Castles Crumbling / Helaena Targaryen/ Taelon Targaryen

25. Daphne

"Calla. If it's a girl?"

"No." Taelon answered softly. "It's a sweet thought but you don't want- I don't want our daughter to have the name of my wife- first wife". Taelon corrected. He was right she didn't want him to be thinking of his wife his first love whenever she held their possible future daughter. But she didn't know if that was what he wanted. She was glad he didn't

"Daphne." Taelon suggested picking the daphne flower. "Keep with flowers. What do you think?"

"Daphne". She repeated.

"And if its a boy?"

"Cyrus. After a cypress tree. Strong and dependable." Helaena suggested

"I like that."

"Not very Targaryen." Otto remarked but they were of silver hair and violet eyes. Daphne and Cyrus.

At least they looked Targaryen.

"They are perfect." Alicent declared. "Oh helaena, they are so perfect!"

"Thank you mother." Helaena said softly but her eyes were glued on her babies.

Elio and corey were grumpy however. They stomped around while helaena gave birth and taelon was right by her side through ever painstaking hour, the twins were forced to spend quality time with tommen.

"I want daddy." Elio grumbled

"Me too but we don't always get what we want." Tommen countered. "Like best friends getting married and pregnant and making me babysitter- not that i don't love being the best uncle ever-"

"I want daddy!" Corey agreed.

"Lets get him then."

Helaena jumped at the banging in the door. Taelon rushed to make the nose stop but his anger faded at his boys at the door.

"Hey-" taelon barely got the word out before the boys launched themselves at him. "Oh i missed you too buds."

"Where's mama?"

"Come meet your new baby siblings. A boy and a girl. Daphne and cyrus."  Taelon answered. They ran to helaena. "Be gentle with your mama."

"You no longer love us?" Elio asked climbing into the bed.

"You replaced us?" Corey shouted.

"No!" Taelon declared hugging them tight. "You are my boys. Forever my boys." Taelon assured. "I love you both so much!"

Taelon didn't expect this. He felt like the worst father ever.

"Twins just like us!"

"They are replacing us." Elio decided

Yes otto thought fondly. Cyrus would be heir.  His blood would be heir. When taelon was king hekaena would be his queen and now with a proper heir cyrus would be king one day too.

"I love you boys so much." Helaena agreed passing off her babies to Alicent and a hand maiden. "We are not replacing you we are adding to the family. You two are going to be the best big brothers ever." Helaena added. "But nothing will change the way i feel about you or how much i love you."

"You sure?"

"I love you and want you to love daphne and cyrus as well. Do you think you could do that?" Taelon was having a mini melt down thinking he would have to get rid of- nope don't think like that. He would never get rid of his children. He didn't know how to fix this but helaena remained calm and they responded to her easily.

"You are my first boys. You are my babies. I will always love you. Do you still love me? Even though i have two more little humans for you to love?" Helaena questioned "Can you make room in your big beautiful hearts for them to?"

The boys shared a look before nodding hugging her tight.

"You love me most though right?"

Crisis averted. Taelon could breathe again.

"She loves me most."

"No. Tell him mama."

Taelon smiled sitting at the esge of the bed. Helaena beamed back at him. She loved their little family.