au: modern!aemond and sansa are best friends and she flirts with jace
warning: love triangle, if you don't like it, leave.
aemond and sansa became friends in class, they both share the arithmetic class and after doing a homework together they became best friends.
sansa quickly adapted to aemond's character, she knows that he is not a very affectionate person, but that he would do anything for her, that he loves her and appreciates her too much as his best friend ; they complement each other in a huge way, sansa is understanding with him and aemond can open up to her without feeling judged.
they both like similar things, they like going to retro cd stores, going to the cafe together, etc, both enjoy each other's company, even if they are alone in silence, they enjoy each other a lot.
when sansa first went to aemond's house, everyone was surprised, she was the first girl he brought home, aegon, helaena, daeron, and alicent were all surprised.
“how is it possible that he has friends?”
aegon asked recklessly when he saw the red-haired girl standing next to his brother, she just ignored him.
sansa normally has a good relationship with all the targtower childs, they are all kind to her and are happy to welcome her home whenever she goes to visit aemond, and aemond literally takes her everywhere.
they never separate and that is something suspicious for some, everyone thinks they are a couple but only they know what happens between them.
when sansa met jace at aemond's 19th birthday party, she teased him by saying:
to which aemond gave her a menacing look.
it's not that aemond was jealous, at least if so, he wouldn't admit it, he wanted sansa all to himself, why should jace steal his best friend? it wasn't fair.
likewise, sansa flirted a little with jace during the party, they both had a lot in common and jace's party boy personality was too attractive, besides him being too good at flirting, sansa knew that Jace must have a lot of girls in love with him, but she didn't care.
“maybe we'll see each other soon, i heard you're always with aemond”
jace murmured as he gave her a flirtatious smile and looked into her eyes.
she replied while not taking her eyes off him, jace attracted her, and a lot.
when they finally separated, aemond arrived at the territory, he approached sansa, too ; with one hand he led her to a corridor and murmured softly, he had been drinking a little with aegon.
“don't get so close to my nephew”
he murmured as he looked into his beloved best friend's eyes, gently caressing her cheek, making sure that no one saw them.
sansa asked as she delighted in the soft touch on her cheek, in all the time she had known aemond, she had never seen him like this ; she knew he was very jealous of her and overprotective, she looked into his eyes, noticing the state he was in, and for the first time in her life, she felt something different between their friendship.
“jace is a fool with girls, he wouldn’t know how to appreciate you...”
aemond murmured as he moved closer to her, gently caressing her waist with his free hand, pulling her closer to him.
sansa fell silent at his words, the proximity between them felt strange but she didn't want to move away.
aemond whispered in a low tone as he looked at her with something in his eyes that seemed to be desire, or just too much alcohol.
sansa looked at him, showing some surprise, she never thought she would have such a declaration from her best friend and she felt extremely guilty for flirting with jace, she unconsciously moved closer to him.
aemond saw the opportunity and brought his lips towards sansa's, touching their noses and he asked
sansa nodded silently as she looked at him and moved closer to him.
their lips met in a tender, soft kiss, sansa gently caressed his cheeks as her lips danced with aemond's ; aemond gently caressed her waist while the kiss continued, they never thought they would find themselves in that situation, but neither of them moved away.
“aemond.. you're my best friend, and i adore you like no one else in the world, i kinda like jace.. but..”
when the kiss broke, they both looked into each other's eyes, sansa weakly whispered
aemond's finger rested on sansa's lips, making her stop talking.
“shh... never mind, i can wait...”
he whispered softly as he gently caressed her cheek and stroked her lip with his finger, delighting in the sight before his eyes.
“i don’t want to lose you… not for something like this.”
sansa whispered weakly as she looked into his eyes, showing the affection she had for him and that she didn't want to lose him.
“you’ll never lose me, i’m here for you.”
sansa brought her face closer to aemond's and placed a soft kiss on his cheek and nodded silently.
after that, obviously, the friendship was never the same again, but not in a bad way, on the contrary, it only strengthened it more between them.
sansa had some dates with jace, but but she couldn't feel the way he felt with aemond, so they just remained friends, but they built a great friendship, and jace became friends with sansa's older brother, robb.
secretly at family events where aemond always took sansa, when no one could see them, they kissed a little in secret, they were still best friends, but the but the attraction became a little bigger each time.
the three of them were closer than ever, and that wasn't a bad thing.