THE DRAGON DANCER // HOTD

05

Viserra's chamber doors opened after a few knocks that went unanswered. Standing in the doorway was Ser Harwin Strong, seeing if the Princess was awake.

She was not. And she had company.

He saw his eldest son and daughter lying beside each other. He would have panicked and freaked out if he had not seen their clothes still attached to their bodies.

It was just a sleepover like they used to have as children.

But he should've known better.

"Princess," Harwin called out.

Both Viserra and Jacaerys shook awake in slight fear. They weren't scared for people to see them in bed together, but it was a little awkward when they realized it was their father who found them.

Both their faces lit up bright red. It was that moment when Harwin knew his previous thoughts were incorrect.

He cleared his throat awkwardly and turned his head down, "Princess, her Grace has requested your presence for breakfast, as well as the Prince," he added, knowing he no longer needed to separately seek out Jace to deliver the same message.

Viserra stammered a bit in nerves as she answered, "A-Alright. We'll be down for breakfast in a few moments," she assured before Harwin bowed his head and bolted out of that room.

Jacaerys and Viserra shared a glance. In short, it said 'mother is going to rip us a new one'.

But, regardless, they stood and got ready for the day before heading down to breakfast. Viserra summoned a maid to gather Jacaerys' clothes so he could dress without having to leave her chambers.

Upon leaving her chambers, Viserra and Jacaerys were faced with a confused glance from the two knights standing guard outside their rooms.

They made their way down to have breakfast. They sat with the entire family, not including Rhaenys who had returned to the Tides.

Rhaenyra and Daemon immediately locked eyes with the siblings. One shooting them a harsh glance and the other smirking and trying not to giggle.

Take a guess who was who.

"Ser Harwin tells me he found you both in the same bed within Viserra's chambers this morning," Rhaenyra got to the point very quick as soon as they took their seats.

Viserra turned to Jacaerys, silently conversing about what to say. The two were always good at that; having silent conversations.

"Well," Viserra cleared her throat, "we...we didn't do anything horribly 'improper', so to speak," she shrugged slightly, offering as much as she could without going into detail what they did in front of their family.

Daemon and Baela sat next to one another trying their best not to laugh, mouths almost needing covered to prevent such.

Rhaenyra nearly rolled her eyes.

"I'm no fool. I ask simply that you...proceed with caution in these times of war," she spoke, hinting at what she truly meant.

Pull out. We don't need any more babies running around in the middle of a war!

Jacaerys and Viserra blushed a bit but nodded and began eating nonetheless.