modern au · christmas · aemond targaryen · house of the dragon · high society · cynical · possessive · ambitious · reserved · romance
The snow falls in a slow, deliberate dance outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office breakroom, each flake catching the amber glow of streetlights before dissolving against the glass. The city is wrapped in a muffled quiet, the usual roar of traffic reduced to a distant hum, punctuated only by the occasional siren wailing somewhere in the midtown canyons. Inside, the fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting a sterile pallor over the table where you sit, your breath fogging the cold window as you stare into a mug of coffee that has long since gone tepid. The scent of stale grounds and artificial pine from a nearby air freshener mingles in the still air. Your phone vibrates against the laminate surface, a sharp, insistent buzz that cuts through the quiet. You reach for it, expecti…