Chapters: 2/4 Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Baela Targaryen/Jacaerys Velaryon, Viserys II Targaryen & Jacaerys Velaryon, Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen Characters: Jacaerys Velaryon, Viserys II Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen, Baela Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Jacaerys and Baela Marry at the End of S2E1, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Jacaerys Velaryon Lives, The Dance of the Dragons | Aegon II Targaryen v. Rhaenyra Targaryen Era, Married Baela Targaryen/Jacaerys Velayron, Tags will be added by chapter, Implied/Referenced Torture, Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Jace said rip to all y'all but were different, BAMF Baela Targaryen, Protective Daemon Targaryen, Parent Daemon Targaryen, Protective Jacaerys Velaryon, POV Jacaerys Velaryon, Pregnancy, off screen implied death of pregnant woman, except…is she really dead?, is she?, Lys (A Song of Ice and Fire) Summary:

The worst part of it all wasn’t that they didn’t believe him, it was the pity in their eyes. As if he was about to break, as if they stared hard enough he’d finally crack, dissolving into a teary acceptance that they could soothe instead of a steady rage that could not be gentled with a soft touch or kind word.

“Baela is alive,” he whispered every morning against the scar on his palm, an undying belief. Faith was not born by sight, but in trust, in the knowing, in the clinging hope that the fates were not so cruel as to allow him to live just to go home to a dead wife. A dead babe.

Baela was alive. If she wasn’t, he would feel it, he would know.

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Baela Targaryen/Jacaerys Velaryon, Harwin Strong & Jacaerys Velaryon Characters: Baela Targaryen, Jacaerys Velaryon, Harwin Strong, Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra), Joffrey Velaryon, Alys Rivers of House Strong, Larys Strong Additional Tags: Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Jacaela Writing Challenge 2024, Father-Son Relationship, Harwin Strong Deserves Better, Past Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen, Good Parent Harwin Strong, Protective Jacaerys Velaryon, Baela Targaryen Needs A Hug, POV Jacaerys Velaryon, Dead Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys), Cuddling & Snuggling, Grief/Mourning, Wedding Planning, Mental Health Issues Series: Part 7 of Dive In Summary:

“Ask me again.”

He does. It doesn’t feel real. It feels like a dream, floaty and sweet and all-consuming, especially when there’s suddenly a ring on her finger and her arms around his neck. Rhaena’s shocked voice is carrying across the lawn and Baela is giggling and he can’t help but wonder if there’s anything closer to heaven than this?

When he’s lying next to her in bed a couple hours later, watching her smile as she looks at the glittering ring on her finger, he thinks about how they’ve always been meant to be here. What a fool he was, thinking he could be anyone or anything but hers.

…

(Dive In is a nonlinear modern au Jacaela series, focusing on the pain of both loving your family and being deeply ashamed of them)

Death takes us all

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rhaena Targaryen (Daughter of Daemon)/Jacaerys Velaryon, Rhaena Targaryen (Daughter of Daemon)/Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra), Baela Targaryen/Jacaerys Velaryon, Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen Characters: Jacaerys Velaryon, Rhaena Targaryen (Daughter of Daemon), Rhaenyra Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen, Aegon III Targaryen Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Jace and Rhaena: coping via a slightly concerning roleplaying kink since 132AC, Post-The Dance of the Dragons | Aegon II Targaryen v. Rhaenyra Targaryen Era, Alternate Dance of the Dragons | The Blacks Win (A Song of Ice and Fire), Dead Joffrey Velaryon, POV Jacaerys Velaryon, Jacaerys Velaryon Lives, Dead Baela Targaryen, Arranged Marriage, Depression, Grief/Mourning, Hurt/Comfort, Parent Jacaerys Velaryon, Parent Rhaena Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen Lives, Rhaenyra Targaryen Lives, Angst, Possessive Jacaerys Velaryon, I wouldn’t say Dark Jace, but a very angry Jace, Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Emotional Infidelity, technically, Praise Kink, Identity Issues, Loss of Identity, Implied Sexual Content, Self-Hatred, Mental Health Issues, Gender Issues, but only briefly, Pregnancy, mentions of stillbirth, Canon-Typical Violence, Arguing Summary:

After dinner, he’ll dress in blue.

After dinner, she’ll take down her braids and let her hair fall around her shoulders curly.

After dinner, they’ll both find reprieve in going home to someone who isn’t really there.

(In which Jace and Rhaena marry at the end of the war)

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rhaenyra Targaryen & Jacaerys Velaryon, Harwin Strong & Jacaerys Velaryon Characters: Jacaerys Velaryon, Harwin Strong, Rhaenyra Targaryen Additional Tags: Character Study, Canon Compliant, aegon shows up for bit, i put jace and all his issues in a box and shook it around, and this came out Summary:

Blood of the dragon

That’s what his mother said the first time.

Kinda funny to me how they’ve been accusing our boy who’s gonna die a virgin of being a whore all morning

Look at those curly beauties…

They were destined to be together… if only life could be merciful

Chapters: ¼ Fandom: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Baela Targaryen/Jacaerys Velaryon, Viserys II Targaryen & Jacaerys Velaryon, Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenyra Targaryen Characters: Jacaerys Velaryon, Viserys II Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen, Baela Targaryen, Rhaenyra Targaryen Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Jacaerys and Baela Marry at the End of S2E1, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Jacaerys Velaryon Lives, The Dance of the Dragons | Aegon II Targaryen v. Rhaenyra Targaryen Era, Married Baela Targaryen/Jacaerys Velayron, Tags will be added by chapter, Implied/Referenced Torture, Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Jace said rip to all y'all but were different, BAMF Baela Targaryen, Protective Daemon Targaryen, Parent Daemon Targaryen, Protective Jacaerys Velaryon, POV Jacaerys Velaryon, Pregnancy, off screen implied death of pregnant woman, except…is she really dead?, is she?, Lys (A Song of Ice and Fire) Summary:

The worst part of it all wasn’t that they didn’t believe him, it was the pity in their eyes. As if he was about to break, as if they stared hard enough he’d finally crack, dissolving into a teary acceptance that they could soothe instead of a steady rage that could not be gentled with a soft touch or kind word.

“Baela is alive,” he whispered every morning against the scar on his palm, an undying belief. Faith was not born by sight, but in trust, in the knowing, in the clinging hope that the fates were not so cruel as to allow him to live just to go home to a dead wife. A dead babe.

Baela was alive. If she wasn’t, he would feel it, he would know.

GUYS I JUST HAD A TERRIBLE THOUGHT WE’LL NEVER SEE JACAERYS INTERACTING WITH RHAENA BC RHAENA MIGHT LITERALLY NEVER SEE JACE AGAIN

“It doesn't matter what they think.”

— Jacaerys to Luke

“The proof is here for all to see.”

— Jacaerys to his mother

Jace hiding how he really felt for years to protect his younger brother is so heartbreaking😭

feeling violent and wondering if Jace partly thinks his mother will never trust his opinion ever again, not because he is young and inexperienced as a leader and heir, but bc because the last time he suggested something and she approved of his idea, his brother died for it

There's just so much I don't know about Tolkien's work

we all talk about elizabeth’s kiss of death but i want to talk about how every ship james ever sails on  ( the dauntless,  the interceptor,  the pearl,  the endeavor )  ends up at the bottom of the ocean with the exception of the dutchman,   which is the ship that he himself dies on

(via @emcads)

something something HE also ends up at the bottom of the ocean rather than in the hands of a pirate (Elizabeth Swann)

Me in 2022 when the pandemic hasn’t ended yet because people don’t know how to act right and I’ve been holed up in my house for three years acquiring a new flavor of crazy, going to open the door for the guy in the hazmat suit that’s come to deliver my groceries

Jokes on them because that's how long it will be before the update 😆😆

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