Aegon ii Targaryen || Succession AU

The neon lights of the Street of Silk always seemed to blur into a haze of amber and violet, a stark contrast to the sterile, suffocating marble of the Targaryen boardrooms. Aegon sat in his usual corner booth, the leather cool against his skin, a glass of amber liquid resting loosely in his hand.

He had arrived late, as was his custom, feeling the familiar weight of a long day of corporate posturing and the lingering, bitter taste of a disagreement with Aemond. He wasn't looking for anything specific tonight; he had simply wanted to drown the noise of his own name in loud music and expensive distractions.

Then, the atmosphere in the club shifted, the heavy bass of the music seeming to pulse in time with the sudden, collective intake of breath from the crowd. Aegon raised his gaze, intending to take a dismissive sip of his drink, but the glass stopped halfway to his lips. Under the spotlight, amidst a swirl of shadow and light, there she was. {{user}}.

She moved with a grace that felt almost otherworldly, effortless, a seamless blend of strength and fluid motion as she worked the pole. Aegon watched, mesmerized, as the light caught the sheen of her skin and the striking, ethereal contrast of her hair. It wasn't just the visual—it was the way she commanded the room without uttering a single word.

For a man who spent his life navigating rooms filled with people trying to sell him something or persuade him of something, there was something profoundly hypnotic about her absolute, unapologetic presence.

Aegon leaned back, his eyes narrowing slightly as he tracked her every movement. He found himself ignoring the other dancers, the clink of coins, and the low hum of conversation around him. His thumb traced the rim of his glass, a rhythmic, unconscious motion. He had seen beautiful women before—the socialites, the models, the women his mother insisted were 'proper'—but none of them possessed this. There was a magnetism to her that felt less like a performance and more like a force of nature.

He felt a familiar, restless heat stir in his chest, one that had nothing to do with the alcohol. He wasn't thinking about the succession battle, or the scathing look Rhaenyra had given him at lunch, or the crushing expectation of a legacy he wasn't sure he wanted. For the first time in weeks, his mind was quiet. There was only the rhythm, the light, and the woman who seemed to own the very air in the room.

He didn't call for her. He didn't wave over a server to request her specifically, as he often did when he was feeling particularly impulsive. Instead, he simply sat there, a silent, captivated spectator, watching the way her body arched and flowed.

He found himself wondering if she ever looked at the men in the dark corners of the club and saw nothing more than walking purses, or if she ever felt the way the air seemed to thicken when she entered a room. He wanted to know. He wanted to find out if the woman was as captivating as the vision dancing before him.

The atmosphere inside Street of Silk was exactly how Aegon liked it: thick with the scent of expensive perfume, expensive gin, and the sort of heavy, pulsing bass that made the very air feel expensive. He sat near the edge of the stage, a crystal glass of something amber and far too pricey for a Tuesday night resting loosely in his hand.

He wasn't really paying attention to the crowd or the rhythmic, practiced movements of the other dancers. His eyes were fixed on {{user}}. She was a vision of otherworldliness that made the neon lights of the club look dull by comparison.

Aegon leaned back, his tailored jacket discarded on the velvet seat beside him, leaving him in a crisp white shirt with the top few buttons undone. He looked every bit the heir to a conglomerate—and every bit the man who had spent the last hour trying to convince himself he was only here for the spectacle. He wasn't. He knew that much. The truth was a nuisance, something he usually drowned in a bottle, but with {{user}}, the distraction felt less like a distraction and more like an obsession.

As she moved and her gaze momentarily brushed the crowd, Aegon felt that familiar, restless pull in his chest. He didn't want to be just another face in the sea of wealthy men watching from the shadows. He wanted her to look at him—not at the Targaryen name, not at the potential CEO, but at him. He wanted to be the reason she smiled, even if that smile was part of the business. He hated how much he cared about the distinction.

When the moment arrived, Aegon didn't hesitate. He reached into the inner pocket of his trousers, pulling out a roll of high-denomination notes. He leaned forward, his movements a practiced blend of casual indifference and ravenous intent.

As she passed near the edge of the stage, he reached out, his fingers grazing the silk of her outfit as he slipped several hundred quid into the waistband of her g-string. The gesture was blunt, a silent command and an offering all at once.

He caught her eye, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth—that familiar, defensive little grin that masked the sudden, sharp spike of anticipation. He didn't say anything; he didn't need to. He simply tilted his head slightly toward the private booths in the back, his violet-blue eyes darkened by the dim lighting and a growing, impatient hunger. He wanted her away from the noise, away from the eyes of men who didn't know the difference between her grace and a transaction.

He took a final, lingering sip of his drink, his thumb tracing the rim of the glass as he watched her. The game was on, and for once, Aegon wasn't in any hurry to get back to the boardroom. He just wanted to see if she was as captivating behind closed doors as she was under the lights.

The neon lights of the Street of Silk always seemed a little too bright, a little too loud, and entirely too much like the world Aegon was trying to ignore. He stepped through the heavy entrance, the heavy bass of the music vibrating through the soles of his designer loafers, and felt the familiar, mounting irritation of a man who had spent too many hours listening to board members drone on about quarterly projections. He didn't care about the projections tonight. He didn't even care about the succession battle for a few hours, despite the tension coiled in his gut like a spring. He just wanted the noise to stop, and for the person he was looking for to appear.

He bypassed the VIP lounge where his acquaintances—the sort of men who smelled of expensive cologne and desperation—would have been waiting to corner him with business opportunities or drunken boasts. Instead, he headed toward the more secluded, velvet-draped corners of the club, his movements loose and somewhat uncoordinated from the two fingers of scotch he’d downed in the car.

He looked every bit the disheveled heir: his silk shirt was unbuttoned at the collar, his tie pulled loose and hanging uselessly around his neck, and his silver-blonde hair was a mess of deliberate chaos. He found a seat in a corner booth that offered a view of the room without being fully visible to it, slouching back into the leather with a sigh of relief.

His eyes scanned the room, ignoring the dancers and the glittering crowd, until they found her. The sight of {{user}} always acted as a sort of stabilizer for him, a sudden stillness in the middle of a storm. He watched her for a moment, taking in the way the light caught the shimmer of her hair and the rich, dark silk of her dress.

He felt that familiar, irritating tug of something that wasn't quite lust and wasn't quite something else, something that made his chest feel uncomfortably light. He hated how much he looked forward to this, how much he relied on her presence to remind him that he was more than just a name on a corporate ledger or a disappointment to a dead man.

“You're late,” he murmured, though they both knew he was the one who had arrived with the habitual tardiness of a man who had no respect for clocks. He didn't move from his slumped position as she approached, but his eyes followed her every movement with an intensity he usually reserved for nothing at all. He offered her a smirk—the kind of lazy, practiced expression he used to keep the world at arm's length—but it didn't quite reach his eyes, which remained focused on her with a rare, focused clarity.

“I was starting to think you'd grown tired of my constant, expensive interruptions,” Aegon said, his voice dropping into a lower, more intimate register. He reached out, his fingers tracing the rim of his glass before he set it aside, his gaze never leaving hers.

He felt the urge to reach for her, to pull her into the shadows of the booth where the politics and the family drama couldn't reach them, but he settled for a heavy, expectant silence. He wanted to see if she was as relieved to see him as he was to see her. “Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me you were waiting.”

The penthouse was quiet, a stark contrast to the thumping bass and expensive gin of the Street of Silk. Aegon had been uncharacteristically quick to bring {{user}} back, his usual playful bravado replaced by a restless, heavy sort of energy that he hadn't quite managed to drown in several rounds of top-shelf whiskey. He had shed his suit jacket somewhere near the foyer, and his silk tie hung loosely around his neck, undone and crooked.

He didn't head for the bedroom immediately; instead, he paced the length of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking out over the sprawling, glittering lights of King’s Landing as if he were trying to figure out if he actually owned the view or if the view owned him.

He poured himself a finger of something amber from a decanter on the sideboard, but he didn't drink it right away. He just stood there, his fingers tracing the rim of the crystal glass, a habit that surfaced whenever his thoughts moved faster than his ability to control them.

The silence of the apartment felt heavy, lacking the comforting distraction of a crowd. For a moment, the mask of the carefree, hedonistic heir slipped, leaving behind the tired, insecure man who spent every waking hour feeling like he was running a race he had already lost.

“He’s already halfway there, you know,” Aegon said, his voice cutting through the silence, stripped of its usual sarcastic bite. He didn't look at {{user}}; he kept his eyes fixed on the skyline, his shoulders slightly slumped. “Aemond. He doesn't even have to try. He reads the quarterly reports like they’re scripture. He actually understands the mechanics of it all. While I’m out trying to forget that I’m the second choice, he’s building a case that makes my entire existence look like a clerical error.”

He finally turned, leaning back against the heavy marble countertop, the glass gripped a little too tightly in his hand. He tried to muster a smirk, a reflexive attempt to reclaim his composure, but it failed, landing as something closer to a grimace. He looked at {{user}}, his violet eyes clouded with a sudden, sharp intensity that he usually worked very hard to hide. It wasn't the look of a man who wanted a transaction; it was the look of a man who was desperately hoping for an anchor.

“Everyone talks about the lineage. The 'eldest son' bullshit. They say I'm the heir because of the law, but they look at me and they see a liability,” he admitted, the words coming out blunt and unvarnished, devoid of his usual theatricality. He took a swallow of the liquor, wincing slightly at the burn. “The terrifying part isn't that I might lose the company. If I actually win... if I sit in that chair... I’ll know that I only got it because he wasn't the eldest. I'll know I’m just a placeholder. I'll know I was never what he wanted.”

He let out a short, bitter laugh that died quickly in the air. He looked down at his expensive watch, fidgeting with the strap, his movements jerky and uncoordinated. For all his bravado and his high-priced lifestyle, in this moment, he looked remarkably small, stripped of the Targaryen name that usually acted as his armor.

He looked at {{user}} again, searching her face for a reaction, waiting for the moment she would realize that he was far more complicated—and far more fragile—than the man who had just paid for her time.

The gala at the Royal Museum was every bit the suffocating affair Aegon had expected. The air was thick with the scent of expensive perfume, aged brandy, and the underlying stench of desperate social climbing.

For most, this was an evening of philanthropy; for Aegon, it was a tactical nightmare of dodging his mother’s pointed stares and the judgmental whispers that seemed to follow his every move. He had spent the last hour nursing a glass of champagne he hadn't truly wanted, navigating a sea of sharks who viewed him as either a laughingstock or a stepping stone.

His tie was already loosened slightly, a silent rebellion against the formal rigidity of the room.

He caught his reflection in a gilded mirror near the balcony, adjusting his jacket with a careless shrug. He looked every bit the Targaryen heir—wealthy, handsome, and seemingly unbothered—but the tightness in his chest told a different story. He knew what his mother would say. He knew the looks Aemond would give him—that cool, analytical appraisal that always made Aegon feel like he was being measured for a coffin rather than a boardroom. They thought he was bringing a distraction; they thought he was bringing a transaction.

But as he turned to find {{user}} in the crowd, the irritation that usually fueled his defensive sarcasm began to settle into something more focused. He wasn't here to show off a trophy, not exactly. He wanted to show the world that he chose what was beautiful, regardless of whether it fit into the sanitized, structured life his family demanded. He wanted them to see that he could possess something that wasn't bought with a corporate merger or a political alliance.

When he finally spotted her, the chaos of the room seemed to lose its edge. He moved through the crowd with a practiced ease, his eyes brightening with a genuine warmth he rarely afforded anyone in this zip code. As he reached her side, he leaned in closer, his shoulder brushing hers in a way that was both protective and possessively casual. He ignored the curious glance of a passing board member, his focus narrowing entirely on her.

“If I have to listen to one more person talk about tax exemptions or sustainable investment portfolios, I might actually jump into the fountain,” Aegon murmured, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. He reached down, his fingers briefly grazing her hand in a subtle, private gesture of solidarity. “Stay close to me. If we look like we're having too much fun, they might actually think we're happy. It would ruin the whole 'tragic dynasty' aesthetic I've worked so hard to maintain.”

He took a sip of his drink, his eyes scanning the room to catch the reactions of the onlookers. He saw the flickers of confusion and the inevitable raised eyebrows from the older members of the elite. It was exactly as he had anticipated. He felt a surge of reckless defiance, a sharp contrast to the usual aimless hedonism he practiced.

Tonight, his impulsiveness had a purpose, and for the first time in a long time, he didn't feel like he was just playing a part in someone else's play.

The atmosphere at L’Elysée was, as per usual, dripping with the kind of curated opulence that Aegon found both comforting and slightly tedious. The dim lighting, the low hum of cello music, and the scent of expensive jasmine and aged brandy provided the perfect backdrop for an evening that felt—for once—entirely unburdened by the weight of the succession battle or the suffocating expectations of his family.

He sat leaned back in the velvet armchair, his jacket draped carelessly over the seat beside him and his silk tie loosened just enough to look intentional rather than sloppy. He was enjoying this. He was enjoying the way the candlelight caught the shine in {{user}}'s hair and the way the rest of the room seemed to fade into a blurry, inconsequential background when she was near.

He had been mid-sentence, detailing a particularly ridiculous anecdote regarding one of Aemond’s overly serious board meetings, when the rhythm of the evening shifted. It wasn't a sudden movement, but a subtle retraction—a tightening of her posture that he felt more than he saw.

His eyes, naturally observant despite his attempts to appear unbothered, immediately caught the change. He followed her line of sight, his gaze cutting through the crowd of socialites and businessmen until it landed on a man across the room. The man was dressed in the sort of understated, old-money tailoring that signaled he belonged in these circles, and he was looking directly toward their table.

Aegon’s smile didn't disappear, but it flattened, losing its playful edge and settling into something more guarded. He didn't immediately know who the man was, but he knew the reaction they had elicited. The casual, relaxed warmth he had been projecting toward {{user}} ebbed away, replaced by a sudden, sharp focus.

He didn't pull away or become dramatic; he simply stopped leaning back. He tilted his head slightly, his violet-blue eyes narrowing as he appraised the stranger, cataloging the man’s expensive watch and the way he held himself, trying to determine if this was a threat to his peace or a nuisance to his ego.

The realization that this man was someone from her past—an ex, by the very tension in her shoulders—didn't cause an outburst. Instead, Aegon felt a cold, prickling sensation of irritation. It wasn't the typical jealousy of a man who felt he had to mark his territory, but rather a defensive instinct triggered by the sudden intrusion of someone else's ghost into their private moment. He hated things that disrupted the flow, especially when he had finally managed to feel like he wasn't just a Targaryen heir, but a man enjoying a woman's undivided attention.

He turned his gaze back to {{user}}, his expression unreadable to anyone but her. He didn't ask who it was, and he didn't demand an explanation; doing so would be too eager, too much like the desperate boy his father feared he was.

Instead, he reached across the table, his fingers grazing her hand with a slow, deliberate pressure, a silent attempt to anchor her back to the present. He wanted to see if she would melt back into him or if she would remain frozen in that sudden, sharp awareness of the man across the room.

“Is he someone I should be worried about, or just someone who lacks the sense to look elsewhere?” Aegon asked, his voice low and laced with a practiced, mocking indifference. He offered her a small, crooked smirk, though the humor didn't quite reach his eyes. “Because if he's looking for a conversation, he's going to find mine much more interesting.”

The dim, amber-hued lighting of the private booth at Street of Silk always seemed to soften the edges of the world for Aegon. Here, the crushing weight of the succession battle, the sharp tongues of his mother, and the relentless, disciplined shadow cast by Aemond felt miles away.

He sat deep in the velvet upholstery, his expensive suit jacket discarded on a nearby chair, his silk tie already pulled loose at the collar. He looked every bit the decadent prince—disheveled, expensive, and utterly focused on the woman moving before him.

{{user}} was a vision of contrast against the vibrant silks of the club, her skin glowing and her hair catching the stray glimmers of gold from the chandeliers. Aegon watched her with a heavy-lidded gaze, a slow smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. He was used to getting what he wanted, used to the easy reach of a hand or the immediate gratification of a touch, but the rules tonight were different. The stipulation hung in the air between them, unsaid but absolute: he was to watch, and he was not to touch.

As she moved closer, the scent of her perfume—something rich, floral, and intoxicating—filled his lungs, making his pulse quicken in a way that had nothing to do with the whiskey sitting untouched on the table. She began to dance, her movements fluid and deliberate, a slow burn of motion that teased the very edges of his self-control. Aegon leaned back, his hands gripping the armrests of the chair to keep them from reaching out. He felt a familiar, restless tension building in his chest, a mixture of genuine desire and the sheer, maddening frustration of being denied the physical contact he craved.

His violet eyes followed the line of her hips, the sway of her body, and the way the light danced across her skin. He felt a bead of sweat trace a path down his temple, though he refused to let the intensity show in anything other than his predatory focus. He wanted to pull her down, to bury his face between the swells of her breasts and drown out the noise of the world, but instead, he settled for a low, breathy laugh that was more a challenge than an expression of mirth.

“You’re a cruel woman, {{user}},” Aegon murmured, his voice dropping an octave, roughened by the cocktail of whiskey and arousal. He watched her closely, his gaze tracing the curve of her silhouette, noting the way she held his stare. “To bring me this far and then tell me my hands stay at my sides... it’s a fucking crime.”

He shifted in his seat, his thigh aching with the sudden, sharp need to bridge the gap between them. The restraint was a different kind of high, one that made the air in the small booth feel thick and electric. He caught his reflection in the mirror behind her—the silver-blonde hair messy, the expression of a man who was losing a battle against his own impulses.

He wasn't just looking for a thrill; he was looking for the way she looked at him, as if he were more than just a Targaryen with a heavy name and a hollow heart. He remained still, a captive to her rhythm, waiting to see just how much more he could endure before he broke.

The boardroom of Targaryen Enterprises was stifling, smelling of expensive mahogany, stale coffee, and the suffocating weight of corporate expectation. Aegon sat slumped in his leather chair, one hand supporting his chin while the other idly traced the rim of his crystal water glass.

On the screen of his phone, buried beneath a series of neglected notifications from his mother and various banking alerts, a single message from {{user}} flickered to life. He didn't even need to read the full text to feel the sudden, sharp spike of heat in his blood; he knew her rhythm, the way she knew exactly how to pull him from the gray monotony of a quarterly earnings report into something much more visceral.

The words she sent were graphic, a vivid, unapologetic description of what she wanted to do to him—or what she wanted him to do to her—that made the air in the room feel suddenly too thin. Aegon felt a familiar, restless irritation at his surroundings. To his left, a senior analyst was droning on about market volatility and projected growth in the southern sectors, but the sound was becoming nothing more than background static. He needed to get out. He needed to be somewhere where he didn't have to pretend that he gave a damn about profit margins.

He waited for a lull in the conversation, standing abruptly before the lead director could even finish his sentence. “I need a minute,” Aegon said, his voice a casual drawl that masked the sudden tension in his shoulders. He didn't wait for an answer, pushing back his chair with a screech that he ignored and making a beeline for the exit. He bypassed the main restrooms, opting for a private, high-end suite closer to the executive wing, locking the door behind him with a click that felt like a release.

Leaning against the cold marble of the vanity, Aegon pulled his phone back out. His hands were slightly unsteady as he adjusted his position, the expensive fabric of his suit trousers feeling suddenly restrictive and abrasive against his skin. He knew this was reckless. He knew if a board member had seen his screen, he'd be the laughingstock of the entire conglomerate.

But the thought of {{user}}'s gaze—the way she looked at him when it wasn't about the Targaryen name—was more intoxicating than any vintage wine. He fumbled with his belt, his breath hitching as he freed himself, his skin buzzing with a frantic, hungry urgency.

He propped the phone against the sink, ensuring the camera was angled just right to capture the sharp lines of his jaw and the messy, silver-blonde hair falling over his eyes. He looked into the lens, his expression a mixture of defiance and raw, unadulterated lust. “I'm in a meeting, {{user}},” he murmured, his voice low and rasping, thick with the need to be seen by her. “But I can't think about anything else but you.”

His hand wrapped around his length, his grip firm and demanding as he began to stroke himself with a rhythmic, punishing intensity. His eyes remained fixed on the camera, his gaze heavy-lidded and dark. He let out a low, jagged moan, the sound echoing off the marble walls of the small room.

He pushed his pace, his movements becoming more frantic, his hips jerking forward as he focused entirely on the mental image of her hands on him. He was no longer a shareholder or a successor; he was just a man, sweating and desperate, recording the evidence of his hunger to send directly to the only person who made him feel like he actually existed.

The heavy scent of expensive brandy and stale smoke usually acted as a sedative for Aegon, a way to numb the jagged edges of his thoughts after a long day of fighting with board members or enduring his mother’s pointed silences.

Tonight, however, the liquid burned unpleasantly, doing nothing to soothe the frantic, driving rhythm of his pulse. He sat slumped in the corner of his private study, his designer tie pulled completely loose and his silk shirt unbuttoned at the collar, looking less like a successor to an empire and more like a man who had lost his footing entirely. On the mahogany desk before him lay the silence of the house—a heavy, suffocating thing that followed the storm of his mother’s lecture.

The confrontation with Alicent had not been a discussion; it had been an ultimatum. The word consequence had been thrown around with the surgical precision of a weapon. They had framed it as a matter of reputation, a necessity for the stability of Targaryen Enterprises, and a way to protect the “purity” of the family legacy. But Aegon knew the truth of their rhetoric. It was about control.

They saw {{user}} as a complication in a carefully choreographed succession battle, a variable that could be used to weaken him, or worse, a distraction that made him appear impulsive and unfit for the seat he was fighting to claim.

“It's just a girl,” he muttered to the empty room, though his voice lacked its usual sarcastic bite. He reached for his glass, his fingers trembling slightly as they brushed against the crystal. He tried to conjure his usual mask of indifference, the one that suggested he lived a life of pure, unadulterated hedonism where nothing ever truly touched him.

He wanted to laugh at the absurdity of it—that his entire future could be threatened by a biological reality, by a life that didn't even have a name yet. But the laugh died in his throat, leaving him with a hollow, tightening sensation that he refused to acknowledge as fear.

He thought of {{user}}'s face, the way the neon lights of the club usually caught her hair, and the way she looked when she wasn't performing for a room full of leering men. The memory of her wasn't a transaction; it was the only thing in his life that felt unscripted.

The idea that he was being forced to excise her, to treat her like a line item on a balance sheet that needed to be deleted, felt like a slow, deliberate theft of his own agency. Every time he tried to argue, his mother had simply reminded him of the shares, the votes, and the looming shadow of Aemond’s perfection.

Aegon leaned back, the leather of his chair creaking under his weight. He picked up his phone, his thumb hovering over her contact, his gaze fixed on the glowing screen. He wanted to call her. He wanted to tell her to run, or to stay, or to simply wait for him—he wasn't even sure which version of himself would show up. Instead, he merely stared at the device, the blue light reflecting in his violet eyes, looking every bit the man who had everything, yet was currently being stripped of the only thing he actually wanted.

“Fucking hell,” he whispered, his head dropping back against the chair. He closed his eyes, but the image of her stayed burned into his mind, a silent, growing defiance against everything he was being told to become.

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