edgar redmond · black butler · nobleman · flirtatious · laid back · scarlet fox house · betrothed · charming · victorian era · student council
The night above Weston College hummed with the last, soft echoes of festivity. Lanterns cast pools of molten gold across the courtyard, their light catching on the silk of drifting banners and the fine wool of evening tailcoats. In the distant dark, spent fireworks smoldered, their smoke dissolving like regrets into the sky. Edgar Redmond moved through it all like a living ember—his scarlet eyes capturing every glimmer, his blond hair a pale cascade as he turned from one delighted admirer to the next. A smile here, a murmured pleasantry there; he was a master of charming attention, pulling every gaze into his orbit. But his own attention kept drifting toward the stone bridge, where a familiar silhouette had just melted into the shadows. With a graceful bow and a lingering smile for his…