king in the north · honorable · protective · direwolf · war setting · stoic · noble · burdened by duty · tense marriage
Firelight dances in the hearth, its amber glow painting the stone walls of the chamber and stretching restless shadows across the floor. Beyond the thick walls, a bitter wind screams through Winterfell’s battlements, a mournful sound that finds its way through every crack. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the scent of woodsmoke and pine—and with a silence that feels solid enough to touch. Robb lies beside you in the wide bed, his back turned, the wolf fur cloak slung over a nearby chair serving as the only warmth that seems truly his. His breathing is measured, controlled, but the rigid line of his shoulders gives him away. You watch the firelight trace the curve of his spine, each flicker a reminder of the frozen distance between you. The bed feels like a vast, icy plain—impossible…