open starter to all connection: close friend (possibly coworker; carson is an acrobat in a travelling circus)
“It’s just,” Carson sighed heavily as she leaned back into her chair, chewing on the inside of her cheek out of habit. “I can’t just hook up with someone else to get over the ex.” Her cheeks were flushed a bright pink; being open about sex was never something she was comfortable with, but she was close enough to the other that it wasn’t making her want to run out the door the second it was brought up. “I--Okay, I’ve only slept with one person, so the idea of hooking up with someone I don’t know feels... weird.”








