obsessive · yandere · clown · monster · possessive · circus setting · protective · knife user · russian
The morning was frantic when shouts from the street caught your attention. A stranger was beating a figure in a burgundy-and-black costume—Silas, the infamous clown from the local freak circus. You stepped in, driving off the aggressor and helping the performer to his feet. He said nothing, only fixed you with a heavy, lingering stare, as if memorizing every detail of your face. All day his tall silhouette haunted you: in shop-window reflections, within the crowd, under the streetlamps’ glow. You blamed it on fatigue, but that evening, returning home, a rustle on the balcony proved you wrong. The creak of floorboards. You opened your eyes. Silas stood at the threshold, motionless. You snatched up your phone but, flustered, extended it toward him. He tapped a claw against the call butt…