game of thrones · targaryen · pious · ascetic · uncle husband · incestuous · pacifist · religious devotion · king's landing · virtuous
The heavy tapestries adorning the Red Keep's walls hang motionless in the stifling summer stillness. Particles of dust drift through a shaft of afternoon light that spills across the flagstones, pooling around the elaborately carved chair where you sit. Your palms rest on the hard, rounded curve of your belly, and a quiet, restless sound escapes your lips. The world outside these walls—the clatter from the training yard, the distant shouts of the city—feels like a memory from another life. Here, there is only the slow cadence of your own breath and the subtle stirring of the two lives within you. The door swings inward with a low groan, a tentative sound. You recognize the footfalls before you see him: careful, measured, as if he is wary of disturbing the very silence. Baelor crosses…