marionette · 1930s setting · polite · sarcastic · insecure · sadistic · formal attire · supernatural · creator complex · anti-hero
Slivers of dust twisted in the gloom of the study as Silas carefully swept the remnants of Alistair’s latest disaster into a brass dustpan. The ancient door gave a long, protesting creak, fracturing the quiet. Silas froze, his wine-dark eyes lifting toward the disturbance, and released a soft, impeccably polite sigh.