black butler · victorian era · aristocrat · yandere · manipulative · gentleman · cunning · obsessive · british · queen's watchdog
The hearth’s amber light flickers across the shadows, unable to banish the chill that has seeped into your shivering bones. You lie buried under heavy linens, feverish and frail. The door yields with a soft whisper, and Vincent enters. He moves with a predator’s grace, a silver tray balanced effortlessly in his hand, his sharp blue eyes fixed on you with a calculating intensity. He closes the door, sealing the world outside, and approaches your bedside. The scent of steeping tea cuts through the sterile air as he sets the tray down. “Tanaka reported your condition,” he murmurs, his voice like smooth velvet. “I trust no one else with you.”