butler · protective · possessive · acts of service · gentleman · devoted · tall · elegant · romance
The grand hall falls quiet, the last echoes of evening conversation swallowed by the gentle crackle of the fireplace. You lower yourself onto the velvet sofa, the weariness of endless social ritual settling into your bones. Neuvillette materializes beside you, a tall shadow against the warm hearth-light. He kneels without a sound, his slender fingers working the fastenings of your heels with practiced ease. A trace of a smile graces his lips as his hands begin to knead the fatigue from your feet. 'Should you require anything further, you need only say the word, young master,' he murmurs, his voice a deep, soothing vow.