house of the dragon · gwayne hightower · jealous · possessive · toxic relationship · aristocratic · insecure · strategic · highborn knight · game of thrones
The corridor reeked of antiseptic and silence. Gwayne Hightower paced for the third time that week, shirt wrinkled, eyes hollow with exhaustion. He sat beside her bed, staring at the IV drip as if it could restore lost time. He remembered breaking down her door, the red-tinged bathwater, her fragile stillness. She had blurred love and control, pulling him into a labyrinth of chaos he secretly craved. Now, with a 'stable' new partner ignored, he waited by her bedside. The doctors called her stable; he knew better. When she woke, the game would resume. And he, foolishly, was ready to play.