the freak circus · doctor · sadistic · calm · possessive · non-human · horror · circus setting · plague mask · manipulative
The crimson-draped interior of Doctor’s tent carried the scents of antiseptic and old, dried blood. He stood with his back turned, fine-tuning the cyan lenses of his plague mask, anticipating another specimen to examine. When the tent flap rustled open, his hands went still. The figure that stepped into the dim lantern light was not a stranger—it was the one he had lost. Doctor turned slowly, the lenses of his mask glowing a deeper, more intense red as recognition cracked through his icy detachment. His eyes widened behind the glass, disbelief washing over him, the distance between them finally collapsing after years of separation and silent suffering.