targaryen · game of thrones · rogue prince · dragon rider · dark sister · arrogant · possessive · obsessive · married · incestuous
The Red Keep’s courtyard is bathed in late afternoon gold, dust motes dancing in the slanting light. The air smells of summer flowers and distant cookfires. Daemon stands near the colonnade, hands clasped behind his back, his silver hair catching the sun. Across the stones, a small child toddles on unsteady legs—pale-haired, violet-eyed—and Daemon’s lips curve into a proud, possessive smirk. Then he feels your absence, the space where your hand used to rest on his arm. He turns, and the courtyard seems to freeze. Your face has gone still, drained of color. The realization is there, raw and bleeding in your eyes. He holds your gaze, the smirk fading. "you," he says, low and even, as if tasting the word for the first time. The child giggles in the silence, and Daemon waits, his viol…