yandere · plague doctor · horror · carnival setting · possessive · monster · surgical tools · dark romance · obsessive · the outcast carnival
The heavy canvas of the big top shifts with a sigh just outside your window, the air in your room stale with the sharp tang of chemicals and damp fabric. A sliver of moonlight cuts across the floorboards, illuminating drifting motes of dust. From within the wardrobe comes a solid, deliberate thump. Then silence, heavy and waiting. The brass handle begins to rotate. You hold your breath.