Unique Daemon x Rhaenyra Fics
Most of the HOTD fics follow a couple of similar storyline
- Time travel/Dragon dream
- Gods (Fourteen flames) or ancestors intervening
- Daemon+Rhaenyra marry after ep4 or ep5
- Rhaenyra befriends her siblings and avoid the whole war
- Maesters + Faith conspiracyWhile these stories are really good, there are some fanfics out there with storyline so different and unique, you can't put them down.
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In one world, there were the Strong boys.
In another, they go by a different name. Born from different queen. Sired from a different knight.
It's a tale as old as time. But are all songs sung with the same tune?
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In which, Princess Rhaenyra's children are all trueborn. Queen Alicent Hightower's... are not. -
Lean on me by Laiwyah
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
04 May 2023
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AU. During the tourney, Aemma gives birth to Baelon, the Queen lives and so does the boy. Daemon and Rhaenyra now must figure out their places and what to do.
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Wrestling with Snakes by madgirlslovesong (Sympathy4theDevil)
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
26 Jul 2026
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In 109 AC, Viserys Targaryen breaks the tradition and precedent that made him the King of the Seven Kingdoms and names his daughter, Rhaenyra, the heir to the Iron Throne.
Before the ink on the royal decree is dry, opportunists and enemies of the princess gather and start to plot and scheme to strip Rhaenyra of her title. The men of the realm might prefer the Realm’s Delight over the Lord Flea Bottom, but they do not intend to allow a woman to ascend the Iron Throne.
Caught in the web of other people’s ambitions, the princess finds herself doubting everyone; sometimes, it seems even the man who bestowed the title upon her is working against her… And when her uncle returns to King’s Landing, Rhaenyra will have to decide if she’s willing to forsake her duty and risk her father’s love for her heart’s desires…
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A spiral of Stags and Towers by ALadywithabrain
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
13 Sep 2026
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The Dance of the Dragons was a term used to describe the three years between the reign of Viserys I and Rhaenyra I, after Viserys the butcher killed his first wife, the princess married Prince Daemon, the king’s younger brother and lord paramount of the narrow seas, after she found the king with her former handmaiden, Alicent Hightower.
However Otto Hightower should have known that he was not the only one who could send a daughter to ensnare the king, for Cassandra was even more charming than his daughter.
When Alicent and Cassandra both have sons born on the same day, the realm holds its breath. Their sons Aemond the Terrible and Aenar the fool set the realm on fire trying to wear their father’s crown.
In the end, the black queen wins the throne that two families kill each other for. Queen Rhaenyra rises from the ashes of House Hightower and House Baratheon
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A history of Queen Rhaenyra, First of Her Name. The greatest ruler to live.
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- Part 1 of Rhaenyra the Great
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you were never not mine by madgirlslovesong (Sympathy4theDevil)
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
12 Sep 2026
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“A princess alone in the dark?” he whispers into her ear, making her shiver. “Are you asking for trouble, sweet niece?”
“Are you the trouble you speak of, uncle?” Rhaenyra asks, still not turning to look at him. “Or perhaps you will protect me from the dangers lurking in the dark.”
He chuckles huskily. “I am no gallant knight, princess. I thought you would know that by now.”
“Should I scream then? Cry for help?”
He leans even closer, his warm breath brushing against her bare shoulder. “That depends. Do you want to be rescued, princess?”
She spins around and tilts her head to meet her uncle’s gaze. “Perhaps not tonight,” she murmurs, staring deep into his eyes.
One corner of Daemon’s lips tugs upwards in a crooked smile. “I thought so,” he says.
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you were never not mine by madgirlslovesong (Sympathy4theDevil)
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
12 Sep 2026
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“A princess alone in the dark?” he whispers into her ear, making her shiver. “Are you asking for trouble, sweet niece?”
“Are you the trouble you speak of, uncle?” Rhaenyra asks, still not turning to look at him. “Or perhaps you will protect me from the dangers lurking in the dark.”
He chuckles huskily. “I am no gallant knight, princess. I thought you would know that by now.”
“Should I scream then? Cry for help?”
He leans even closer, his warm breath brushing against her bare shoulder. “That depends. Do you want to be rescued, princess?”
She spins around and tilts her head to meet her uncle’s gaze. “Perhaps not tonight,” she murmurs, staring deep into his eyes.
One corner of Daemon’s lips tugs upwards in a crooked smile. “I thought so,” he says.
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daisies on a grave by Awfullylongtime for luthien_under_bough
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
25 Aug 2026
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Three years after their marriage, Laenor and Rhaenyra finally visit Driftmark. Though Rhaenyra avoided Daemon for years, as her good sister is ready to give birth, she cannot escape him, anymore, nor his clever games.
Come, Daemon quietly whispers. Come back to me.
They’re here for a birth - they might stay for a funeral.
or: the dance of dragons if daemon targaryen slaughtered every pawn on his way to both rhaenyra and her ascension.
Series
- Part 1 of Daisies, graves & other flowers
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29 Jul 2026
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Spoilers - so dark I wonder if I need therapy for loving it so much