Aegon is walking past when he hears his little brother's name said by one of the men that were talking amongst each other. They haven't noticed him so he stops to listen to their conversation, hoping to hear that Aemond had recently gotten into some trouble recently or that he fell on his ass during training, something like that. Instead what he hears from those men is how much they wish to have the prince in their bed or on his knees for them. Talking about having his pretty, silky hair wrapped around their fingers, either gently combing through it or roughly pulling it as they fucked his throat or his tight hole until he was a drooling mess. Aegon couldn't help but continue listening as these men speculated about what kind of sounds Aemond would make while being taken by them, whether he would let out soft, quiet moans, he was quite soft-spoken, or whether he would be loud, for all of the Keep to hear as he was defiled. They spoke of whether he would prefer a softer or harsher touch, he certainly could take some roughness if his time in the training yard was anything to go by.

There came a point where Aegon felt like he had heard enough, surely these men could not be serious. Perhaps they had noticed him and decided to play this jest on him. But then he began paying more attention to the men when Aemond was near, seeing the way that they scanned his body, their eyes barely leaving him, as if they couldn't help themselves. It was unnerving and made Aegon feel something burning inside him. He wanted to go to Aemond and pull him away from those eyes. Keep him locked away so that he could never be seen by anyone other than Aegon. Aegon didn't quite understand these feelings. He also didn't like them. They made him act in ways he hadn't before, think in ways he wouldn't before. And of course, instead of confronting this inner turmoil from all of this, he decides to take it out on Aemond and poor, confused Aemond has no idea why his brother has suddenly decided to focus so much attention on him once again. Aegon does things to him and then doesn't say anything to him, like twirling a lock of his hair between his fingers then pulling at it before walking away as if nothing happened and saying a number of confusing things, once walking up to him and asking if he does "this" on purpose when Aemond isn't sure what "this" is. It was becoming increasingly distressing, Aegon escalating his behavior, so Aemond tried to avoid Aegon, which did not make things better when Aegon did find him.