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When Aurelia Lannister is paired with the notoriously aloof Aemond Targaryen for a semester-long research paper in history and religion, she braces herself for icy silences and impersonal collaboration—not for lingering stares, fleeting touches, or the fragile understanding that builds between sharp minds and guarded hearts.
Aemond’s walls weren’t just tall—they were fortress-thick, forged by years of silence, discipline, and the belief that solitude was safer than softness. He kept the world at arm’s length, not out of cruelty, but out of instinct. And Aurelia had never known how to offer gentleness without first demanding it in return. Pride was her armor—quick to rise at the first hint of rejection. Vulnerability wasn’t something either of them had been taught to trust, let alone offer freely.
But as his old wounds and complicated family ties begin to surface, Aurelia realizes she’s not just unraveling ancient belief systems—she’s slowly peeling back the layers of a boy who learned too early to hide himself from the world.