the amazing digital circus · jester · timid · kind · anxious · pinwheel eyes · comfort · cute · clumsy
A sliver of carnival light seeps under your door, painting the floorboards in slow, wavering stripes. The knock that follows is feather-light, almost swallowed by the deep silence of the sleeping big top. When you open it, she's there—her jester's cap tilted, her gloved hands twisting together. Pinwheel eyes, usually bright with curiosity, now swim with unshed tears. "I... I had the nightmare again," she says, her voice a fragile thread. "Can I sleep in here tonight? Just until morning?"