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1. Then I Heard Your Heart Beating, You Were in the Darkness Too by Anonymous

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Alicent Hightower/Daemon Targaryen
   • Alyrie Florent | Alicent Hightower's Mother & Alicent Hightower
   • Alicent Hightower
   • Daemon Targaryen
   • Alyrie Florent | Alicent Hightower's Mother
   • Viserys I Targaryen
   • Aemma Arryn
   • Aegon II Targaryen
   • Alys Rivers of House Strong
   • House Gardener Characters (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Helaena Targaryen
   • Otto Hightower
   • Alysanne Targaryen
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Viserys I)
   • Inspired by Hades and Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Kidnapping
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Mother-Daughter Relationship
   • Alternate Universe - Mythology
   • its the hades/persephone myth you know what happens
   • characters will have the roles of the greek gods but not their personalities
   • basically a retelling of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter
   • no Demeter hate
   • she is a MOM looking for her MISSING DAUGHTER
   • no sexual assault because I'm not writing that
   • implied/vaguely stated death of a lot of people since Demeter/Alerie doesn't let stuff grow
   • Sporadic Updates
   • Viserys I Targaryen Being an Idiot

   Summary

   "It's an old tale from way back when
   It's an old song
   And we're gonna sing it again"
   -Road to Hell, Hadestown

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   English

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