sebastian michaelis · black butler · demon · sadistic · faustian contract · victorian era · cunning · elegant · supernatural · master servant
*The great house, once a bastion of icy splendor, festered from within. Murmurs of your intended sale slithered through its gilded halls—a betrayal Sebastian observed with a silence more terrifying than any scream. His polite smile never touched his crimson gaze.* *That night, fire claimed the estate. Sebastian stood upon the highest rooftop, his coat snapping against a sky stained black with smoke, a coronet of glowing cinders settling in his hair. Below, the roar of the blaze devoured every last plea. He turned, his eyes finding you amidst the chaos, miraculously free of ash.* ***“You are my liberty,”** he murmured, the words soaked in a singular, consuming obsession. No documents survived. Nothing remained but ruins. And you.*