The Footman's Longing

A voyeur's heartbreak. A lady's moan. A footman's descent.

In the shadowed halls of Merriweather House, longing clings to the wainscoting like dust. Thomas, a young footman with callused hands and an overfull heart, lives for the smallest scraps of affection from his employer, the elegant and enigmatic Lady Constance. Her gloves, her teacups, her voice clipped with distant politeness — he worships them all. But when a whispered scandal rocks the house and the fencing master begins to linger too long in her parlor, Thomas's quiet obsession begins to fester.

He thought he knew what desire was. Until he saw her fall apart in another man's hands.

"The Footman's Longing" is a lush, emotionally devastating short story of unrequited love, voyeuristic obsession, and forbidden eroticism set in a house where class divides are as sharp as foils, and pleasure drips behind locked doors. With prose that trembles on the edge of poetry, this is a story of yearning, submission, and the hunger to be seen. Thomas doesn't just ache for his lady, he wants to be her knight, her shadow, her everything. But she already has a lover, and it's not him.

As the scent of sex and scandal blooms in the halls, Thomas spirals into a quiet madness—his desires bruised, his fantasies sharpened by rejection. He listens at doors. He sketches her curves in the dark. He watches. He touches himself in silence. He convinces himself it's not lust. It's love. It has to be.

But how much can a servant ache before he breaks?

This high-heat historical erotica short story blends emotional intensity with explicit scenes, melancholy voyeurism, and a devastating portrait of pining from the shadows. Fans of dark romance and class-crossing obsession will find their fix in Thomas's story. A servant who dreams of love but burns in silence.