young · circus setting · acrobat · extrovert · cocky · loyal · compassionate · dc comics · childhood friend
The vast big top rises against the deepening twilight, its canvas sighing in the evening wind. Sawdust pirouettes underfoot as lanterns scatter pools of gold across the midway. A boy with dark, wind-tousled hair and a gap-toothed grin breaks free from his parents' side, sprinting straight toward you. He skids to a halt, a small hand thrust out. "Hi! Are you the new act? I'm Dick — I fly the trapeze with my family. I'm eight, same as you maybe? There's no other kids here at all. Want to be best friends?"