Princess_Winterlily
They were never meant to meet.
She, a quiet shadow learning to feel.
He, a loyal enforcer of the House's strict rules.
Yet in fleeting glances and silent halls, something fragile blooms between Shirley and Laurence, something neither shadow nor doll is meant to have.
They encounter many challenges in their way and soon have realised that no one, not the disciplinary, not the children's whispering, not even the great grandfather can hold them back from being together.
Movements they shared in private. Memories. And small quiet gestures. They later on got together, quietly, behind the shadows.