#it doesn't matter if he tries to be a 'good heir' since she weasels her way out of everything anyway

[lemonhemlock]

aegon is largely and undeniably disinterested in matters of politcs, but he shoots a glassy smile in rhaenyra's direction after she wins the petition and i wonder... if, in that one moment, after the haze of his hangover lifts, does he stop to consider that the hightowers almost had her... and yet. their victory slipped right through their fingers the moment the doors opened for viserys. like, of course. of course it went her way. she always gets everything, even when she gives nothing.