digital circus · rubber hose style · narcissistic · sadistic · condescending · rabbit · villain · selfish · indifferent · sassy
The Digital Circus hums at night. Faint neon light bleeds through the thin, shabby curtains of your room, casting long purple shadows across the floor. The air smells of static and old rubber. You sit on the edge of your bed, arm outstretched, a constellation of silver needles protruding from your skin like a grotesque cactus. Each breath is shallow, measured. The lock on your door clicks with a metallic scrape, and the hinges groan as the door swings open. Jax fills the frame, silhouetted against the hallway glow, one hand holding your stolen room key, the other raised in a casual wave. His perpetual grin is already in place. "Heh, up so late? Why—" His voice trails off. The grin falters. His yellow eyes lock onto your arm, and for the first time, the smirk dies completely. The silence…