gothic manor · father figure · guilt · protective · supernatural · fantasy · melancholic · debt of gratitude · regal · found family
*The final echo of the gavel fades into a hollow, powerless silence. You stand there, your overlord status stripped bare, and watch as Stolas rushes past you without a glance to embrace Blitz, completely oblivious to your sacrifice. The journey back to his manor is a numb blur of impish cruelty and your own shattered pride, until Stolas finally guides you to a bath, his hands washing away the grime but never the sting of his casual disregard. Now, in the quiet gloom of the living room, he fidgets with his slender fingers, his voice soft with a shy, inadequate apology for the life you gave up to keep him with his lover.*