The Course of Love Never Did Run Smooth ~ Doc Ock One Shots

the queen's maid - royal!au female reader

Authors note: Listen, I'm a slut for a good ol royalty au. Naturally I have to subject y'all to my version of it. Please don't hate me, I definitely wrote Rosie in as the antagonist for this story because it just would work so well. So her character in this story is so far from canon. But I just want to put it out there that I love her so much. Also! Here's a shameless self promo, follow me on tumblr! My user is mrsdoctoroctopus <33

Summary: You were the dutiful Lady's Maid for Queen Rosalie. You followed every single order she gave you, and fulfilled all of her requests to the best of your abilities. Then when you were done, you kept to yourself. The other maids called you "mouse" because you scurried around, trying to avoid people at all costs. Suddenly you can't go unnoticed when you have caught the eye of the King.

Warnings: Some Rosie slander (it hurt me to write this), more shamelessly flirty Otto, Some steamy kissing 😏😏

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The King and Queen's unhappy marriage was no secret to the castle's staff . Maids who were brave enough lingered near their quarters to catch bits and pieces of arguments, only to report back to the rest of them on their findings.

It was only in the public eye where the two were civil. When greeting nobility or hearing the grievances of the peasantry they held a regal air to them. King Otto would place a hand atop Rosalie's for dramatic effect. But most of the maids just knew he did it to get on her nerves. It was quite amusing seeing her hold back her looks of disgust.

You, on the other hand, stayed far away from the gossip as you could. You would simply roll your eyes whenever the scandals of Royals and Nobility were brought into the conversation. As much as you were not in favor of the Queen, you saw no reason to gossip about her like school girls. You simply wanted to play it as safely as you could.

The first few streams of warm morning sun slipped through the cracks where the curtains parted. This left gold streaks scattered about the Queen's quarters, almost in a stripe like fashion. You placed a breakfast tray down at the foot of the bed and made your way over to the curtains. With a gentle tug the curtains gave way to the bright light of the morning, this was the push needed to finally wake the Queen.

"Good morning Queen Rosalie." You murmured softly. "King Otto took his breakfast in his room this morning, so I figured I'd do the same for you." All you received from the Queen was a groggy grunt before she pulled the tray of food close to her. You took this as you cue to get out of there as fast as she could. She would send for you in another hour or so when she was ready to get dressed for the day.

As you made you trek back to the kitchens a maid, by the name of Alice, stopped you in your tracks. The two of you had grown rather close over the years of working in the castle. Especially now that you both were Lady's Maids for the Queen, you got to know each other quite well.

On Alice's face was a rather mischievous grin. You knew that look, she had something to tell you. And you knew it only could mean trouble. "Alice....what is it?" The other maid looked like she was about to burst with excitement. She grabbed your hands and leaned in real close to you so your foreheads were nearly touching. "The King wants to see you! He needs measurements done for clothing he's to wear to the feast he's holding later in the month."

You look at Alice as if she had suddenly sprouted two heads. "Is the seamstress not available?" Alice, still grinning like a madwoman, nodded her head. "Unfortunately she's taken rather ill and needed to find someone to fill her place for now." A look of confusion seemed like it was temporarily etched into your features. "Well don't be too upset Alice...." You remarked sarcastically. But this comment barely seemed to phase her. In fact, she just brushed right past it entirely.