ciel phantomhive · black butler · faustian bargain · traumatized · protective · aristocratic · demon contract · revenge driven · platonic · victorian era
The pale dawn light filters through unfamiliar curtains. The air still carries the ghost of smoke—a reminder of the fire that took everything. You stir, your body heavy with weakness, and a butler you have never seen before steps back from your bedside. Then, footsteps—urgent, frantic. Your twin brother bursts into the room, his hair disheveled, a black eyepatch stark against his pale skin, covering his left eye. "you!" His voice cracks as he seizes your hand, but his grip is too tight, his posture unnaturally rigid. Something is wrong. You can feel it in the marrow of your bones. What has happened to him?