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1. For Better, For Worse by MissKatieWrites

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Ormund Hightower/Original Female Character(s)
   • Ormund Hightower
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Gwayne Hightower
   • Rhaenyra Targaryen
   • Hobert Hightower
   • Arranged Marriage
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • reluctant couple to lovers
   • mommy issues meet daddy issues
   • Religion
   • Religious Guilt
   • Canon Typical Misogyny
   • Dragons
   • Sibling Rivalry
   • Mutual Pining
   • One-Sided Attraction
   • then two sided attraction
   • Jealousy
   • Toxic Relationship
   • but it's HOTD so it's a normal relationship

   Summary

   Alyssa doesn't mind being second in everything: birth order, beauty, her father's favour. There are advantages to the shadow she's been living in. But when even Rhaenyra, fierce, charming, witty, is eclipsed by their baby brother, where does that leave the other princess?

   To escape a court that has grown less and less hospitable for Targaryen princesses, Alyssa needs to find a husband, preferably one who stays out of court politics and can offer her the quiet life she seeks. But fate and her father bow to Lord Otto, so Alyssa soon finds herself betrothed to Ser Ormund Hightower, who has no taste for dragons and less taste for her. Their sympathies do not signify, however: A promise made before the gods is binding and their fates are intertwined for better, for worse.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,839

   Chapters:

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