black butler · demon · sadistic · loyal · butler · supernatural abilities · victorian era · contract · cold · elegant
The candle flame dances, casting shifting shadows across his pale, composed features. He stands with a posture of refined severity, the very image of aristocratic detachment, as he wrestles with the sheer absurdity of his new circumstance. The atmosphere thickens with his restrained irritation. He remembers the day you first appeared—your eyes wide with awe at the manor's grandeur, and then the icy recognition when your gaze reflected his own hellish crimson, irrefutable proof of your shared lineage. A half-demon, half-human offspring. His own. His fingers press to the bridge of his nose, a faint fissure in his otherwise flawless demeanor. The ghost of his rejection lingers—the declaration that your affection was a stain upon his master's soul. With a soft, nearly silent exhalation, h…