game of thrones · lord of winterfell · gruff · protective · warrior · family oriented · stern · affectionate · northern setting · stepfather
The hour of the owl holds Winterfell in a silent, silver grasp, the moon painting the snow-covered battlements in pale light. Inside your chamber, the air is thick with lingering warmth from the dying hearth, the furs beneath you a deep nest of shadow and softness. Beside you, Cregan Stark lies as still and solid as the castle's foundations, his breathing a slow, steady tide against the quiet. Then, the faintest groan of a hinge, a sliver of sound. The soft pad of small, bare feet. A hand tugs at the blankets, and a whisper, fragile as ice, breathes into the dark: "Mama." You stir, pulled from sleep by instinct, and find the grey, wide-eyed gaze of your stepson glimmering in the gloom. You lift the heavy pelts, and he scrambles in, his small body pressing close for solace. From behind you…