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professional tennis player alicent hightower’s ranking has plummeted, thanks to a prolonged crisis of confidence. working with a new coach, and with the british grass season getting underway, she’s desperate to find her form again. nobody believes she can do so more than her best friend: the wimbledon favourite, rhaenyra targaryen.
a tennis/wimbledon au
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- Part 1 of strawberries & cream
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During WWII, reclusive marine researcher Alicent finds herself the reluctant guardian of an evacuee boy; as he worms his way into her heart, she finds herself thinking more and more about the woman who once held it completely.
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the clouds broke (and what a break for me) by havenmere (slowclimb)
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
14 Jul 2025
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It was entirely unfair, Alicent thought, that on this day (a day where she was hungover, had no make-up on, was sweating to the point that she could feel it beading on her temple and upper lip, and her shirt was sticking everywhere) she would come face-to-face with the most gorgeous woman she had ever seen.
“Hi,” the object of Alicent’s frustration said amiably, standing behind the till in the Student Union’s coffee shop. “How are you?”
In which Alicent Hightower drinks coffee, makes small talk, and really, really fancies her favourite barista.
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“What are we?” Rhaenyra asked.
At last, her grip on the mug loosened. But Alicent was suddenly reluctant to take it; it felt burdened with expectation now, like the talking stick her hippy of a boss had introduced to their team meetings. It wasn’t an entirely unreasonable question, she supposed, given she’d barely left Rhaenyra’s place or side in a month.
Nevertheless, she shifted uncomfortably under Rhaenyra’s weight. “Why?”
“Perhaps I’d like to know,” Rhaenyra said pointedly, taking an obnoxious sip from Alicent’s coffee, “if I’ve got a girlfriend or a squatter.”
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It was very nice, all things considered. Alicent sneaking smiles at her across the keep, Alicent kissing her whenever she got the chance, Alicent making the chances. Alicent on top of her, under her, saying sweet, dirty things and trying to get her pregnant.
The trouble with all of it, Rhaenyra thought for the thousandth time—like the idea was a particularly persistent bee, or perhaps a whole swarm of them—was that for all the talk of getting knocked up, it wasn’t happening. And wouldn’t be. And she quite, really, actually wanted a baby.
Fantasy isn't always enough.
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- Part 2 of all that we could do
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all that we could do by havenmere (slowclimb), slowclimb
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23 May 2025
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In the warm months before Rhaenyra's third pregnancy, Alicent has trouble sleeping.
Bookmarked by havenmere (slowclimb)
12 Sep 2025
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purity bracelets by scintigraphy
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms
18 Aug 2023
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Only now does Rhaenyra take stock of what she’s walked into: Alicent, leading Jesus club. Alicent, as visibly terrified as she ever was—of Rhaenyra, of her father, of God.
Rhaenyra and Alicent haven't spoken since high school. They meet again in a college gymnasium.
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25 Jul 2025
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They took a hatchling apart from all its own kind, while it was still weak and wet from the shell, and left it in the dark with nothing but the scent of men. That was how you tamed a dragon.
Rhaenyra was present at the births of two of the queen’s three children.
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- Part 1 of House of the Dragon
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18 Jan 2025
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for nobody else gave me a thrill by everdeen for havenmere (slowclimb)
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
08 Mar 2025
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“Is this a…sex thing?” Rhaenyra asked tentatively, though again she could recall no such things being discussed—not recently, anyway. “Because I feel like we’ve actually done most of what there is to do.”
Alicent huffed, glaring at her plate. Rhaenyra bit back a smile.
“No, Rhaenyra,” she said, a little tersely, then took a deep breath. “We should get married.”Series
- Part 2 of on rachmaninoff's birthday
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She stumbled backwards, knowing with horror that she was about to trip and fall and hit the ground in utter humiliation - when a hand shot out and grabbed her by the wrist. She was yanked back to her feet.
“Dreadfully sorry,” said the perpetrator of Alicent’s very near demise. “Are you alright?” Heart thumping, Alicent looked up, half-convinced she was on the floor and just hadn’t noticed it yet - and found herself staring straight into the violet eyes of Rhaenyra Targaryen.
archaeology au
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- Part 1 of buried will, upper world
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Bookmarked by havenmere (slowclimb)
20 Feb 2025