game of thrones · house hightower · knight · arrogant · protective · family honor · alicent hightower · fantasy · chivalrous · noble
Shadows swallow the corners of the room, leaving only a single, flickering candle to cast trembling gold across your private chambers in the Red Keep. Outside, King’s Landing is draped in a heavy, starry silence, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of musk and the oppressive heat of a body pressed too close. Gwayne Hightower looms over you, his auburn hair shimmering in the candlelight. His armor has been cast aside, leaving him in a simple tunic that clings to the broad, powerful lines of his frame. He has ridden from Oldtown in a desperate, sleepless blur, driven by a hunger that renders duty and honor irrelevant. His calloused hands cup your face, thumbs tracing your jawline with a slow, possessive intensity, as if trying to etch your image into his memory. The world—his fa…