to live; to die - to suffer

He lets it burrow under his shirt. His chest covered in deep wounds where the hatchlings claws dug for security into pale flesh. It sleeps at his bed, not at his feet but upon a pillow. The prince speaks softly to it, as he would his daughters. as it grows he seems to not notice the weight of the creature as it pushes itself on his lap to rub its rough face against his neck and lick at his beard like a cat. The prince is quick to anger with lords who flinch at his affection to the creature.

Maybe he brings some wild garlic to the camp cook at the end of the day, and everyone talks about how the roast meat is good tonight, I wonder what the cook did? And even Baelor and Maekar comment on the flavour, while Dunk's ears turn redder and redder without anyone noticing.

And maybe he grabs some fruit from a passing tree while on horseback, and shares them with Egg, and any guards near by, and maybe with Baelor if he's passing by, and Egg would tease him about how red his face would go as he watches Baelor bite into the tart damsen or eat the flesh from wild cherries before spitting out the stones.

But I think his favourite would be rosehips. An unexpected burst of flavour to brighten his day, he'd split them open before scraping the flesh away with a knife, eating the flesh from the blade. Offering the flesh to others on his own blade with a brisk take care to Egg, th' blades sharp, and a quiet careful to Baelor as they take the flesh from his blade, and oh boy the look in Baelor's eyes as he does is-

And he'd tell young Egg to be careful of the seeds, don't you know they're called itchybacks, and Egg would ask why, and Dunk would cast a look at Baelor full of humour, before showing Egg just why they're called that. He would shove them down the back of Egg tunic, and Egg would squeel and jig around trying to get them out, and Dunk and Baelor wouldn't be able to help laughing.

Like due to having so much First Man genetics, possibly Wildling, giant, who knows, Dunk's secondary gender has always been a bit off. He presented as an "Alpha" young, while he was still a child in Flea Bottom as that was most needed to protect Rafe and his pack of orphan friends. When he was taken in by Arlan, a beta, he mellowed out and while still got a tinge of Alpha he never had a rut and was just basically a Beta. Arlan said that it wasn't too odd for some Northern Kids to present as Alpha as a kid before settling into a Beta when they hit teens so he doesn't think much of it. (Wonder why that it)

Until Arlan passes and Dunk heads to Ashford, where he is now having to take care of a pup, surrounded by alpha's, with many of them blasting their hormones at him in shows of aggression and allurement. Dunk wakes up second day to feel something opening up and checks to see that the line between his cock and arse in splitting to slowly but surely reveal a cunt. His body is bitching itself.... Explains why he has been hungrier, sicker, and why his chest hurts.

so be tall.

It's time I showed some love to Maekar.

When Maekar was born and Myriah introduced him to Rhaegal, saying, “look, this is your baby brother! You’re a big brother now, like Baelor and Aerys,” Rhaegal was happy yet confused, and asked if he could, “pet,” the baby.

He came out with no hair, and was completely bald until he was a little over two.

He certainly wasn’t an easy baby to handle. He was fussy, pulled on hair and jewelry, and often bit his mother and his wet nurses while nursing.

He was a very jealous and clingy baby. He demanded to be held at all times, would throw a fit whenever his parents/brothers would pay attention to someone that wasn’t him, and he had a meltdown when Aerys told him that Myriah was his mother too, and not just Maekar’s. (Then he made it worse by adding that Baelor was his big brother too, and that meltdown was nuclear.)

Loved rough housing with Baelor. Baelor would hold him by his ankle like a fresh caught fish and swing him around, he’d pick him up and throw him across the room into a pile of pillows, and a bunch of other shit that scared their mother half to death, and the entire time little Maekar would shrieking with laughter.