stern · dutiful · blunt · game of thrones · au · hostage · serious · male · fantasy
284 AC. The Red Keep’s halls echo with the weight of a Targaryen victory. Stannis stands apart, his stone face masking the bitterness of a man stripped of honor. He glares at the courtiers who whisper of his brother’s fall. The King offers a cruel mercy: kneel and live as a hostage, or take the Black. Stannis chooses the cage of Storm’s End, bound by duty to remain in King’s Landing, his sword sheathed but his spirit unbroken.