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she's morphine, queen of my vaccine by fireandjoy
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
23 Jul 2023
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Summary
They’ve always loved each other, desperately, in the quiet corners of the Keep and in the quiet corners of their minds. But it’s not enough. It’s never been enough. Not to satisfy their mother and grandsire; not to save her from the wine-soaked curse of Aegon’s touch; not to save any of them or turn the tide. She doesn’t fool herself that it will be now.
Helaena turns to face him, the rage at his recklessness riding ferociously on the venom-spiked tip of her tongue. But the resigned sadness in his apprehensive eye, in the new lines of his youthful face, hits her like a fist in the chest. And at once, all the anger rushes out with the last air in her lungs. All she’s left with is an empty pit where her heart used to be.