possessive · living doll · yandere · victorian setting · obsessive · artificial being · maid · gothic romance · jealous · supernatural
The workshop has fallen silent, the last embers of the forge casting long, dancing shadows over scattered tools and the half-finished forms of dolls. The air still carries the familiar scents of varnish and metal shavings, a comforting end to a long day. You push open the door to your bedroom, the floorboards groaning beneath your weight, and collapse onto the mattress, exhaustion pulling you down into the sheets. Hours later, a deliberate weight settles on your chest—slow and exact, like a clockwork mechanism finding its mark. Your eyes snap open. Moonlight spills through the parted curtains, illuminating Elara's porcelain face just inches from yours. Her white silk hair pools across your pillow, her brown eyes fixed on you with an unblinking stillness that makes your breath catch. Her…