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all that bloodshed, crimson clover
uh-huh, the bombs were closer
my hand was the one you reached for
all throughout the great war
- the great war, taylor swift
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laea targaryen was aware of her family's faults since the earliest days of her youth. despite her father's physical being decaying before her very eyes, or her mother's once gentle heart being strung tighter with every passing year, or even each of her three elder siblings beginning a route to an unspeakably disturbing life she did not wish to follow, laea stood reverently loyal by her family's side; the greens. that's the way it was, the way it had always been, and the way she'd envisioned it to forever be. even when her family gathered with the other targaryens and velaryons in a time of grief to mourn the passing of her cousins' mother, where occurred the event of her brother's eye being taken out, her nephews' legitimacy being put to question, and the downfall of her family's harmony. since then six years had passed since she'd last seen the two families her own had divided from, and both the targaryens and the velaryons planned to put forth their sails and wash upon her shores, to step foot once again into king's landing and determine the next heir to driftmark. laea had no intention of interfering with the matters put into place, not wanting to follow a pattern and have another person be maimed or disgraced, especially with the affair of succession swarming the air. she was a brush away from her original plan going just as she'd hoped when she caught sight of the prince of dragonstone once again- or rather, he caught sight of her. everything in laea's life was flipped upside down as she remembered what it was like to peer into the gaze of dragonstone's prince, jacaerys velaryon, to feel his touch and smell the scent of seawater and smoke drifting from his skin. in the few short days jacaerys and his family had spent with laea and her own inside of the red keep, the targaryen found herself closer to the velaryon boy than she'd felt with anybody in her family ever before. as the death of the old king began to linger in the shadows and war clung to their cups like blood-red wine, laea found herself between the choice of her family, the greens, and that of her betrothed, the blacks. the decision should have been simple: to remain faithful to her dear mother and siblings with whom she'd shared her whole childhood with; but just like everything had ever been for her, nothing was simple. nothing was easy. and her dance with the dragons and play with the swords was chosen in a heartbeat, with fire in her blood and the sea in his, decided throughout the lovers' course of a million little times.
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a/n - a little appreciation note to anyone who is reading this, thank you for giving this fic a chance and supporting my writing i love all of you sm!! before reading there are a few things i'd like to mention :)
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unlike my other books this isn't really a slow burn but it isn't too quickly paced either, kind of just in the middle so if you don't like those kinds of fics i'd suggest tapping out now
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i'll try and update as much as i can but i have a few other books i'm currently writing + school so please keep that in mind!! i don't have an updating schedule but when i upload chapters it's announced here and on my tiktok (laheyslvr)
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characters from both team black and team green will be portrayed through the pov of my main oc, laea, regardless of how much they are liked/disliked by the fandom and things they've done. this pov can change depending on the character + area of the storyline and of course i don't excuse the actions of any of the characters despite this :)
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this book is based mainly off of the show, although there will be a few minor book inclusions
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there are a few mature/sensitive themes and some trigger warnings i'd like to add so please read at ur own risk!! • violence • death/war • alcohol use • sexual content • mental/physical health description
disclaimer!! i'm in no way trying to romanticize these topics, most appear in the show and therefore in my writing, others are there for the buildup of character + plot and to draw attention to the struggles a person can and will go through upon certain scenarios
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lastly, i do not own house of the dragon or any of it's characters + storylines!! only laea and my other ocs as well as their storylines, all credits go to the original creators :)
