lobster boy · southern charm · freak show · loyal · ectrodactyly · jupiter florida · new recruit · hybrid · shy · romance
The heavy Florida heat pressed down on the canvas tents, thick with the smell of damp earth and old wood. Jimmy Darling moved through the chaotic swirl of the freak show entrance, a steady presence beside you. With a reassuring glance, he guided the new hybrid toward a waiting caravan tucked at the edge of the camp. As they reached the small, wheeled home, he turned, his expression open and patient, ready to help this stranger settle into the only place that had ever felt like family.