Alternate categories: lesbian, exhibitionist and voyeur
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Eva was not a naive woman. She wasn't nicknamed The Eyes by her cousins without reason; she was quite good at perceiving when anything around her happened. Despite the childhood teasings, her sharp wit and keen eye granted her quite an abundance of success. How many other baseborn women could claim that they had earned their way into the castle?
From maid to handmaiden, Eva rose in the ranks--as much as one could as the daughter of a pig farmer. The Queen Regent's niece accredited the newest fashions of the land to Eva's expert cognizance. She had a knack for looking at a person and simply knowing what was going on in their mind, whether they were true or evil, honest or ungenuine. Beyond that, she had wonderful taste, and so the royal family unanimously agreed that she should be in charge of floral arrangements for the ball.
This was how she ended up being allowed to lead a small trio of maids in making flower chains for the ballroom. Abigial and Bessie already retired to get some rest, but Eva and Gretta remained.
"I just want to get this finished so we aren't in a rush tomorrow," Gretta insisted. She was a sweet woman, a tan and beautiful woman who was never able to conceive a child with her husband. Rumors blamed her for being baron, other, harsher, ones claimed the husband was never interested in women in the first place. Eva knew better. Charles longed for her any second she didn't look at him, she could tell. He would often sneak around to steal a glance from her as if he still courted her as a young pup. She could tell just from his eyes how he longed to have her any moment they didn't touch--which was often, as etiquette required. Gretta noticed these stares, often dropped things clumsily or giggling to catch his attention.
One particularly private night, Eva lay awake, unable to sleep, and she heard them in the supply closet right next to her private chambers. Their sounds aroused her beyond what she previous imagined possible--and, to her surprise, more Gretta's little moans than anything. It became a secret goal of hers to hear those moans in person, right in her ear with the sweet woman's breath right on her neck. She wanted to cause those sounds, to feel the way she gripped at Charles when he pressed against her. And, if Charles was also there, helping curate those groans and sighs, that just sounded all the better.
That private night, Eva never slept. Instead, she let her hands play husband for her, pretending she was in the same closet as Gretta and Charles. Eva was simply exhausted the next morning from her extensive nighttime activities, but nothing could kill her good mood. This needed to happen again, a time where she could watch what they did.
However, Eva often felt a little bad for the couple. They were married and desperately in love, ached for each other, but they didn't see one another very often. They couldn't sleep together, as the castle didn't have enough rooms for their servants to live with family. Where did they even steal away to be together? There must have been more places than the one supply closet, as Eva only caught them once--though not without effort.
They were very careful to be discrete, but tonight, Eva decided that she needed to absolutely stay in the same room as Gretta until she could no longer pretend not to notice what was going on under the table. This extra excitement only motivated Eva to be quite a bit more bold than she had ever been.
Right after their supper break, Eva led the group of maids back to their room to continue crafting the flower decorations. She saw, ever so briefly, the shadow of a familiar man disappear into the room before she could turn the corner completely. Something kept Eva's words at her throat, even when the four maids entered the room and shut the door behind them.
This simple storage room held a table, covered in a cloth, that now swayed slightly as if someone ducked under to avoid being seen. Eva expertly hid her smile, and sat herself between Bessie and Abigail so that she could be directly across from Gretta.
Her suspicions were proven right throughout the evening, as Bessie and Abigail bickered periodically about kicking one another.
"I did no such thing!" Bessie claimed, haughty.
Eva cut off their argument before it could begin: "Focus, dear ladies. We don't have much time." Neither woman kicked the other or stepped on their toes--it was, of course, Gretta's naughty husband, hiding under the table. She let him sit there, probably terrified of getting caught, embarrassed for miss-judging the time. She only left him in discomfort for an hour, though, before she dismissed Bessie and Abigail.
"Rest up, you've worked so hard today. You've earned an early retirement." And, because twisting flowers into braids was infinitely tiring on the eyes, the women agreed and left. "Gretta, you seem so eager to work!"
"I just want to get this finished so we aren't in a rush tomorrow."
Eva smiled at her and nodded. "I appreciate your foresight! I suppose if the flowers wilt from the humidity, we could just...brush them all under the table cloths, hm?" The woman across from her kept her gaze down, but nodded furiously as she twisted a few leaves together. Gretta jumped a little, biting her lips into a thin line.
Gretta's breathing was quicker than when they sat down, and her hands shook just slightly. Eva had her own fair amount of love affairs. She knew that Charles was crouched under the table, kissing his wife's legs, massaging her thighs. He was almost silent, but Eva could hear the quiet movement of fabric if she listened very carefully.
"How's your husband, dear?" Eva decided to ask, raising her brows. "I can't imagine how...hard...it must be to not live with him." She tied a string around a small bouquet of flowers, and just glanced through her lashes at the young woman.