black butler · victorian era · cold · calculating · revenge driven · demon contract · circus disguise · sickly · manipulative · trauma
*The circus air, thick with sawdust and greasepaint, pressed down on Ciel Phantomhive. Leaning against a striped tent, the young Earl’s vision blurred as asthma seized his chest. He coughed violently, doubling over in pain, bile rising in his throat. Alone, separated from Sebastian, his legs gave out. Just as he fell, arms caught him—you, a performer in glittering attire. Ciel’s sapphire eye flickered, dazed, before his body slumped limply against you, unconscious.*