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[behavioural]

about what?

us?

[provoke]

I have given up on trying to understand minds like his. They will do as they please, and my mother would not have me interfere.

If it should bother you, we can stop.

[behavioural]

i don't think i'm understanding what's the problem here

why would it bother me?

[provoke]

Are you not from a world like his?

[behavioural]

( he isn't familiar with tim, but he is with hawk. not hard to connect the dots here. )

no
i don't need to hide my sexuality in my world
not like he does
we're pretty open about it where i'm from

[provoke]

Ah.

You are comfortable with it, then.

[behavioural]

i am, but it's still my personal business ( he's a private guy. )
as it's yours if you want to keep what we do between us

what's your mom's relationship with laughlin anyway?
are they close enough for him to be so nosy about what her son gets up to?

[provoke]

She considers him like a son, and a protector. I imagine she prefers his temper to mine own, and Tim has already taken it upon himself to apprise me that he knows you visit from time to time.

[ he doesn't mind that tim knows. he minds that this is no longer just his. ]

Are we friends?

[behavioural]

do you consider him to be your brother though?

( it's one thing to have your mother consider someone a son but it's an entirely different matter to accept it yourself. )

i haven't given much thought to what we are, aemond
is that what you want us to be?

[provoke]

I thought he might be worthy of it. He is loyal enough. But he does not agree with... well, we have disagreements on what it should mean.

[ and he truly wanted it, until tim pulled away and aemond felt the sharp sting of rejection after baring the truth of himself. ]

I've never had a friend. Who wasn't a dragon, that is.

I don't know what to make of what we have between us.

[behavioural]

i've never had siblings of my own
and i'm not the type to accept one into my life easily
you're allowed to take your time to make a judgment for yourself on whether he's actually worth it

( don't say sad shit like a dragon's been your only friend, aemond asdf )

then i'll be your first non-dragon friend

[...]

as for the rest, i don't think either of us are in a rush to figure it out right?

[provoke]

I would have you as my sworn protector, if we met back home. You would honour me when I die.

[ if friendships are truly like this, no wonder his mother still holds on to rhaenyra all through these years. to be seen as he is, and accepted all the same — no one else beyond vhagar has ever tried. ]

Friends, then?

[behavioural]

sworn protector huh?

( he wouldn't have been opposed to it, if asked. )

yea sure
friends

( why the fuck are you so endearing, targaryen? like what the actual fuck )

[provoke]

My first non-dragon friend.

[ he would ask now, but he has been cautioned again and again to mind his anger, to mind himself, as though his rage is a fault and not the weapon that has kept him alive throughout the war for the iron throne. ]

Will you be in your quarters by first light?

[behavioural]

( pierce understands.

his own anger is akin to a double-edged sword. it has kept him alive, yet it has also unequivocally condemned him in the eyes of others. )

yea

coming over?

[provoke]

If you can stand company by then. You could smoke, I could read.

[ among the many things they could do. or they could just do nothing. ]

[behavioural]

my room's open to you

i don't know when i'll be heading back but make yourself comfortable if you want

[provoke]

Mm. I appreciate the welcome.

[ and he will be there in the quiet hours later, bringing with him some meager belongings. opens a window to let the air in, sits by it, and reads until he falls asleep. ]