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1. Sink or Swim by feyd_meowtha

   Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Underage Sex
   • Gwayne Hightower/Ormund Hightower
   • Ormund Hightower
   • Gwayne Hightower
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Viserys I)
   • Pre-Canon
   • Child Abuse
   • Dubious Consent
   • Cousin Incest
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Religious Guilt
   • ormund is a warning of his own
   • Childhood Sexual Abuse
   • consider this your warning for basically everything you can think of
   • Grooming
   • prequel to Ripen or Rot
   • Mostly Canon Compliant
   • this is not a romantic fic

   Summary

   Gwayne doesn't think he has been a bad son, not really, not the way that some boys are. Loud, angry, violent boys who bite other children and scream and kick. Boys who are ungrateful, who do not say their prayers, who do not love their families.

   And yet they are all leaving him anyway. One way or another.

   +++

   Snapshots of Gwayne and Ormund's relationship from childhood to adulthood. Some are sweet. Many are not.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Choices (There is no Standing Still)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   26,058

   Chapters:

   4/6

   Comments:

   57

   Kudos:

   124

   Bookmarks:

   22

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   2,295