Burn The Ships / Viserys Targaryen / Larys Strong

22. The Want

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It was common for larys to have sleep overs with lucia so when lyonel went in to check in them and they were snuggled up beside each other.

Lyonel wanted to talk to lucia she had been spending a lot of time with viserys and her getting older that she might want to talk about possible unions. Finding a match. But he still wanted her to stay his little girl.

When Larys woke up he hoped everything would change but he knew that it wouldnt. In lucia's mind it was just for teaching purposes. But he loved her desperately. He really hoped she wasnt going after the king, but who else had captured her mind like the king had?

Lucia smiled kissing Larys cheek before readying herself for the day. 

"Lu..." She smiled back at him through the mirror and all words left him completely. He just stared at her a long moment memorizing ever feature of her ever changing face. She wasnt a little girl, she was a young woman. She was stunning and he understood why the king was entranced by her. 

"I am having tea with Viserys this morning." Lucia remarked. "They always have the best sweets, I will save you some." 

"Okay." Larys agreed turning around and fixing his shoes when Lyonel came in. 

"Hello my sweet, I wanted to see you before the meeting but you were fast asleep." Lyonel remarked. 

"We were up late." Lucia answered. 

"You two can talk for hours." Lyonel agreed. 

"Yep." Lucia smiled back at larys. Talking indeed. 

"I just wanted to check in on you darling." Lyonel added running a hand over her head. 

"I'm fine, I'm great actually. I... feel revived." Lucia decided. 

"You do? Oh thats wonderful. What happened?" Lyonel questioned. 

"Larys helped me with a problem I was having." Lucia answered vaguely. 

"Larys, what a good brother you are." Lyonel agreed.  "I forgot my notes, I should already be gone, but I heard you up when I came back." 

"I'm going to the castle for tea with Viserys." Lucia remarked. "I will join you."

"We have a meeting." Lyonel countered. 

"I know. I like Aegon and I wanted to try and befriend Alicent some more." Lucia admitted. 

"Alright then are you ready?"

"Ummm no." Lucia admitted. 

"I will walk her down." Larys assured as Lyonel kissed her goodbye. 

"See you after." Lyonel agreed heading out. 

"You wanted to get there early to listen to the knights gossip about Rhaenyra and her babe." Larys corrected once they were alone, she giggled blushing. 

"Maybe." Lucia agreed. "They have a bet going on, which knight it is." 

"Thats silly. Its obviously harwin."

"I know that, its not hard to tell from the way he was going to be sick during the labor but They have two in mind besides harwin, both with thick black hair but everyone knows its him... I dont see why he likes her at all." 

"I dont know why anyone would like a Targaryen in general." Larys urged, Lucia gave him a pointed look. "Just not my cup of tea. "

"Viserys is fine, Aegon too." Lucia corrected as Larys helped her secure her leg into place taking his time as he ran his hands along her thigh. "It's just Rhaenyra thats the problem. Helaena is sweet too, different... but different is good. Alicent doesnt see that."

"Thats because she is still in her mind and you have a beautiful mind my girl." Larys agreed. 

They walked arm in arm to the castle and Larys sighed when they got there knowing where Lucia was headed.  

Viserys looked tired. He drew a hand over his face. It's a thinking face, but more than that, it's a frustrated thinking face.

"Viserys..." lucia whispered he met her gaze and his pinched face softened. "What can I do to help?"

"Just... the council." Viserys sighed.  Lucia put down her cup and moved closer to him grabbing his hand. 

"You want to vent?" Lucia pondered. 

"I want... I want..." he held her gaze looking into her dark eyes and he knew what he wanted and he knew he shouldnt want such a thing but did and he couldnt stop himself from leaning and kissing Lucia Strong. 

He kissed her. And she couldn't stop him because she didn't want to stop him. His proximity fed her soul. His lips awakened her heart with possibilities. Then he pulled back and she blinked back at him breathlessly. Viserys ran his thumb over her lips, the ones he had just kissed and he couldn't help it he kissed her again, pushing her up against the pillar next to her in his room that he thought was completely useless until this very moment because it made for nice stability. Lucia was quick to wrap her arms around his neck, they would have kept going, Viserys didn't think he could stop now that he knew she wanted him.  Then it ended. It was just a kiss. They had control. Until he kissed her again. Harder. Longer.

He loved the little pants she made, the way she tangled herself around him. But the sound of footsteps and voices pulled them apart. Why though? He was the king but with Lucia he felt like a teenager in love, with the biggest crush and he was worried it would all fall apart.

Because he was married and she could  never be his.