You have bewitched me, body and soul.

Baelor would be so betrayed. So hurt. He’d crash tf out lmfao like full on -someone else touching Maekar? MY Maekar? Letting someone that’s not baelor touch and have him? Loving someone else? Being cold (literally just treating him like aerys and rhaegel lol) to him. Letting SOMEONE ELSE put a babe in him.?????- he’d lose it even if it was his own doing lmao

like it was the bed you made? The bed you CHOSE. Baelor why are you crying now? This is what you wanted brother? Right? When you chose that dondarrion. When you tied yourself to her in your brothers stead?

and what if I say this is young Maekar when he realised that he's starting to fall for Dyanna?

and it wasn't forced or pretended, it wasn't just to make Baelor jealous, they naturally fell into each other's orbits and just stayed there. Maekar slowly started to ignore Baelor's sharp eyes following him, slowly started acting like he didn't notice his fists clenched with anger.

Baelor had made his choice and it clearly wasn't Maekar. it never would be Maekar. not when the family's status and reputation was at the other end of the deal.

and deep down Maekar had enough of being Baelor's dirty little secret. he wasn't going to be his side-piece whenever things got too hard. Jena deserved better than being cheated on. Maekar deserved better than playing his brothers whore

Maekar was terrified when he realised that what he's been feeling might be actually love. because the last time he thought he loved someone, it ended up in a betrayal. Baelor wounded his self-esteem so bad that sometimes he would catch himself wondering what will happen if Dyanna realises that he's not really worth it all. would she also pick her reputation over their secret romance?

but Dyanna was nothing like Baelor. she was strong-willed, stubborn and decisive. she didn’t push Maekar to do anything, but it was so clear she had chosen him the day she first saw this gloomy omega and his big frown. and it was so strange but also so good

because before Dyanna, Maekar was never someone's first choice

oh this is too good, dear Anon 😭

imagine the awkward silence after a bubbly and happy Valarr said "Maekar" instead of "mama" as everyone was assuming... bonus points if there were more witnesses to it, like not only Baelor and Jena but maybe Daeron II, maybe Aerys... just to stir in this pot a little bit

there's a scene where the mom (Georgia) is giving her mac'n cheese to her daughter (Ginny)

how about modern AU omega Maekar who was kicked out for getting pregnant at 16 and now it's him with his babies abandoned by the alpha and he's struggling but giving all for the babies and then he stumble upon Baelor

I like to see your thoughts

I have to make a confession, I only knew Ginny and Georgia from that embarrassing salute scene 😭

BUT, I did my research, watched the scene, so let's get into it?

okay, so I have to start in the messy way, Daeron is obviously Dyanna's son, maybe she was older than Maekar and was off to an University before she knew about the baby? (Maekar desperately wanted to tell her about the pregnancy but Dyanna's parents intervened, saying that he will ruin her dream life if he dares to do that)

and then Daemon came to the picture, older, rebellious, a wet dream of many, taking Maekar in when Maekar was already in his weakest point? (I mean, 16, pregnant and kicked out of the house, with no contact to the alpha he loved, that's a whole package)

and Daemon hated little Daeron because that was not his child, so shortly after he was determined to impregnate Maekar with a proper valyrian-looking baby (like, Maekar didn’t even heal properly after giving birth to Daeron when he got pregnant with Aerion)

Daemon initially wanted more children, but the way Daeron and Aerion behaved thankfully stopped him from that. soon enough, he descended into addiction (he's like a gambler or whatever, either way he has debts) leaving Maekar to take care of the kids and to provide for the whole family (and there's only so little a high school dropout can do, but Maekar's stubborn enough to push through everything)

then comes the domestic violence, yet another thing for Maekar to overcome. and he somehow made a routine out of it, leaving his two sons with elderly neighbour so he can go to work, coming back to put the kids to sleep before sneaking out to work again (you can imagine what kind of work is he doing at night... by that I mean a waiter in a secret costume working in some club) it's exhausting, annoying, sometimes embarrassing, but the kids are fed, dressed and happy overall

now, that could be until Daemon hits one of the kids instead of Maekar OR until he brings his gambling friends to their apartment

either way, that's what makes Maekar pack their belongings and leave him

he ends up in a small, one room apartment with two scared kids, wondering if he'll still pull through. even if Daemon had his flaws, he still was some kind of help on good days, and now they're on their own

I imagine Daemon tries to barge into the apartment at some point, probably to take money from Maekar or something (or Aerion, maybe, but maybe he's also a deadbeat dad just because?)

so there are better and worse days, and Maekar is slowly deteriorating but also he's still determined to give his kids the best life he possibly can, with what little he has right now

until one day he stumbles upon Baelor while working the waiter job at the club

Baelor, who never knew what happened between Maekar and their parents because he was already engaged to Jena, studying abroad and planning his own family (lets assume Baelor also has his two sons but also him and Jena are happily divorced and exploring their lives)

Baelor, who never gave up and tried to look for his baby brother who suddenly disappeared

so they see each other after years of no contact, Baelor's on a meeting with colleagues or something, Maekar's on his waiter shift, and suddenly it gets awkward

Baelor notices how thin and tired Maekar's looking, and of course he's worried about him right away, but Maekar doesn't want to talk to him, assuming that Baelor knew what was going on, why was he kicked out, and just did nothing about it, listening to their parents

they confront it, eventually, but will they ever reconcile fully? and will Dyanna come back all of sudden to find out about Daeron? will Daemon's gambling debts bite Maekar in the ass? maybe not but I might bite him

I imagine in this au that post Daella, Myriah threatened to have him spayed (she said those exact words btw) if he didn’t stop, which is why there’s an age diff between those four and Egg and Rhae. the man is 35 with four teenagers, a child, and a toddler, most people who meet him think his hair turned white from sheer stress

atp Myriah should have put him in a chastity belt...

although, looking at Baelor and Dyanna, that also wouldn't last long...

and you know, there's a saying in the Kardashians show that "North is Kim's lesson on this earth"

Omg, imagine this but with Maekar 🥹. He is taken hostage by someone and the random demand is too much (a part of the kingdom or war galleys or stuff like that) and besides if they pay it the crown will look weak. Even if Daeron wants to pay it he literally can't because it will cause more problems. So Maekar is tortured until the demand is fullfilled but it's not like the crown is not doing anything, they are looking for him discreetly with Baelor leading. And when Maekar is found he loses trust in everyone even Baelor because he is traumatized by being tortured both emotionally and physically and he thinks no one loves him or cares for him even if the logical part of him knows the random demand was ridiculous. It's about healing 😭. Ooh even better if Maekar was married and already has children so he is worried for his children as well, the kidnappers probably tell him they have his children and they will hurt them unless he chooses to take their torture as well and of course Maekar does 🥲. What do you think? Do you have any ideas? I would really love to hear them.

link to the post -> here

first of all, it's so painful, what the hell 😭 but also, your vision is so good, dear Anon, I'm lowkey charmed

what I wanna say is, let's dive into the psychological burden of it all

because Maekar thinks himself as somewhat battle-hardened, tough man, able to take the physical pain, at least until some level???

but then his kidnappers start saying things that are low hits but mixed with exhaustion, pain, the fact of being locked up in a small cell God knows where, it's all hitting (let's assume it's someone who observed the family and their dynamics)

and slowly, Maekar really starts to believe that he's really expendable, because if it was any of his brothers, they wouldn't be left alone like that, right? he's not needed, God, he probably wasn't even wanted, so what's the point?

as for the kids part, imagine if this was set after the Blackfyre Rebellion, so he's abducted by Blackfyre loyalists who were hiding in plain sight, right in the Red Keep, posing as servants

at some point, Maekar doesn't even care if he'll be killed, all he can think of is Dyanna and their two little sons who he left behind, who were supposed to be protected in King's Landing right with the rest of the family. and if they're also in the custody of the kidnappers? two little scared boys, forced to look at some strange men torturing their father (why did I think of Blood & Cheese from F&B? but imagine if either Maekar takes it or one of his boys gets slashed)

love how Baelor’s the one who tried to recover his sweetling from the kidnappers 🥹

so the begging is now DONE!!!

1k words of Daeron being jealous of his parents, then watching his family shatter

also, Dyanna had a silver harp bc why not

and then there's introduction to actual plot, which is Maekar calling Daeron to his office and offering him wine which makes Daeron confused but then he's like "gimme it"

all because the news of engagement came and I guess they're both drinking thru it 😭

but then there's Maekar's tough love, hugging Daeron but also warning him to act properly bc he'll be married to future king

and then I think of a flash forward after the wedding, which is basically Daeron's thoughts about Valarr (they didn't see each other for years, got married after like 3 months of engagement, and initially Daeron saw his cousin as gentle and very proper, something that will change later)

and there will be Dyanna haunting the narrative, and probably Jena too, but that will happen in Valarr's pov

I think this might be longer that I planned tho, because there's this introduction, then there's reality of their marriage, and then aftermath? so I'm aiming at 3 chapters

on the other hand, I could also do the whole story from different points of view?

hear me out, Daeron's point is low hopes for anything really, then a sudden change of his position, then this happy bubble pops and he's back to sad reality, but I think he deserves to be happy in the end? so maybe he'll leave back to Summerhall

AND THEN

Valarr's pov, and it's beginning with resentment, not even towards Daeron himself, but at his father actually? he found out years back that Baelor loved Maekar but was forbidden to marry him, and although he married and had children, it was never the same kind of love with Jena? so he's mad for his mother's sake, and now he's supposed to marry son of his uncle who was haunting their family? then rumors about Daeron's behaviour circulate and he's even more mad and embarrassed maybe? in the end he himself is doubting Daeron, accusing him of infidelity, and losing him in the end?

and then, I think Baelor's and Maekar's pov's could be joint? bc they're not seeing everything going down between Valarr and Daeron?

yeah, I have no idea how to move forward now 😭