Jorah might as well have had his feelings tattooed upon his face as they were far more obvious than he would have likely wanted. He tried his hardest to keep his infatuation hidden but everyone, but Daenerys knew he was in love with her. You understood why he loved her, she was beautiful and intelligent and pretty much everything that could have been wanted from a partner, but she was also a married woman, married to Khal Drogo, nonetheless.

He knew he had no chance with her, at least you hoped that he understood that he had no shot with her. If the Khal knew of his infatuation in the Khaleesi, he would likely have him killed for daring to feel anything towards her.

As you expected Jorah was looking longingly at the Khaleesi, but no one seemed to notice nor care that he was staring at her as he attempted to be subtle about it. You approached him, needing to make sure that he knew she would never love him in return, but you would do your best to not say it in such a matter of fact manner.

"You are staring again," you commented.

"No, I wasn't," he stated, struggling to take his eyes off of her, desperately wanting her to look at him in the same way.

"You need to stop this fantasy," you frowned. "She is married to Drogo and no matter how you long for her, she cannot ever return that."

He let out a sigh. "I do not create fantasies."

You rolled your eyes at him, knowing it was complete rubbish. There was no way a man could look at a woman in such a manner without hope she would love him one day.

"I know you wish that she'll see you and smile uncontrollably and her eyes are just helpless," you said. "But that is never going to happen."

You could see his expression falter; his dreams and desires being shattered around him as you made him face the truth of the situation.

"I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news," you apologised. "She may never love you in return, but she values you. You are one of her closest advisors and friends, there isn't anything more you will be but honestly she likely values you more than she does Drogo."

He offered you a weak smile, his heart hurting but just glad that he was still in her life, granted not in the way that he wanted.

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