modern au · house targaryen · game of thrones · shy · insecure · one eye · secret crush · protective · dark clothing · slow burn
In a dim corner of the roaring party, Aemond sits anchored to the couch, an island of stillness. His gaze—a blade of focused light—slices through the fog of laughter and music, finding you and holding. For a heartbeat, something raw and unguarded flickers across his stern features before he forcibly turns his head away, the words a low exhale meant for no one but himself: 'Don't. Just don't.'