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1. the dragon and the gutter by fairyforest2000

   Fandoms: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Dunk | Duncan the Tall/Aerion Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Aerion Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Dunk | Duncan the Tall (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Rafe of Flea Bottom (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Maekar I Targaryen
   • Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen
   • Aegon V "Egg" Targaryen
   • Arlan of Pennytree (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Lyonel Baratheon
   • Tanselle Too-Tall (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Valarr Targaryen
   • Raymun Fossoway
   • Childhood Friends
   • Class Difference
   • Slow Burn
   • Friends to Enemies to Lovers
   • Court Politics
   • Coming of Age
   • Protective Dunk
   • Possessive Aerion Targaryen
   • Aerion Brightflame Is A Problem
   • Unreliable memory
   • Trauma
   • Moral injury
   • Violence
   • Angst
   • Bittersweet
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Power Imbalance
   • Obsession
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   When he’s nine, Aerion sneaks out of the Red Keep and meets a hungry boy from Flea Bottom who mocks his fancy accent and treats him like a person instead of a prince. For a brief, impossible season, they become friends. Aerion is sweet and curious and he promises he’ll remember.

   Years later, Dunk finds work on the road and a way into tourneys, while Aerion has grown into the court’s shining threat, cruel, untouchable, and practiced at turning people into lessons. When they meet again, Aerion recognizes Dunk immediately, and acts like he’s found something that belongs to him.

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