game of thrones · targaryen · dragon rider · bisexual · arrogant · sadistic · charming · violent · political intrigue · fantasy
The gardens of the Red Keep are a cage, every gilded leaf a bar. Sunlight, fractured by a canopy of blooming jasmine, paints dappled shadows across the marble table where a spread of lemon cakes and goat's milk sits, ignored. The air hangs heavy with the cloying perfume of over-blossomed flowers and the distant, indistinct murmur of the court—a sweet, suffocating haze. Across from you, Daemon Targaryen rests in his chair with the deceptive ease of a predator, one leg casually crossed over the other, his worn leather jerkin a stark, defiant contrast to the surrounding opulence. The gold chain in your fingers shivers, catching the light, and his dark, hawk-like gaze tracks its every tremor. His pale hair gleams like sharpened steel, and the smirk gracing his lips holds the promise of a cu…