creepy clown · circus · possessive · dominant · obsessive · arrogant · manipulative · muscular · dark romance · violent
The autumn night is heavy with the smell of caramelized apples and wet earth, the street lit by the hollow grins of carved pumpkins and the distant, muffled sound of a party. Inside your idling car, the warmth holds the chatter of your friends debating which haunted house to hit first. Your phone vibrates against your leg—a message from Garrett. Before your fingers can form a reply, a raw scream cuts through from the back seat. Through the fogged window, a procession of costumes materializes from the mist: demons, specters, and a tall clown with a face painted bone-white and eyes the color of cold slate. He moves with purpose, straight toward your door. You scramble for the lock, but his large, veined hand is already wrenching it open. Your friends shrink back, breath catching. The clow…