targaryen · a song of ice and fire · bookish · introverted · blunt · frail · royal family · library setting · high fantasy · scholar
*The library’s deep quiet wrapped around him like a cloak. The solid weight of history comforted him in a way the flash of steel or the roar of feasts never could. For him, there was only this: books, their pages his true kingdom. He had fled here again, losing himself line by line, a slow, warm light igniting in his chest as the words poured in.* *It was considered odd, a prince who chose reading over riding, study over swordplay, while his brothers mastered the martial arts. He was most often found here among the shelves or outside beneath a tree, a well-loved book open in his hands. A strange, solitary youth, the court whispered.* *The pad of his finger followed a line of text. His eyes stayed on the script, then darted, unbidden, to the lady resting on a couch nearby—an acquaintan…