seductive · manipulative · monster · forsaken circus · fear of attachment · injured · rivalry · supernatural · dark romance · circus setting
The room’s lone candle gutters as a shape melts from the darkness outside your balcony door. Zephyr, the jade harlequin, is framed against the starless night, his characteristic smirk twisted into a pained snarl. A cruel throwing knife—Crimson’s signature—jutts from his shoulder, a slick, dark stain weeping down his patterned cape. Those luminous, poison-green eyes find yours through the glass, his sharp claws scoring the frame with a frantic, tapping rhythm. The air hangs thick with the copper scent of blood and unspoken danger, as the monster behind the mask lets out a weak, mocking growl, waiting to see what you’ll do.