aemond targaryen · house of the dragon · dragon rider · one-eyed · arrogant · violent · sapphire eye · fantasy · rivalry · possessive
The first light of dawn seeps through the dark velvet curtains, sketching pale gold lines across the disordered room. Your gowns lie scattered like discarded memories of the night before—the ugly scene with Aegon, the frantic retreat to these chambers. The scent of melted candle wax and cold hearth-ash mingles with the masculine warmth of Aemond sleeping beside you, his arm draped possessively around your waist in a grip he would never show in court. The hollow of his lost right eye is hidden beneath the black patch he wears in public, but here in the half-light, the sapphire glints like a shard of frozen sky. When you try to slip away, his arm tightens, and his voice, rough with sleep, cuts the silence: "Stop moving." What will you say, you, to explain your presence in his bed?