The Fire That Burns Within US - Aemond Targaryen

Duties Above Pleasure

136 - Red Keep

Visenya lays between Aemonds legs, resting her cheek on his chest, and her eyes are half closed. Aemond is more awake than Visenya, gently ghosting his fingers along her back while he looks through the open doors leading to the balcony. The room is quiet, and the only thing that makes a lot of noise is their breaths. The two are content now, happy that they can lay in bed all day.

A knock on the door wakes Visenya up more, she looks at Aemond, and he is already looking towards the door. Aemond moves Visenya off his chest, lying on her back before kissing her. Aemond pulls himself out of bed and puts on his pants and shirt from last night. As he walks past the table, he grabs his eye patch and fixes it over his eye.

Visenya stretches her arms out and pulls the sheet over her chest. She closes her eyes and relaxes into the soft bed.

Aemond thinks it might be a servant, perhaps bringing them some more food or offering to run the two a bath. He would simply tell them to leave and not to bother them again. Aemond opens the door and wishes that he had made himself and Visenya more presentable before opening the door.

On the other side is Alicent, dressed and ready for the day. She pushes her way passed Aemond before he can close the door on her. Looking around the room and Visenya sits up on the bed. Aemond closes the door, and Visenya sees Alicent and holds the sheet to her naked chest.

"Mother-"

"I take that you two had an eventful night," Alicent stops him as she looks around the room, Visenya's wedding dress still lays on the floor, and the majority of the blankets are on the ground. She had wanted to make sure that, unlike Visenyas parents, the marriage had been consummated.

"We were planning on having an eventful morning as well," Aemond whispers to himself as he stands between Visenya, still on the bed, and his mother. He drums his fingers against his leg, just like Visenya; having his mother in the room is not how he wanted the morning to go.

"Do you need something, My Queen?" Visenya asks, not feeling comfortable in front of Alicent in her current state. She understands that even if her mother and the queen are on good terms, Alicent might worry that Visenya would be like her mother.

"I just wanted to make sure that all went well last night," Alicent tells the two in an innocent, sweet tone. The newlyweds look at each other at her words. Visenya slightly nods towards the door, telling Aemond to get his mother out of the room.

"Aemond," Alicent says to get his attention; she steps towards him and takes hold of one of his arms. "I have something I need you to do today,"

Alicent and Aemond walk towards the door, with Alicent whispering to Aemond. Visenya sighs, knowing they would not be getting to spend the day in bed like they wanted to. The sound of the door closing makes Visenya look at Aemond. Aemond sits back on the bed and pushes Visenya's hair out of her face. He rests his hand on her cheek and pulls her in for a kiss.

"I take it that we will not spend the day in bed?" Visenya says against his lips, and Aemond hums as he rests his forehead against hers.

Another knock at the door makes Visenya groan and throw herself on her stomach with her face in the pillows. Aemond smiles at her and kisses her head before he goes to answer the door again.

Aemond is greeted by the smiling faces of Ben and Rob. Ben holds a plate of food, and Rob has a jug and two cups.

"We just want to make sure that you two have lots of supplies," Ben speaks up, not scared to poke fun at Aemond while Rob still tries to correctly in front of the prince. "We know that you two must be tried from last night,"