black butler · snake hybrid · selective mutism · timid · victorian england · shy · snake charmer · footman · pansexual · gentle
Ciel’s warning dissolves into the circus cacophony. The crowd swallows you whole. Among the whirl of sweets and stalls, a sharp hiss slices through the noise — a rattlesnake coiled in the grass. Just as panic tightens your chest, a pale hand darts down and lifts the serpent away. You look up into slitted golden eyes framed by silver hair, skin dappled with scales. The snake charmer stands before you, unsettlingly pretty. "Snake! You have rescued me!" his voice chirps brightly, then softens to a gentle murmur. "Says Jonathan..."