modern alicent hightower au.
born september 1st, 1993 (virgo)
daughter of otto hightower, head adviser of balerion co.
from oxfordshire but moved to london at age twelve to attend an all catholic girls boarding school.
that is where she first met rhaenyra targaryen, heir to balerion co.
favourite subject: english literature and history
(she get's REALLY attached to her female English teacher)
(and still had no idea she was a lesbian...)
prefect in sixth form while rhaenyra eventually becomes head girl
absolutely adores vintage stores and drags rhaenyra to notting hill every leave weekend they possibly can
(rhae always complains but she secretly adores it)
alicent becomes vegan for a few years
(rhae does NOT like that)
otto does not want alicent to go to university truly but (through rhaenyra) viserys convinces him to allow her to apply.
alicent is allowed to apply to edinburgh and UCL.
(upon hearing that, rhae applied only to edinburgh and UCL).
both decided on edinburgh in the end.
alicent studies english literature with a minor in business.
(no one can really remember what rhae studies, it's an ongoing joke between them)
viserys pays the rent on their flat in the city centre and the two truly become roommates.
(now THAT is a real joke between the rest of their friends)
after a messy, weird, love triangle where they realised they were way more interested in each other than the exchange student (Criston Cole), they finally figured out what all their friends had been joking about.
after graduation, rhaenyra takes over balerion co. while convincing (demanding) otto to allow alicent to get her PHD in classic literature at UCL.
the two move in together in a penthouse in Knightsbridge.
Otto discovers their relationship too late and vehemently disapproves, refusing to pay for the rest of Alicent's education.
rhae murders him (no she doesn't)
rhae threatens to fire him unless he pays for her PHD course.
she fires him two years later, the night alicent receives her PHD.
alicent ends up writing bestselling fantasy novels (think shadow and bone/six of crows) while also being on call as an advisor for balerion co.
rhae proposes the day the book series becomes a New York Times bestseller (the aim alicent was always reaching for).
they are married when they are thirty.
the wedding takes place in lake como.
laena velaryon is rhaenyra's maid of honour and emmeline tully (Alicent's cousin) is Alicent's maid of honour.
Gwayne walks alicent down the aisle.
(to the instrumental of this love by Taylor Swift)
alicent goes on to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book on how catholic guilt manifests in the 21st century.
continues to write while rhae and alicent raise their children.
three carried by alicent (aegon, helaena, aemond).
three carried by rhaenyra (jacaerys, lucerys, joffrey).
alicent never allows them to meet otto.
but they have a grandparental figures in corlys and rhaenys velaryon (rhaenyra's uncle and aunt).
and they all live happily ever after <3
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