❝a golden cage is still a cage❞ ── In which the empress of Rome takes an interest in a gladiator and, in turn, an unlikely bond between an empress and a barbarian takes place Lucius Verus + Cassia Gladiator II

"Go," she says. "He waits for you." -Madeline Miller THE LUCKY ONES Multiple love stories House of the Dragon s1-s2 (the whole show)

What happens when Rhaenyra and Daemon's night in the brothel turned out to be more than what the princess admitted to? What happens when a child is conceived that night? What happens when that child is a girl, born the perfect image of a Targaryen princess? What happens when that princess turns out to share the same affliction as her dear aunt? And what happens when she tries her damndest to make sure her visions don't come true? ✨Cover Art by Seasmoked✨

❝ to ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace ❞. in which the second daughter of the king can't bear to live an ordinary life. team green targaryen oc (multiple love interests).

Julienna Hightower has played the role of her father's pawn perfectly. Now widowed, she returns to King's Landing hoping that the role is done. But Otto has other plans for his oldest daughter. Plans that involve seeing her wed again to bring a Hightower even closer to the Iron Throne, by any means possible.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.... The love of a mother for her children damns all. HOTD x Elaina Hightower © 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐞

It's Strange What Desire Will Make Foolish People Do. He catches a droplet of wine running from her lips to her chin with his thumb, his hand remains on her face as he cups her cheek with it he leans on his side so he's almost looming over her when she asks with a whisper "What are you doing?" "Breaking the rules." He answers simply then he connects their lips together. Following the chaos that broke out amongst the two factions within House Targaryen that evening at Driftmark Annerys Velaryon is betrothed to Aegon Targaryen by her Grandfather with the hope that their union might close the rift within his family. Annerys accepts that for duty she must forgoe love yet the longer she is marrried to Aegon the harder it is to distinguish who her Love and her Duty belong to anymore. When I set out to write a piece about House of The Dragon I started thinking about where a new character might fit in and how her story might have unfolded if she had been in Fire and Blood and rather than setting out to create a piece about Aegon. So whilst love does develop between the two characters Aegon retains his core character traits which we watch Annerys respond to in a patriarchal landscape where she has no allies other than her husband as her family remain at Dragonstone. My plan is to make a complex story with complex characters that can be read with nuance, but perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself. Anyway I hope you give it a try.

❝ 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯. ❞ ೃ⁀➷ 𝙸𝙽 𝚆𝙷𝙸𝙲𝙷 𝚅𝙸𝚂𝙴𝚁𝚈𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝚁𝙶𝙰𝚁𝚈𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙻𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝙳𝚁𝙰𝙶𝙾𝙽 OR 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙹𝙾𝚄𝚁𝙽𝙴𝚈 𝙾𝙵 𝚅𝙸𝚂𝙴𝚁𝚈𝙰 𝚃𝙰𝚁𝙶𝙰𝚁𝚈𝙴𝙽'𝚂 𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙰𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙰𝙳 𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙴𝙽

Cirilla was a girl bedevilled. All her life, she'd been plagued with terrible nightmares of fire and blood. But as she twisted and turned and burned, Daemon Targaryen smelt the smoke and smiled. daemon targaryen x fem!oc ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀© 2022, riverofblues

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