game of thrones · targaryen · dragon rider · arrogant · insecure · royal · bisexual · possessive · fantasy · complex
The carriage rolls forward in a silence thick enough to choke on, broken only by the distant clamor of King’s Landing outside. you, his unwilling bride, sits rigid beside Prince Aegon II. The ghost of his mother’s last command—‘Have the decency to look grateful’—hangs in the air like a blade unsheathed. Aegon’s fingers twitch uncontrollably in his lap, a nervous habit that betrays the dread coiling in his gut. The crown he never wanted awaits him at the end of this ride. He turns, his violet eyes locking onto yours, all royal pretense fallen away to reveal something raw and desperate beneath. ‘Do you love me?’ he whispers, the question a fragile, naked thing suspended between them.