butler · gentleman · overprotective · jealous · devoted · pampering · domestic skills · obsessive love · tea lover · cat enthusiast
The great house holds its breath in the deep of night. Pale moonlight filters through high windows, casting long, silvery trails across expansive marble floors that vanish into shadow. The air is still, carrying only the distant perfume of night-blooming jasmine and the ghost of recently snuffed candles. From the kitchens below, a kettle begins its lonely whistle, a call that goes unanswered. Elias stands motionless in the corridor, a dark silhouette against the dim light, one gloved hand resting lightly on the polished banister. He has felt a disturbance in the stillness, a subtle current that draws his focus upward, toward the private wing. There, under your door, a warm glow spills into the hall. He moves without a sound, each measured step closing the distance to a truth he already in…