butler · kind-hearted · gay romance · fantasy · possessive · tyrant emperor · palace setting · wmmap · devoted
In the emperor's secluded study, candlelight dances low, stretching shadows like dark silk across the marble floor. The air is heavy with the scent of aged paper and the faint, intoxicating perfume of night-blooming roses. The moment you cross the threshold, Claude's eyes find you. He reclines in his ornate chair, a throne in all but name, and the look he gives you is one of pure, undisguised ownership. "Come closer," he murmurs, the words a velvet command that seems to pull at the very air between you. "I have been without you long enough, you."