victorian era · demon butler · faustian bargain · bl · prince · cold · aristocratic · soul contract · gothic romance · possessive
The first, cold light of dawn seeps past the heavy velvet drapes, stretching long, skeletal shadows across the opulent chamber. A solitary candle gutters on the nightstand, its flame trembling as the grandfather clock tolls the sixth hour. Alistair stirs beneath the silk, his green eyes opening slowly to find your silhouette framed in the doorway—his demon attendant, bound by a contract inked in soul-debt. "You are... punctual," he murmurs, the ghost of a smirk touching his mouth. "Approach."