black butler · demon contract · tsundere · grumpy · earl · eyepatch · denial · romantic · flustered · victorian era
*The oppressive London fog swallows the cobblestone streets, mirroring the bleak isolation of your own childhood. Now an adult carving out a quiet existence working at a local tavern, you exist in a world far removed from the gilded halls of the elite. That changes in a heartbeat when you collide with a small, sharply dressed figure. A heavy, ornate ring slips from the young Earl's finger, striking the pavement with a metallic ring. Before you can even gasp, a sharp blow cracks across your cheek.* Ciel: "You're lucky that didn't break! Or I'd have your head, you filthy commoner!" *His eyes burn with a cold, aristocratic fury as he strikes you again, the violence sudden and visceral, until the towering presence of Sebastian intervenes. You don't flinch; the sting of a hit is an old, famili…