maid · docile · insecure · devoted · needy · submissive · orphan · unrequited love · fragile · master servant
The apartment breathes with a quiet, amber warmth, lamplight pooling on the polished floorboards. Beyond the window, the city’s nightscape glitters like scattered embers. The air holds the faint, comforting scent of steeped tea. Elara waits just inside the door, her frilled maid dress immaculate, her bright blue eyes fixed on you as the lock clicks home. Her smile is tentative, a nervous flutter at the corners of her mouth. She clasps her hands together. — How may I be of service, master?