Rhaenyra and Daemon - Behind closed doors HOTD fanfiction

What might come

Rhaenyra

I lay on his arm and looked at the stars with Daemon's jacket over my body, meant to keep the cold evening air away. Daemon was beside me, resting on his elbow and the look in his eyes told me he was far away in his thoughts, his forehead frowning a bit. I turned at him and playfully shoved him back down and the second after he pulled me tightly onto him.
"What are you thinking about?" I asked and fondled his hair the way I knew he loved.
Daemon didn't answer straight away, as if he needed time to tell me the right thing. Then and there I felt a slight gap opening up between us, as the reality we lived in came into my mind.

"The future", he finally answered, and all I could hear was what he didn't say. I wanted him to say he thought on Our future, but I knew that was an unrealistic dream. Daemon continued to speak.
"There are things I have to do, and I need you to know that whatever I do, it's never aimed towards you my love. I simply believe certain actions are crucial for the future of the realm. If your father refuses to do them, then I have to. I will be going to clean up the mess at the Stepstones, for starters. You might get mad at me and that's okay."
Men and their plans, their ego and their pride, I thought, careful not to engage in a political discussion. I didn't want to argue with him, not tonight.

"I might do things too." I said instead." I would welcome the removal of Otto Hightower, he rules through my father and I don't like it."
Daemon nodded at that, thinking the same.
"And I will probably have to marry soon, hopefully, some dark and handsome young man", I teased, but Daemon didn't look amused, his eyes darkened and I wasn't surprised he became jealous, he was used to owning his women and ordering them around. That would never happen with me, and I knew it was one of the things that he loved about me, he needed the challenge, someone to balance his ego.

"I will never care for another man", I kissed his dissatisfaction away. "You will probably only have one man, my future husband, to be jealous of. How many do I need to worry about? " I made a horrified face at him. "You have the easy road in my opinion."
To that Daemon could only laugh, "You are crazy woman, there is no one that can compete with you, and you know it."
We cuddled and kissed some more and then we couldn't drag it out anymore. It was time to go our separate ways.

Daemon

Our dragons started to get restless, it was dark outside, almost night, and I knew this rare evening had to end. We both had our roles to play in the biggest game of all, the game of the Iron Throne. Rhaenyra was named Heir right now but that would probably change when Alicent started popping out babies. I was conflicted about this, because I thought she would make a fantastic Queen and ruler, but I had my own ambitions and above all, my pride. It was one thing to beg Rhaenyra to kiss me in private, and totally another thing for her to rule over me in public life. I hadn't kneeled to pledge my liege to her yet, I had thought about it but I chose not to, and Rhaenyra didn't bring it up.

We loved each other but we couldn't be together, not for real, only stolen moments like this one. I would cherish this evening in my heart for as long as I lived.

I helped her put her dress on, it took forever to get all the buttons right, but it had to fit perfect so no one would suspect anything. Rhaenyra insisted on tucking my shirt in, I guess she wanted to feel my body one last time. When we finished with the clothing, we held each other for a long, long time. Her head rested on my chest, her ear listening to my pounding heart, me caressing her hair and remembering how her soft skin felt against mine, our hands locked together. Then she pulled away, someone had to do it, our arms stretched out and I pulled her back in for one last kiss. Her lips were soft and tasted honey, she sucked on my bottom lip, and then she was gone, walking towards Syrax and climbing on.

She turned her head, waiting for me to mount Caraxes, I nodded and off we went. The dragons were a bit calmer this time, we flew next to each other until Rhaenyra had to steer south. She tossed me a kiss and I caught it and held it to my heart. It was silly, I know, but it made me smile. Then I asked Caraxes to dive because she was gone. I hoped that my dragon could fly away my pain since I didn't know when I would see her again. As we were in free fall I could feel something wet in the corner of my eye, not sure if it was a tear of sadness or from the dive. What I did know was that it would be very hard to live my life without Rhaenyra by my side. I was lucky to have an upcoming battle to distract me.

Rhaenyra

I couldn't look back, now I had to look forward, for I was sure that there would be problems ahead. I could feel it in my bones and I had seen it in Daemon's eyes. He wanted the Crown, and plainly speaking, I was in his way. The question was, which one he wanted the most? Knowing Daemon, he might find a way to get both of us. Meanwhile, I had to play my role and stand strong at my father's side, helping him as much as he would let me.