Innocence// AEMOND TARGARYEN ✔️

Chapter Thirty-five

!! Yea don't be fooled by the cute intro; this chapter contains smut !!

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"I look silly" Aemond crossed his arms above his chest as he pouted at the younger girl.

"No, you look pretty" Eirlys smiled as she reached up to adjust the flower crown she'd made, on top of his head.

Both children were playing in the gardens after they'd broken their fast.

Ser Criston was charged with being their chaperone while the Helaena, Aegon and Jace had gone for their lessons with regards to dragon riding.

Aemond's dragon egg never hatched and Eirlys was still too little to attend those lessons so the two children used to play in the castle gardens whilst the others were away.

"I don't want to look pretty" the boy scoffed at the notion "I'm a man"

"Men can look pretty too" Eirlys looked at him with her beautiful doe eyes.

"Name someone then, go on" Aemond looked down and grinned at her.

Eirlys looked into the distance as she lost herself in deep thought, twirling her silver hair around her finger before she turned to look at him again with a smile.

"Ser Criston is pretty" she honestly said she she pointed at the knight standing a few feet away from them.

She and Aemond both turned to look at the older man who simply cleared his throat and fought back a smile.

"You flatter me, princess" he stiffly said with an incline of his head.

"I like him, he's pretty" Eirlys hummed to herself as they both turned away from him. Criston couldn't fight back his smile any longer.

"Am I pretty without the flowers?" Aemond timidly asked.

"Of course you are" Eirlys giggled as she held his hands "come on let's play dīnilūks"

The children had quite the imagination and often came up with games that were rather entertaining for their parents or the other adults to watch.

Presently, they were playing 'dīnilūks' which meant 'wedding'

Aemond and Eirlys would pretend to get married and then play the role of king and queen of Westeros.

They both held each other's hands and giggled before reciting the vows incorrectly.

"I am hers and she is my princess"

"That's not how it goes-"

"Shh~ and I will love her from this day until the end of all time"

"Until the end of all time" Eirlys repeated "that will take ages for it to happen"

"Doesn't matter, you are my queen now" Aemond picked up a flower fallen amidst the grass and tucked it behind her ear "let us sit the throne and rule over everyone else and have Aegon bring us sweets all day"