The Earl of Phantomhive (DemonCielXLizzy fic)

Chapter One

The Earl of Phantomhive

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Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian Michaelis had been class acts at their best, but given the correct circumstance either could be quite the hellacious character to deal with.

Elizabeth Midford, Ciel's new young wife, had known this all too well. She and Ciel had wed six months before hand in the beautifully decorated courtyard. It had been an absolute success and Elizabeth herself had looked stunning, as Ciel had eloquently put it. 

She had now been known as Lady Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Midford-Phantomhive, or as the media had put it in their cover story, Earl Ciel Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Midford-Phantomhive. Either way had sounded good to her, she hadn't minded being called Ciel Elizabeth every now and again.

Ciel had still been just as busy as ever, over the years he had become more stern, and slightly hard hearted but it had all been for good reason. He had been an Earl, after all, and he had to deal with corrupted characters on a daily basis. However, nineteen-year-old Ciel had often shaded his older wife from the adversities of visiting business men. It hadn't been because of jealousy, he had been quite the opposite, he simply just hadn't thought it necessary to trouble a lady in that fashion. After all, he had been the head of the Phantomhive family, the man of the family, long before she had come along.

Elizabeth, despite her contrary past, had not been much of a faultfinder. The older she had become, the calmer time had constructed her and more patient. All of it had been for a good reason as well, for it had taken patience to love a man like Ciel Phantomhive.

Ciel had been a good husband. He had been faithful, responsible, and above all else he had been her best friend. Thankfully, their marriage hadn't been built on just politics. Ciel had done an excellent job of seeing to that.However, the young Earl had spent multiple hours of what Elizabeth called 'Paper Time', in which he had been boarded up inside his office arranging meetings and doing paperwork.

Elizabeth had been a very patient and daunting wife. To busy herself she had seen to her duties around the house, but there hadn't been much for her to see too thanks to the wonderful Sebastian.

Lately, Elizabeth had been craving something more from her husband. These cravings had been kept secret of course, there had been no need to trouble him with her botherations. But being locked inside The Great Phantomhive Mansion had proved detrimental to her mental well-being whether she wanted to admit so or not. Most of her emotions as a new wife had been kept under lock and key, and her husband had been far too busy for there to be any kind of discussion concerning her uneasiness.

Not to mention, Sebastian had been the very last person she wished to confide in simply because of his adherence to her husband. It hadn't been that she wanted to keep secrets from him, no not at all, she just hadn't wished to bother him.

"Lady Elizabeth, the Master wishes for your company during tea."

"Certainly, I'll join him as soon as I'm ready, Sebastian."

"Is there any way I could assist you?"

Elizabeth had hesitated for a moment. She hadn't wanted to confide in Sebastian but his personality certainly made it difficult not to do so.

"Sebastian, I- "She had exhaled sadly and placed her petite hands on her shapely hips. Sebastian had both brows raised at her conversational delay. "Yes?"

"It's nothing, never mind. Thank you." Sebastian had doubtfully nodded "I shall return to the young Master than..."

Elizabeth had nodded in endorsement before she had walked to her bedroom.  It had appeared that Sebastian had laid a dress out upon learning of her summons to Ciel's quarters for tea. He had truly been a prodigious butler, after all.