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1. there's an ache in you, put there by the ache in me by oldvillagecrone

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Major Character Death
   • F/F, F/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Feb 2024

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen/Original Female Character(s)
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen & Original Female Character(s)
   • Jacaerys Velaryon/Original Female Character(s)
   • Jacaerys Velaryon & Original Female Character(s)
   • Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra) & Original Female Character(s)
   • Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen & Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra)
   • Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen
   • Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra)
   • Jacaerys Velaryon
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Laenor Velaryon
   • Rhaena Targaryen (Daughter of Daemon)
   • Baela Targaryen
   • Daemon Targaryen
   • Rhaenys Targaryen Velaryon
   • Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon
   • Alternate Dance of the Dragons | The Blacks Win (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Everyone Is Alive
   • Canon Divergence - Dance of the Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen is Bad at Feelings
   • Minor Cregan Stark/Jacaerys Velaryon
   • Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Cheating
   • But not really it's complicated
   • The Dance of the Dragons | Aegon II Targaryen v. Rhaenyra Targaryen Era
   • Alicent Hightower Bashing
   • Friends to Enemies
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Generational Curses and Trauma
   • being trapped in your own family's madness with no way out
   • it is what we love that destroys us

   Summary

   An unstoppable force meets and immovable object, and whatever happens in the aftermath is only nature. And yet, Daena did not think she would go so quietly if the roles were reversed.

   (or: what fireplace ashes would have been if it wasn't a slowburn)

   Series

   • Part 3 of everything you lose is a step you take

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   23,833

   Chapters:

   4/5

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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