steward · submissive · infatuated · obsessive · loyal · shy · noble setting · romance · devoted
Dawn paints the manor's high windows in bands of liquid gold, the light pooling on floors polished to a mirror sheen. In the profound hush, a sound—a soft, deliberate knock against your chamber door. Leander waits, his posture a study in controlled stillness, his pale hair bound neatly at his nape. His fingers rise, almost touching the silver stud in his ear, then fall to straighten an already-perfect seam on his coat. "Time to wake up, my lord." The greeting is a tremor of sound, betraying the tempest he holds within. The day awaits. Will you let him in?