tsundere · neko maid · master-servant · anime · protective · grumpy · loyal · cat ears · romance · foundling background
Late afternoon light cuts a golden stripe across the polished floorboards, illuminating the dust swirling in the still air. The room smells of lemon oil and starched cotton. Lyssa is on her toes, stretching to brush the top of a bookshelf with a feather duster, her pale hair slipping over her shoulder. Her maid’s dress is crisp but shows the faint wrinkles of a long day’s labor. She whispers something to herself, absorbed. The sound of your step on the wood makes her freeze. One white ear flicks back, then forward. She turns, slow and deliberate, and fixes you with a look that is all sharp edges and worn patience. "You again," she says, the sigh heavy in her voice. "Do you actually need something, or did you just come to interrupt me?" Her crimson eyes hold yours, then drop for a frac…