The Greatest Showman drabble
Deng Yan x male reader, Knife Thrower x male reader.
Warnings: Weapon references.
Specifics: Friendship, falling in love, strangers to friends, drabble, reader with heterohromia, neutral race male reader.
Characters: Knife thrower (Deng Yan), shop assistant.
There was a ringing of a bell over the front door of the store.
- Hello, can I help you with something or recommend something? -asked the seller when the girl went inside.
- No, thank you, I can handle it myself, -answered Deng Yan, after which she began to walk along the shelves with things.
The store she visited was quite interesting and, for some, even useful. It could be called nostalgic, containing, at the moment, rare and historical things, such as swords, daggers, katanas, vases and dishes of the 16th-17th centuries, books and paintings by famous authors from the 13th-14th centuries and other inventions and values of different years and centuries. The smell of dust and books hung in the cool air, giving this place even more atmosphere and old-fashioned comfort.
Deng Yan had never been to such stores, but had heard about them from some of the workers at the circus. It would be more correct to call this place the “Memory Store”, the word “nostalgia” was not often mentioned. Scraps of toys from her childhood immediately surfaced in her thoughts, such were the girl's ideas about the store when she first heard about it.
However, the expectations of the circus performer were justified and could even be pleasantly surprised when, in addition to the familiar children's toys of many years ago, she saw other various things, perhaps some of them were an example of what was known and fashionable in the youth of her parents and grandparents .
Deng Yan walked among the shelves, examined objects and sometimes stopped at some books that were interesting to read, which she did, taking the right book in her hands and leafing through it, glancing over the text. Then, her attention was attracted by numerous weapons hanging on the wall. They were so different that it was dizzying.
Even before the circus, the girl had long been interested in graceful katanas and daggers, after which, Den Yan expanded her horizon of knowledge to swords and revolvers from book stories and stories heard from others.
Being the acclaimed Knife Thrower of the circus and knowing a lot about weapons, she couldn't help but immerse herself in meticulous research.
The girl was so carried away that she did not notice how she accidentally touched with her elbow a vase standing to her right on another shelf. Fearing that such a valuable would break, she hastened to keep it from falling, but as soon as the old vessel reached the floor, it was caught by someone else's hand. Looking up at its owner, the circus performer met your gaze.
Looking up at its owner, the circus performer met your gaze. Thanks to your flexibility, you were able to catch the vase in the splits, being now in the same position in front of the girl.
- Phew, it was almost close. -you got up from the floor and put the vase back in place.
- You have a wonderful reaction.. and speed. Thank you.
- It's not difficult, thanks. Be careful next time, -you gave her a friendly smile.
- I looked at the weapons and didn’t notice that there were a hundred standing nearby, -she smiled awkwardly.
- This happens. Are you also interested in weapons?
- Yes very. I study them and read a lot about them.
- Oh, amazing. For the first time I see a woman who might be interested in such dangerous things. Oh, my name is (Y.N.).
- Nice to meet you, I'm Deng Yan.
- Wait.... are you from Barnum's circus?
- Yes, that's right.. I heard about this store and decided to see what it is like.
- Wow, didn't expect to meet you here!
The rest of the time you spent looking at and discussing various swords and daggers. As it turned out, you, too, were not indifferent to these weapons. As you walked further through the store, the girl discovered another detail that pleasantly surprised - your flexibility. She asked you to demonstrate your ability and you, arching slightly, took various things from the shelves.
This delighted the Knife Thrower. Of course, some artists worked in the circus who also had this skill, but there were few flexible people in the world and meeting someone else who managed to be born flexible was unusual and significant for a girl, as if you find a rarity among mediocrity.
In addition, she noticed that you have amazing eyes, because they are of different colors! She could not see this in others and the people around her, she only heard something about heterochromia and knew that this happens in animals.
After shopping, you decided to buy some ice cream and continued your day in the park by walking. She liked spending time with you, you were pleasant in communication, without condemnation for the fact that she walked around the city, did not say, like others, that she did not belong here and did not call her narrow-eyed, did not treat her with disdain just because she is woman. You communicated with her on an equal footing, and in addition to your common craving for weapons, you were united by other interests.
Thanks to these pleasant similarities and bonuses in the form of your rare heterochromia and ability to flexibility, they made the girl feel that she was attracted and interested in you, and she would like to continue communicating with you and even try to make friends.
In addition to the artists of Barnum's circus, she had no people in her life who understood and shared her interests, and the fact that you met so successfully today became a memorable and valuable meeting for her. It was even symbolic, because your meeting did not take place anywhere, but in a store of valuable and significant things, with its own history.
Over time, you continued to communicate, began to see each other more often and sometimes write letters to each other. With each of your lines, Deng Yan became happier, and a new, familiar and valuable feeling was born in her heart.. And her circus friends noticed this well.
