the princess S C O F F S, looking away with amusement. rhaenyra's mistakes were M A N Y and each more foolish than the one before. " G O O D. " she says finally, hand on hip. " perhaps you will L E A R N from them at last. "

“ rhaenyra, my dear heart. ” she calls to her kin, she smiles and her near constant melancholic disposition that festers from this, and previous, strenuous pregnancy. at the sight of her it all but dissipates— like a blood letting. sweet lavender sage dressed 'pon décolletage, the scent subtle as the queen moves to take her daughter's hand in hers; fondly, she says, “ the maesters tell me you wish to choose the dragon-egg for the babe. ” mere thought of the dragon mouth is daunting, still, even after years of wyverns in fearsome flight! or fetching her daughter from the assured safe clutches of her dragon-kin.

          𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣.     he never stood a chance to be something different, chained against his will to the fact that people did not see him — they invented him and accused him.  he’s never known anything else — and so a devil made flesh is what he became, a wrecking ball of a man.  rhaenyra was no exception to that fact, no matter how much he wished it could be different; he’s hurt her.  over and over again.  it’s inescapable.  guilt and anguish set a fire in the stone of his gaze, jaw clenched, brow knit.  he's powerless to do anything but submit to the reality of it.     ❛   𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣.   ❜

i wonder how she broke your heart did she drown you with her words? sweet and divine, waves splashing as she was the ocean and you were the island willfully gasping for air on high tides . i wonder how she broke your heart did she choke you with her promises? on how she will never abandon you and vow to love you forever and ever despite her not even knowing the concept of time . i wonder how she broke your heart did she make you remember everything about her? so that the next time you see another girl with the same hair, same skin, same figure, same chin but not the same love you'll still see her and only her on every person. . i wonder how she broke your heart? because doors lead to other doors and so one way or another i can break you exactly the way that she did for you to love me the way you love her still

Make-up: Jem Catunao