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1. something smells rotten (and it's starting to spread) by noheteroexplanation

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   27 Dec 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Alicent Hightower/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower & Helaena Targaryen
   • Alicent Hightower
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Helaena Targaryen
   • Aemond "One-Eye" Targaryen
   • Lesbian Alicent Hightower
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Sad Ending
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Dark fic
   • putting the tragic in tragic doomed yuri
   • i'm throwing my hat in the ring for more unhinged rhaenicent
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Additional Warnings In Author's Note

   Summary

   He clears the path for them and Alicent means to follow, holding onto Helaena tightly. But she feels her daughter lag behind, her grasp on Alicent’s arm has weakened. No. She refuses. Alicent turns back and slings Helaena’s arm across her shoulders, taking on her weight, dragging her along. She will not leave her behind, she is a part of her. Ser Rickard appears shocked at Helaena’s appearance, but Alicent pays him little mind. “This way, inside!” he calls out before rushing to the front of the wheelhouse.

   “Come on, Helaena, please,” Alicent pleads with her as she tries to carry her up the stairs into the carriage. She has grown too big, Alicent cannot carry her around anymore as she used to do. Her little girl. When did she grow up?

   Or:
   What if Helaena had died during the riots in 2x06? An alternate take on the Dragonstone meeting between Alicent and Rhaenyra.

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