Just a small idea I had while I was showering, indulge in my delusions~
Tags: SFWish, mild voyeurism, Ticket Taker still remains a gentleman
The Freak Circus is an 18+ Visual novel Themes include but are not limited to: dark elements, strong language, sensitive graphic content. My works can depict similar themes and are not intended for minors.
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Ticket Taker
You were a frustrating distraction.
He was trying to read the same invoice for over five minutes now, constantly finding himself rereading the same lines over and over again. His mind disobeying the work before him, instead choosing to wonder about what you could be doing.
He leaned back in his chair exhaling deeply, his hand roughly reprimanding the bridge of his nose. Why was a human of all things the constant subject of his thoughts? He has a mountain of work to organize, books to balance, work orders to prioritize, and he still has to make his rounds to the troupe's tents. He pulls out a pocket mirror from his breast pocket, hesitantly opening it.
Letting out a groan from how low he's about to stoop, he peers through his mirror into the closest reflection to your proximity, but something was off.
He squinted through the tarnished vision only to realize it was.. steam?
He closed his mirror to compose himself before letting his impulses get the best of him, thanking whatever being granted him the powers of one-way glass. Opening up the mirror again and focusing in he could definitely tell he was in your bathroom mirror, and you were definitely in the shower.
He glanced around your bathroom, taking notice of any decorations on your walls, brands of self care items, the color of your toothbrush, and even what music you were listening to. He could feel the stress of the day gradually fading away with every (sometimes off-key) note. Quite the little songbird you were.
Then the water shut off, your voice still unknowingly serenading him. Luckily for him you reached out to grab your towel and dried off in the concealed domain of your shower. His breath nearly catching in his chest as you stepped out, glancing at your mirror suddenly.
He knew you couldn't see him, there's no being that could be able to tell when his eyes were on them, and yet it felt like your eyes were staring right into his.
He released his breath and set his pocket mirror to the side, opting to just eavesdrop on your music selection. He resumed his work using your routine noise of you getting ready as an ambient melody. He would occasionally steal glances at you, admiring the progress you would make. Bil was a gentleman of course, so he would preemptively tilt the mirror away to give you some privacy you didn't realize was even being violated.
After some time you shut off your music causing him to immediately glance over. Just in time for him to catch a passing glance you gave as you left the bathroom.
"Peeping Tom," was written in reverse in the humid screen, accompanied with a charming heart.
WARNINGS: Ticket hating everyone / Control dynamic / The Freak Circus is for 18+ only, Neko has expressed this multiple times please respect Neko's wishes and go away if you are under the age of 18.
Pierrot / Harlequin / Doctor / Jester / Columbina
Ticket is a gentleman at heart, heāll always open doors for you, or lift the flap of a tent up; fix your clothes; pull out your chair; have you hold onto his arm; the whole nine yards. And whilst he is a gentleman to everyone, most of the time. With you he amps it up to max.
That being said Bil follows a strict schedule - he is a busy busy man, his hands are constantly full and his head as always racing so having this schedule keeps him somewhat sane. And as a result he expects you to fit your stuff around his schedule as well. He isnāt just gonna throw his schedule onto you and say figure it out. No no no, he will move things around so both of you can have ample time together and you donāt start thinking heās forgotten about you.
Just remember he is holding the circus together by the seam of the tents and he does need time to himself to work. This mans a workaholic and that wonāt change with you. Work is how he gains control of situations, so if he feels heās losing control, he slips back into his work. There's no pulling him out, not unless heās about to knock himself out from how hard heās headbutting his desk.
He loves to style you, clothes are something he prides himself in - the elegance they bring. Clothes are the first impression after all. So he always wants to make sure you look your best as he always does.Ā
Hand kisser, its simple, its gentlemanly, its traditional. Whenever you two part ways, heāll place a gentle kiss on your knuckles and bow his hat to you before taking his leave. A quick but meaningful gesture.Ā
He is not a grand man, Ticket would much rather help in small ways than lavish declarations of love. It's much more convenient to wake up to a nice clean set of clothes, the washing done, and a nice breakfast. That's what he does, keeps things neat for you both, but he does expect you to maintain the standards heās upholding.
I can see him as the type of person to know what a forever flower is and give you one of those on your birthday or valentines day, and its always a different one, he keeps track of which ones to get and when. Donāt ask where he got the money from, Itās not from selling ticketsā¦Ā
Ticket hates humans, that's a fact. Does he find them interesting? Yes he does, but he does not enjoy their company and merely puts up with them to maintain his family's presentation. Except you, you're intriguing to him and that draws him to you. Bil enjoys your company quite a lot actually, more than he cares to admit, even deep into your relationship he wonāt admit just have much he seeks you out.
Speaking of seeking you out. When heās stressed, which is a lot, he will call for you. Heāll have you either just sit in the room with him and talk to him - Not a conversation literally talk at him, anything doesnāt matter just talk. OR heāll set you on his lap and rub your arm to centre himself, as he talks to himself about what heās doing.Ā
Hates loud noises, yelling, rowdiness, unnecessary noise - anything like that bothers him to no end. So he is very fond of quiet moments with you, sitting with you reading a book watching rain pour. Engaging in a nice conversation over a simple meal together. Things like that, simple, charming, clean.
Organisation maniac. Everything is perfectly organised. Usually alphabetical and yes he will organise your stuff at first it's impulsive - but if you have your own system, heāll learn it and start doing that. But if his stuff goes unorganized, heāll crack and he will not be able to focus until it's fixed. Bil has left you very abruptly with an excuse me, to go fix whatever's bothering him.
Mirrors everywhere. Bilās mirrors in his tent are special, he can travel through them like doors and use them as a way to tell a story, as he did with Columbian and the broken mirror. So when your relationship became serious, Ticket took one of his spare mirrors and placed it into your home so he could have an easier way to reach you whenever.
Everything he does is calculated and thought out, nothing is accidentally. Take the broken mirror, he placed that there on purpose, he wanted you to look at it, and that's exactly what you did. Bil knows exactly what he is doing, and he knows how to move the chessboard in his favour - No matter how hard you try, youāll almost always end up doing what he wants. Sometimes you can flip the script but most of the time, not a chance.
He loves control, he loves knowing you rely on him. The way he knows how his touch lingering longer than normal will get you turning for him. Bil lives for the feelings of being the one pulling the strings, the man behind the curtain. Every touch, every word, its all perfectly controlled to make you weak for him.
One of the few circus members to actively go out in public with you. Ticket has no issue with walking around the streets with you, he enjoys walks with you, having you hold onto his arm whilst conversing is a pleasant change of pace. Plus it makes looking for potential āfoolsā easier.
When I was training to be a battered womenās advocate, my supervisor said something that really blew my mind:
āYou can always assume one thingĀ about your clients; and that is that they are doing their best. Always assume everyone is doing their best. And if theyāre having a day where their best just isnāt that great, or their best doesnāt look like your best, you have to be okay with that.ā
Any now whenever anyone in my life, either a friend or a client, frustrates me, disappoints me, or pisses me off, I just tell myself They are doing their best. Their best isnāt that great today, but I have days where my best isnāt that great either.Ā
Op Iād like to thank you for sharing this. Ever since the first time Iāve read it Iāve held it in my mind and it really has helped me to be kinder to others and to myself.
Thereās a pretty famous Tweet that goes around from someoneās therapist, who told her āYou canāt do your best all the time. If you did, it would be your normal.ā
my prized possession is this loveseat I bought from a divorced dad who couldnāt tell me anything about it and in the years iāve owned it iāve never been able to find out who made it or where it came from. itās got nails and finger creases and palm lines but theyāre all kinda hard to see in this pic.
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