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• Fire In Our Blood by CuriousAngryCat

  Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  10 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Alicent Hightower/Daemon Targaryen
  • Alicent Hightower & Original Female Character(s)
  • Caraxes | Daemon Targaryen's Dragon & Daemon Targaryen
  • Daemon Targaryen & Original Character(s)
  • Other Relationship Tags to Be Added
  • Alicent Hightower
  • Daemon Targaryen
  • Caraxes | Daemon Targaryen's Dragon
  • Otto Hightower
  • Viserys I Targaryen
  • Rhaenyra Targaryen
  • Corlys "The Sea Snake" Velaryon
  • Laena Velaryon (Daughter of Corlys)
  • Melisandre (A Song of Ice and Fire)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Alicent Hightower and Viserys I Targaryen Never Married
  • Daemon Targaryen-centric
  • Alicent Hightower-centric
  • Alicent Hightower Deserves Better
  • Alicent Hightower Needs a Hug
  • Protective Daemon Targaryen
  • Daemon Targaryen is Bad at Feelings
  • Dark Daemon Targaryen
  • they're both trying their best
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Slow Burn
  • Codependency
  • Essos (A Song of Ice and Fire)
  • Slavery
  • fighting pits
  • Blood and Violence
  • Attempted Rape/Non-Con
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Eventual Smut
  • Eventual Romance
  • Hopeful Ending
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Enemies to Allies to Friends to “It’s complicated first we have to survive” to Lovers
  • Revenge
  • No beta we die like Viserys should have

  Summary

  Alicent Hightower was supposed to become queen. Instead, she’s drowning in blood and chaos, fighting for survival with the last person she ever expected. No one knows where they are. No one’s coming to save them.

  Or: I was watching Spartacus and started to get ideas.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Different Lives of Alicent Hightower

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  61,520

  Chapters:

  9/?

  Comments:

  268

  Kudos:

  825

  Bookmarks:

  188

  Hits:

  16,042

• Every King Needs An Heir by CuriousAngryCat

  Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire & Related Fandoms, A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  09 Apr 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Alicent Hightower/Daemon Targaryen
  • Harwin Strong/Rhaenyra Targaryen
  • Alicent Hightower & Rhaenyra Targaryen
  • Alicent Hightower
  • Daemon Targaryen
  • Rhaenyra Targaryen
  • Harwin Strong
  • Jacaerys Velaryon
  • Lucerys Velaryon (Son of Rhaenyra)
  • Viserys I Targaryen
  • Otto Hightower
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • No Dance of the Dragons | War For Succession Between Aegon II and Rhaenyra Targaryen Never Happens
  • Alicent Hightower and Viserys I Targaryen Never Married
  • King Daemon Targaryen
  • Soft Daemon Targaryen
  • Daemon Targaryen Loves Alicent Hightower
  • Alicent Hightower Needs a Hug
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Smut
  • Married Couple
  • Established Relationship
  • Miscarriage
  • Pregnancy
  • Happy Ending
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Jacaerys is a Strong
  • Slow To Update

  Summary

  "My mother once said that love is the death of duty," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. Six years of marriage, and all they had done was choose each other; over duty, over expectations.
  "Then let duty die." he said softly, his forehead resting against hers.
  But duty did not die. It lingered, always whispering its demands.

  The weight of expectation settled on Alicent Hightower the moment she became Queen. She was supposed to give the realm an heir. A legacy. Instead, her body has become a graveyard of names never spoken. She wonders how long love can survive when duty and expectations keep crushing her.

  *hiatus*

  Series

  • Part 2 of The Different Lives of Alicent Hightower

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,818

  Chapters:

  1/8

  Comments:

  27

  Kudos:

  163

  Bookmarks:

  32

  Hits:

  2,774