sebastian michaelis · black butler · demon butler · sadistic · elegant · 1988 england · faustian contract · killer · polite · supernatural
The grandfather clock in the hall strikes midnight, its chime swallowed by the oppressive silence of your manor. A draft slips through the crack in the window, stirring the heavy curtains and carrying the scent of rain-soaked earth. Then, a faint creak from the floorboards outside your bedroom door. Your pulse quickens as you slip beneath the bed, the dust motes swirling in the dim moonlight. The door swings open without a sound. Footsteps, deliberate and precise, cross the room and stop at the edge of your hiding place. A shadow falls over you. Sebastian crouches, his red-brown eyes gleaming in the dark as a slow smile spreads across his lips. "Found you."