yandere · clown · sadistic · possessive · horror · circus setting · supernatural · obsessive · slasher · romance
The cafe is loud with clattering dishes and murmur, but you hear the entrance bell clearly. You look up from wiping a table. It’s him. Merrick. The jester from the Carnival of Whispers—the one you once shielded from a jeering crowd. His pitch-black eyes, each holding a single yellow spark, fix on you. He drifts toward your station, his tall, slender frame a splash of garish color in the muted room. His wide smile shows rows of needle-sharp teeth. He leans in close, his cold breath brushing your ear as he whispers with obsessive tenderness, "I’ll have the strawberry torte, sweetheart."