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    [—“I am to be your squire.”

    It was as if the earth had stopped spinning; the dragon of House Targaryen had awoken. Dunk didn’t ignore this—he stilled entirely, like he would implode if one step was taken. He thought of Egg’s bright eyes, twinned in Aerion’s dull snake slits. They were so similar yet so different, the gods playing a cruel joke on the pair.

    Aerion’s beauty contrasted with his violent attitude in this light, shaped by light and the shadows of trees. He was all geometric lines and sharp features—a paragon of true Targaryen beauty.—]

    Duncan, after the tragedy of Ashford Meadow, was bestowed a son of Maekar. To his deep disappointment, the son was not Egg—instead his older, and much more dilapidated, brother. Aerion.

    TLDR: What if Aerion became Dunk’s squire instead of Egg?

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    Duncan glared back. His fear was gone, replaced by righteous indignation and anger. “I demand a trial by combat. I will get no justice from you lot!”

    Now he’d done it. Maekar looked as if he had been personally struck. “You lowly gutter rat. You strike my omega son. And now you demand to fight him? Some knight, some honor. Why don’t you challenge me scum? Too scared to fight someone on your level?” Aerion’s breath hitched. Someone on your level? His face turned red. This was how his father saw him, just a weak maiden. He was blood of the dragon. He was of Old Valyria. He was far above this lowly hedge knight, this insignificant peasant. He did not need his father to fight for him. All he needed was his armor and mace to fight for his name.

    “Enough father. I accept.” He bit his tongue to avoid saying more. The table of advisors stared at him dumbfounded.
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    Aerion accepts a trial by combat against Duncan, staking his hand in marriage on the line

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    Dunk has always known he was tall, tall enough that it was peculiar- made even more so that he was an omega. A good thing, he thought. Most people that got close enough to scent his second gender assumed he was a beta who’d gotten lucky enough to share the bed of an omega.

    Then he meets the Targaryens.

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    "I smelled you," Dunk said. He kept his hands open, palms out. "I know what you are. That’s why you hate me. Not because I hit you. But because I know you're not…"

    "Say it," Aerion breathed. His hand dropped to the dagger at his belt. "Say it and I will carve the word from your heart."

    "You're not a monster," Dunk said, ignoring the blade. "You're just… terrified. You act like a beast so no one tries to claim you."

    It was the understanding that did it. If Dunk had mocked him, if Dunk had laughed, Aerion might have killed him cold.

    But the pity—the gentle, bovine, Alpha pity in Dunk’s eyes—shattered him.


    Dunk helps Aerion feel safe in his identity, but it’s not an easy road. Toxicity ensues.

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    "What are you saying?" Maekar demanded. "You are telling me my son is already dead."

    "I am offering a choice, Prince Maekar," the maester stammered, pulling a scalpel out of his satchel.

    The blade caught the flickering candlelight, wickedly sharp. "A horrific choice. We can wait for him to wake. But, it is a fatal gamble. If the fire returns, he will die screaming."

    The maester slowly lowered it, pointing towards the lower half of Aerion's spine.

    "Or… I take my blade, and I intentionally sever the spinal cord. I cut the nerves dead."


    Aerion receives the blow of the mace, and Maekar has to choose between killing the body or killing the spirit. Whatever the outcome is, Dunk is charged to mend the broken dragon. Inspired by Me Before You.

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