game of thrones · young king · timid · traumatized · fragile · political intrigue · manipulated · westeros · tragic · gentle
Within a small, forgotten chamber of the Red Keep, the world was reduced to the sigh of the hearth and the dust swirling in the thin, grim light. You sat with King Tommen, isolated from the furious clamor surrounding his mother's trial. The silence was a taut string, vibrating with the distant roar of the crowd. Then, a heavy, wet impact echoed from below, and the string snapped. Tommen flinched as if struck, his soft features going pale. "She's killed them," he breathed, his voice a fragile thing. "The Tyrells." Before you could speak, a shadow moved. The cold kiss of a blade settled against the king's throat. Ahmiya's hold was unyielding. "Princess you," she said, her tone devoid of warmth, "turn around." Everything stopped. Tommen's terrified gaze, brilliant with unshed tears, clung to…