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1. It's always one step too far by PaulaBee

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

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   12 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Daeron Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Aerion Targaryen (Son of Maekar I)
   • Aegon V "Egg" Targaryen
   • Maekar I Targaryen
   • Daeron II Targaryen
   • Dornish Characters | Characters From Dorne (A Song of Ice and Fire)
   • Baelor "Breakspear" Targaryen
   • Valarr Targaryen
   • Daella Targaryen (Daughter of Maekar I)
   • Rhae Targaryen (Daughter of Maekar I)
   • Arranged Marriage
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Angst
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Married Life
   • Getting to Know Each Other
   • Forced Proximity
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • they need therapy but instead they have each other
   • but also they are both idiots
   • married but acting like middle schoolers with crushes
   • she doesn’t know how to want things
   • he wants everything but thinks he deserves nothing
   • the author was left alone with deftones and feelings
   • Romance
   • Sexual Tension
   • Lots of First Experiences
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Mutual Pining
   • Eventual Smut
   • Identity Issues
   • Body Worship
   • Opposites Attract
   • soft daeron targaryen but also feral daeron targaryen
   • love as revolutionary act
   • Eldest sibling core
   • mutual dramatic nonsense
   • Sexual Content
   • Aerion Targaryen being Aerion Targaryen

   Summary

   Before Dunk and Egg’s fateful meeting, another story unfolds in the shadows of the great houses.

   Calla Yronwood has spent her life managing her family’s affairs, proving herself more capable than any of her siblings. Her reward? Watching her brother inherit everything while she is sold off in marriage to appease the Targaryens.

   “You want a Yronwood bride, Daeron Targaryen? Then you’ll have one. You’ll have my contempt. You’ll have my rage. You’ll have every moment of suffering I can carve into your miserable, pathetic existence.”

   But rage is a dangerous dowry. Aerion Brightflame watches her with dangerous interest. Court politics threaten to devour her. And some promises are harder to keep than others.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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