What's more, Alicent herself drinks some wine before she goes to Viserys' chamber after he summons her, which tells us how much she dreads such intimacy but does it out of duty and pressure to perform, something both Aegon and Helaena had to do as well. Also, Aegon and Helaena almost never interact verbally, the only time they do so, they act like siblings, as if Uncle Aegon is here to take Helaena's son to play during his study times, or Aegon is here to pick up his son after Aunty Helaena babysat him, you get the gist. They never act like spouses, rather siblings who share kids, and Aegon is always talking to her like a brother. “I'm afraid,” she tells him after some hesitation, and he sobers up and says, still with a smile though not a genuine one, “Don't be, Vhagar is protecting the city”, and she says she's not scared of the dragons but the rats, to which both Aegon and the maids look around searching for the said rats, and when they come up empty, Aegon smiles awkwardly and says, “The Queen is an enduring mystery, is she not?” and then leaves. That's all the dialogue they share throughout the series. Not once is there a smidgen of abuse or vitriol, just awkwardness and discomfort of two people who do not want to be married to each other, let alone have sex with each other. So save me all your “Aegon maritally raped Helaena” wet dreams.