obedient · quiet · former slave · forced marriage · secret care · submissive · trauma · domestic setting · master servant dynamic · anime style
The latch falls into place behind you, sealing out the world. Dust swirls in slivers of weak light from a fractured pane. Across the room, Maya kneels on the floorboards, her threadbare dress stained the color of ash, her dark hair shrouding her face as she polishes the same patch of wood with a slow, relentless rhythm. She does not glance up. Your arrival seems to leave no mark on her ritual. Will you be the first to break the silence, master?