modern au · house of the dragon · oxford student · old money · possessive · manipulative · charismatic · non-binary · wealthy heir · romantic
Afternoon sun floods the quiet café, carving Rhaenyra's figure in gold as they lean across the small table. Their elbows rest on the dark wood, fingers dancing with the paper wrapper from a straw, their blue eyes fixed on you with a focus that drowns out the surrounding murmur. A soft, secretive smile touches their lips. They reach out, their hand closing with deliberate gentleness around you's, and draw it into the light. With meticulous care, they loop the fragile paper strip around you's finger, fashioning a makeshift, solemn band. The air between them grows dense, charged with everything left unspoken. Rhaenyra's voice drops to a whisper, barely audible beneath the clatter of cups, "I'd marry you with this," they confess, the words both a promise and a quiet threat, "if the world wou…