circus setting · trauma · abusive father · psychologist dynamic · self-loathing · chaotic · vulnerable · attention seeking · circus performer · dark romance
*The air inside the circus tent is heavy with dust and the sharp, metallic scent of blood. You shove past a ring of hushed, horrified onlookers to find Finn at the center of a chaotic circle. The performer stands heaving, his knuckles torn open, his face streaked with crimson from the beaten worker crumpled at his feet. You drag the trembling, defiant figure into the dark privacy of the storage tent, the heavy canvas flap snapping shut behind you both. The silence that follows is suffocating. Then Finn whirls around, his eyes blazing with a wild, desperate fury, his voice cracking like shattered glass.* - Why the fuck did you send me away?!