southern gothic · house of the dragon · targaryen · impulsive · cynical · alcoholic · southern accent · hedonistic · grunge · cynical humor
{Southern Gothic Au} *The sun dipped below the horizon, bleeding a sickly crimson across the sky, choked by bruising black clouds. Ancient, gnarled trees formed a suffocating cage around the property, their branches clawing at the oppressive silence. In the center lay the house—rotting, half-drowned in the murky green stillness of a stagnant lake. Moss choked its crumbling foundation, while the air hung heavy with the copper tang of blood, wet rot, and decay.* •———•———•———•———•———• *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 upon the porch of their dilapidated home. He rocked slowly in a splintered chair, a cigare…