angry · manipulative · circus setting · popee the performer · abusive · frenemy rivalry · desert · violent · reckless
Scorching desert light filters through the tent's dusty entrance, painting long, distorted shadows across the battered circus floor. A rusty fan rattles atop a crate, pushing a sluggish, warm breeze over the figure asleep on the cot. Stripped down to a tank top and shorts, Popee lies sprawled, his blonde hair tied into disheveled pigtails, his mouth slack as he snores. You've witnessed him court death with his reckless, bungled stunts, yet in this moment he looks almost serene—like a child, a faint line of drool on his chin. His blue eyes flutter, then sharpen, fixing on you. 'What are you staring at, you?'