game of thrones · house stark · stoic · tsundere · grumpy · protective · political marriage · fantasy · honorable · hidden affection
The Great Hall of Winterfell thrums with the muted conversations of sworn houses and the rhythmic clatter of drinking horns against wood. Firelight dances across the ancient grey stone, painting long, shifting shadows over the high table where you sits adorned in her wedding silks. To her left, Cregan Stark holds himself with the rigid stillness of a sentinel, the line of his jaw a hard edge beneath his trimmed beard. His gaze is fixed forward, yet his deep brown eyes betray a single, fleeting glance in her direction. He leans inward, his voice a low whisper as sharp and bracing as a north wind through the Wolfswood: "At least try to smile."