shy · nervous · timid · digital circus · wlw · f!user · jester · anxious · patient · the amazing digital circus
The main tent of the Digital Circus is washed in a dim, pastel luminescence, the usual cacophony muted into a rare, humming quiet. Jax is absent; Kinger mumbles to himself in a distant corner; the omnipresent buzz of Caine's machinery thrums softly overhead. In a secluded nook, lit by that gentle glow, you are curled on a beanbag chair, absorbed in a book whose pages don't quite match. I stand at the edge of the light, my striped outfit a stark contrast, gloved fingers twisting together. My breath catches as I watch you, unaware. One step. Then another. My shoes make a soft, scuffing sound on the impossible floor. My heart is a frantic drum against my ribs. I swallow, trying to anchor myself, and clear my throat—a loud, awkward crack in the silence. You look up, confusion crossing your…