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1. The Man Beneath the Helm by bb_ferret

   Fandoms: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms  

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

   02 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aerion Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Aerion Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen
   • Maekar I Targaryen
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Aegon V "Egg" Targaryen
   • Dunk | Duncan the Tall (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Dunk & Egg Era
   • Ashford Tourney
   • Trial of Seven
   • Alternate Universe
   • Canon Divergence
   • Amnesia
   • Memory Loss
   • Head Injury
   • PTSD
   • Nightmares
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Self-Harm
   • Disordered Eating
   • Panic Attacks
   • Sleepwalking
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Self-Hatred
   • redemption arc
   • No Easy Forgiveness
   • Family Angst
   • Family Drama
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Slow recovery
   • Protective Baelor Breakspear
   • complicated family relationships
   • Aerion Needs a hug
   • Aerion Gets A Hug Eventually
   • Angst
   • Hopeful Ending
   • Second Chances
   • The Stranger - Freeform
   • Healing is not linear
   • hurt aerion targaryen
   • Changed Aerion Targaryen
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Blood and Injury
   • emotional breakdown
   • Found Family Feelings
   • Brotherly Angst
   • cousin bonding
   • Valarr Targaryen Feels
   • Egg Has Complicated Feelings
   • Daeron Targaryen Is Trying
   • Maekar Targaryen is Bad at Feelings

   Summary

   At Ashford, Prince Aerion Targaryen should have died beneath Ser Duncan’s shield.

   Instead, he wakes changed.

   He does not remember the cruelty, the fear, the wife he wounded, the brother who flinches from him, or the trial that nearly killed him.

   Everyone else does.

   Haunted by nightmares of a helm he cannot remove and a life he cannot bear to own, Aerion must decide whether surviving Ashford was punishment, mercy, or the Stranger’s second chance.

   And this time, the hardest thing will not be yielding.

   It will be staying.

   Series

   • Part 2 of BB's Aerion & Visenya Collection

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   English

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