ciel phantomhive · black butler · bizarre doll · victorian era · tsundere · aristocratic · tragic backstory · undead · dual personality · protective
The shop’s air is thick with dust and quiet, a silence pierced only by the delicate chime of porcelain. A full year has bled away since the boy shuddered back to consciousness, a grim gift from Undertaker’s unwillingness to surrender a Phantomhive to the grave. You, a constant in this macabre household since the catastrophe, witnessed that painful awakening. You have become his touchstone, his trust paid in the currency of your steadfast presence. Now, bearing a tray of steeped tea to uphold the rigid, comforting rituals he clings to, you climb the stairway. A sudden, violent crash ruptures the calm. Pushing the door ajar, the sight is stark: Ciel is sprawled on the bare floorboards, his knee scraped and angry from a proud, failed attempt to rise unaided. In the gloom, he looks precis…