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1. Between A Dream & A Hard Place by lialochness

   Fandoms: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, Gen, Other, M/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Other Relationship Tags to Be Added
   • Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen/Original Male Character(s)
   • Dyanna Dayne/Maekar I Targaryen
   • Kiera of Tyrosh/Valarr Targaryen
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Maekar I) & Maekar I Targaryen
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Original Characters
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Maekar I Targaryen
   • Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen
   • Aegon V "Egg" Targaryen
   • Dyanna Dayne
   • Other Character Tags to Be Added
   • Daeron II Targaryen
   • Valarr Targaryen
   • Kiera of Tyrosh (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Lonnel Snow
   • Aerion Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Alysanne Stark
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original stark family
   • Arranged Marriage
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Aged up characters
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • no beta we die like baelor
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Depression
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Ashford Tounrey
   • Major character death - Freeform
   • Major Character Undeath

   Summary

   At four and ten, Daeron dreams of a maiden kneeling before a weirwood.

   At eight and ten, he ventures North for a marriage not of his chosing, but of the crown's command.

   A Pact was made when dragons danced. A Pact is honored when Blackfyres are a constant threat. And the bonds between House Targaryen and House Stark are strengthened when the eldest of a fourth son marries the youngest daughter of a Warden of the North. Some things change for the better, others for the worse. A few stay the same. But when one with dragon dreams meets one with greensight there are bound to be repercussions no one thought would happen.

   ~~~

   Or what happens when Daeron ends up with a Stark for a wife, a Manderly for a best friend, and learns that even if the dragon dreams are terrifying, they are a lot less terrifying when you have support from those around you and do something about it.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Perchance, A Song

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   106,600

   Chapters:

   16/16

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