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The Heir To Storms End

young lyonel my beloved <3

Ser Arlan comes to owe a debt to Lord Baratheon (whoever that is at the time) and could pay it with service to the house but says something about The Road™ and is convincing enough that Baratheon offers a compromise on The Law of Surprise. Arlan agrees, because a) what could he possible lay claim to that he doesn't know about and b) very little surprises him.

But low and behold like a month later, he and Roger are in King's Landing and a very miffed red-headed woman calls out his name and hands him a chunky two-year-old saying, "This is your grandson. You have to take care of him now." There's some arguing, but the woman manages to disappear on Arlan.

Roger asks the boy his name and all the kid will say is, "Dunk. What Mama says."

They think he means "duck," but Dunk is a slightly better name than Duck for a little boy.

Roger is very good with the little boy, but it does not escape Arlan that he didn't know he had a grandson that has now been given into his care. He tries to put off going to Storm's End, especially after Roger gets attached, and especially after Arlan gets attached, but the fear of offending the gods makes him paranoid.

So by the time Dunk would be around three, they do make their way to the Stormlands to hand him over.

Lord Baratheon is "Maiden, Mother, Crone! I was giving you a graceful exit, I don't actually want to take your baby!"

Lyonel, himself quite young, is like, "BUT LOOK AT THIS GIANT BABY!!"

Anyway, Arlan ends up in service of the Baratheons anyway. Roger get some proper armor (and diversified training from more than one person) and ends up surviving Redgrass and having a place to work afterwards. Dunk grows up toddling after Lyonel, though they have a fight when Dunk gets a baby crush on Baelor who managed to unseat Ser Arlan at a tourney, and Dunk hides in the Targaryen caravan. Jena finds him and is like, "Oh my gods, Giant Baby, Bae, can we keep him?"

Baelor protests outwardly, but secretly he also wants to keep the giant baby. They return him to Storm's End, but Baelor offers to ask his father if Lyonel might like to foster at Dragonstone or the Red Keep and they can bring Dunk with him.

But Dunk on the edge of mer society, helping others when he can, but specifically helping humans lost at sea and making sure they get back to land safely. All the other merfolk believe it to not only be beneath them but an unnecessary risk of exposing their existence to cruel, ruthless humans.

Then one day, Dunk looks on as a wild sailor takes on an impossible storm, laughing as he is tossed into the depths of the sea. Dunk rushes into the waves to save him, dragging him to the nearest shore all bloodied and delirious, but the man remembers... and he decides he will stop at nothing until he finds the massive man with red hair, eyes the color of the bluest sea and his tail gleaming the deepest seaweed green. The people say he's lost his mind, but the stag will not rest, committing himself to the sea until he finds him again!

Modern Au

Alpha Aerion seducing Dunk for a bet. Stealing his maiden head and then laugh about it in the morning, telling Dunk how he’s virginity just covered Aerion a trip to Lys to fuck some ‘real’ omegas.

Dunk is left heartbroken and unknowingly pupped.

Now months later when Aerion comes back from Lys he’s bragging about his exploits to his friends over the phone and thanking them for their kind donations. They’re saying if he can convince Dunk to sleep with him again they’ll give Aerion double.

Unfortunately for Aerion, Aegon is walking by his room and hears all this.

Of course Aegon legs it to his dad to immediately snitch on Aerion.

Except as he busts in and starts repeating what he heard but he doesn’t seem to realise his father has round his Uncle Baelor, Great Uncle Brynden and Grandfather.

All of them are just there like 😶

Maekar blows the fuck up and drags Aerion to the office to demand if what Aegon says is true.

Aerion says Aegon is a fucking snitch and it’s not like Dunk said no.

Also he’s going to get Dunk to abort the bastard so they don't have to worry. Dunks poor anyway so it’s not like he can’t be pressured into it.

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Everyone is just in shock. Not only is what Aegon heard true. But apparently Aegon left before finding out that critical piece of information that Aerion just admitted freely.

Daeron Sr is fuming. Telling Maekar he will not allow Aerion to become his father Aegon IV.

Maekar is mortified because this isn’t the little boy he and Dyanna raised. It’s like staring at a stranger.

Brynden is already searching Dunk up to do a background check.

Baelor is giving Aerion and absolutely crippling disappointed look that pierces through Aerions bravado.

Aegon on the other hand has taken his father’s letter opener on the desk tries to stab Aerion in the balls. Only stopped by his father whose default Dad wrangling senses pull Aegon back.

On the other side of the city. Dunk has not been having a good time.

Humiliated he starts to turn in on himself thinking he truly is Dunk the Lunk. His friends warned him but he truly thought Aerion was different. (In the books Aerion can be legit super charming )

Raymond is like fuck him. You’re too good for that twat.

Raymond hates him even more when he finds out he’s a Targaryen. Reds out here spreading rumours about Aerions ability to preform and pushing that narrative later that he caught something in Lys.

Dunk

Kind of cheers up until he finds out he’s pregnant. He’s conflicted because although he doesn’t have the money he wants to keep the baby.

Red is like take those Targaryens for all their fucking worth to which Raymond enthusiastically agrees.

Back to the Targaryen our favourite little spy Aegon hears from a family (adults only)conference call that Dunk is an orphan who works as a jack of all trades fixer in flea bottom. He does a lot of free patch up jobs for single mothers, disabled people and those who really can’t afford to pay. He can’t buy them new boilers or anything but he’ll get scrap and fix up the hole in your wall or go junk hunting for that specific piece of pipping you need for you plumping or radiator. Even helping old folks carry their shopping.

He also volunteers at the community centre. Teaching kids little skills as well as some self defence.

Aegon bullies Daeron junior into balding him up and then starts sneaking down to fleabottoms community where he meets his new favourite person in the world.

Aegon starts to interact with children his age who weren’t born with a trust fund that could keep their family funded for generations. He learns to make his own cereal box sketch book, Up-cycle clothes and the other little low cost crafts.

He loves making puppets and painting with Tanselle.

But Dunk is his favourite. It took him 0.5 seconds to imprint on him. He still can’t believe he’s scummy brother was able to trick Dunk.

Dunk even pregnant remains constant in his strength and kindness. Even though he’s not the smartest he tries to help children with their homework. Braids hair, listens to children with rapt attention and even shows them how to ride a bike and maintain one. He also gets pieces of bike cycles from the scarp yard and they build them/ fix together allowing the children to have their own bikes.

He even brings in his ex-street/fighting dogs for the kids to pet. Most people leave the ex fight dog Thunder alone but Chestnut and Sweetfoot thrive on being fussed over.

Dunk is there when Daeron II Targaryen marries Myriah Martell. He is present when Baelor, Aerys, Rhaegal, and Maeker are born. He saw them through their infancy, childhood and then their teenage faze eventually he saw them as men grown.

Unfortunately his nephews inherited their Targaryen inclination towards family members, in particular, Dunk himself. Dunk is as always oblivious when it comes to romantic overtures.

It starts with Baelor saying when he is older he will marry Dunk and make him a proper Targaryen wife, then Aerys says he'll accompany Dunk into the shared bathing quarters and read to him, Rhaegal drags Dunk into dancing and making merry all the time, Maeker challenges him everyday and is relentless in making Dunk cross swords with him. Dunk just thinks their being good Targaryen Princes and that they like to keep up with their family members in all manner of ways, he does not notice when they start marking him in their scents or when other courtiers get scared away from their overzealous peacocking.

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