#maegor oneshot

[zeciex]

A Vow of Blood Masterlist

Warnings: This fic includes noncon, dubcon, manipulation, violence and inc3st. Tags will be added as the fic goes on. This is a dark!fic. 18+ only. Read at your own discretion. Please read the warnings before continuing.

Updates every Friday: A work in progress

AO3

Chapter 1: A prophecy foretold Chapter 2: Fireflies and Funerals Chapter 3: A debt made Chapter 4: The Arrival Chapter 5: The girl who leaves, the Woman whom returns Chapter 6: The unholiness of burning Chapter 7: Gossip and Needlepoint Chapter 8: Schemes and Artisans Chapter 9: The Feast Chapter 10: Beware the Blood Red Roses Thorns

Chapter 11: Words of a Scandal Chapter 12: The Whore that Lies Chapter 13: On Your Knees Chapter 14: From the Shadows Chapter 15: White Poppies Chapter 16: The Tourney; The Joust Chapter 17: The Tourney; The Melee Chapter 18: Ruination Chapter 19: Tea & Charity

Chapter 20: Sympathies for Maegor the Cruel Chapter 21: Moon Flower Chapter 22: The Ugly Seat Chapter 23: A Woman's Shame Chapter 24: The Boy With the Stars Chapter 25: The Seafarer Chapter 26: Dragonstone Chapter 27: Betrothal Chapter 28: The Sting of Bitter Betrayal Chapter 29: Little Nightshade

Chapter 30: In That House On Top Of The Rock Chapter 31: The Stranger's Company Chapter 32: The Hunt Chapter 33: Brōzi, riña hen narys Chapter 34: There's no measure 'within reason' for women Chapter 35: Pulling the Strings Chapter 36: Boris Baratheon Chapter 37: The Image of a son Chapter 38: Wine and Company Chapter 39: Once in Ivory, to the sound of bells

Chapter 40: Trapped like a Fox Chapter 41: The illusion of choice Chapter 42: Two sinners can't atone from a lone prayer Chapter 43: The Depravity of Desire Chapter 44: Think of the Stars Chapter 45: Blood in the Water Chapter 46: The Boundaries of a Winged Pig Chapter 47: The Vigil of the Old Gods Chapter 48: The Stag that Rages Chapter 49: The Stag hunts the Stag

Chapter 50: The Performance of Grief Chapter 51: Once in front of the fire, two become one Chapter 52: The Funeral of Boris Baratheon Chapter 53: The Hunger of Man Chapter 54: The Funeral Procession Chapter 55: Keeping Alliances Chapter 56: Souls tied, intertwined by our pride and guilt Chapter 57: Wisps of Smoke Chapter 58: A Missive of Ravens Chapter 59: A Claim of Bastardry

Chapter 60: The Last Supper Chapter 61: The Taste of Silence Chapter 62: Waves Chapter 63: In the Eye of the Father Chapter 64: The End of a Noose Chapter 65: A Fool with a Fool's Honor Chapter 66: The Son of Duty Chapter 67: The Daughter of Insolence Chapter 68: The Tempest of a Woman Chapter 69: Birds in a Cage

Chapter 70: The Beast Beneath the Boards Chapter 71: The Tower of the Hand Chapter 72: Ill Tidings Chapter 73: A Woman's War Chapter 74: Salt and Smoke Chapter 75: A Golden Crown of Sorrow pt. 1 Chapter 76: A Golden Crown of Sorrow pt. 2 Chapter 77: Haunted By The Daylight Chapter 78: Vengeance Hungers -- Friday the 3rd

A Vow of Blood Chapter previews

Chapter previews comes out throughout the week leading up to the new chapter

If you want a moodboard for a specific chapter, send me a message and I'll see what I can do!

Vow of Blood: An uncanon oneshot; The Wooden Cock The wooden cock, pt. 2

A Vow of Blood Aemond; NSFW Alphabet!

#A Vow of Blood Masterlist

[misguidedasgardian]

The white dragon

An alternative universe for The House of the Dragon

Summary: How the existence of Rhaenyra's younger sister can change the course of history, the youngest daughter of King Viserys Targaryen and the Queen Aemma Arryn.

To cover the heir to the throne's transgressions, you are obligated to marry his lover, Ser Harwin Strong

Main pairing: Harwin Strong x Targaryen!Femreader

AU Warnings: violence, blood, murder, cheating, adultery, mentioned incest, (more tags added by chapter)

Main Story

Prologue

A Dragon or Goat

Collateral damage

The wreckage

What is left

Forced Landing

Name day

Seeds of mistrust

Two headed dragon

While you were gone

Taking roots

Kicks of a drowning man

Harrenhal

Driftmark

Dragonstone

The Seed is Strong

Sow what you planted

Claimed, not given

Second sons

Were loyalties lie

Were loyalties lie part 2

The Hour of the Owl

The Hour of the Bat

The Blacks

Storm's End

The North Remembers

In the dragon's den

The Greens

The march

The crossroads

The Red Keep

All roads

I bring the storm

Shield bay

Kings of Nothing

Jorraegalon

Under seige

The man of Gold

The Kraken and The Dragon

The Rock

King's Landing

Maegor

Monsters of Land and Sea

The Trident

The Dragonpit

The Great Council

Kept Promises, Epilogue

Archive of Characters

The archive of characters of The White Dragon

Headcanons & Oneshots

The White Shadow: Ser Steffon Mangold, sworn protector and sword of the princess and how he came to be

Vhaelar: how the bond between dragon and rider happened

The hunt: what was the princess doing during the hunt?

A hellish match: Jace dances with Aemma, and Baela with Aemond, but they wish it was the other way around

What If Series

what if... Harwin never stopped his affair with Rhaenyra?

what if... Reader married Cregan Stark?

#misguidedmasterlist #misguidedhotd #harwin strong x targaryen reader #harwin strong #harwin x reader #ser harwin strong #harwin breakbones #daemon targaryen #princess rhaenyra #rhaenyra targaryen #rhaenyra #house of the dragon

[redwolf17]

So with the Weirwood Queen in its final arc do you have any other fics planned after it’s done?

LOL

Oh, buddy (affectionate). I have an entire notes doc with *counts* 20 ideas for fics. Most are oneshot ideas, but there’s a few non-oneshots, though none longer than seven chapters. A few of them:

TWQ canon: Robb POV oneshot

TWQ canon: Grey Worm POV oneshot

Canon compliant: Joffrey POV. There would be 3 chapters, one each for AGOT, ACOK, ASOS.

Canon compliant: The Eight Wives of Walder Frey, from the POV of a maester or servant. Oneshot.

Canon compliant: The Last Day of Valyria, from the POV of a faceless man. Oneshot.

Canon compliant: When the Dragons Came. The conquest, from the POVs of the prior rulers of the 7 kingdoms: Harren Hoare, Torrhen Stark, Sharra Arryn, Argella Durrandon, Mern IX Gardener, Loren Lannister, and Meria Nymeros Martell. Seven chapters.

AU: Dany as a firebender, in a world with no dragons where House Targaryen used to be the only living firebenders until they lost their gift. Oneshot.

AU: What if Sansa did marry Willas, after failing to escape during the Purple Wedding? Sansa POV, seven chapters.

AU: What if Alysanne the Good was the daughter of Maegor the Cruel? Alysanne POV, seven chapters.

Crack fic: Maegelle Targaryen POV, modern AU. After leaving divinity school, Maegelle decides to open a soup kitchen/bakery: Maegelle’s Bagels.

EDIT: OH, and I need to finish my fluffy Oberyn/Ellaria/Sansa GBBO AU that went on hiatus when TWQ ate my brain lol.

#the weirwood queen #asoiaf fic #always enjoy a good ask

[presidenthades]

Halloween Kidfic Oneshot!

Title: Maegor’s Ghost

Rating: T

Word Count: 4.7k (complete)

Summary: On the Night of the Stranger, the Targaryen children decide to go hunting for Maegor’s ghost. (A oneshot prequel to “Daemon’s Handbook.”)

Note: This is 99% a fluffy palate cleanser, but there is a moment at the end that may make you go 😱, especially if you’ve already read “Daemon’s Handbook.”

#my writing #hotd fanfic #hotd fic #house of the dragon #hotd #house of the dragon fanfic #kid fic #halloween

[atopvisenyashill]

You know how originally Alysanne was gonna be Maegor's daughter with Ceryse? Well, there's a oneshot by anonymous on ao3 that explores that idea and is told from the point of view of Ceryse and Ceryse is shipped with Alyssa Velaryon and Jaehaerys and Viserys switch places, so Alysanne ends up married to Viserys. It's really good and you should check it out if you haven't already. It has the tag "Alysanne is Maegor and Ceryse's daughter" in it.

ahhhh omg you’re the best anon, love a fic rec

#fic recs

[angrygirlromero]

I was really looking forward to making a bunch of kinktober oneshots of Maegor Targaryen but I forgot lmao, but I'm still doing requests

#fyp #house of the dragon #house targaryen #got headcanons #hbo max #maegor the cruel #maegor targaryen

[witchofthevale]

☾ ⋆*･ﾟ the witch's dewey decimal ‧⁺ʚ₊˚✧ ﾟ

. . . ⇢ ˗ˏˋ library is now open. to heed direction, please check the tags below. this is mostly for myself, but you're free to roam around to seek what might entertain you for today. ·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳

+ further curation might mean the use of 'search' instead of 'tagged', i.e. if you're looking for angsty aemond fics, you'll have to search #rainstorms tag + #reading for: aemy.

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MAIN ;

#pikībagon 🔥💭. . .house of the dragon fics #elle reads !! . . .fics by other fandoms #elle is authoring . . .works written by the witch

LENGTH ;

#series . . .chapters/parts from a series #pieces . . .oneshots/long fics/full fics #shots . . .drabbles/blurbs/headcanons

GENRE ;

+ some piece that aren't tagged with #rogue tag might still contain nsfw content. I only tag nsfw when it's the primary focus/heavy with nsfw.

+ for #darkened halls tag it might depend more on what i personally consider as potentially dark/triggering. please read the TWs for your own curation, & do not community label. just skip if it's not for you. much easier for everyone involved.

+ there are no tagged genre for series parts to better curate anticipation for a piece.

#fluffernutter tag . . .fluff (comical, lighthearted, ease, sweet). #rainstorms tag . . .angst (tear-worthy, has a lot more hurt in hurt/comfort). #rogue tag . . .smut (mainly fics with smut, a hefty portion of smut). #darkened halls tag . . .dark (dark, potentially triggering). #dead flight tag . . .dead dove (dark fics that have definitive triggering content. please read TWs before reading).

FREQUENTLY TAGGED CHARACTERS ;

#reading for: [insert nickname here]

aemy (aemond targaryen) / rhae (rhaenyra targaryen) / aeg (aegon targaryen ii) / dae (daemon targaryen) / jacey (jacaerys velaryon) / creggy (cregan stark) / oberyn (oberyn martell) / vizzy t (viserys targaryen i) / maegor (maegor targaryen) /vizzy iii (viserys targaryen iii) osferth (osferth) / eddie (eddie munson) / tom benny (tom bennett) / ettore (ettore) / sihtric (sihtric kjartansson) / billy taytay (billy taylor)

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[asykriel]

Hello! So, I was re-reading "love is the death of duty" in ao3 (by the way, you have no idea how much I love it, I hope you update soon ♥) and I wanted to ask you if by chance at some point you will write something about aemond and maegor but as children (I mean, for example, during Laena's funeral) I think it would be incredible that you did it and thus see how they were as children, how difficult it is to be the only ones not to have a dragon, the moment when Aemond loses his eye and maybe the moment when that one began to feel differently with the other. I would love to read some fluff between maegor and aemond se children before all that is coming.

I hope I don't bother you with this message, it's the last thing I want to do.

Yeah! After I eventually finish the main story I was thinking of writing some extras in the form of AUs / oneshots. This could be a good idea for one of those extra chapters.

#ask #love is the death of duty #the thing is I'm not sure I'm capable of writing fluff from start to finish without slipping some trauma in there as well lmao

[shipcestuous]

If we're going to talk about disappointment and widowhood as the Greek mythology anon said, I really am a Targaryen incest widow and unfortunately the adaptation of Dance with Dragons doesn't appeal to me at all. I've tried to piece together some random thoughts I have about.

1. There's enough canonical incest in Dances with Dragons, but it's overshadowed by war. It's basically tragedy. Rhaenyra and Daemon married to people they don't love (like most in ASOIAF) and having children with these people before getting together. The poor Helaena married to her brother and being forced to choose between her children. I should probably be used to it, there are things like that throughout the writing, but Dance with Dragons is especially gory and stands out in my mind more negatively than others eras. I will probably read AU fanfics when they exist.

2. Totally a matter of taste, but I would much prefer an adaptation of the Blackfyre Rebellions. See the beautiful Shiera Seastar and her relationship with her brothers. well, there's war, there's tragedy too, but in my opinion nothing compares to Dance with Dragons.

3. It probably won't happen for a while, but an adaptation of Conquest of the Targaryens is not something I would be happy to see, I mean I would certainly appreciate the cast choice, they did a fantastic job on House of Dragon, but seeing Visenya being passed over by Rhaenys? That's not how a romantic threesome is supposed to work. well, Rhaenys dies and so and so, but the son of Visenya is known as Maegor the cruel, the current Targaryen lineage is not even directly related to her, it comes from Rhaenys' son Aenys. Did she really get nothing good out of this marriage? I know Visenya was an amazing strong woman, that's why I admire her, but her resilience in dealing with Aegon and Rhaenys is commendable, I would hate them. Another Targaryen incest I wouldn't want to see.

Fourth point, which should actually be the first, Viserys/Daenerys had SO much potential. It ended before it started with Viserys' early death, and I feel like it's so disappointing, and that the things might be different if Viserys wasn't so...weak. I honestly never understood why Viserys never went to Dorne. With the right persuasion they would help with a promise to avenge Elia, and though they would not putting Rhaegar's crimes under Viserys's head, I doubt they would want to see another Princess Martell on the Iron Throne anytime soon. I don't think it would all be over if he married Daenerys. What went through his mind to marry his sister to that man and think he could reclaim the throne that way is beyond my comprehension and I will never truly understand.

Also, there are no fanfics that do justice to this couple out there, I'm sure Dany's life would be better with a stronger, more loving Viserys.

There aren't many Daenerys/Rhaegar around either, in fact hardly any, I don't like Rhaegar Targaryen, he's a scum but he's handsome and I wouldn't mind reading smut oneshots of him with Dany. Viserys/Rhaegar/Daenerys would also have been great and an improved version of the Conquerors.

There are many other things I'd like to say, but I've tried not to be wordy (failed), i also lost some thoughts while writing, maybe there are things missing and maybe my spelling is missing in some places, I didn't proofread the text, i hope you understand.

I guess basically I'm complaining about not having enough Targaryen incest, but I know you would mention House of Dragon and I explained why that's not an option for me. So yes it sucks like incest, with little representation and the little representation that there is you're not comfortable watching, I'm a clown 🤡

One thing I will say about House of the Dragon is that it may not be faithful to the source material - though I doubt for the better.

It's a shame that all the potential of House Targaryen and their long history of incestuous marriage hasn't given us anything really good to ship/watch/gush about.

I suppose we've got to hope that House of the Dragon is a success, so that we might get more GOT/Targaryens in the future.

I'm totally with you on Visenya/Aegon/Rhaenys. Visenya being the odd one out would just be hard for me to watch.

Viserys as written really did make an odd choice turning to the Dothraki. I can only assume the influence of others were what really made the decision

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, Anon. I am sorry for your pain!

#asks #anonymous #commentary #noiv #nr #r: brosis #canon #targaryens #a song of ice and fire #house of the dragon #tw: incest #dances with dragons #conquest of the targaryens #aegon and visenya #daenerys and viserys #daenerys and viserys: commentary

[avengingangelfanfic]

New Oneshot, my dragons.

Cahpter 18 - Realm of the Dead.

Viserys is not having fun, but Maegor is.

[dwellordream]

Fem!Maegor AU where Maegelle or Maegora or whatever marries Aenys would be interesting to read. Just Aenys being the ultimate wife guy while she puts down rebellions on Balerion and trains her children with dark sister

I had an idea at one point for a oneshot called Brutus where a female Maegor has her husband Aenys assassinated, viewing him as the potential ruin of their burgeoning dynasty.

#ask #anon #maegor the cruel #aenys targaryen

[thebluelemontree]

author interview

I was tagged by @zip00198704.  Thank you, lovely =D I’m really late to the game, so I’ll tag whoever wants to play!   

Name: Blue_Lemons on AO3

Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire

Where do you post: AO3.

I have exactly three fics posted, so they are the default answers to the questions.  Well, I don’t even consider the third one “official” since I feel like I posted the first draft and I’m in the process of re-writing it.  :P

Most popular oneshot:  Line and Shading  A reimagining of the conversation between Sandor and Sansa on the roof of Maegor’s Holdfast, the night before the Blackwater.    

Most popular multi-chapter story:  Bones and Rubies  A future fic that picks up exactly where Alayne I, TWOW left off.  

Favorite story you wrote:  They’re all favorites for what they are.  I have to have strong feelings about the idea of the story, or I can’t write it.    

Story you were nervous to post:  More like the story I will be nervous to post when it’s completed.  Two chapters, between 14 and 18k words, 75% smut.  Didn’t really intend for the scene to wind up that long, it just kept going.  I’m almost at the conclusion.  I’m nervous because I’ve never written that much smut before.        

How you choose your titles:  They just jump out at me.  I don’t think too deeply about it.  It will come once I’m writing and I figure out what the story is.  

Do you outline: Nope, and I really need to learn to do that.  Especially with Bones and Rubies.  I really, really regret not outlining in the past.        

Complete:  One.

In-progress:  The two chapter smut fic, then back to working on Bones and Rubies.   

Coming soon/not yet started:  No other story ideas on the table right now.        

Do you accept prompts:  I would not be the best person to submit prompts to.  Even if I really like the prompt, it may take anywhere between 6 months and two years for me to actually finish a fic about it considering my track record.   

Upcoming story you are most excited to write:  These days I’m excited if I get a free hour or two to eke out a paragraph.  Hopefully, today is a day that I make more progress.   

#memes #tag games #author interview

[ktwrites]

The Stormborn

Fandom: Jonerys/ Game of Thrones

Genre: Family/Fluff

Rating: Nothing above T

Find it on AO3 and Fanfiction.net

A/N: This is another future fic oneshot from the same timeline as Stallion of Stone. I enjoyed writing about Jon and Dany’s future children that I just had to write a little bit more.

“Will that be the last one for tonight, your Grace?” Missandei asked as Daenerys set down her quill.

“Yes, I think that’s enough for one evening,” Dany replied, sitting back in her chair and running her hands over her belly. “I know you think I’m working too late as it is. We’re finished for the night.”

“I would never presume to tell you how late you should work, your Grace.”

“As my advisor you wouldn’t. As my friend you most certainly would. That’s why I value you.”

The two women shared a warm smile. They had been through much together; grief, heartache, sorrow, happiness, and joy.

“Will you need my assistance tonight?”

“No, I think I’ll stay here and read for a bit,” Dany said as lightning flashed across the Gullet. “It looks like a storm’s coming. I can smell it in the air.”

“Don’t stay up too late, Daenerys.”

“Now you sound like me when I’m scolding Aemon.”

“Well, he does get his stubbornness from his mother.”

“I promise I will sleep. That is, as long as this one will let me,” Dany said, pointing to her stomach. “I think their foot is currently wedged beneath my ribs. At least it feels that way.”

“I’ll have them send in some tea before I retire tonight. The kind that helps you relax.”

“Thank you, Missandei. I’ll see you in the morning. Goodnight.”

After her friend and most trusted advisor left, Daenerys stood from her writing table and stretched out her sore back. Just because she had come to Dragonstone for her eventual confinement did not mean she left her duties behind her in KIng’s Landing. Every day new missives, inquiries, and petitions arrived and every evening after she put Rhaenys and Aemon to bed she would go over everything with Missandei’s help. In less than a week Jon would be joining her from his trip to the Iron Islands. Then, barring anything urgent, their family would remain there for the next month until the babe was born.

She hated when they were apart, but short and long absences alike were part of ruling a vast kingdom that was still rebuilding from years of war and neglect. She was glad to have someone to share the heavy burden of the crown. In many ways she had been naive, despite Tyrion’s warning. Not everyone had welcomed the restoration of her dynasty, not everything was able to be solved with Valyrian steel and dragonfire. Four years after their coronation she was still learning that.

Dany stood at the open balcony in the Chamber of the Painted Table, the Map Room, as Aemon and Rhaenys called it, and closed her eyes as the warm salt air blew across her face. Far below her, fierce waves were pummelling the socks, warning of the storm brewing across the open water. Lightning flashed again, so bright she could see its light through her closed lids and she counted the seconds that passed until the low rumble of thunder echoed across the bay. It’s going to be a big one tonight, she thought with a smile. In just ten days she would celebrate her namesday, so a summer storm seemed more than appropriate.

Summer, Dany mused. Another reason she was glad to be on Dragonstone. The heat of King’s Landing was different from the warmth of Essos. There, it was hot. In King’s Landing it was sweltering, nearly oppressive at times and the large city seemed to stink with the heat. Dragonstone provided an escape from that as well. Here the breezes blew into the castle from the water in a way that did not happen in King’s Landing. Here was the perfect place to welcome her summer child into the world.

Soon enough the rain began to fall and Dany retreated further into the Map Room, running her fingers across the great carved and painted map of her ancestor, Aegon Targaryen, on her way to the bookshelf. She selected a tome before settling back into her chair. The book was a familiar one, given to her as a wedding present by Ser Jorah. In all the years that had passed, she still never tired of the stories within. No sooner had she opened the book than a servant begged entrance to the chamber, carrying the tea Missandei had promised to request for her. She thanked them, took a sip of the steaming drink and returned to her reading, finally deciding on the early days of House Targaryen when Jaehaerys the Conciliator became king after the reign of Maegor the Cruel, and ruled with his wife, the good Queen Alyssane.

Dany propped her elbow on the table and cradled her head in her hand as she read. Before long her eyelids began to grow heavy, only to snap open again with each crack of thunder. Her head had dipped down again when she heard the faint sound of steel scraping across the stone floor.

“Mama?” a small voice said just before a clap of thunder so loud it shook the cup on her table echoed through the Map Room and jolted her awake. She blinked a few times to find her son standing before her, a small sword in his hand and a scared expression on his face.

“Aemon? What are you doing?” she asked, holding her hand out to beckon him towards her.

“The storm woke me up and...and…” His bottom lip quivered as he walked towards his mother and Dany could tell he was quite possibly on the verge of tears. She wrapped her arm around his shoulders.

“And you were afraid?”

“No!” Aemon said quickly. “I’m not afraid! I came to protect you.”

“Ahhhhh,” Dany replied with a knowing smile. “That was very good of you. It’s very late, Aem.”

“I know, but after I woke up I could sleep anymore.”

“And your sister didn’t wake up?”

“Rhae can sleep through anything.”

Her father’s daughter, Dany thought with a wry smile.

“I was just about to retire for the night. Would you escort me to my chambers?”

“Yes, Mama!” Aemon said excitedly but Dany noticed him jump when the next flash of lightning lit up the room.

Daenerys took one last sip of her tea and shifted herself out of her chair. Her body felt heavy with fatigue and she could not wait to sink into her soft bed and let sleep wash over her. First, however, there was a little prince too proud to say he was afraid of the thunder who needed his mother. She took his hand in hers and squeezed it three times and waited for his little hand to squeeze back four times. It was a little code between the two of them, a secret message. Three squeezes meant I love you. Four squeezes in return meant I love you, too.

“Lead the way, Aemon,” Dany said and her son led her from the Map Room to her bedchamber.

“You have a visitor tonight, your Grace?” Ser Barristan asked from his post at the door to Daenerys’s chamber.

“Indeed,” his queen replied. “It appears I have an extra Queensguard tonight.”

Aemon walked into his mother’s bedchamber and laid his sword against a chair. He climbed up onto the tall bed and watched Dany expectantly.

“Stay right there and I’ll be back,” she instructed, moving behind the changing screen in the far corner of her room to shrug out of her gown and into a deep greyish blue nightgown.

The bedroom was dark, save for a few sputtering candles and the occasional flash of lightning. Aemon looked so small in the middle of the huge bed and when she climbed on he immediately settled himself beside her resting his head on her chest and a hand on her belly. She wrapped an arm around him and brought him in close.

“That’s much better,” she said, nuzzling his soft, silver-blonde hair. It was long now and messy about his face. He typically wore it half-up. Like Father wears it, he often said with pride. Now it was loose and wild from sleep.

“Better,” he echoed his mother and glanced up at her. “Story?”

Daenerys nodded and hummed for a moment before she began her tale.

“Do you know why they call me Stormborn?” she asked.

“Because you were born during one of the worst storms.”

“That’s right. You were born during a terrible storm as well.”

“I was?”

“Yes, but you were born during a great Winter storm. One of the worst, even the Northerners agree. I was staying at Winterfell and your father was at Castle Black preparing to seek out the Night King and defeat him. That’s a very long way from Winterfell, but he promised me that he would be there when you were born.”

“Did he keep his promise?” Aemon asked, already knowing the answer for he had heard the story before, but it was one of his favorites.  

“He did. He must have known it was close to the time for you to be born. Now, how he and Rhegal made it through the storm I will never know, but he was there at Winterfell when you were placed into my arms, all red faced and screaming and wailing. That very night, the storm died down and from that night on there has never been such a storm like that anywhere in Westeros. Some say that the night you were born was the beginning of the end of the Long Night.”

Aemon was quietly for a very long time and Dany thought he had fallen asleep, knowing that he was finally safe from the storm within his mother’s embrace.

“Mama?” his little voice asked in the dimly lit room.

“Yes, Aem?”

“I told a lie.”

“You did?”

Aemon nodded against her breast and heaved a sigh. “I was afraid of the storm.”

“Why didn’t you just say so?”

“Because if I want to be brave, I can’t be afraid.”

“Oh my love,” Dany said, shifting her son so that he was sitting up and facing her. “People aren’t brave because they’re not afraid. People are brave because they carry on despite their fear. I was told that your grandfather Ned used to say that the only time a man can be brave is when he’s afraid.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Are you still afraid now?”

“No. Because you’re here, Mama.”

“No, Aemon. You’re not unafraid just because I’m here. You’re unafraid because we’re here together.”

“Do I have to go back to my bed now?”

“Not tonight, Aemon,” Dany said, hugging him and holding his close again. “Stay right here with me.”

#Jonerys #Jonerys fic #Jonerys fanfic #Jon x Dany #dailyiceandfire

[presidenthades]

Poll About Series Order

I’ve been debating if I should redo the order of the fics as they’re arranged in the Daughters-verse series on AO3. Originally I planned to order them chronologically, eg #1 Handbook, #2 The Golds. But then I started writing prequels like Maegor’s Ghost and interludes like Weekend Activity Guide, so chronological doesn’t make 100% sense anymore. Otherwise Maegor’s Ghost would be #1, and I would prefer a new reader start with the Handbook.

If I reorder the series, it would probably be “Main” fics first in the order they’re written, and then oneshots, prequels, and spinoffs would be later in the series. This way a new reader can read all the main fics first, then read the “extra” fics after. So the order would be like this:

1. Handbook

2. The Golds

3. Compromise

(Other future main fics, eg Joff/Daeron, go here.)

4. Maegor’s Ghost

5. Weekend Activity Guide

6. Smallfolk Tales

(Other oneshots etc in the Main Timeline, eg more Daemon and Joff adventures, go here.)

7. Love Actually

(More modern and other spinoffs go here, or I create a new series if there are enough spinoffs to justify it.)

I’m having trouble deciding, so if anyone wants to throw in a vote, that’ll help me get a sense of what seems logical to most people! Feel free to comment/send an ask if you want to make suggestions.

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