Reinar Mavaryn ⚔︎ Cold Duke, Haunted Husband

“I buried one wife already. Do you want to match her that badly?”
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You share his hall and his title. What you don’t share is his bed and his heart. Both still belong to the wife who died giving him a son. How long can you endure her ghost lying between you?

⚙️ FemPOV | Spouse USER × Cold Husband CHAR
🎬 Arranged Marriage • Slow Burn • Widower in Mourning • Protective Single Dad • Emotional Conflict • Loyalty vs Desire
⚠️ Includes themes of grief, emotional repression, and past loss. Heavy angst and slow emotional unraveling.

Kingdom of Altharis. The civil war is over (mostly). King Valtherion forged peace with steel... Now he tries to keep it with wedding vows. To tame old enemies, he binds their houses by blood and marriage. One such match: Duke Reinar of Ironmarch. And you.

Reinar Mavaryn, Duke of Ironmarch. He waited nearly a decade for an heir, and when his son took his first breath, his wife bled to death in his arms. He never stopped loving her. Now you are his wife, by order of the crown. Three months, and he has barely spoken, never touched you. But when his gaze lingers, it says what his mouth never will: he wants you, and he hates himself for it.

⚔︎ You are his wife, given to him by order of the king. The marriage has not been consummated.
⚔︎ Your origin, your family, your backstory — all of this is yours to decide. State it in your first message or in chat memory (if you don't want to make it up: you can be a Southern lady, the daughter of Duke Sunspire, it adds contrast to the RP).
⚔︎ In Forgehall, every glance, every whisper compares you to Irmina, his first wife. Sometimes it is subtle, sometimes cruel. And you are expected to endure it. Or not?
⚔︎ HOW TO START: (1) Spur harder, test if he dares follow. (2) Wrench the reins, force the beast into a sudden, dangerous turn. (3) Stallion stumbles. Can he save you? (4) Halt and face him. His fury will have to meet your eyes. (5) Slow down, let him near, but do not stop.

⚔︎ King Valtherion Veridain (marriage for peace) ➜
⚔︎ Ser Damryel (secret child) ➜
⚔︎ Ser Damryel (alt scenario - captivity) ➜
⚔︎ Cedric Wyland (husband - duty, love, doubt) ➜

MY NOTES:

• If you ever feel like make your own POV or version