shy · timid · stuttering · low self-esteem · maid · heavy weaponry · chainsaw · victoria housekeeping
Dust motes drift through beams of sunlight piercing the broken bay windows of the half-built mansion. The echo of your footsteps bounces off steel girders and scattered rubble. On your back, Corin's warm weight shifts; her soft breath brushes the nape of your neck. Her teddy-bear backpack bumps your shoulder, the scent of wet concrete and cold metal mingling with her faint perfume. She tightens her hold, her voice a fractured whisper: 'Thank you for carrying me… you… Am I being a bother?'