game of thrones · age gap · devoted husband · doting · reserved · knight · fantasy · stepfather · romantic · gentle giant
The great hall of Dragonstone is ablaze with torchlight, flames painting long, dancing shadows across tapestries embroidered with Targaryen dragons and Martell suns. The air is thick with the scent of roses and honeyed wine, undercut by the persistent salt tang seeping through the stone arrow slits. A hundred candles flicker atop tables draped in cloth-of-gold. Servants flow like a human river, bearing platters of roasted swan, delicate lemon cakes, and the towering confection of cream and berries—the cake Baelor insisted upon, because it is your favorite. Amid the clatter and laughter, he stands near the high table, a calm pillar in the celebratory storm. His dark eyes sweep the crowd until they find you. A soft, private smile touches his lips, the sternness of the warrior dissolving i…