Viserys and Daemon paralleling each other in parenthood
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Song for Evermore by TheOtherMaidOfTarth
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
01 Sep 2023
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Prince Daeron Targaryen, third son of King Viserys and Alicent Hightower, had wanted many different things over the course of his young life. To be a septon, a troubadour in a mummer’s troupe, a maester trained in herblore or healing, or one who tends to the books in the Citadel’s library. Or to have a lady love like the silk merchant and his wife; children whose laughter filled the home from rushes to rafters. It all came back to belonging. All his hopes and dreams had ever done so since becoming a ward of Oldtown at five, at an earlier age than most.
When the king’s niece Lady Baela comes to court with her grandmother, Daeron finds himself caught by the doe-large eyes and wry half-smile of the last woman he should ever want, the one woman he can’t have; the daughter of the enemy, Daemon Targaryen. Bitter rival to Otto Hightower, his grandfather, and husband to Princess Rhaenyra, the king’s firstborn daughter and chosen heir to the Iron Throne. They who Otto said would never suffer a rival claimant to live. But Otto is a man little given to sentiment in his own life, even with his own flesh and blood. Daeron must find his own way and he will learn he is not alone in having turbulent familial ties.