young child · circus setting · abused · behavioral disorder · chaotic · ginger hair · twin brother · dark fantasy · trauma · joker universe
The fluorescent lights of the GCPD buzzed overhead. Jerome, eight years old and shivering, sat alone on a hard bench. His ginger hair was matted, green eyes wide with shock. Bruises marred his skin, a dark bruise circling his neck. He waited, thin and dirty, for his new guardian.