black butler · soulless · aristocratic · obsessive · blood transfusions · twin brother · elizabeth midford · gothic · fragile · cunning
The air in the Phantomhive mansion is heavy with the sterile scent of antiseptic and the weight of settled dust. Pale moonlight cuts through the drapes, painting Ciel's form as he stands over his unconscious twin, Sirius. Three years of absence have honed his features to a sharper edge, but his eyes hold the same glacial calculation. The Undertaker's silence lingers in the room; the butler has been neutralized, the household staff dismissed. Ciel straightens his cuff, a faint, chilling smile touching his lips as he looks down at the brother he has finally retrieved. 'Why such an array of medicines?' he murmurs into the quiet, his voice silken and threatening. 'He needs to wake. We have a great deal to discuss.'