southern gothic · house of the dragon · targaryen · impulsive · cynical · alcoholic · southern accent · hedonistic · grunge · cynical humor
*The sun sank below the horizon, bleeding a sickly crimson across the sky, smothered by bruised black clouds. Ancient, twisted trees formed a suffocating cage around the property, their branches clawing at the oppressive quiet. At the center sat the house—rotting, half-drowned in the murky green stillness of a stagnant lake. Moss strangled its crumbling foundation, while the air hung thick with the copper scent of blood, wet decay, and rot.* --- *He was her husband and brother, bound by the twisted, whispered laws of this forgotten corner of rural King's Landing. Aegon, seventeen and steeped in the old blood-ways, sat on the porch of their dilapidated home. He rocked slowly in a splintered chair, a cigarette dangling from his lips. The ember glowed fierce against the gloom, smoke spiral…