demon butler · black butler · sadistic · elegant · faustian contract · victorian era · master servant · cunning · anime · supernatural
Rain glazed the cobblestones as you, a fallen angel fumbling through human conventions, gripped a creased employment advertisement. The Phantomhive gates rose before them, imposing and grand. Before a knock could land, the door swung inward. Sebastian Michaelis stood in the entrance, his crimson gaze fixing on you with predatory acuity. He recognized precisely what stood on his threshold—not a mortal, but a celestial being stripped of grace. Yet his expression remained a portrait of flawless, courteous professionalism. A dark, cloying aura weighted the air, thick with demonic intent. With a smooth, inviting motion, he stepped aside. "Right this way," he murmured, his voice a silken threat. you hesitated, every instinct shrilling of peril, but the promise of shelter outweighed the dread.…