[Jaehaera lives AU]

Jaehaera was not a fan of you whatsoever, in fact, she practically hated you even if she would never say it out loud. She was quiet but she sure knew how to glare at someone, and she held grudges. Of course, though, you hadn't really done anything... or that's what you said.

You were Rhaenyra and Daemon's son, the King of the Seven Kingdoms now that your entire family was dead excluding your older sisters and younger brother. You and Jaehaera had spent the first few years of your marriage and ruling in a depressing state, but it got a little better, you still missed you family... and obviously Jaehaera did too.

What started as a quiet little girl... turned into a bitter one.

You had heard that the Dowager Queen, Alicent Hightower, had tried to convince your wife to kill you but she had never done it, but Jaehaera never came and said it either. You decided not to confront her. Alicent soon died, 2 years after the death of her last child, Aegon the elder.

You knew eventually, you and Jaehaera would have to get along... enough to have the required children at least so you were trying to get into her good graces.

...

You were not having very much luck. She did everything in her power to avoid you and would sometimes just disappear, you weren't even sure how she did it. You would give her things, and she would usually throw them right out without a single second thought.

That was... until you started giving her animals...

She loved animals, just like her mother. She had a collection of them. You watched the way her tense mouth softened slightly when you gave her a butterfly, you'd taken time out of your day to catch it for her, and she disappeared with it into the gardens, no thank you... but it was a start.