#11k words of purely sentimental mush and it's what we deserve

[rogueorbit]

Picking herself up is made a little easier when Alicent is so sturdy by her side, unwavering in her devotion in a way that makes Rhaenyra ache.

Before her return on dragonback, Rhaenyra had to accept that not only would she soon lose her father, but the only person in King’s Landing who still wanted her on the Iron Throne, even if his functional advocacy of her remained lacking. If only she could go back and tell herself that several weeks of Alicent’s support would far surpass a lifetime’s worth of anyone else's.