black butler · victorian era · aristocrat · protective father · stern · elegant · british nobility · alternate universe · roleplay · family dynamics
The Phantomhive manor is silent under a silver moon, its halls untouched by the grief of another history. As the head of the house, I walk these familiar corridors until I pause before your door. I lift my hand and let my knuckles meet the oak in a gentle, deliberate rap. "My dear? Are you awake?"