One Good Reason / Lucerys Velaryon

1. Romeo

Seraphina Baratheon sat beside Aegon. Her husband. Even the thought of that word- husband- made her want to push her food away.

Aegon might have been her husband but there was no love between them.

"I heard your mother shouting at you again." Sera remarked. Aegon looked up from his meal. "Any reason she was cursing your name today?"

"Does there have to be a reason?" Aegon countered. Sera shrugged looking back at her half drunk tea before getting up. Aegon stared back at her as she left. He didnt ask where she was going. He didnt care. Sera moved to the kids room picking up her littlest, Renly.

Rhaenys Targaryen adored Sera's children. Each of them had silver hair with black baratheon streaks just like herself. Sera was proud of her baratheon roots. Glad it shined through in her children.

Rhaenys thought of Sera as a niece a second daughter. After all she lost both her children and Sera was some of the last bit of family Rhaenys liked.

Sera liked being a mother. She loved it indeed. Robert and Jadyn the twins were almost two years old and then little Renly came but sera liked to call him Romeo. He was such a little flirt. He was six moons old and perfect. Simply and uniquely perfect.

"Hows my little Romeo this morning?" Sera cooed picking up Renly. He smiled kissing her eagerly. She brushed her nose against his kissing him again. Renly giggled out. "My little man."

"Meeee!" Renly agreed through babbles.

"You! Mamas boy! Mamas baby boy!" Sera declared.

"Sera?" Alicent questioned.

"Morning." She answered glancing back at alicent.

Seras father had eagerly agreed to sera marrying Aegon but sera and aegon couldnt get along to save their lives.

Alicent was kind to sera. Otto was patient with Sera. Helaena was an odd bird and Sera didnt care for her riddles. Aemond was always busy training and studying. The boy didnt have a life. While aegon should have spent more time training or studying instead of drowning in whores and wine.

"Lady Rhaenys is here with her granddaughter. She was asking for you." Alicent informed her taking a stepmcloser and almost twisting her ankle on a building block of Jadyn and Robbies.

"Why are they here?" Sera countered shifting a babbling Renly in her arms. "Is something wrong?"

"Aegon didnt tell you?"

"We dont talk anymore." Sera corrected honestly. Alicent gave a tight nod. Of corse they didnt. Aegon was a monster.

"Well there is a petition for... driftmark."

"It goes to Lucerys." Sera corrected.

"Well..." alicent bit her tongue.

"Vaemond Velaryon does not think so."   Otto added as he came in.

"Hes nothing more than a bitter second son. Why are you even entertaining his pleas?" Sera countered.

"If you are ever queen one day-" otto begun but sera shook her head.

"Aegon is a cunt. You think he would be a good king? Thats rediculous and you both know it," sera corrected bluntly.

"Well the people dont believe-"

"Father." Alicent countered. "Enough with your ploys." She begged. "We have to as the realms justice hear what he has to say."

"So Rhaenyra and her children are coming? To the capital?" Sera questioned

"They are already here."

"Ohh," she drawled out the word.

"Not excited to see them?"

"Where is Rhaenys?" She countered.

"Seraphina!" Rhaenys declared. "Oh little Renly. Hes gotten so big!"

"He has," Sera agreed as Rhaenys picked up Renly. "Right Romeo? Give Auntie Rhaenys a kiss." He gave her an open mouthed kiss on the cheek. Rhaenys wished- even though rhaenyras children were bastards- that her sons children that rhaenyra claimed were laenors at least called her grandma. But Sera and Rhaenys only shared a bloodline and yet she got to be auntie.

"Is corlys alright?"

"Its been six years since i saw him last." Rhaenys countered shaking her head. She liked being in charge. Ruling driftmark. But it wasnt hers.

"This whole thing is rediculous. Obviously you should get it over vaemond."

"Thank you. I agree. But I must admit that rhaenyra gave me a..." she hesitated "interesting offer."

"Oh boy." Sera groaned. "What did she do?"

"Offered up her boys for laenas daughters." Rhaenys blurted out.

"Luke. Driftmark." Sera realized.

"Yes. A bribe from a desperate woman." Rhaenys agreed.

"Are you going to take it?"

"I told her no but..."

"You too are a desperate woman." Sera offered. Rhaenys handed back Renly and hugged Sera. "Im glad you are here. I feel like a prisoner most days."

"When this is over and driftmark is back in my control you come and visit. Bring the children. Stay as long as you like. Too many Targaryens here."

"You are targaryen." Sera corrected laughing out.

"But its the baratheon that makes me better than them." She assured with a wink.