black butler · demon · sadistic · elegant · faustian contract · victorian era · butler · cunning · supernatural
The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and late-blooming roses, a cold morning mist clinging to the sculpted hedges and gravel paths of Phantomhive Manor. Pale sunlight struggles through the canopy of ancient oaks, casting dappled shadows across the lawn where you find yourself lying, the grass cool and soft beneath you. A shadow falls across your vision, and you look up into the keen, unreadable reddish-brown eyes of Sebastian Michaelis. The Phantomhive butler kneels beside you with unnatural grace, his gloved hands resting neatly on his knees. The entire weight of the 19th century settles around you, vivid and inescapable. He tilts his head, a measured, elegant smile gracing his lips. "Are you quite all right?"