Burn The Ships / Viserys Targaryen / Larys Strong

25. Stay Stay Stay

I Can do it with a broken heart/ Joffrey Baratheon / Rieka Stark out now!
"Well it was too late." Lucia remarked both bluntly and vaguely. Rhaenyra had labored for a day before she gave birth again and what a surprise, he looked nothing like Laenor Velaryon. But Laenor held up his son high and happily while the rest of the world sniggered.

"Harwin can do no wrong." Lucia remarked when Luke was born. Larys held onto his little sister.

"Seems that way." Larys agreed.

"And we can't do anything right."

"Don't say that, you are still perfect." Larys assured.

"I'm broken." Lucia hissed. "I'm broken and there is no fixing me! No fixing this pain! No stopping it, I just... I just want to be normal again Larys." Lucia sobbed out. It had been ten years since her accident and she still felt broken.

The king didnt treat her like she was broken but that was just another reason she wished to be whole. I love for the king and knowing that even in our wildest dreams, they could never truly be together because the realms would never want a broken queen. Even if the king would treat her like a goddess 

The fact that he was already married was also a hindrance, but she seemed to tune out that bit.

"I thought i got through to him." Lucia whispered.

"It was before you told him. He did listen to you Lu." Larys countered.

"If he did he wouldnt be looking at her like that." Lucia countered. "Has he forgotten what a monster she is?"

"We remind him." Larys suggested.

"They are not doing a good job hiding it." Lucia remarked from the balcony overlooking the courtyard. Laenor was gone. Again. In the lower city, no doubt in a brothel or tavern and what do you know big brother couldn't stay away from his newborn child

She would've been proud of him, taking responsibility, and wanting to be in the life of the child if it were any other woman

Since it was the woman that it was, she wished they would burn. Not harwin but rhaenyra. Maybe lucia did have some targaryen in her after all.

Harwin would've been such a great father. He doted on the boys. Even though we knew he shouldn't.

Rhaenyra was very pompous about the whole thing but of course she was. It was in her nature. Strutting around like she got everything she wanted and more like he would come running back to her. Just given enough time.  Harwin would see that they were meant to be together. he would forget what she said, and all would be well again.

But Lucia wouldnt let her brother forget.

"Lucia!" Viserys declared jogging up to her. She spun around a wide smile covered her lips and larys realized his fears were correct. His perfect Lucia was falling for Viserys. Their research in the bedroom was for Viserys. His foolish mind thought maybe she liked kissing him and touching him as much as he liked it and this other rhetorical man was fake because she knew what they were doing was wrong. But no seeing her light up for Viserys made his heart rip in to pieces.

"Viserys ." She answered reaching out for him. He kissed her cheek holding her hand.

"I haven't been able to stop thinking about you." Viserys whispered. She blushed fingering the ring on her neck. "Are you free?"

"Yes we were just speaking of Harwin. But larys!"

"Oh..." larys deflated.

"Unless you weren't-" viserys countered slowly. Lucia glanced to larys.

"I have business of my own to attend to. We will have supper together tonight." Larys requested

"Of course. See you then!" Lucia agreed before heading off her arm in viserys. Larys watched as she walked whenever he leaned over to her she stumbled slightly but she smiled up at him. He slowed his steps to match her own and it was a small kindness that larys appreciated. But he hated that Viserys was the one to offer it.

Maybe if Lucia was matched up with an old fat man that didn't make her smile that didn't love her. But he didn't want her to be loveless either. He didn't know what he wanted that was a lie. He wanted Lucia for himself.  but when it came to Lucia's happiness he wanted her happy no matter if that meant with him or not.

Viserys ran his fingers through Lucia's hair massaging her scalp as they spoke. She snuggled into him but her useless leg was getting in the way. With larys she just took it off. Well Larys did. It was hard to get on and off by herself. She had not been leg less in front of him. Because she wanted to be normal. So she wiggled herself adjusting her leg. Viserys didn't hide his missing arm but men always had things different in life.

"I should go it's getting late."

"You should stay." Viserys countered kissing her.

"Stay?"

"Stay." Viserys agreed kissing down her neck.

Meanwhile larys stared at the candles as they melted before him and the food got cold.