed your mother.
Rhaenyra turned to you with an incredulous expression. âNo.â
âI was not asking,â you reminded her, while turning your attention back to the book in your hands. Your mother simply stared at you, how you were acting as if you had told her you wanted to get something from the kitchens.
âYou are to stay here, by my side.â Rhaenyra stood up and approached you, her expression turning darker.Â
You glanced towards all the parchments scattered on the wooden table. The war had already begun, Rhaenyra still refused to act, and Daemon was terrorizing the Riverlands. âMother, pleas-â
âYou will not leave Dragonstone, not with Aemond and Vhagar so close to striking at any moment.â
You sighed. âI already made my decision, mother. I will go with or without your permission.â
âNo!â Rhaenyra growled, her face now closer to yours and her hands holding the armrests, trapping you. âIf anything happens to me, you will succeed me and rule Westeros. I need to keep you safe.â
âDaemon is out there wreaking havoc for our cause, and you are worried about me?â You questioned her defiantly. âWe should be gaining more allies. I cannot sit here doing nothing.â
âYou are my heir,â Rhaenyra grabbed your chin, not tight to hurt you but firm to make you look at her. Her expression has changed into something else. Fear? Anger? You could not tell. âListen to me carefully, I forbid you. You will not go to Harrenhal, do you understand?â You opened your mouth to answer, but her grip tightened slightly to silence you. âDo you understand?â She repeated.Â
Her eyes were shining not with tears, but with rage. The terror of losing another child after losing Lucerys and Visenya terrified her. You sat there, still under her grip, not attempting to move her away. You understood her reasons, but did not agree.
âIf something has happened to Daemon, I will deal with it, not you.â
She released you and let out a shaky sigh. You stared in silence as she walked back to the table and sat down. The discussion was finished.Â
For now.
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Council meetings had been tense after Jaehaerysâ death. Every report felt like it carried bad news, and all the discussions ended in arguments. And, even if they do not say it out loud, some still blame Rhaenyra for it.
She sat at the head of the table, rubbing her temple while Lord Celtigar and Maester Gerardys were arguing over supply routes. Jacaerys was listening to them, growing more annoyed by the minute.Â
âYour Grace.â
âYes?â She glanced up to see one of the guards stepping forward. He seemed pale, visibly sweating.Â
âThere is⌠Something happened⌠with the princess.â All conversations seemed to stop; everyoneâs attention was now focused on him. He cleared his throat. âThe dragonkeepers reported that she left⌠an hour ago.â
Rhaenyra stared at him, her expression blank for a moment as she processed the words. Jaceâs face drained of color. âLeft?â
âYes, Your Grace.â
âDid she say where?â She asked sarcastically, already knowing the answer. The guard looked miserable, and nobody else spoke up to help him.
âNo,â he stammered.
âMy sister left, and nobody knows where she went,â Jace asks no one in particular. His heart was beating uncontrollably. What if she went to Kingâs Landing on her own?
âLeave.â The guards almost ran away, disappearing.
Queen Rhaenyra sat in silence, staring at the table. All the council members present were waiting for her to say anything. âIâll find her; she couldnât have gone too far,â Jace promised, standing up.
âShe went to Harrenhal,â she revealed, âto bring Daemon back.â Jace stared in shock. All the council members seemed uncomfortable, especially Lord Celtigar, since he had much to say about that.
âI forbade her,â Rhaenyra whispered, now shaking in anger. âI forbade her from leaving, and she disobeyed me.â
âMother, let m-â
âI forbade her!â She roared, standing up and walking towards the doors.Â
âMother!â Jace called, rushing after her. âWait!â
Rhaenyra almost ran through the corridors to get Syrax, the rage radiating from her body. You had left Dragonstone with not so much as a word, like a thief in the night.
But she would bring you back home, even if she had to strap you down to your dragon.
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Harrenhal.
You stood in front of the largest castle in Westeros, a place you had dreamed of visiting when you were a child. Ser Harwin Strong, your real father, had told you stories about this place. But the day he died, you swore never to come here.
A man approached you. His gaze moved momentarily to your dragon. âOh, Princess,â he greeted, nervously looking around while your dragon circled the air. âForgive us, we were not expecting⌠Iâm Simon Strong.â
âYou were related to Lord Lyonel?â You asked, tilting your head.
âYes, I was his uncle.â He cleared his throat. âHow can I help you?â He knew who you were and why you were here.Â
âI want to speak to Daemon now,â you demanded. Simon fidgeted with his hands, debating on what to reply. âWhat?â
âHeâs⌠preoccupied at the moment.â
You stared at him with an incredulous expression. âI do not care what he is or is not doing; I want to speak to him. Now.â He blanched and turned to go into the castle. You sighed and followed him.
Inside, Harrenhal looked depressing. Dark hallways, rubble, and reconstruction efforts are still going on. You stared at your surroundings for a moment before catching up to Simon.Â
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You waited in a secluded parlor and watched as Daemon entered. He seemed so⌠unbothered that you were there.Â
âDid it ever cross your mind that my mother is unprotected in Dragonstone while you stay here, doing nothing?â you berated him, words rushing out of your mouth, days of suppressed anger being unleashed.
Daemon scoffed. âNothing? I am securing the Riverlands for her.â
âStrange, since we have not received anything positive about your behavior,â you informed him, crossing your arms.
You both stared at each other, and the tension was thick. âAnd you believed them,â he said as he poured a glass of wine for himself and sat down.Â
âShouldnât I? You had a child slaughtered in their sleep, left Dragonstone to come here, and some of the Riverlords are sending letters regarding your behavior.â
âWhat happened to Jaehaerys was a tragedy, thatâs not what I intended. It was a mistake.â
âWhat is it that you want, Daemon?â You questioned with a sigh, brows furrowing slightly. âThe throne? Is that it? You went through all this facade to be king?â
Daemon raised a brow slowly. âWhat?â
âYou want my motherâs throne, so admit it,â you almost begged. âWe are tired of this game youâre always playing. Tell me what you truly want and let us be done with this.â
He was quiet for a minute before answering. âI want Rhaenyra to be queen, yet wanting something and achieving it are very different,â Daemon mentioned that you sit down next to him. âI regret what happened to Jaehaerys. I wanted Aemond to die for what he did to Lucerys. It was a mistake.â
âYou left us, Daemon,â you whispered, âyou left mother when she needed your support. I suppose you always do that, since it is not the first time.âÂ
âWhat?â He breathes.
âI will go to sleep now. It is late, and I want to go home tomorrow.â
Daemon watches you leave, memories of recent events flooding his mind. You were right. He always abandoned Rhaenyra when she needed him.
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âSister! Come play!â A voice echoed through the night. âCome on!â
You groaned softly, untangling yourself from the blankets and rubbing your eyes.Â
âSister!â The voice laughs.
âLuke, let me sleep,â you replied before abruptly sitting up on the bed. âLuke?â
Giggles and the pitter-patter of barefoot feet against the stone filled the air. Without thinking, you began to follow it. The corridors felt endless. Moonlight was peaking through some of the holes in the walls, but it was mostly dark and shockingly cold.
The sight in one of the sitting rooms made you stop. Lucerys sat on the ground in front of the hearth, playing with a silver-haired baby. The boy lifted his gaze to smile at you.Â
Feeling your chest tightening with fear, you turn around to leave, but you stand there frozen.
âSer Harwin!â You gasped.
Your father smiled softly. âMy sweet girl.â
âThis cannot be real,â you whispered to yourself, and quickly moved away from him, when a noise in the corridor made you turn your head. Lucerys was motioning for you to follow him again.
âSister! Come join me!â He exclaimed and ran off again. You followed, not before turning around to see Harwin in the same spot.
âLuke! Wait!â You begged, yet no answer came.
The chase led you out into the cool night air. You searched among the shadows for Luke, but he was gone. Then, you heard it.
Whispers, as if a hundred voices were speaking at once. You could not make out the words, but it seemed to pull you in towards the godswood. The weirdwood tree with the carved face, glowing under the moonlight, the dripping sap making it seem like it was weeping.
Unable to resist, you stepped closer. The whispers grew louder with every step. You stopped in front of the tree, staring at its eyes. However, a strange, uneasy feeling in your chest made you turn to leave.
Alys Rivers stood directly behind you. You stumbled back in shock. She had been so silent while she studied you, âYou and I are more alike than you realize.â
âI am nothing like you,â you replied, frowning.
Alys faintly smiled. âYou hear them as well, donât you? The whispers,â she gazed towards the tree.
âI donât understand what you meanâ
You took a step to the side, intending to leave, but Alys moved faster. Her hand shot out and grabbed your wrist with a tight grip. Before you could pull away, she dragged you forward and slammed your open palm against the white trunk.Â
The moment your skin made contact, the whispers became louder. Your gaze turned up towards the night sky and gasped, your body violently shaking. Images flashed before your eyes. Dragons flying over burning cities, dead bodies, and blood.
You cried out before collapsing, unconscious before hitting the ground.
PART 2
Warnings: obvious incest come on guys we know this already, violence, spoilers for episode 1 of hotd, kids being stupid, typical westeros violence, i wont kill aemma in this
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When Y/N was ten years young, she would get in a lot of trouble for misbehaving. She was never too pleased to follow the rules. The king and the queen never gave her any punishments, knowing she meant no harm and that she was having fun, after all, she was just a kid.
In one particular incident, she accidentally knocked over a small table with books when she was not paying attention. The only person around her during that moment was Otto Hightower and he had enough. He always considered her to be a spoiled brat with no manners, often pressuring the king to send her away.
âInsolent child,â he hissed, grabbing her arm roughly and making her shriek. âI am sick of you.â
âStop it!â
âIf you lay a hand on her again, I will gouge your eyes out.â
Daemon was heading out when he heard the commotion and decided to check what had happened. He immediately pushed Y/N behind his body, facing Otto, who looked as if he had seen a ghost. âMy prince, this girl-â
âIs my niece. And you, out of all people, have no right to talk to her nor treat her this way. Learn your place because I am getting sick of you.â
From that day forward, Otto did not keep trying to get rid of the princess and Daemon became her protector. No matter what happened, whether she was at fault or not, he would always be there for her. Viserys knew exactly what he was doing but allowed it to continue, knowing very well that Y/N was quite possibly the only way to ground his brother.
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Five years later
The dragonpit was filled with laughter that morning. Y/N was playing around with her dragon Armax. She supposedly went there to train and learn some new things from the dragonkeepers but it was just a ruse to get away from the castle.
Armax was a beautiful dragon with pale green scales. He was very playful and carefree, and he was often seen with Syrax, Rhaenyra's dragon. Y/N visited him multiple times a week, knowing he gets lonely without her there.
After he ate, Y/N rested on his front legs. They were both tired from the morning shenanigans. She jolted awake when she heard a familiar shriek. Caraxes. Daemon came home. She instantly felt joy as she spotted a red dragon landing outside. Y/N rushed to greet her uncle, excited to see him.Â
âDaemon!â Y/N greeted cheerfully as he got down from his dragon. The rogue prince turned around at her call, a pleased smile crossing his features.Â
âY/N,â he opened his arms to get a hug. Y/N held him tightly as if he was going to disappear. âI have missed you, princess.â
âAnd I missed you too.â Y/N pulled away slightly to smile at him. âAre you staying a while?â
âI want to stay here permanently but your father will probably exile me again.â They both laughed. Viserys had exiled Daemon multiple times, only to accept his return later.
Caraxes went inside the pit and was met with a playful huff, which made him snort with annoyance. It was known amongst the family that Armax and Caraxes got along great but one lacked the patience to keep up with the other.
Daemon and Y/N walked to the castle together. He could not stop glancing her way. He loved her with all his heart. He could be described, by some, as a man with no feelings or regard for anyone in his life but that was far from the truth. Daemon valued his family and cared very deeply for each of them. However, Y/N has always been his favorite. He always brought her the finest silk, the most beautiful jewelry, amazing books, and anything she could desire. If she wanted it, she would get it.
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The Heirâs Tournament was a success. While men were jousting and getting favors from the highborns, Queen Aemma successfully delivered a male child, prince Baelon. Y/N and Rhaenyra were both glad, their father got what he always wanted and now he would leave them be for a while. It was great.
One person that was not happy was Daemon Targaryen. His ego was crushed because he lost to a knight. He went to the Street of Silk to try and forget about the awful event. He had so many plans to execute after what he thought would be an easy victory but now he did not wish to do anything besides being with Mysaria and sink into his cups.
Back in the Red Keep, the celebrations were done for the night. The king and the queen were in their quarters, celebrating privately the birth of their son. Rhaenyra and Alicent were gushing about all the knights they saw. And the Velaryons had already retired to their chambers to rest, except one: Laenor Velaryon.
Y/N and Laenor have always been very close. They got along great and were protective of each other. Armax and Seasmoke got along as well since they often fly together. Y/N would visit Driftmark constantly to visit him.
They still had a lot of energy from the day and some playful jousting sounded like a fantastic idea when Laenor brought it up. It was quiet, probably the knights were changing shifts. They devised a plan early on: get the necessary armor parts and no saddles for the horses. There indeed was no time to do everything properly, it would take too long and by the time they finished, someone would probably know what they were up to.
Y/N and Laenor were quietly giggling at how small he looked with the breastplate on. Y/N got on her horse without hers, telling herself she would put it on after the practice run. Laenor got on his and the âmatchâ started.Â
It was difficult to keep their laughter down but it was very fun. They got comfortable after a few tries and kept going without breaks. As they were approaching each other, Y/N heard a gate opening. She turned her head to take a quick look and did not see what was in front of her. Laenorâs lance hit her shoulder hard, knocking her off the horse. She hit her head on the divider, dropping to the dirt with a sickening thud.Â
âY/N?â Laenor called out for her but there was no response. He got down and approached her nervously. âCousin?â He did not even dare to shake her awake, remembering something about not moving someone that is injured. âY/N, wake up. Please wake up.â
She did not wake up. Laenor tried for what felt like hours to no avail. He started crying for help, for anyone to come help them, alerting many Kingsguards that were close to the fields.
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Daemon had returned after a failed night with Mysaria. He was looking for Y/N to give her a gift. He planned to give it to her after his victory but since it did not go in his favor, it had to wait. It was a beautiful valyrian steel tiara, adorned with diamonds and red stones, perfect for a princess.
The rogue prince was confused as to where she could be. She was not in her chambers, nor the library or the kitchens. He doubted she was out flying with Armax, knowing her father would not approve of her going out so late in the night.
With annoyance, he gave up on trying to find her. He resigned himself and accepted that he would just give it to her later. As he was heading to his quarters, he spotted maids frantically running along the corridors, one heading for Y/Nâs bedchamber.
His blood ran cold like ice. He rushed there to find the maester preparing his tools. Before he could even ask what happened, two Kingsguards carried Y/N in. Daemon gasped in anguish, assuming the worst. Was she dead?
Behind them, was Laenor, who was crying. Daemon kneeled in front of him. âTell me what happened,â he demanded, making the boy cry more. He wrapped his arms around Daemonâs neck. He wanted answers but knew Laenor was too scared to answer him.Â
By now, the entire family was awake, waiting in the main sitting area for answers. The only ones allowed in the Y/Nâs chambers were the king and the queen. Poor Laenor was clutching to his mother, quietly crying. He still had not said what happened but from what Daemon heard from the Kingsguard, it was all an accident.
It felt like hours after when the maester told Daemon and Rhaenyra they could come in. Y/N was laying on her bed with her shoulder and head wrapped. âPrincess Y/N received a hard blow to her head and her shoulder is broken. For now, she has to be monitored, since I do not know the extent of her injuries.â
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Y/N was awake a few hours later. The maester was fussing over her since she was lethargic and disoriented. Queen Aemma had left to rest, since she just had a child, but promised to return the next morning. Rhaenyra was sent to her chambers, although she did fight about wanting to stay with her sister. And Viserys went to talk to Laenor and his parents.Â
Daemon was the only one left. He sat in a corner, staring at the girl. The anxiety and fear he felt were slowly turning into pure anger. He saw her move, wincing as she pulled and tried to get situated on the bed.
Y/N, despite how she was feeling, was waiting for him to say something. âDaemon?â She called for him, almost in a whisper.
He stood up, stalking over to the bed. âHow could you do that to yourself?â He was mad and he was done hiding it. âYou could have died tonight.â
âWe were just playing,â she lowered her head to stare at her hands.Â
âPlaying? You call that playing? Getting on a horse with no armor to joust is not playing!â Daemon pinched the top of his nose. âYou are so reckless. I never wanted to admit it but it is true. You have no care for your own life or others. Laenor could be the one in your spot at this moment.â
Y/N did not know what to answer. She knew she would get scolded but she assumed it was going to be by her parents or Rhaenys but him? He had never scolded her before. He always supported her crazy antics.
âI will tell your father to keep a close eye on you. You cannot be trusted.â
âThis is not any of your business,â she challenged him. Daemon turned to look at her, his eyes darkened with fury. âYou only do this to get on my father's good side.â
âIt is my business, Y/N.â
âI do not see how or why it is.
âBecause I love you.â What? âI have loved you for so long and it terrifies me that I could lose you any second.â
âYou love me?â
âI do. I always have,â he confessed. âIt pains me greatly that this is the way I had to tell you.â
Y/N stared at him with furrowed brows. âYou are lying.â
âHave I ever lied to you?â
âYes, Daemon, you have,â she replied. He stood there, staring at the ground.Â
âI am not lying about this,â he promised. Y/N still did not believe him. âI love you, and I will prove it to you.â
Warning: petty fights, its enemies to lovers and y'all know my inspo is kanthony from bridgerton, angst, arranged marriage, incest right?, typical warnings for anything westeros, spoilers for episode 4 and maybe 5 (even though its not out yet as i write this) of house of the dragon
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âYou will wed Lady Y/N Velaryon, and you will do so without protest.âÂ
âThe daughter of the Sea Snake. So I can be a remedy for your political headache.â
âYou are my political headache!â Viserys exclaimed.Â
After leaving her father, Rhaenyra felt as if life was sucked out of her. A marriage to Y/N. She could endure being wed to any lord in the Realm if it meant she would still be heir. But being wed to her? How was she going to survive?
The Velaryonâs were always at the Keep, after all, they were family. Rhaenyra and Y/N were the same age. Over the course of their childhood, they had some minimal fights that were always resolved minutes later. Even if they did not agree with most things, they always gravitated to each other. Now? Not so much.
She remembers it clearly. Six years ago, the entire family was at the dragonpit, visiting the dragons. Since Alicent was also present, due to Rhaenyraâs insistence, Y/N wandered off by herself. She could hear hushed laughs behind her. Y/N saw them looking at her while whispering, which set her off completely. It all ended in blows. The adults were bewildered, they truly did not know what to do or say. Corlys rushed his daughter away, demanding to know what caused it. After Y/N explained, he did not understand much, but knew that those fights were common with girls her age. The issue was not forgotten by them. Viserys and Rhaenys discussed what to do, and the best solution was to keep them separated. And it has been that way ever since.
At High Tide, Y/N was beside herself. Her father had just told her the news: she was betrothed to be married. Once Corlys left her bedchamber, Y/N sat down to sob. There had not been conversations of marriage at all in the castle, at least for her. Her parents decided to not push the subject, knowing it would cause a fight and Y/N possibly leaving Driftmark for good.
This is her fault. We are in this mess because of her.
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The following days, both families met to discuss the âroyal weddingâ, as Viserys liked to call it. Y/N was nowhere to be seen. Rhaenyra was looking for her.Â
She found her eventually, sitting on a rock at the beach. âThere you are. I have been looking all over for you.â Rhaenyra was panting, it was a long walk. âHave you decided what decor you want⌠for our wedding?â
Y/N looked at her with a mixed expression of disgust and annoyance. âDo it yourself. We are in this situation because of you.â
Rhaenyra was taken aback. âWhat?â
âWe are being forced into this marriage because you decided to have fun and do questionable things. Do not get me wrong, having fun is important, but actions always have consequences. And here they are.â Y/N ranted, standing up and getting in her face. âOh, and do not think I have forgotten about what you did at the dragonpit. Do not talk to me unless it is necessary, dear wife.â
Rhaenyra was speechless. Yes, they did not like each other, that was clear. But it had been years since that incident. She thought that Y/N would have put that behind her. It was now clear that the marriage would be hell.
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Rhaenyra and Y/N moved together to Dragonstone, along with Syrax and Jarax who surprisingly got along quite well. It was a sight to see, dragonkeepers were surprised to find them laying together at first, a shocking sight, especially since their riders could not stand each other.
Rhaenyra and Y/N had separate bedchambers. It was clear that they could not be in the same space for a long period of time. For meals, they ate at the same table, but far from each other. They did not see each other much during the day, but when they did, it was a fight.
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There were bakers in Dragonstone per Rhaenyraâs request. This meant they had delicious cakes and sweets available every day.
Y/N walked to the dining room, finding many cakes. As she looked through the table to see what to try first, she spotted lemon cakes⌠without any lemons on top.
âRhaenyra,â Y/N huffed out, grabbing the tray of lemon cakes and marching towards Rhaenyra's bedchamber.
Her wife sat on the floor, many books opened and others discarded, making a mess. Her face turned into a scowl when she saw Y/N walk in, without knocking. âWhat do you want?â
âYou are insufferable, I hope you know that,â Y/N stated, throwing the tray without care on top of her lap. âEat the entire cake, not just the lemons. If you wanted a lemon slice, go ask for one. If you pull this stupidity again, the bakers will be dragon food.â
Rhaenyra was speechless at this outburst but deep down, not really surprised. After Y/N left huffing, she laughed. Making her mad was easy.
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Rhaenyra loved having fresh flowers around the castle. The space feels full of life.Â
In one particular area, there was a table with many trinkets. Rhaenyra placed a vase of beautiful roses, brought from Highgarden. It looked lovely. Please with her new addition, she left to find a book in the library.Â
However, when she returned, the vase was not there anymore. âY/N,â Rhaenyra grumbled. The vase was now on a table in the middle of the sitting area. It did look beautiful but that was not where it should be. Rhaenyra moved it back to its original place.
The silent fight went on for hours, whenever they came out and saw the vase, they moved it where they wanted it to be. Rhaenyra had enough.
She barged into Y/Nâs bedchamber, holding the roses. Rhaenyra lifted the vase so Y/N could see it. âHope you had a nice look, because I am throwing them out. I will not be getting any more flowers thanks to you not keeping your hands to yourself.â
When she left, Y/N smiled, feeling relaxed. She did like making Rhaenyra mad, as payback for the lemon cakes.
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At last, everything changed.
Y/N was on her way to get Jarax, so they could fly along the coast of Dragonstone together. She loved the way the breeze felt against her skin. The stuffy castle was driving her mad. She prefers to be outside, enjoying nature. Rhaenyra was at one of the balconies, looking at her from a distance. It has been a long four months, full of constant petty fights. In that time, they had also received letters from the family, asking how things were and telling them what was happening back home.
Jarax layed on the edge of a small cliff, looking rather discontent. Maybe he needed this as well. âHello, handsome boy. I missed you.â He let out a soft grunt, before nudging his head towards her. Y/N caressed his cheek. âReady for a little fun?â When she got on his back, he extended his wings to take off but she felt him flinch, hard. Y/N held onto his back as tight as she could but to no avail. He gave a hard turn, taking Y/N by surprise and making her slip off.
Rhaenyra shot up from her seat when she saw Y/N plummeting into the water. She ran through the castle, screaming to the servants and the knights of what had happened. Her heart was beating uncontrollably, tears already falling out of her eyes.
Time seemed to stop in Dragonstone. As Rhaenyra was almost reaching the beach, she saw knights going into the water. Y/N was not far from the shore. Fortunately, the distance of the fall was not too far either.Â
A knight named Gregory carried Y/N onto the sand. She gripping his shoulder, clearly still in shock. She coughed loudly, probably feeling uncomfortable from having swallowed too much water.
âY/N!â Rhaenyra cried, almost throwing herself on top of her. She wanted to ask so many things at once but the words would not come out. She was a nervous wreck, touching Y/N everywhere, trying to find an injury.
âPrincess, it is alright,â her maid Annora said, while placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. Rhaenyra practically pulled wife onto her lap, rubbing her back softly, while Y/N tried to catch her breath. âWe will get the Maester.â
They do not know how long they sat at the beach. The couple felt like it was hours but in reality, only minutes went by. Gregory carried Y/N back to her bedchamber, where the Maester Gerardys was waiting.Â
As he got to work, Rhaenyra stood in the corner, motionless. The anxiety was too much for her at the moment. Yet she would not dare to open her mouth. Y/N came first, always.
âExcuse me, Princess,â a knight called out, snapping her out of her trance. âThe dragonkeeper would like to speak with you.â
Rhaenyra nodded, leaving the room immediately. The man was standing farther from the door, for privacy. âSpeak.â
âWe examined Jarax. It appears his wing had been injured. He had not complained about it, therefore we do not know if it was a recent injury. It is possible he tried to ignore the pain, for the sake of going for a ride with Lady Y/N.â
Rhaenyra pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to get herself together. âWhere is he now?â
âLaying with Syrax, she did not want to leave his side,â the keeper confessed. Rhaenyra nodded and told him he was dismissed.
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Rhaenyra went back to the bedchamber after the Maester left. Y/N was in her nightshift, wrapped in furs. âHello.â
Y/N smiled softly. âYou came.â She said, feeling a little surprised.
âOf course I was,â Rhaenyra said, sitting next to her on the bed. âI was not leaving you here by yourself. You are my wife, after all.â
Their hearts fluttered at that. Hearing her say those words was strange but it felt right. After many years of fights and constant bickering, that hate progressed into love and admiration. Quite possibly, all those fights they had since arriving at Dragonstone felt like they were not fighting at all, just mere teasing each other.
âYou really scared me today,â Rhaenyra whispered, picking at invisible fuss on the fur. âI thought I lost you.â
âI am alright, it was just a scare. Nothing to worry about,â Y/N assured her. âI am lucky my father showed me what to do if I fell in water, otherwise it would be very different.â After a pause, she asked, âdid they say what happened to Jarax?â
âHis wing was injured,â Rhaenyra informed her, causing her to gasp. âIt was minor but apparently painful. I think he got it while playing with Syrax.â
Y/N giggled. âSeems like something that would happen to him.â
They fell into a comfortable silence. Y/N had stood up, despite Rhaenyra's inaudible protests. She watched as Y/N walked around her chamber holding a small chest in her hand.Â
âHere, this is for you,â Y/N beamed, happily pushing the chest onto Rhaenyra's hands.
Somewhat unsure, she opened it. It was two beautiful gold rings with red stones. âWhere did you get this? They're lovely.â
âRemember that day I left after our stupid fight? I went to Dorne⌠Found these as I walked around the city.â
Rhaenyra did not say anything, yet she slid one ring on her own finger and grabbed Y/Nâs hand, doing the same for her.Â
Y/N grabbed her hands, softly pulling her up from the bed. âTell me what is troubling you.â
With shame, Rhaenyra lowered her head. âSince we arrived to Dragonstone, I have been thinking about our fight when we were younger⌠I was a fool. Alicent was talking about your dress, saying some idiotic thing I do not even remember anymore. I was so immature at that time, but if it was now, Iâd have her head on a spike for speaking about you that way.â
âRhaenyra, I-â Y/N tried to speak but fell quiet when she felt her wife caressing her cheek.
âI love you, Y/N,â she confessed, finally feeling as if weight was lifted from her shoulders. âI always have. I guess that spending all these years fighting made me love you even more.â
âI am glad you finally admit it. I thought you never would,â Y/N replied cheekily, making Rhaenyra roll her eyes. âI love you as well. I am sorry for taking this long to actually say it.â
They looked into each otherâs eyes and it was clear, they were both nervous. Feeling brave, Rhaenyra traced her jaw with her fingers and felt Y/N leaning towards her touch. Their lips finally pressed together, they felt soft. Rhaenyra's heart pounding in her chest, she had wanted to be with her wife for so long.Â
It was their second kiss, the first one they shared was at their wedding. It was passive at first, they did not want to make each other uncomfortable. As they pulled apart, Y/N asked âare you alright?â It was not answered with words, but with another kiss. Not as shy as the previous one, hands already moving all over her body. Rhaenyra finally feeling sure of what to do.Â
There was anticipation in Y/Nâs eyes as Rhaenyra carefully laid her down on the bed, laying on top of her. She needed her, they needed each other. Their bodies touched, sending shocks through them.Â
Y/N kissed her passionately, their tongues dancing together. She had imagined this so many times, but nothing came close to what she was experiencing in that moment. Y/N slowly started to pull down Rhaenyraâs shift, the need of feeling her skin was overwhelming.Â
Rhaenyra ran a hand up her leg, enjoying the feeling of her body twitching. She hicked them up, making Y/N wrap them around her waist. As she trailed her hand higher up on Y/Nâs thigh, she let out a soft moan. Rhaenyra reveled in it. She loved to know exactly how she was making her feel.
The lust and need for each other grew with each second, they could not stand it any longer. Rhaenyra tore off both nightshifts, feeling impatient. She was hungry for her wife. Y/Nâs heart raced as she took in the sight of her. Her eyes were dark as she tried to memorize Rhaenyra's body.Â
They kissed again. Y/N held onto Rhaenyra's hands as she felt her kisses going from her cheek, to her jaw, and to her neck. Y/N moaned and shuddered as Rhaenyra softly rocked her hips into her.
They spent that night together, making promises, whispering promises and professing their love for each other.Â
Requested: Yes, but @astraljedi and I modified it a lil
Warnings: angst, cursing, lets say rhaenyra and laenor get married two years earlier than in the show (everything else is the same), im trying to make this timeline make sense, spoilers for episode 6, 7 and 8, aemond channeling his inner daemon, typical westeros violence, awkward dinner, very telenovela fight after the dinner
A/N + additional warnings: i normally try to avoid this but i will be mentioning hair descriptions in this. sorry about that
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Aemond was hugging his mother, resting his head on her shoulder. He had just lost an eye but he gained the biggest dragon in Westeros.Â
He watched as his betrothed, Y/N Velaryon, held onto her younger brothers. Many years ago, Alicent had agreed to an arranged marriage, all because Viserys thought it would be a good idea. Aemond always got along with Y/N, she was the only one that did not antagonize him for not having a dragon. He did expect her to take his side and comfort him, but he was a fool to think that.
âThis marriage,â Alicent started, pointing at her son and Y/N, âis off. I do not want your daughter near my son.â Rhaenyra smirked as she was walking away from the hall. After what had happened in the past weeks, she also did not want her daughter with Aemond.
Six years later
Y/N sat in the gardens with her younger brothers Joffrey, Aegon, and Viserys. She was reading to them but they fell asleep. Life at Dragonstone had been peaceful, being away from Kingâs Landing was the best for everyone, especially after what happened after Laenaâs funeral.Â
Part of her wishes to be in Harrenhal with her brothers, looking after their fatherâs castle. Harwin's death was devastating for her. Rhaenyra and Laenor got married sooner than expected, after the news that she was with child. Everything was perfect until Y/N was born without silver hair. They tried to dismiss it, claiming it was because of Princess Rhaenysâ mother. The speculations about who their real father was were growing more as Rhaenyra gave birth to three boys, all with dark hair. Y/N found out at a very young age that Harwin was her father. He always treated her differently, and part of her knew it was not because she was a girl. Rhaenyra had no other choice but to admit it, knowing her daughter was stubborn and would not drop the matter.
Ser Harwin knew he could not act like a father in public, yet that did not stop him from treating Y/N well. He would give in to her many child-like demands, which consisted mostly of getting savory cakes and being carried around. He would also give her a single flower whenever they were alone during their walks along the Red Keep. Harwin would say âHere you go, Princess,â as he placed it on her hair. Y/N kept all of them in a small jewelry chest, along with many other gifts he gave her through the years. She treasured them all.Â
Daemon was quietly approaching her after noticing the three young boys laying around her. âDarling,â he whispered. Y/N carefully got up, trying to not disturb them. Daemon grabbed her hand and pulled her away.
âWhat is it, father? Did something happen?â She asked, noticing he had a worried expression.
âWe have to return to Kingâs Landing.âÂ
âWhy?â Y/N sighed with annoyance.Â
âY/N,â Daemon warned, causing her to roll her eyes. âVaemond has decided he wants the Driftmark throne. By doing this, he will also bring up Lucerysâ legitimacy.â
âWhat about grandfather? Can he do something about it?â Daemon shook his head.
âThe greens are the ones making the decisions,â he pointed out. âWe need to be there and prevent Vaemond from taking what he wants.â
Y/N nodded, now scared at the possible outcome. Daemon noticed immediately, caressing her face as he gave her a reassuring smile. âIt will go our way, I promise.â
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Every fear Y/N had was solidified the second they arrived at the Red Keep and nobody was there to greet them. Her parents went to see the King, while she went to the training yard with Jace and Luke, who was getting nervous from all the stares they were receiving.
âWhatâs your problem?â Jace asked him while looking at all the weapons that they had for training.
âEveryone's staring at us,â Luke replied, fidgeting.Â
âSo?â Y/N scoffed.
âNo one would question me being heir to Driftmark... if... if I looked more like Ser Laenor Velaryon than Ser Harwin Strong.â Y/N stared at him in disappointment. She understood what he felt and how Vaemondâs claims made all of them look yet that did not make her feel less sad.
âIt doesn't matter what they think.â Jace reminded him before Y/N could say anything.Â
Their conversation was interrupted by the cheering crowd behind them. As they approached in curiosity, they saw Ser Criston fighting with a man with long silver hair. In all honesty, it was impressive.
âWell done, my Prince,â Criston congratulated him. âYou'll be winning tourneys in no time.â
âI don't give a shit about tourneys.â The man turned around to face them, it was Aemond. Y/N felt Luke grabbing her hand, it was something he did when he was very nervous. âNephews, niece... have you come to train?â
Aemond was staring at her, she was more beautiful than he remembered. Y/N was avoiding his gaze, making him smirk. If only things had gone their way, they would have been married at this moment. They could have been happy.
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The air in the throne room felt tense.Â
âI hereby reaffirm Prince Lucerys of House Velaryon as heir to Driftmark, the Driftwood Throne, and the next Lord of the Tides.â The King had appeared, surprising everyone. Y/N smiled at her grandfatherâs strength, she knew he was in so much pain but he loved his daughter and his grandchildren. âAnd, in addition, I declare that Prince Aemond and Princess Y/N are still betrothed and will be wed before the next full moon.â
Y/N felt her heart drop to her stomach. Daemon and Rhaenyra looked at her with worry. They knew what Aemond had become, they knew what he was capable of. On the other side of the throne room, the Princeâs chest filled with pride at the Kingâs command. He gazed over at his future wife, who was also looking his way. Her expression was unreadable, he did not know if she felt happy or sad. They were both so concentrated on each other that a yell from Vaemond Velaryon snapped them out of their thoughts.
âHer children are bastards!â Y/N held onto Jaceâs arm, knowing that he was capable of throwing himself on top of Vaemond to beat him. âAnd she... is... a whÎżre.â
The crowd behind them gasped. This was the highest of treasons and he said it all in front of the king. âI... will have your tongue for that.â Viserys threatened him, but Daemon had other plans.
He sliced off his head with Darksister. Y/N flinched, hiding her head on Jaceâs shoulder. âHe can keep his tongue.â
Aemond looked for Y/N, only to see Jace shielding her from the graphic scene in front of them. He had his arms protectively around her, despite knowing Daemon would never hurt them. He felt his blood boil. If anyone should be comforting her during a moment like this, it should be him, not her bastard brother.
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Viserys had requested to have a family dinner.Â
Y/N entered the dining room behind her parents. Alicent and her children were already there, waiting for them.Â
âY/N, dear, you can sit here.â The Queen called for her. There was a seat next to Aemondâs. Y/N flashed a look of absolute fear to her father before walking towards them. Aemond was once again staring at her every move. She sat next to him quietly. Helaena grabbed her hand, giving her a reassuring squeeze. Lucerys was right at the other end of the table with Rhaena. They both smiled at her as if to say everything would be alright.Â
âYou look beautiful,â Aemond whispered in her ear. Y/N finally turned her head towards him, flashing a quick smile. He hummed at her shy behavior.
Y/N was not focusing on what was being said during the toasts. The fear she had felt the previous day was returning. She still did not understand why Viserys wanted her to marry Aemond, he knew why it was called off. However, she did not hold it against him, she knew he was very sick. She would do this for him, as a final wish.
A hard bang on the table made her flinch. Jace had stood up in anger, trying to control himself. Aemond also stood up, daring him to do something. He gave a toast in honor of his uncles. Luke was biting his cheek to hold back his laugh, all the memories of them being children filling his mind.
Helaena stood up next. âI would like to toast to Baela and Rhaena. They'll be married soon. It isn't so bad. Mostly he just ignores you... except sometimes when he's drunk.â
Y/Nâs eyes widened at what she said. She felt pity for her, Helaena was kind and she did not deserve to be married to Aegon. He was not a good man. Aemond was carefully studying Y/N. Her expressions, her movements, the subtle shake of her hand when she reached for her cup. It had been so long since he saw her last and he wanted to make up for the lost time.
Jace stood up again, asking Helaena to dance with him. Y/N smirked at Aegonâs expression, but it quickly dropped when he glanced her way to lock eyes with Aemond. Luke was next to her out of nowhere, grabbing her hand. As they danced, Aemond felt the anger rising in him again. Seeing Y/N dancing with the same boy that took his eye was driving him mad.Â
A servant sat a cooked pig right next to Aemond. Luke was giggling quietly at this.Â
Aemond hit the table before standing up. "Final tribute. To the health of my nephews: Jace... Luke... and Joffrey. Each of them handsome, wise... hm... strong. Come, let us drain our cups to these three... Strong boys.â The room fell quiet after this.
âI dare you to say that again,â Jace threatened him.Â
âWhy? 'Twas only a compliment. Do you not think yourself Strong?â
A hard slap echoed through the room. Y/N stood directly in front of Aemond, her body was shaking with fury. He stared at her in disbelief but before he could even move, Jace was in front of her. She held his gaze over her brotherâs shoulder.
âWait, wait!â Daemon warned, softly pushing his children away.Â
âGo to your quarters. All of you go, now.â Rhaenyra ordered.
They all walked out, Y/N getting ahead of her siblings, not wanting to speak about what had happened. Aemond had followed them out, quickly spotting her in the distance. He took a shortcut, appearing right in front of her in another corridor.
Y/N scoffed, attempting to walk around him but he grabbed her forearm tightly. âLet go.â
âNo,â he retorted. âHow dare you hit me, in front of everyone.â
âYou know why I did it, Aemond,â Y/N hissed, still struggling to get away from his grip.Â
âI was speaking about them,â he told her.
âYou insulted them, and me,â Y/N corrected him. âWhatever insult you throw their way still includes me.â
Aemond stammered, he truly did not wish to include her. âThat was not my purpose.â
âNo? And what was it? Just antagonize my brothers for fun, as revenge for what happened years ago? I still remember what you said to Luke, how he would die screaming in flames just as our father.â
He just stood there, bewildered, without saying a word. He still remembered that night perfectly, the look on her face when he said that. Y/N kept trying to remove his hand but he had other plans. Aemond grabbed her other forearm, leaving her completely at his mercy.Â
âLet me go,â she ordered him again. He scoffed, shaking his head.Â
âYou are to be my wife, you will listen to me.â
âAemond, I will only do it for the King. If he wasn't the one asking, I would be on a ship to get away from you,â Y/N confessed.Â
He finally let her go. Her confession stung, the Y/N he remembered would not have said that to him. Aemond did want to marry her, but the feelings he felt when he was a child had not changed. They stared at each other, no words being said.Â
Y/N started walking away. Her steps echo through the corridor. Her thoughts wandered, thinking about what could have been of their life if that night at Driftmark had not played out the way it did. Would they be happy right now? As she turned a corner, she looked back. Aemond stood in the same spot, he had not moved. He stared at the ground in disbelief, still replaying the conversation in his head. He truly felt like a fool for saying those things in front of her.
Warnings: jace being an overprotective fool, spoilers obvi if you haven't seen the show yet.
A/N: the writing funk sucks, sorry for the delay and for how short this is
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Jacaerys should be focusing on making sure his brother, Lucerys, was feeling calm during their entire stay in Kingâs Landing. He knew his little brother was still nervous about what happened with Vaemond Velaryon. However, he had something else on his mind.
His betrothed.
If it was up to Jace, she would be safe in Dragonstone but Rhaenrya insisted she could join them, so she could finally see the Red Keep and meet King Viserys. He was terrified of something happening to her. Jace knew that his uncles were capable of anything, especially after Aemond lost his eye in Driftmark.
âMy love?â Y/N called out to him, softly squeezing his hand. âAre you well?â
Jace cleared his throat and smiled. âYes, just got lost in my thoughts. What is it?âÂ
âI am to go riding today,â his eyes widened with fear. âI will ride the streets closest to the Keep, I will not go far. After all, I need to be back before dinner.â
âIt is not safe to ride out on the streets,â he began to make up excuses but stopped himself when he saw her frowning. âY/N, it is dangerous, especially if you go alone.â
âWho says I will go out alone?â Y/N pointed at two Kingsguards who stood close to the gate, âthey were assigned to me by the King, I will be safe.â
âY/N,â Jace sighed. She leaned forward and kissed his cheek, making his heart flutter.Â
âI will be back soon,â she promised.
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Y/N was truly amazed at the beauty of Kingâs Landing. Princess Rhaenyra often described it to her yet it was beyond her expectations.Â
The knights talked between them in hushed whispers, trying to not disturb her. A loud screech and a gasp pulled her out of her small world. her horse was spooked by a sudden sound, and she was thrown off, landing hard on the ground. She cried out in pain, clutching her ankle, which had twisted badly.
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It felt like an eternity.
Jace waiting in his chambers for her, looking outside of the window, trying to spot her below. He was feeling guilty for not going with her.Â
A knock made him snap out of his thoughts. âCome.â
âPardon me, Prince Jacaerys,â a Kingsguard excused himself after opening the door. He looked nervous. âLady Y/N has returned andâŚâ
âAnd what?â Jace asked him, standing up quickly.Â
âShe is with the Maester,â the guard did not have the opportunity to tell him the situation, Jace had already run out of the room.
His thoughts were all over the place, worry filling his body. What if somebody attacked her? What if⌠what if his uncles were behind it? It was no secret about the animosity between them, especially after that eventful night in Driftmark.
He barged into the Maesterâs room, startling Y/N, who sat in the bed with her leg propped up. âJace.â
âMy love,â he sighed with little relief, âwhat happened? Who did this to you?â He questioned, kneeling next to her. âWas it one of my uncles?
Y/N shook her head. "No, it was just an accident," she said, trying to hide the pain in her voice. "My horse was spooked by a loud noise."
âAre you sure?â He asked, grabbing her hand and giving it a light kiss.
âYes, the Maester said it was just a sprain, it will heal soon,â Y/N gave him a reassuring smile.
Jace was relieved to hear this, but he still kept a sharp eye out for any signs of danger during their stay in the Keep. Y/N told him multiple times that he was fussing over nothing, that his uncles would not do anything to her. Jace disagreed multiple times, knowing they could do anything at any minute.
However, he had no idea that disaster would strike sooner than expected.
Pairing: Jacaerys Velaryon x female Targaryen!reader
Requested: yes, its also a combo of three requests
Warnings: incest obvi, mention of hair but its just during a cute part, allusions to do doing the deed before marriage, wrap it up folks cause we dont have the plan b tea, angst, parental abuse, viserys is fine in this, aemond being like his mother and minding everything but his business, â¨pregnancy and teen marriageâ¨, spoilers for the show
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âWe have to be quiet,â Jace whispered, holding Y/Nâs hand as they walked by the gates. He had been carrying a bag with him as well.
They had to sneak around to be together. They always had. As far as the family knows, Jace and Y/N had not seen each other in six years, since the incident at Lady Laenaâs funeral, but that is far from the truth. They would meet at Duskendale, often flying there with their dragons when they were old enough to do so. Before that, they would exchange many letters by raven.
Since they were young, they gravitated toward each other. Rhaenyra never minded this, she was quite fond of Y/N and knew she was not like the rest of her family. However, Alicent did mind. She hated how her daughter would associate with them, often making snide comments about it. Aegon did not even care and Helaena thought their friendship was sweet but Aemond despised the idea of it.
He was a possessive man when it came to his sisters. Deep down, he knew his behavior was not the best yet it did not make him stop. Y/N did not like having her brother make decisions for her or treat her as if she was fragile. For this, they both decided that they had to sneak around to avoid him altogether.
Aemond would monitor everything his sister did when they were children. It did not matter if she was with the Septa, or in the dragonpit, or even eating, he wanted to know. The first time he saw her playing in the gardens with Jace and Luke, he thought nothing of it. His feelings on the matter changed when he saw that she started spending more time with them every day.
The night he lost his eye, Aemond was comforted by Y/N. She was even willing to learn what the maester did to help him. He was grateful, because she was calm and sweet to him, unlike his mother, who was hysterical at the fact that he was maimed. They grew even closer in the following years. Aemond vowed to become a warrior, so he could protect his family, especially Y/N, as a repayment for all the times she helped him when he was in need.
âWhere are we going?â She asked through quiet giggles. Jace smirked.
âOut.â Y/N gave him a confused look. It was late, where could they possibly go at this hour?
By this moment, they were almost at the dragonpit, the rush of excitement running through their veins. Vermax was outside, waiting for them. The dragonkeeper, Endric, was leaning against the wall smiling at them. Y/N had wondered what Jace had said to him to even make him agree to do this.
âJace?â Y/N whispered as he began climbing on Vermax.
âCome on, Y/N,â he called for her, extending his hand so she would follow him. She was unsure, they had never done this before, especially at night. It took her a few seconds to decide she wanted to take the risk.
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They arrived at a small but beautiful meadow far from the castle. Jace helped her climb off Vermax, who went to hide behind the treeline to rest. Y/N was delighted at the sight. The soft glow of the moon gave it a nice feel.Â
She was so entranced that she did not notice Jace had set up a blanket for them. âCome on, Y/N,â he playfully called for her as he sat down.
âIs there a special occasion I do not know about?â She wondered, sitting next to him. He chuckled, shaking his head.
âDo I need a special occasion to take you somewhere nice?â Jace said, grabbing her hand and kissing it.
âNo,â Y/N said, âyou can take me somewhere nice whenever you want.â Jace hummed, too lost in his thoughts as he stared at her.Â
Jace always had a crush on Y/N. She was sweet and fun to be around. Rhaenyra encouraged him to seek a friendship with her, knowing they got along well. At one point, they did everything together and knew everything about each other. The king was delighted. He loved that they got along.
Y/N rested her head on his shoulder. âMother found me a suitor.â
âWhat?â Jace asked, with a clear surprise on his face. âI thought she said you could choose.â
âShe lied,â Y/N noted. âShe said I would bring shame to her if I picked the wrong suitor.â
Jace rolled his eyes. âIt does not make any sense to me.â
They sat there in silence, not wanting to talk about it anymore. Jace was mindlessly playing with her hand and the rings she wore while Y/N rested. It felt peaceful, being alone in the meadow.Â
âYou are so beautiful,â he whispered, carefully brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. Y/Nâs face flushed.
âJace,â Y/N breathed.Â
She cupped his cheek and then she pressed her lips against his as Jace felt his breath hitch. He grabbed her lower back, quickly getting her under him, and then he kissed her harder. She ran her fingers through his dark hair as the kiss deepened. She pulled back momentarily just to catch her breath. Jaceâs gaze intensified as Y/N bit her bottom lip, softly caressing his cheek.
"Make love to me, Jacaerys.â
Jace growled in his throat as he crashed her lips onto hers, working to remove the dress she was wearing. There was no turning back this time.
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They arrived back in the Red Keep right before dawn, sharing a quick kiss as a goodbye before parting to go to their respective apartments. Nobody seemed to notice they were gone, and if someone did notice, they had not said anything.
It was an eventful day in the castle, Jace and Y/N could not sneak off at all. Vaemond Velaryon wanted the Driftmark throne but King Viserys reaffirmed it was Lucerysâ birthright. Vaemond also committed treason by insulting Rhaenyra and her children, causing Daemon to slice his head off in front of everyone.
During the feast, Aemond had Y/N sitting next to him. He had a weird feeling about her, eyeing her the entire night. The suspicions he did not know he had were confirmed when Jace asked Y/N to dance. Aemond was clenching his jaw as he saw his sister dance with him. Y/N was having fun with Jace, everybody could see that. Aegon sent him a look, subtly shaking his head.
Aemond stood up after hitting the table. Jace stood in front of Y/N, just in case. âFinal tribute. To the health of my nephews: Jace... Luke... and Joffrey. Each of them handsome, wise... hm... strong. Come... let us drain our cups to these three... Strong boys.â
âI dare you to say that again,â Jace threatened him. Y/Nâs eyes widened as she grabbed his forearm, only to be shaken off.Â
âWhy? 'Twas only a compliment. Do you not think yourself Strong?â Jace punched him, causing Aemond to push him back onto the ground. Y/N was staring at her brother in disbelief as the knights held Jace, Luke, and Baela back.
When Rhaenyra told her children to go to their quarters, Y/N left as well, but not before giving her brother a disapproving look. Aemond followed her and held the door of her chambers before she could slam it shut. âY/N,â he warned.
âGo away, Aemond,â Y/N rolled her eyes.Â
âI only complimented them. It is not my fault they felt offended,â he pointed out. His sister stared at him with annoyance.
âGet out, Aemond, now. I will not ask you again,â Y/N threatened him. He scoffed, leaving.Â
Y/N sat on her bed, thinking about Jace. She wanted to defend him during the dinner, to stand up to her brother but she knew that would cause more problems, not stop them. After debating on what to do, she sneaked out of her chambers and ran to Jaceâs apartments on the other side of the Red Keep.
Y/N softly knocked on the door, looking at both sides to make sure nobody was following her. Jace opened the door seconds later, both relieved and shocked that it was her. He pulled her inside, closing the door behind her. âWhat are you doing here?â
âI wanted to see you,â Y/N confessed, wrapping her arms around his neck in a hug. âI am so sorry about everything, I wanted to help you but I didn't know how.â
Jace immediately wrapped his arms around her waist. âI know, donât worry about it,â he assured her.Â
They stood there, holding each other, not wanting to let go. âI love you, Jace,â Y/N told him.
Jace smiled against her neck, âI love you, too.â
They slept together that night, knowing that it will probably be the last time they would share a bed for a long time.Â
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Three months laterÂ
Rhaenyra and her family departed Kingâs Landing the day after the fight. Y/N and Jace were still meeting in the meadow. The intimacy between them reached new limits as they discovered more about each otherâs bodies.Â
Y/N was just about to fall asleep when she felt something heavy landing on her. She opened her eyes to find her mother standing there, with a look of disappointment and disgust. It was her sheets. âYou have not bled.â
That was enough to pull Y/N away from the sleepy feeling. Her blood ran cold as she sat up, the realization of her actions finally dawning on her. âI⌠I had not noticed,â Y/N admitted shamefully.
Alicent stalked towards her, roughly grabbing her chin. âWho did you fuck?â
âMother, I-â Y/N whined when she felt the grip getting tighter. âI will not tell you.â
Her motherâs eyes widened as she did not hesitate to hit her daughter multiple times. Y/N started yelling at her, trying to push her away to no avail. Ser Criston and Ser Erryk ran into the quarters, pulling the queen away from the princess.Â
Criston took her away as she kept yelling obscenities at Y/N, while Erryk looked over at the injuries. It was not too bad, she would have some bruises but the bloody nose and split lip made it look worse than it was. âI will get the maester, princess.âÂ
He quickly walked out just as Aemond entered. The expression of confusion he had turned into anger as he saw his sister. âY/N! What happened? Who did this?âÂ
âIt was mother,â Y/N told him. She stood up from her bed, marching to her dresser to see her reflection in the looking glass.Â
âWhy?â Aemond demanded to know. âWhy would she hit you this way?â
Y/N fidgeted, turning around to face him. âShe has insinuated that I am with child.â
Aemond stood there, trying to find a hint that she was joking yet he found none. Y/N stared at him defiantly, as if she was waiting for him to raise his hand as well. âWho-â
âI will not tell you. It is my business to deal with.â He was about to argue when Maester Gerardys walked in, quickly rushing over to tend to her. Y/N pointed at the door, silently telling Aemond to leave.
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âYour Grace, Princess Y/N would like to speak with you,â Ser Harrold said, opening the door to Viserysâ chambers.
âYes, let her in,â he replied with a smile, which disappeared when he saw the state his daughter was in. Y/N had a bruise on her cheek, along with some scratches. âMy love, who did this to you? I will have their head.â
Y/N sat down on the chair, looking up at her father. âIt was mother⌠she discovered something I did.â
Viserys was confused as he grabbed his daughterâs hand. âWhat did you do? Surely it did not warrant such reaction from her.â
âFather, I- Y/N cleared her throat. âI have sinned.â
He stared at her with evident confusion. Slowly, as he gave it more thought, he realized what she had done. âY/N,â he sighed.
âI know, father. I have brought shame to mother, you, and our house.â
âWho was it?â Viserys questioned.
âJace,â Y/N whispered.
Viserys sat down next to her, the shock dawning on him. âI will write to Rhaenyra about this. You will marry Jacaerys and live with him in Dragonstone.â
âWhat?â Y/N had thought she would be married off to another lord or locked in a tower forever. âYou are not angry?â
Her father sighed again, âno, sweet girl. I am not as mad as I should be. I am glad you trusted me enough to come tell me.â
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Rhaenyra and Daemon sat in the great hall, reading the letter they received from the king again and again.
Dear Rhaenyra,
I must confess I never thought I would send this type of letter to you. Something has happened between Jacaerys and Y/N, which has resulted in a child. For this reason, I have decided they will wed before the next full moon.
We will sail to Dragonstone immediately to discuss this with you and Daemon.Â
ViserysÂ
Daemon could not help but chuckle. Rhaenyra gave him an amused look. âCare to share what is so funny?â
âIt seems Jace and Y/N had been following in our footsteps without us realizing it.â
Rhaenyra chuckled as well, he was right. âI will go speak to him.â
She kissed him and walked to the training yard, where Jace and Luke were training, or messing around.Â
âCan you come here, Jace?â Rhaenyra called out. Jace excused himself and went up to her. She grabbed his hand, moving him to a more private area.
âWhat is it?â Jace questioned, worried.
Rhaenyra handed him the note. Jace read it, the color draining from his skin as he stared at her in shock. A child. Marriage. âHow long have you two been together?â
âSince I was old enough to go riding on Vermax,â Jace confessed. Rhaenyra gave him an amused look.Â
âThat's why you have been sneaking out so much,â she noted.
Jaceâs eyes widened. âYou knew?â
âVermax is not the quietest dragon,â Rhaenyra reminded him. âAnd you disappeared for hours.â
âAre you angry with me?â He asked.
âNo,â Rhaenyra admitted. âI did contemplate marrying you to her when I noticed how much you cared for each other but I knew Alicent was not going to agree.â Jace nodded in understanding. âGo tell your siblings, I am sure Luke is about to run here and ask what is going on.â
Rhaenyra caressed his cheek softly before leaving. Jace was feeling many emotions at once. He could only hope Y/N was doing well with the news. Despite how nervous he was, Jace was beaming. He was going to be a father.
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By the following week, the Targaryens made their way to Dragonstone. Y/N was beaming with happiness, she was finally going to be with the man she truly loved. On the other side of the ship, Aemond was fuming. He hated it, the fact that Y/N had compromised herself in such a way by a bastard.Â
Once they were on dry land, Y/N walked ahead of them, getting more excited as she reached the top. The rest of her family walked at a normal pace, Viserys and Helaena being the happiest of them. Alicent and Aemond were drowning in their misery.
âY/N!â Jace called out for her as they reached the main doors. She embraced him tightly, missing the warm feeling of being in his arms.
Rhaenyra and Daemon were happily watching the couple in front of them. They could not help but laugh at how history was repeating itself. Rhaenyra thought her son would be more traditional in the matter but she supported him.
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While Viserys and Rhaenyra discussed wedding plans, Jace and Y/N sat together in the gardens. He had his back resting against a tree while Y/N sat between his legs, resting her back against his chest. Jaceâs hands softly caressed her small bump.
âHow have you been feeling?â He asked her.
âThe sickness in the morning has been terrible,â Y/N confessed, âbut the maester has been helping me with tea.â
Jace hummed. âHave you been in any pain?â
âNo, fortunately not.â Y/N moved her head a little to look up at him.
He smiled at her, âI am glad you are here with me. When I read that note, all I wanted was to go find you.â
Aemond stared from a distance as the happy couple spoke and cuddled each other. He was feeling angrier than before, seeing his sister with him. He knew there was something between them, he always got the feeling but no matter how hard he tried, he never caught them together. All Aemond wanted was to eliminate Jace, however, he knew he would not leave Dragonstone alive if he killed him.
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Months later
Jace cuddled his newborn son, Aelor, while Y/N rested. Her pregnancy was not the easiest, the Maester had ordered bedrest until the babe was born. She protested it, stating that spending months confined to a bed would drive her insane but Jace had convinced her to do as he said. The labors started in the afternoon. Jace ran frantically through the castle when he found out.
Their wedding was beautiful. It was hosted in the great hall of the Red Keep. The celebrations lasted for an entire week, filled with feasts and tourneys. Jace and Y/N were happy, they could not have asked for more. Alicent and Aemond were forced to join the festivities as they were still against their marriage. All the queen wanted to do was send Y/N to Oldtown but Viserys denied her request multiple times.
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Years later, the family departed Dragonstone to go visit the king once again. Viserys always asked them to go see him, claiming he missed his daughter and his grandson. Although, the reality was that he missed them all.
Aelor was now four years young and he was a very energetic child. Jace did the best he could to keep up with him, yet it was too much to handle sometimes. The boy had sneaked out multiple times, even managing to get close to the dragons. Of course, Jace was on the verge of collapsing each time he did.Â
The entire family had gathered in the main hall to talk. The pitter-patter and the loud, child giggles echoed through. Aelor was glad to be there. He was a very curious boy, often stopping to stare at the decor around him.Â
Jace was speaking to Viserys when he felt a tug on his pants. Without hesitation, he lifted Aelor, placing him on his hip. The boy cuddled up to his father, tiredly rubbing his eyes. Y/N stood next to Jace to join the conversation.
âI do hope this future king has been behaving properly,â Viserys teased, smiling at his grandson.
Jace scoffed playfully, shaking his head. âI am slowly going insane.â
As they gushed about the boy, Aemond stared at them from afar. Despite all the years that have passed, he still despised the idea of his sister marrying that bastard. He plotted many plans for years, searching for the best way to get her back to Kingâs Landing, without him. But there was one thing he could not deny, Y/N was happy.
the crown prince Jacaerys finds himself falling for his mother's new queensguard.
Jacaerys Velaryon ⢠Masterlist | @sylasthegrim
My dear betrothed | @slaytheusurper
After years of not seeing each other, you are to be wed to your cousin Jace, but can you hold off your desires for each other before the wedding?
I am yours and you are mine, whatever may come | @/slaytheusurper
After your mother Rhaenyra ascended the iron throne you were finally able to wed your betrothed. But with a royal wedding comes a bedding ceremony.
Grief | @jacaerysgf
Plagued by you, Part two, Part three | @/jacaerysgf
Otto doesn't go to Dragonstone you do. And you are faced with a past you never thought you would see again right before the war.
Forbidden | @illyrianbrat
BOUND BY DUTY | @house-strong
THE TORMENT of a life time | @/house-strong
LOVE, PARENTS, and truths  | @/house-strong
i love you  | @murdocksdaughter
jacaerys finally confesses his feelings at the oddest hour
missing you, kissing me | @/murdocksdaughter
leading up their wedding y/n and jacaerys has had any alone time together
teaching his wife how to fight | @sourcherryandsprinkles
Saving Jacaerys during the battle of the gullet | @/sourcherryandsprinkles
IMAGINE | @/sourcherryandsprinkles
the scene where Ulf disrespects Jace | @/sourcherryandsprinkles
Blessing disguised as a Curse | @asumi2020202
You were Alicent's daughter. Younger than the three, Aegon, Aemond and Helaena but older than Daeron. After returning from Dragonstone, Rhaenyra proposes a marriage pact between her eldest and you. A man your mother had warned you about.
Midnight Battle | @/asumi2020202
The Kingdom was at peace when a small battle began inside the Red Keep. But.. it was not a normal battle.
Crossroads | @hxtd
prince charming does not merely exist within fairytales, though he might be a little more unorthodox than expected.
news had broken out that the throne has been usurped. jacerys rides his way to winterfell, the end to the north where he meets cregan stark. and in evidently, you, lady mormont of bear island.
mormont!reader
Cracked | @toms-cherry-trees
No one ever said duty would hurt like this
Something wrong with me | @maidragoste
Jacaerys comforts his wife after she tells him her worries.
Nothing Can Happen | @chloe-skywalker
Jace fallâs in love with Cregon Starkâs twin sister.
the other one | @delulujuls
heart want what it wants, and y/n's heart belong to young prince from dragonstone, not to the future cruel king of westeros.
the right one | @/delulujuls
the hardened and hateful heart of the future king of westeros is no match for the tender and loving heart of the young prince of dragonstone. so it's not difficult to guess whose heart belongs to the young targaryen princess
Saving Face | @hughesmybaby
with what was supposed to be a happy moment in the new chapter of your family with jacaerys, only wounds linger when your mother is unhappy with your childâs appearance.
Overprotective | @imagines-for-the-fangirls-soul
Jaceâs overprotective nature begins to grate on the readerâs nerves as the birth of their first child looms closer.
Safe and Sound | @/imagines-for-the-fangirls-soul
Jace comforts the reader after they wake up from a terrible nightmare.
LINGERING IN OUR MEMORIES, PART 2. | @goldsainz
Death does not scare me | @eunoiathewriter
They all thought she was only feeling a bit under the weather, but that soon proved to be wrong. It made Jacaerys realise one thing, the forever he wanted with her would not last long so he had to, one tell her how he felt and secondly do something so he knew they would be forever.
Ęá´á´ á´ á´á´ É´á´á´ | @anatay004
Ever since you were kids, Jacaerys detested you. And, quite honestly, you didnât know the reason behind his hatred towards you (or cared enough to), until one night youâre betrothed to no other than him.Â
under the weirwood | @targaryen-jpg
Hunger | @vhagarsback
jacaerys just wants to see all of you, despite your shyness.
Warm | @/vhagarsback
jacaerys finds you, and he will never let anything happen to you.
Not ideal | @starless-starkov
reader is known as daemonâs bastard daughter but jacaerys doesnât care
Kerosene, part 02, part 03 | @aphroditesmoon
after you find out your family has been orchestrating a plan to use you as a scapegoat to assure your brother's reign. You pledge your allegiance to the black queen and switch alliances as pleaded by your secret lover himself, prince jacaerys velaryon.
Replaceable, part 02, part 03, part 04 | @/aphroditesmoon
After your twin sister decides to run away weeks from her wedding to the prince and heir to the throne, Jacaerys Velaryon, you are left with no choice but to step in her place.
Sweet Nothing | @its-vannah
Question� | @/its-vannah
Vigilante Sh*t | @/its-vannah
RUEFUL | @januaryembrs
Jace says goodbye to his pregnant wife as he leaves for the North
WHAT ONCE WAS | @urblondiebaby
for the lovers who found a mirrored heart | @enviedear
amid the dance of dragons, queen rhaenyraâs prospects blossom after the discovery of a potential and powerful alliance. she sends her firstborn to enact a plan of union, condemning him to a marriage of dutyâor so he believes.
The coronation | @thesongoficeandfir3
The Great War, PART 2, Â PART 3 | @vividxpages
Jace and you are lovers, but stand on opposite sides of the war, not allowed to see each other anymore. But love always finds a way.
âlay it all on meâ | @/vividxpages
With the Queen and your betrothed Jacaerysâ delayed arrival, you are left in charge of the dayâs council meeting. When one of the lords starts to speak of a possible bedding ceremony for your upcoming wedding, your thoughts begin to spiral badlyâŚ
You could not leave him. Not when your very breath was the only thing that kept him tethered to this world
Beacon of Hope | @princessbellecerise
After the war, Jacaerys finally finds his purpose for living again
Court Shenanigans | @/princessbellecerise
Missing their father, your children decide itâs a good idea to interrupt him in the middle of court
Husband Jacaerys | @/princessbellecerise
Headcanons about married life with Jace
Rotten Soil, Rotten Fruit | @/princessbellecerise
You are Alicent Hightowerâs pride and joy. Sweet and innocent, youâre the apple of the Queenâs eye more than her own children are. But how will she react when you slip into the hands of her enemies?
Starry Nights | @/princessbellecerise
Jace takes his little family on a night ride when they canât sleep
Leap of Fate | @idkyetxoxo
A young womanâs daring climb over a wall to escape an arranged union leads to an unexpected encounter with her betrothed himself. What begins as a night of escape becomes the start of an enchanting story of love and destiny.
Family Legacies | @/idkyetxoxo
Amidst the chaos of war, two childbirths unfold. A motherâs potential agony and a new motherâs fear collide, as life and loss intertwine in a moment that will define their familyâs legacy forever.
War Between Kin | @bumblesimagines
When Rhaenyra Targaryen takes her throne back, she ensures to take care of the remaining Greens in the Keep. Jacaerys attempts to figure out the whereabouts of the Usurper King Aegon by questioning his younger sister.
Vermax | @spxllcxstxr
Jacaerys takes a servant girl to see Vermax
My King | @creganslover
You find your dear husband sulking in his study.
SPOILS OF WAR | @luvrottt
The war between kin was not long fought; culminating in the bloody battle of kings landing a mere moon after the battle of rooks rest in which Aemond âkinslayerâ slew his brother Aegon the usurper. And yet; thousands lay dead, the realm is uneasyâ there still lies a dragon in the reach whose motivations are yet to be known. A Queen is in chains, a princess is amidst salt and sea, and another feels a prisoner in her own home enclosed with walls that have both eyes and ears.
Honeyed | @eldrith
âAfter we heard news of your success in the rebellion, Her Grace was eager to have you sit council with us. She seems to remember you quite fondly.â He says honestly, âShe believed we would get along quite well.â
and his will be the song of ice and fire | @ophelieverse
during his first stay at Winterfell,Jace and Y/n got much closer than they should.Now,after knowing the prophecy about the song of ice and fire from his mother,Jace is determined to make it true with the most beautiful lady he had ever seen.
A silver haired girl | @realmsdelght
a visit to a brothel leads to sharing feelings that had been buried deeply within the twins
Peter Parker
Jealous Peter would include (headcanon)
PDA with Peter would include (headcanon)
Sleepover with Peter would include (headcanon)
Stay Away (headcanon)
Is It Over Between Us? (COMPLETE)Â â
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Shadowhunters
Jonathan Morgenstern
Dating (headcanon)
Betrayal â(headcanon)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Harry Potter
Tom Riddle
CuriosityÂ
The Maze Runner
Newt
Making Out (headcanon)
Being his girlfriend (headcanon)
Jurassic World
Owen Grady
Betrayed
VolcanoÂ
Game of Thrones
Theon Greyjoy
Savior â
Shadow and Bone
The Darkling
Kinks â(headcanon)
Jealous ââ(headcanon)
Rhaenyra Targaryen
Unthinkable FateÂ
Dream of Fire
Criston Cole
A SecretÂ
The Princess and the Knight (headcanon)
Sinners
One-Sided Love â
One-Sided Love (part 2)Â â
One-Sided Love (Part 3) â
One-Sided Love (Finale) â
Harwin Strong
In The Shadows (headcanon)
Strong Protector (headcanon)
Strong Protector (part 2)Â â
A Beast â
Husband (headcanon)
Daddy Harwin (headcanon)
From the Vale
Alone
Traitor â
Triplets (headcanon)
White Knight â