@oflegcnds / aemon + rhaegar.
aemon’s arrival to king’s landing was something that rhaegar looked forward to. though his four siblings were thankfully still in the red keep and nearby ( he loathed knowing that he would have to let some of them go, soon ), it was aemon that rhaegar found himself looking for most often. they were more like brothers than cousins and being the same age meant that aemon was someone who had known rhaegar since the very beginning. their closeness as children has, as far as rhaegar was concerned, was rather unmarred by adulthood — at least now when they spar, neither has to hold back.
while the lords and ladies of westeros were still settling in, rhaegar had taken aemon aside to one of the training rooms in the keep, away from prying eyes and pressed a dulled blade into his hand. just because they were sparring didn’t mean the king wanted to risk someone actually being cut.
❛ i would have offered you an option but i fear if i do not work out the building frenetic energy that i might actually tell the lords and ladies of westeros how i really feel about their oppositions to house targaryen. ❜ it sounds like it should be a joke — his tone lifts and carries up, there’s a ghost of a smile on his face, but it is sharp and feral.
