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Rallies are integral to tennis.
You can practice your strokes as much as you’d like, you can practice your form as your coach revels in everything he taught you—you can even consistently hit in the right spot of your racket everytime, and watch as the ball falls on the same part of the court every single time.
You can have a backhand so consistent that your coach starts to feel like he has nothing left to teach you.
But none of it really matters if you can’t do it with a partner.
Or an opponent.
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02 May 2025
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Everything about Alicent is rage inducing. The way she’s so awkward she can barely make eye contact, the way her hands shake when they're together in the same room, the way she looks at Rhaenyra like she’s the first person she’s seen in years. Oh, yeah, and the way she locked her in a freezing underground bunker.
BUNKER AU
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09 Dec 2024
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you don't know what love is (if you don't put up a fight) by tansymeadows
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV), Game of Thrones (TV), A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin
19 Jul 2024
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Rhaenyra and Alicent find solace.
Or,
The King lives long enough for the princess to return on dragonback and change what is to come.
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04 Nov 2024
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“There is something else you should know, before you come. I’d hate for you to be blindsided.”
'The way I was when Rhaenyra got married?' She almost asks, but holds her tongue.
“Yes?” She says, instead.
Viserys clears his throat. “It’s about Rhaenyra.”
“Of course it is.” She can’t hold back a biting remark. She wonders what it is this time. Has The Realm’s Delight decided to introduce a third person into her loving marriage? Rhaenyra’s never been quite satisfied with the conventional, after all. Or, perhaps, she’s pregnant again, with her third. It’s a daughter, perhaps. She’s always wanted a daughter. “What is it?”
“Well, she’s back from Essos. And… Her divorce has been finalised.”
Alicent needs to sit down.
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Or, ex-childhood friends reunite after years of avoiding each other, and the entire Targaryen-Velaryon clan plays matchmakers.
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04 Nov 2024
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If our love died, would that be the worst thing? by honeyandsalt
Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)
29 Dec 2024
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In a last ditch attempt to avoid war after Viserys's death, Alicent visits Rhaenyra with a plot to put her on the Throne. With Rhaenyra's family living at the Red Keep again, they are forced to face their past and find a way forward.
“Two days ago we had dinner together, as a family. And although the children bickered, I could not help but—,” her voice caught in her throat, “—but hope that we could yet repair things.” When Alicent said we, Rhaenyra knew she meant just them. “A day after that, and we were on the brink of war.” She looked up, and Rhaenyra was surprised to see familiar damp eyes. “I’m tired, Rhaenyra. I am very tired. I am tired of forcing my children into roles they do not want. I am tired of fighting for a power I never cared for. And I am exhausted, Rhaenyra, of hating you.”
(Title is from the song "Labour," by Paris Paloma)
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04 Nov 2024