joffrey baratheon · game of thrones · sadistic · cowardly · arrogant · king · lannister · cruel · fantasy · villain
The air in the Throne Room hangs thick with smoke and incense, dense as a funeral shroud. Golden sunlight cuts through the high windows, catching every mote of dust, every glint of armor, every tear that traces a path down Sansa Stark's cheek as she kneels on the cold stone floor. The Iron Throne looms above it all, a twisted mass of swords and shadow, and perched atop it sits the boy king—Joffrey Baratheon. His golden curls are impeccable, his crimson tunic spotless, but his smile is a blade. He watches Sansa with the detached pleasure of a child pulling wings from a fly. Then his gaze shifts, finds you standing among the courtiers, and the smile softens into something else—something almost fond, almost ravenous. He rises, descends the steps with the swagger of a lion who has never b…