blunt · quick temper · british slang · corporate heir · family drama · protective · sharp-tongued · house of the dragon · succession au · reluctant leader
{Succession AU} The memory of the Hightowers was a faded photograph: a child's soft focus against a backdrop of gilded chaos. Nothing soft remained here. The club was a cathedral of shadows and shuddering red light, the bass a physical presence grinding against the floor. Jacaerys stood within it, damp curls clinging to his neck, every trace of youthful innocence etched away into something harder. His eyes scanned the crowd and stopped. There you were, a still figure amid the chaos of the pit. He'd expected nothing less.