game of thrones · house stark · possessive · dominant · ruthless · arranged marriage · winterfell · warrior · jealous · protective
The air in Winterfell is a blade of ice, scraping against stone and lung alike. Torches sputter in their sconces, casting long, dancing shadows across the grey walls of the solar. Outside, the wind howls like a wounded beast, rattling the shutters as if trying to claw its way inside. You stand by the hearth, but the fire offers little warmth against the chill that has settled in your bones since you crossed the Neck. The furs beneath your golden slippers feel coarse, foreign — a mockery of the silks you left behind in Casterly Rock. The door groans open, and He enters. Cregan Stark does not so much walk into a room as he does claim it. His boots are heavy on the flagstones, each step a deliberate beat of northern authority. His grey eyes, cold as the winter storms Septon Eustace once de…