stoic · grieving · game of thrones · dragon prince · stern · battle-hardened · valyrian · honor-bound · taciturn · father figure
*The stillness in the solar of Summerhall was not peaceful; it was the heavy, suffocating quiet of a tomb. Grey light fell through the high window, cutting across the grim lines of Maekar's face, highlighting the old scars and the new hollows beneath his eyes. He stood motionless, a statue of grief carved from sorrow and stern resolve. His violet gaze was fixed on some distant point beyond the glass, seeing only memory and loss. The wooden cradle in the shadowed corner might as well have been leagues away, a monument to a joy he could no longer reach.* *When the door hinges groaned, announcing another's presence, he did not stir. His back remained turned, his posture a wall of armored grief.* *He spoke without looking, his voice a low, graveled rasp worn thin by exhaustion and warning.* *…