❝ Envy was, after all, colored green. ❞ ― It is both a blessing and a curse, being the Realm's Delight: Malentine Velaryon, Rhaenyra and Laenor's oldest son, knows that very well. He has been raised to be whatever the Iron Throne needs him to be:...
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(friends with benefits + friends to lovers ) aegon ii targaryen x male original character
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𝖘ynopsis:
A pearl is formed when dirt becomes embedded into the flesh of an oyster. No matter how much mother-of-pearl the oyster produces to protect itself from whatever is endangering its wellbeing, dirt doesn't care and nacre sticks to it throughout years and years of failed destruction, producing one of the most beautiful gems of the known world. Men don't care either: to them, a pearl means power and wealth - a symbol of stability.
Malentine Velaryon was Rhaenyra's oldest child and her own carbon copy, in everything but colors: restless, reckless; beautiful, beloved. He was first in everything, coming to this world a moon before Alicent's first boy, Aegon. He was the first one to have a dragon egg hatched in his cradle, the first one to walk, talk, soar the skies on dragonback, command a ship - the first one to face the rumors of his bastardy. It is even said that king Viserys cried when he was granted the honor of presenting the child to the Septon for his Naming Ceremony.
Though we know naught of the king's tears, it was indeed that day that Malentine became the new Realm's Delight, from then on ever present at his grandsire's side, the darling boy of the whole Seven Kingdoms, who quarreled to get a piece of him for them to keep.
But when did he become the Pearl? Oh... when they tried to undo him.
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𝖒alentine 𝖛elaryon (nicholas galitzine) the pearl
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𝖆egon 𝖙argaryen(tom glynn carney)the spare
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author's note! ━ i am aliveeee!! i took quite the long (and unannounced) hiatus, i know i'm sorry... your girl had to rest, and though i loved writing "the song of the tides" it left me wanting for more: therefore here i am! will i be finishing TSoTT? yes, probably, but at a later date, bc i have a couple of drafts that i rrreally want to work on first!
if you follow me on tiktok (which i highly suggest you do, at cthulhu.mp4) you already know the man, the myth, the legend malentine velaryon bc i yap non stop about him 24/7 like i'm running on a tight schedule and i have to get out everything i know about him... for the ones who don't know him: he's my sweetheart, my green slandering icon, the thorn in otto hightower's side, the son alicent never had (those dark glimmering eyes?? alicent you are the father), malentine "you're just like mommy baby" velaryon etc. etc. - you'll see him in action very very soon!
i'm afraid i won't be updating regularly (i will try to publish a chapter fortnightly and to notify you when i cannot post) bc, alas, i'm still a university student with a lot at hand atm, but rest assured that this story and the ones that will follow will have their (probably tragic) ending. to all my readers, thank you so so much for being here - be sure to comment and let me know what you think!
warnings! ━ alcoholism, the occasional smut and every asoiaf typical themes. atm i can't really think of anything else, but i'll try to pinpoint trigger warnings at the beginning of every chapter!
disclaimers! ━ this fic is not canon compliant! aegon targaryen is a mess and also kinda pathetic and a little shit, but overall not a god-awful human being (bc if i have to write him i have to feel comfortable doing it and... uh... i kinda hate his book/show self to say the least :3) in hotd terms the story covers the second half of s1. practically speaking tho it's set from late 127 to early 129 (more or less), so during the last 1-2 years before vizzy t's death and the beginning of the civil war. dw i'll mention the date in the chapters where it's needed, so it's easier for you to understand!
