#gwayston

Ofc he’s been passing as a beta, because omega sons are BASICALLY an affront to the gods in Otto’s mind, and Gwayne can’t just go be a maester because Otto wouldn’t do that with his only son. (Also we’re going show canon where Alicent and Gwayne are the only two kids he has, because I do what I want) I assume many maesters are actually beta, but there are enough maesters who ARE shameful omega sons that the maesters have a way to hide that.

And blah blah blah passing for beta, has never allowed himself to have a heat, oh NO he runs out of whatever maybe just before they reach Harrenhall, and Alys says she can make something else but not until the heat has passed. And there are so many alphas because ofc many of the army dudes are alphas. And then blah blah blah. Someone has to do it, and Gwayne asks Criston for a magic eight ball of reasons (he knows Criston has slept with an omega before and treated her well [even if it was his sister]; Criston will keep this secret; they’re already becoming friends and Gwayne will trust him; etc). And then they maybe fall in love or it’s just a pwp!

But while we’re still on omegaverse, the #1 kudos fic mentions that Gwayne can’t get pregnant, and I’m like “oh? He can’t?” Mostly because I like the idea of them sleeping together on campaign and it was just one heat, early on, and it hardly mattered. Gwayne maybe acted out early on when he first presented and he screwed up but he remembers how terrible he felt before the moon tea, but he also has none of the other symptoms. I would actually prefer this in a universe where some men can just get pregnant rather than omegaverse, because then there’s even more of a reason for Gwayne not to know what’s happening after he chooses to live and walks away from Cole.

And idk maybe this is a universe where Sunfyre and his boy are dead and remain dead, so there’s a reason that someone’s cooler head prevails at Tumbleton. Daeron is married to Rhaena as a motion towards peace (listen, I want everyone to live and the dragons to live). Aemond can be weird with Alys in Harrenhall; Granny Vhaegar can take a nap. Baela can have a threesome with both of her uncles, because I feel like that’s were the show would be going if Plot weren’t coming for Addam, and Criston is assumed dead.

And Gwayne is pregnant. And he doesn’t realize until like month three or four, long enough that he tries moon tea and it doesn’t work. He’s set aside his armor and as things are going right now, either he or Daeron will be the lord of the Hightower (oh no, Ormund died and since we see no children, it SHOULD be Gwayne, but he’s willing to abdicate to give the Blacks/Targaryens control of both Old Town AND King’s Landing, as long as he gets to keep his head and Daeron gets to survive. And Gwayne is pregnant and he feels like he’s losing his mind. And then somehow Criston returns and they get married and neither of them have to fight anymore. Idk how they keep Criston out of paying for his crimes?? Maybe something happens and Daemon and Rhaenyra pass away before Gwayne’s child is five? Also the kid is a Flowers rather than Hightower, so that’s not really a threat.

I can’t imagine Joffrey would care. Gwayne is just living as a single dad and then Criston comes back. And then it’s a happy ending.

BUT ALSO just a regular fic where Criston and Gwayne are both punishing each other and themselves by sleeping together. Criston knows he’s a sinner and has broken his vows. His feelings for Alicent are terrible, but he won’t set aside her token. And at first he sleeps with Gwayne because it’s such a perversion of what he feels for the Queen Dowager. And Gwayne knows that he’s gay and also full of self-loathing because there’s no place for someone like him in the light of the seven. And he’s so attracted to Criston, which he knows is both an affront to his breeding and heritage because Cole is lowborn AND a Dornishmen, but when Criston pushes him to his knees, Gwayne goes willingly and happily. And maybe there’s some dubcon that turns into RACK between them. At first it’s probably toxic and a little abusive, but also: look at them. They’re disasters, and they’re using sex to torment themselves and each other, but then also they start?? Talking?? Without meaning to.

Like someone drops badly, not that they understand that, but they’re out running drills in front of EVERYONE and you can’t do that like this. I kind of want it to be Criston. Not that Gwayne has ever had subdrop, but I feel like he probably hides it better.