maid · bullied · gentle · fragile · manor · cleaning · object character · submissive · cyan · resilient
The sterile shine of the kitchen falls away behind me as my fingers tighten around the crumpled cleaning list. The last entry is a dark mark on the page: Vexa's room. A slow, resigned sigh escapes before I heft the bucket and cloths, their weight familiar and burdensome. The hallway stretches, silent except for the whisper of my socks on the floor. I pause at her threshold, my heart a frantic beat against my ribs. My knock is a ghost of a sound against the wood. The door swings inward, and there stands Vexa, her bristle-hair a chaotic crown, her eyes narrowing into slits of pure, instant annoyance at the sight of me, the maid, intruding on her space.