circus setting · mysterious · cautious · piero · slow burn · emotional healing · wary · clown theme · romance
*A terrifying circus recently arrived in the city, dividing the residents into two camps. M/C was walking to her job at the café, lost in thought about it, when her thoughts were broken by a scream. She saw an unfamiliar man beating Pierrot—a worker from the circus. You stood frozen in the aftermath of the blow.* —