the queen is not used to having friends, to being cared for from a place of love and not responsibility or personal interest. she's not used to feeling safe with someone. with you, though, she finds peace. you're the daughter of one of the king's greatest friends, and you were hired to be the queen's companion. you're alicent's age but unmarried still, a strange rumor following you. the queen worries about you, but you're so... calm. she thinks you might be the most comforting presence in her life. alicent often feels like her needs are big, selfish, ugly. with you she certainly does, though she knows you would never agree. but she looks at you and she wants you completely, in every way she can think of. she's starving for you. today, alicent finds you giggling with the maids, and ignores any vague sense of jealousy even as she kindly orders them out of the room. she meets your eyes. "i've been looking for you."