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    In the end, it had been the Yiling Patriarch’s stratagems and his fierce fighting which had turned the tide of the war. He had killed both Wen Ruohan’s sons, and floored the traitor so that Meng Yao could strike the final blow. His status as the strongest warrior on the field had been undeniable.

    Thus, the offer extended to him by the Lan court. Take his place as the Emperor’s consort, the only one permitted to lay hands upon the Emperor, the only one to share his bed with him while he sleeps, unaware and vulnerable. His last, best line of defense.

    Or: Forced by his court to accept a consort, Lan Wangji is certain he has seen enough of the so-called Yiling Patriarch to know what he's getting: an uncouth ruffian. Slowly, he begins to realise that even an emperor's assumptions can be misplaced.

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    27 Jun 2026

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    A Blade By Your Side
    athena_crikey

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/57351049/chapters/145894945

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/57351049?view_full_work=true

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    “He was ruined now. Ruined for anyone but Baelor. He supposed that had always been the case. His first word had been Baelor’s name. Womb to ash, Maekar knew who he belonged to.”

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    Baelor survives the blow to his head at Ashford but believes himself to be mated to Maekar as a result. Their father orders Maekar to go along with the charade in order to ensure Baelor heals from his wounds. Maekar does, even though he knows it will be his undoing.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    a two-toned truth
    Goattracker8

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/83880991#main

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    “He had been in love with Baelor since he knew what love was. By the time Maekar had thought to stop it, it was already too late. It lived within his very bones, the blood in his veins, such a fundamental part of his soul that there was no separating himself from it. Maekar doubted that it would leave him even in death.”

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    Baelor makes the decision to wed Maekar to him after his sons and wife die during the Great Spring Sickness and Baelor assumes the throne. It would be easier if they had spoken since the tournament at Ashford. It would be easier if Maekar had not been in love with him since they were boys.

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    Updated on 2026/04/30 to include a gorgeous fanart that was created for this fic (Chapter 2).

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    09 Jun 2026

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    a hollow in your chest where a heart should be
    Goattracker8

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/83070871?view_full_work=true

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/83070871/chapters/218761251

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    Here, with Maekar, Baelor takes.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    the body remembers
    teeterss

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/79855621#main

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    Baelor is thirty six, the crown prince, and has buried one wife already. He did not ask for another but a rebellion does not care what you ask for, and so he found himself wed to a brother half his age in the name of Targaryen unity.

    Maekar is eighteen, an omega, and has spent three years at Summerhall understanding exactly what he is to his husband; an arrangement. A political necessity. An afterthought, not that this is anything new.

    With the rebellion reshaping itself and a unified front to maintain, they are summoned to King's Landing to begin the marriage in earnest.

    Neither of them is particularly pleased about it.

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    31 May 2026

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    Mine Adjacent
    mixbit

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/83897931?view_full_work=true

    https://archiveofourown.org/works/83897931/chapters/221168611