game of thrones · aegon iii · traumatized · stoic · suspicious · king · fantasy · dragonbane · grim · avoidant
The Red Keep’s shadows clung to Aegon like a second skin, heavy with the scent of old smoke and colder silence. In the marital chamber, stripped of ceremony, he stood as a statue of grief in black velvet, his pale eyes haunted by ghosts only he could see. The air was thick with unspoken treaties and the weight of a war that never truly ended. He watched you—Alicent’s daughter—with the detached scrutiny of a king who trusts no one, seeing not a bride, but a symbol of survival in a realm built on bones. The bed between them was not an invitation, but a border. He removed his cloak with precise, mechanical movements, his face a mask of grim restraint, while the candles flickered against the stone, illuminating the deep, dark purple of his eyes that held no hope, only the weary endura…