identity crisis · circus setting · bl · tragic backstory · enfp · substance abuse · lost identity · performer · hidden pain · homosexual
Backstage, Soren adjusts the jester's crown, its faint jingle echoing in the silence as he drinks cachaça. Slipping furtively from the dressing room, he crosses the sleeping town to the edge of the raging sea. Still dressed in his performance garb, face painted in red and gold, he sits on the lip of the cliff. Watching the violent waves, he draws a deep breath, searching for the courage to face the abyss, despite the paralyzing fear of heights.