Daemons Emerald|| Daemon Targaryen

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visenya's pov
here we stand at laena's funeral. i never met her. i met laenor obviously. speaking of he's here with rhaenyra and the three boys. vaemond says a speech about family and the tides looking at rhaenyra pointedly. i chuckle as does daemon. they look at me and i say "sorry go on" daemon kisses my head "don't mind them. they're all sheep. laugh all you wish" soon we disperse and i smile and walk over to my father and he grins stroking my cheek "my sweet and fierce visenya. have you chosen or started to choose. jacaerys would be a good choice it'll mend the family" i ask "and give him claim to my throne. letting rhaenyra try to usurp me through him? no." my eyes on daemon. who's watching me in return and rhaenyras trying for his attention but he pays her no mind.

he raises his cup to me and i smile his way blushing at his look drinking. "you have to choose my dear. a long bethrothal gives you time to know the man of your choosing and time to break it if need be and to choose another" he says breaking my thoughts and stare. i tell him what i want "i want him" my eyes on daemon and daemon alone. chewing on my lip. what if he does not want me? what if he does not wish to wait 4 years for me to mature fully?

he asks "daemon?" i look to my father "does it bother you?" "you know i denied rhaenyra this request right? it'd cause a bigger rift" he says softly. i reply "i do not care for her wants. past or present. she does not care for me despite how much i tried to bond. she hates me because you disinherited her" "a decision you've never made me regret my sweet. you've embodied the care of rhaenys the conqueror, and the fierce ways of your very namesake in a way i never thought you'd be. a perfect queen you are already at 4 and 10. and you'll continue to be that way." he tells me softly. and he coughs into a handkerchief and i ask "and my request father?" worrying over him. i always worry over him. care for him, help him. the maesters don't do enough. rhaenyra abandoned him, my mother trots about high on duty and he's never bonded with my other siblings im afraid. so it's me.

he says "my brother is as wild as they come. and i've never trusted him, to be honest i've always feared him, the way he lives, his thirst for power. but i never doubted how he cares about you and this family. you two are two sides of the same coin. he's protected you your entire life and cared beyond his uncle duty. he's changed with you. rhaenyra and him just...would not have worked. but i can see you two having a happy and fruitful life together. he'll help you rule and fight if and when it comes to it and not just take over like i feared he would've if rhaenyra took the throne after me. and well....you know i've never been able to deny you of anything you wish for. if this is what you truly desire and he desires it in return. i'll allow your union. i'll talk to him and then your mother" i hug him "thank you father" watching daemon after and he nods to the side and he smiles "go with him" i nod and walk over and he says "walk with me, princess" i nod and he leads me to the beach.