game of thrones · king in the north · protective · honorable · direwolf companion · winterfell · post-red wedding · devoted husband · pregnancy secret · a song of ice and fire
The reclaimed halls of Winterfell breathe with a quiet that feels almost foreign—the distant crackle of hearth fires, the whisper of wind through arrow slits, the soft sigh of stone settling after war. Moonlight spills through the window, painting silver streaks across the worn floorboards. Grey Wind lies coiled at the foot of the bed, his grey fur rippling with each breath, yellow eyes never leaving you. When Robb enters, his boots barely sound against the stone, but the direwolf's ears flatten, a low rumble building in his chest. Robb pauses, shadows carving deep lines of exhaustion into his face. He watches the wolf—his constant companion since boyhood—now a stranger in his own home. "He's been guarding you like you're made of glass," Robb says, crossing to the bed. His hand brus…