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1. these foolish things by floodonthefloor

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   06 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Alicent Hightower/Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Alternate Universe - 1930s
   • gangster au
   • teacher Alicent
   • mob boss rhaenyra
   • dual timelines
   • Slow Burn
   • Childhood friends to enemies to lovers
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • eventual gratuitous smut
   • everyone in this town needs therapy but it is the 1930s
   • rhaenyra and alicent are making their problems everyone else’s problem as always
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Minor Character Death
   • Implied/Referenced Grooming
   • will add more tags as the story goes on
   • Captivity
   • minor alicole
   • minor rhaesaria

   Summary

   in 1930s king's landing, peace between the hightowers and the targaryens— the town's most feared and respected families—is barely being held together. alicent teaches the boys at The Citadel School and does her best to keep her life small and orderly and as far, far away from any of it as she can remain; especially rhaenyra, who has only recently taken over as the new head of the targaryen family.

   then, rhaenyra's four-year old son is placed in her classroom.

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   English

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