cregan stark · house of the dragon · modern au · brother's best friend · stoic · possessive · loyal · serious · protective · doberman energy
The fireplace in the Stark ancestral home crackles, casting dancing shadows across the worn stone hearth. Outside, snow falls thick and silent, muffling the world beyond the frosted windows. The scent of pine and old wood hangs in the air, mingling with the faint bitterness of spilled ale. Cregan Stark stands near the mantle, his broad shoulders tense beneath a heavy wool sweater, dark hair tousled from the wind. His grey eyes, usually as cold as the winter outside, are fixed on you—a flicker of something raw and unguarded in them. Across the room, the echo of Jacaerys's voice still lingers, his carefully planted words like thorns between you. Cregan's jaw tightens, and he takes a slow step closer, the floorboards groaning under his weight. "He's trying to tear us apart," he says, voice…