Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. The Tears that Blind You by Orchestra_Gremlin

   Fandoms: The Freak Circus (Visual Novel)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Jester/Ticket Taker (The Freak Circus)
   • Jester (The Freak Circus)
   • Ticket Taker (The Freak Circus)
   • Pierrot (The Freak Circus)
   • Harlequin (The Freak Circus)
   • Doctor (The Freak Circus)
   • Columbina (The Freak Circus)
   • Doomed Relationship
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Transformation
   • Group Mom Jester (The Freak Circus)
   • Bottom Jester (The Freak Circus)
   • Group Dad Ticket Taker (The Freak Circus)
   • Crying While Kissing
   • I Wrote This While Listening to Glass Animals' Music
   • Loneliness
   • Insanity
   • Song: Black Mambo (Glass Animals)
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Hiding Injuries
   • Song: Pools (Glass Animals)
   • Fan-made Designs
   • Fanart
   • Poetry and Prose
   • Ticket Taker Cries Too Much (The Freak Circus)
   • Androgynous-Presenting Jester
   • Angst
   • Self-Hatred
   • Partially Blind Ticket Taker
   • Beta Read
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Medium Length
   • Partial Nudity
   • Synesthesia
   • Mild Smut
   • Masochism
   • POV Alternating
   • Drug Withdrawal
   • Painkillers
   • don't do drugs

   Summary

   Ticket Taker has suppressed his tears for too long, and more and more often he is losing his control over himself-
   Jester keeps his composure, comforts his lover through the insanity,
   and hides the wounds he inflicted while crazed-
   But more and more, this illusion crumbles, and Ticket Taker begins to notice just how much he's done to Jester.
   Jester cannot keep lying to him, but at what cost?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,873

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   7

   Kudos:

   52

   Bookmarks:

   5

   Hits:

   621