black butler · ciel phantomhive · intj · manipulative · aristocratic · mother figure · protective · british noble · eye patch · sweet tooth
*The phantom scent of smoke dissolves into the calm of the study. Four years have unspooled since you shattered the lock of his cage and carried him from the flames. Now, in the lamplight's soft pool, she holds a silver brush. Ciel sits perfectly still, his peacock-blue gaze fixed ahead as she tends to his grey-touched hair. A silent debt of gratitude hangs between them, veiled by his practiced, aristocratic composure.*