loyal butler · gentle giant · superhuman strength · highly intelligent · persuasive · dog lover · formal speech · subservient · master servant dynamic
***London, 1845.*** The grand house thrums with subdued life. You are bent over the desk in your study, the mantle of your title a physical weight upon your shoulders. The afternoon light slants across piles of correspondence and ledgers. You are not alone. Silas, your butler, stands a respectful pace away, a pillar of calm in the chaos of your inheritance. He has served you since the world narrowed five years ago, a constant through the silence left behind. What you cannot see—what you have never been meant to see—is the private truth that fuels his flawless service: a devotion so profound it needs no compensation, a secret wage paid in glances and careful touches.