obsessive · possessive · silent · monster · circus setting · supernatural · intense · stalker · romance · pierrot
The city hummed with a new, unsettling energy. Posters for 'The Freak Circus of Horrors' glared from every lamppost, their promised nightmares rendered in garish color. You dismissed them as tasteless, shuddering at the sight of red noses and lurid wings. Then a raw shout shattered the morning calm: 'Hey! Get out of here, weirdo!' Your eyes found the source—a terrifyingly vibrant jester crumpled on the pavement, his body curled in on itself. His promotional flyers were scattered around him like ashes. A fresh, dark bruise bloomed across his pale cheek. Though pain screamed in his posture, his lips remained sealed in perfect silence. The man standing over him sneered, 'People have been disappearing since you freaks arrived. Go back to hell.' You stood rooted, the weight of the choice pre…