DOUBLE TAKE
AEMOND'S WEEK – DAY FIVE: EARLY LIFE ⊹ ࣪ ˖ @aemondweek
✧ | summary: When he was a kid, he had an innocent crush on you. Now grown, he is more confident and foward to act on it.
✧ | pairing: aemond targaryen x reader
✧ | warnings: slight age gap (aemond is 13ish, reader is 14/15ish), aemond gets rejected as a kid lol. sugestive talk at the end (when they are both adults)
✧ | note: even if it is an age gap, i wrote the underage part with pure feelings from both and with a platonic way to see the world. when they both are adults, it is different. please, do not think anything sexualized with underage aemond. it was written as a cute childhood crush, and nothing else.
Living in King’s Landing was the greatest thing that could happen to you, at least you’d think so when you were a teen.
You ran in the gardens, played with the kittens that seemed to multiply like rats and run away from any guards that tried to catch them. You got pretty dresses by your father, and some in the most recent fashion style. Being princess Helaena’s lady-in-waiting was great too, as she used to give you her used jewels.
While your father, Jasper Wylde, was busy being the master of laws, you always had the most fun. He was cold most days, he’d buy everything necessary to maintain your status as a proper lady. He was never a loving father.
When you reached four and ten, near the year that prince Aegon and Princess Helaena married. In all honesty, it was surprising your father didn’t betrothe you to the highest bidder earlier.
“Is this seat taken?”
You look up, to see prince Aemond. He was still a scrawny kid, yet he had been growing up very fast. It was a bit weird, seeing his baby face and his long legs, since you knew him since little.
“No, my prince” you say softly.
He looks a bit awkward, standing there with a cup of undrank wine in his hands, and you then notice what he was waiting for.
“Of course you can sit”
Aemond thought you were gorgeous.
Being one of the many Lord Wylde’s offspring around court, he thought of you as the most elegant. And around all the ladies, you were the prettiest, how you dressed and styled your hair, and the subtle jewels that you used. The way your dresses always fitted you just right, as if no one else could use even a remotely similar style.
You were kind too, and before you would congratulate him in his training, back when he started. And he has always had this crush on you.
He feels his cheeks redden, blushing as he sits by your side. He was still getting used to the eyepatch, and he hated showing any emotion around court. In general, he hated that.
“Congratulations on your betrothal” His tone is flat, not really meaning it.
“Thank you, my prince” you say, looking at him. “Lord Bolton seems a good match”
He hums, leaning back. He sees you seem not against it, and he hates it. Lord Bolton must be of your liking, even if he was very much older than you. Perhaps the same age as your father.
“He is not handsome” He says shrugging, trying to see if that disappoints you enough, to disgust you to break it off. Somehow. He isn’t sure how, but maybe it will do.
“I have heard not” you say thinking wisely. “I have heard he is not cruel either. So I settle for that”
“I am not cruel either” he says a bit smugly. Trying to show off. “And… I am a prince, and I have the biggest dragon alive. Did you know?”
You look at him amused, as your lips turn into a smile. That’s good, he thinks. He has impressed you, right?
“Ah, yes, my prince” You agree with a smile. “I have heard. And I do know. It is very impressive, and you are a very handsome lad”
His chest puffs with pride, as he smirks softly. “Thank you, my lady” he says quietly. He wants to make you interested in him, in seeing him less like a kid, and more like the man he is becoming. “It’s a shame you’re going away” he adds.
“Why so?”
“Well, you’ll live away” he tries to say nonchalantly. “And… you never got a chance to fly with Vhagar”
He instantly feels the cringeness creep up to his guts, wanting to stand up and just walk away before he can keep saying stupid shit to impress you.
“Oh” you say, a smile on your lips. “You have never invited me, prince Aemond”
“Well, I do… invite you now” he says, trying to salvage the situation.
“Thank you, but I might have to reject it”
“Why?” he asks softly. “I know that it is not exactly righteous for a maiden to be alone with a man, but…”
“That isn’t a worry, my prince. You’re still a kid” you assure him with a warm smile. “I am not as fond of heights as Targaryens are”
He feels somewhat embarrassed. He was not a kid. He was a prince now, a man.
“I see”
“Do not worry, my prince. I am sure any other lady would love the invitation”
When he looks up to see you, he knows that your smile indicates that you know about his feelings for you. How embarrassing! he thinks, as he looks away after a second. Was he so obvious?
“Well, I am inviting you” he murmurs embarrassed. “Because.. I like you”
You look at him, smiling in a more warm tone, the same way all the rest of his mother’s ladies in waiting did; as if he was a baby, cooing and fussing over him.
“And I am a prince” he adds, trying to keep his dignity. “And anything that Lord Bolton could give you, I… I could double it. Ten times!” He corrects himself. “And I could give you jewels, and.. and dresses… And all the lemon cakes you’d like.”
“I am very flattered.” you assure him with a smile. “It is cute, I do thank you.”
“What's cute?”
“By no means, I am trying to embarrass you” you start softly. “But I am to be married, my prince, and I am a bit older than… What I mean is that your pure intentions should go to another lady, with whom you could learn how to truly love” You assure him with a smile. “I am older than you, even if it is only like one and a half year, and I do not see you that way. I won’t tell anyone, it will be our secret.”
He feels a bit relieved, at the same time heartbroken. He knew you would reject him, since it was very probable. Yet he still tried his last opportunity to try to court you, even in his clumsy way.
Years later, was when you had met Prince Aemond once again.
This time, you were widowed. Your lord Husband had died after falling ill to bed, and leaving you with two small boys, one of six years and the other of four. It had taken you a time to conceive, since your husband had only left three offspring, all male, it was likely he was mostly not producing enough seed. But still, you had your boys, and his eldest, from his first marriage, was the new Lord, and you his regent.
To you, all of them were your kids, you tucked them all the same and were a loving mother to all.
To visit your father, you inevitably have to go to King’s Landing, and that’s when you see Aemond again.
Both of your boys had been seeing the sea from the gardens, then they decided to climb a tree you had once climbed when younger. And as you look up to them, you see him.
“My lady”
His voice is much more confident, almost purring as he walks confidently to you. He had his arms on his back, his lips in a small smirk. He was smug, and arrogant.
He was grown too, no longer the kid you remembered him by. He was a cute kid, the times you had seen him around, and the little times you spoke. Now he was tall, taller than you, and handsome. Gods know that he was.
“Prince Aemond” you greet him with a soft, pleased smile. “Haven’t seen you in ages”
He nods, amused. He takes your hand and presses a kiss on it, his eye never leaving yours.
“It is a pleasure, certainly” he says as he leaves your hand. He notices your black dress, meaning you’re still mourning the loss of your husband, which only brightens his heart and makes him smile wider. “Very sorry for your loss”
He said it in the same tone he had used when he congratulated you all those years back; a fake but polite sentence. He didn’t mean one bit of his words.
“Thank you, my prince”
You couldn’t stop looking at him. He carried himself with the arrogance of a Targaryen, and he had the looks. He grew sharper, handsome and hot. You look at him up and down, and you don’t even know if he notices.
You had been alone. Your husband had not been attentive to you in… years, maybe. Uninterested to have more kids, and simply coexisted with you.
“I take those, are your kids?”
You look up at the tree where he was watching, you see your boys in between the branches. “Yes, Richard and Alliser. They are six and four.”
Aemond looks at you “Oh, four? And he already climbs trees?”
“You’d be surprised at what a boy his age can do”
He smirks, humming as he sees the kids. They were not high, but having fun nonetheless.
“And you?”
“Hm?” Aemond asks as he looks at you.
“No kids?”
“No.” Response comes quick and then he adds “Not yet”
You didn’t know why you could not stop looking at him. You simply couldn’t. Where was the sweet kid you had left here? The one you, rightfully, rejected?
“It is very wonderful, I assure you”
“Hm, yes. I think the same” he says softly.
You both remain quiet, but you want to ask him a lot. He is grown now, and he seems to be your age, by the way he talks and walks.
“Being a widow fits you, my lady”
You look at him, a bit confused “What makes you think so?”
“Never thought you were a good match with lord Bolton” he admits, not caring about appearances. “I’m glad you have your boys. And I am certainly glad you’re back here. Perhaps we shall have lots of other memories to make, hm?”
You remain speechless, as you try to say something. Call him out for his boldness, for being very much lewd in his words. You aren’t a maiden, you know what he implies with his words, and so does Aemond.
But you realise… you do not care. You enjoy feeling desired by him now, the way he looks at you; not with the adoration of a kid, but with the passion of a man.
“Perhaps we shall” You say smirking to him. “I look forward to it.”
“Oh, you won’t be disappointed. Not at all”













