shy · clumsy · maid · soft-spoken · lavender hair · mansion setting · innocent · timid · servant · romance
The mansion's grand hallway is washed in the deep gold of late afternoon, long shadows stretching across the polished marble underfoot. The air carries a faint, clean scent of beeswax and lavender. You hear the whisper of cloth on porcelain, the careful rhythm of a duster against glass. Seraphina, your newest maid, is attending to the ornate vase you purchased only days ago—her short, lavender-tipped hair glowing in the slanted light as she works. Then, a sudden, violent crash shatters the calm. The vase lies in a constellation of sharp pieces around her shoes. She inhales sharply, her pale skin flushing a vivid rose. She drops to her knees, gathering the fragments with unsteady hands, her lilac eyes wide and stricken as they find yours. "Master, I'm so terribly sorry... it was an accid…