Daemons pov I leave her when a knock sounds at the door. Both of us bathed and just wanting to relax a bit. Not that we have true responsibilities here. I open the door "yes?" The maester says "two letters from kingslanding" handing me to them and I nod taking them. I close the door and turn around seeing my wife in bed. Barely clothed. Pregnancy has made regulating her temperature hell. She's either hot. Or chilly. So it's a coin toss on if we have her in furs or not.
I smile at the sight of her there. Great with child. And content with life. She's at peace. And it's a beautiful look on her just as all the others.
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I stare lovingly at her and she notices stroking her now almost 6 month pregnant belly. "What?" She asks. I tell her softly "I'm in love with you" she smiles softly "I love you too daemon" I sit beside her "no. I love you saera. I love this babe. Every second of every day I think about how I couldn't possibly love you more than I did the previous. And I do. I love you more with every day and every second that passes. Both of you. I thought I loved before. With laena, rhaenyra, whores. I thought I did. I realize now it wasn't. It wasn't true unadulterated love. And I love you truly saera"
She touches my hand that's caressing her belly "would you believe me if I say I feel just as passionately for you daemon?" I kiss her "even if I say no you'll make me" she chuckles "you've shown me nothing but kindness, and love daemon. From the day we met. You just...saw me. It was different from everyone else that just knew me as a princess, the future queen of the seven kingdoms. You saw me and that's never happened before. Fate took us on a weird beginning to our journey" I chuckle and kiss her "that they did" "even when my mother wouldn't...you protected me. You gave me the feeling of safety I haven't felt since my father passed tragically and that's something I'll never be able to thank you enough for daemon. You also....built me up, guided me, make me feel stronger and hold me and coach me through the times where I don't. You are what's got me through this loss we both faced. You. Making sure I eat when I didn't want to. Making me get out of bed and bathe and walk around the room atleast. You built me up again from what I became when our son was killed. You're perfect to me. Just the way you are daemon even if you are a jealous man and stubborn and rude to people sometimes. I love you. For who you are. And I know you'll be a great father. You already are" she tells me and I point out "I'm shit to Baela and rhaena"
"No. You're not and weren't. You moved on with your life after losing laena. You kept your girls close and loved them and...they shut you out. Being with me doesn't make them agreeable to your presence" she says. I tell her "I abandoned them" she tells me "rhaena left. With nothing but a letter saying she's going to driftmark. Baela snapped at you and stone walled you any time you'd try...they're just as at fault daemon. You raised them after laena with my mother helping. They took to rhaenyra and yet shut you out. They did this"
"I rushed into marrying rhaenyra" I point out. She says "to keep us safe and make us more United in case the greens tried anything. You're going to be the best father to our child daemon" and kisses me softly I smile "I love you" she takes the letters and I raise an eyebrow seeing her freeze "what is it my love?" "My mother. Threatening" she says. I take it and read jt
Dearest traitor That's what you are. A traitor. You stole my husband from me. Like a little whore. I raised you better. How does it feel to sleep in my bed where we tried to conceive? Hm?
We burned that mattress and got all new bed ware and furniture.
Word is that he's your husband now? And might be with child? Congratulations. End your relationship or I'll fly to dragonstone and rid of you myself.
I crinkle the paper in rage. How fucking dare she?! "Daemon" she says and I say "I'm going to fucking kill her" she sits in my lap "not yet. I'm not afraid of her daemon" good. I stroke her hair and she tells me "I can't be scared of her anymore. Yes we went behind her back and I've tried to move passed that and apologize and tried daemon. I tried. I just wanted my mother back. And I tried. She pushed us together. I always wondered what her retaliation might be. But she never did anything. I'd still try with her and every rejection broke my heart. I was scared to be around her and her finding out. I was scared to start this because of her. I was scared to be affectionate in front of her. I would've never truly thought she'd have been the cause for laenors death. It never even crossed my mind. He was innocent. Just a babe waiting to be brought into this world. She killed our son. And I'll never forgive her for it, despite me stupidly still loving her. I swore to myself when i found out it was her I was done being scared. I was tired. Sick. Hurting. I swore she'd never hurt us again. I want to watch her burn. Hear her beg. I want to take more than what I already did from her. And I want her to truly see she can't hurt us. That we...I am stronger." I grin proud of her "I won't rip her head off yet then. Just let me know when I can" kissing her softly. She smiles "the next one?" I open it and see an invitation to Viserys' name day celebration. I ask her "were you serious about that showing her stuff?" She nods "yeah why?" "Viserys' birthday is coming up and he's personally asked for our presence to the occasion" I say stroking her stomach. My babe kicks immediately. I smile. She says "then let's go. He's not getting younger. His condition is worsening" I nod "you don't leave my side. Everything-" she cuts me off "I eat and drink gets tasted by a guard or you." I nod and kiss her "good. You don't leave my side" she nods with a grin. "I wouldn't want to anyway" "we can always come back after" I tell her as she looks around the room "and if the realm need us?" "They have Jace you have pregnancy to worry about not ruling everyone's life"I reply. and she she says "my duty-" I cut her off "is to the babe. Both of ours is. If you wish for a birth and more time here than I'll take you back" she nods "she'll be a dragonstone girl" I grin "perfect for our babe"
