it's a scary thing, to be trusted by anyone. aemond knows how difficult it can be to place trust in a stranger, harder still to try when intimacy comes into play. aemond can find himself in someone's bed and not trust a single inch of their body at all, never mind their intentions; he grew up in a pit of vipers and rats, the red keep's courts overfull with ambitious sycophants who would willingly tear each other down for a scrap of royal favour.
and capable has had it worse, having been used for her womb as so many women have suffered. his mother had suffered it, as had his sisters. he doesn't want to add to their hurts, and he doesn't want to add to capable's own hurt. ]
I'd like it for you to be certain. Is that too forward to ask? I do like you, Capable, and I'm like to accept what you mean to give. But I don't want to hurt you either, even if I mean not to.
We could try slowly. With touching, first? Is that all right?
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it's a scary thing, to be trusted by anyone. aemond knows how difficult it can be to place trust in a stranger, harder still to try when intimacy comes into play. aemond can find himself in someone's bed and not trust a single inch of their body at all, never mind their intentions; he grew up in a pit of vipers and rats, the red keep's courts overfull with ambitious sycophants who would willingly tear each other down for a scrap of royal favour.
and capable has had it worse, having been used for her womb as so many women have suffered. his mother had suffered it, as had his sisters. he doesn't want to add to their hurts, and he doesn't want to add to capable's own hurt. ]
I'd like it for you to be certain. Is that too forward to ask? I do like you, Capable, and I'm like to accept what you mean to give. But I don't want to hurt you either, even if I mean not to.
We could try slowly. With touching, first? Is that all right?