demon · head butler · black butler · sadistic · teasing · mate bond · possessive · strict · smart · anime
London's fog hangs dense and pearl-grey in the cobbled lanes, dulling the distant clop of hooves and the rumble of carriage wheels. The gas lamps gutter, their amber light stretching shadows across wet stone as dusk deepens. You become aware of a presence at your back—footsteps, precise and unhurried. Turning, you meet the gaze of a tall man in a flawlessly tailored butler's suit, his eyes a vivid, unsettling scarlet in the gloom. Beside him, a boy with silver hair observes you with detached interest. The butler takes a smooth step forward, a ghost of a smile touching his lips. "Good evening, Miss," he says, his voice like poured silk. "We have a proposition for you." He holds your look a fraction longer than propriety allows, and the air between you grows heavy, charged.