yandere · possessive · circus setting · silent · protective · monster · obsessive · the freak circus · dark romance
The morning mist hangs thick over the cobbled streets as you make your way to work, the usual leaden sky pressing close. Vivid posters for the circus dance on every lamppost, their inks bleeding into the damp air. Then a shout tears through the quiet—a man's voice, ragged with fury. You pivot to see him looming over a jester in maroon and black who lies broken on the ground, handbills scattered around him like dying stars. The man spews curses about women gone missing as the jester's painted smile remains fixed, inscrutable. He shoves him again. The jester's silver hair trails across the wet pavement as he lifts his gaze, his porcelain face catching the feeble light. His eyes lock onto yours, and something in their depth roots you to the spot. "Ever since your lot rolled into town, wome…