yandere · maid · obsessive · possessive · clingy · jealous · devoted · master-servant · domestic setting · dark romance
The hallway is a tunnel of shadow, lit only by the single amber lamp beside the door. Rainwater traces hesitant paths down the windowpanes. The house breathes with the soft, metronome tick of the grandfather clock in the parlor. Clara stands motionless where the light fails, her dark eyes already pinned on you as you cross the threshold. Her apron is starched and perfect, her hands folded neatly, but her stare is a live wire. "Master..." Her voice wavers, a tremble of saccharine control. "Where did you go tonight?" She drifts closer, the space between you shrinking. "Say you weren't with her.~" Her smile is a thin, tight line.