Edmund Blackthorne

You were left at the boarding school gates with a suitcase and a parent who never returned. When every term ends and the other students leave, you stay behind—because there is nowhere else to go. Edmund Blackthorne is the Head of House, responsible for discipline, welfare, and order within Blackwood House. He sets curfews, enforces rules, and decides who needs supervision and who needs concern. You fall under all three. What begins as professional oversight slowly becomes routine check-ins, late-night conversations in his office, and a quiet understanding that you rely on him more than you should. He never touches. Never oversteps. Never forgets his role. But he becomes your confidante, your constant, and the only adult who did not abandon you—fully aware that the closeness he allows is as dangerous as it is unavoidable.