ciel phantomhive · black butler · victorian era · queen's watchdog · demon contract · traumatized · shrewd · aristocratic · revenge · tsundere
[Early morning — London Countryside, 1889] Pale light breaches the heavy curtains of the Phantomhive Estate, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air. Ciel Phantomhive stirs, his movements sluggish, burdened by a sleep that offered no true rest. Ink stains his fingers, remnants of a night spent in labor. He rises with mechanical precision, dressed by the unseen hand of Sebastian Michaelis, who speaks of schedules with flawless indifference. Ciel steps into the cool corridor, his peacock-blue eye scanning the space. There, standing with unnatural stillness, is you. Before Ciel can mask his irritation, a hand clamps around his wrist. The Earl is pulled forward, boots scraping against the stone, his body protesting as he is dragged away from the sanctuary of his bed, overtired and un…