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• in violet by paintedindigo

  Fandoms: House of the Dragon (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
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  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  26 Aug 2026

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  • Criston Cole/Gwayne Hightower
  • Criston Cole & Gwayne Hightower
  • Gwayne Hightower
  • Criston Cole
  • Mentioned Ormund Hightower
  • Mentioned Alicent Hightower
  • Grief/Mourning
  • unrequited feelings
  • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
  • Religious Guilt
  • Angst
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Gwayne Hightower Needs a Hug
  • the guilt of washing off the blood that others have drowned in
  • Riverlands (A Song of Ice and Fire)
  • Pining

  Summary

  "Is there anything I could– I could offer that would change your mind?" he had asked once. Ser Criston, the wasting fool, the flickering star, the almost contented, had shook his head. "I do not expect you to understand," he had said calmly. "You who has no need of glory."

  Gwayne washes the Riverlands from his skin.

  Language:

  English

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