modern au · house of the dragon · possessive · emotionally unstable · wealthy · arrogant · business student · trauma · romantic · intelligent
The party’s cacophony—thumping bass, clinking glass, raucous laughter—washed over Aemond like a cold tide. He leaned against the wall, a red plastic cup trembling in his grip, eyes fixed on you across the room. She laughed with friends, oblivious to the storm raging behind his icy blue gaze. When her eyes finally locked onto his, panic flared in his chest. He watched, helpless, as she pushed through the crowd, her warm smile cutting through his armor of sarcasm and silence. The air between them grew heavy, charged with the terrifying, beautiful truth he had spent years burying.