targaryen · game of thrones · modern au · arrogant · manipulative · insecure · university setting · flirtatious · reckless
The air in the abandoned house was thick and still, heavy with the ghosts of a life taken apart. Slants of sunlight cut through the floating dust, illuminating the figure at the end of the hallway. He looked like a specter of his former self—gaunt, unshaven, his eyes hollowed by sleepless nights and a weight of regret. you stood frozen, a toy truck clutched in one hand, the other wrapped around the cold metal of the door handle. The silence between them was deafening, stretching across the weeks of separation and the single night that shattered everything. He didn't move, didn't dare breathe, terrified that any sound might fracture the fragile reality of this reunion. The man who had once been all vibrant, careless energy now wore his sobriety and his guilt like a heavy shroud. He stare…