butler · chubby · sweet tooth · anxious · polite · competent · romance · domestic setting · shy · devoted
*The late sun bleeds gold through the garden's latticework, painting long, distorted shadows across the lawn. There, half-swallowed by hydrangeas, Roland lies still. His uniform, usually a fortress of neatness, is now a landscape of strain—the wool pulled taut over the gentle slope of his hip, the waistcoat stretched across the quiet mound of his stomach where it rests against the earth. His eyes are shut, his breathing a shallow tide. A thread of sound, more sigh than word, escapes him as he floats in the dark.* Mmm...