#the blacks

“You're upset.” He stated the obvious.

“Yeah. What gave it away?” Y/n rolled her eyes and scoffed. It was kinda obvious she was upset. Especially with him.

“I didn’t mean anything by it.” At least to her he didn’t.

“Yes. You did.” Y/n glared at him. He insulted her brothers on purpose. He meant it with malice intent.

Aemonds jaw ticked. “It wasn’t toward you.”

“But you know it does go towards me! They are my brothers, same parents, same blood. You say it about them, it includes me to.” Y/n rushed over to him and poked him in the chest, her anger seeping out in waves. He was smart, he had to see it. “How do you not see that?”

Aemond took a deep breath calming himself so he didn’t add his own anger to the situation. “It wasn’t my intention to involve you in it.”

“But it does involve me. Every time it involves me.” She sighed, shaking her head. Y/n looked at him and she couldn’t tell if he truly understood or not why it upset her so.

“You really don’t get it do you? Do you not see how it affects everyone? How everyone views us? That its an excuse for everyone out there to say the same. Do you not see how it hurts me? How it makes me look?. . You know for someone who hates bastards you sure love to point out your future wife is one.” Y/n could see the realization of her words come across his face.

Aemond shook his head racing up to cup her cheek. “I don’t hate you.”

Y/n backed up away from him, Aemond’s hand fell from her cheek as she did so. “Could’ve fooled me.”

Aemond narrowed his eyes. “I prove I love you in many ways.”

“And I wonder in times like this, when you say things like what you did- what you love to point out about my brothers and me if you’ve ever meant any of it.” Y/n’s voice cracked and she looked away not wanting him to see her break. “I’m gonna go for a ride on my dragon. Cool down. Don’t follow me.”

Y/n walked past him avoiding his hand as he reached out to try and stop her. Y/n grabbed her riding jacket and left her room and betrothed there. Luckily she almost always wore pants under her dresses in case she wanted to go for a ride. As she headed to the dragon pit Y/n braided her hair to keep it back once she was up in the sky. She needed to clear her head and riding her dragon was the best way. Once she got to the dragon pit Y/n headed straight to the back where her dragon liked to be and immediately walked over to greet him before climbing up to her saddle and taking off.

All the while Aemond stood there in her room contemplating what she had said and she was right. He hadn’t thought about how it would affect her and that he wasn’t just insulting Jacerys and Lucerys. Aemond sighed, when he heard her dragon cry out happily at being free to fly he walked over to the balcony and watched. Aemond came to the realization that he needed to change some of his behaviors if he didn’t want to hurt her anymore. Aemond stayed there watching and thinking for a while before he decided to head to the dragon pit and wait for her.

It wasn’t long after Aemond arrived at the dragon pit that he could hear Y/n getting closer, and soon enough she landed. Y/n noticed him right away, his hair didn’t exactly blend into the dark. “I thought I told you not to follow me.”

Aemond uncrossed his arms kicking off the wall as he walked towards her. “I didn’t go up on Vaghar and follow you. I waited down here for you.”

Y/n sat on the saddle looking down at him, she was still annoyed with him but less angry. “You shouldn’t have.”

Y/n unclipped herself from the front of the saddle and swung her lef over. Aemond caught her waist as she slid down. Once she was on her feet Y/n turned to face him, having a feeling that he had something to say.

“No, I shouldn’t have let you leave to begin with.” He stated, looking at her pleadingly with his eye for her to forgive him. Aemond took in a breath to gain some confidence before saying what he was gonna say. He felt guilt for how he made her feel. “I won’t do it again. . . It obviously hurts you, I can’t forgive what was done to me but I’ll stop with the name calling. And provoking. For your sake.”

Y/n was taken back, she knew he couldn’t forgive or forget what had happened to him when they were all kids. But he was willing to be more civil for her sake.

“Why the sudden change of heart?” Y/n wondered, looking up at him in curiosity.

Aemond reached up to cup her cheek, his eye held adoration. Only for her. “Because I do love you. I’m sorry.”

She was the only person he had ever apologized to and it would remain that way. Y/n looked at him and she could tell Aemond meant his words. Y/n reached up cupping his cheek like he was hers. “I love you too.”

It wouldn’t be easy, they both knew that, and they both knew it wouldn’t be the last thing they’d have to deal with either. But they’d figure it out together.