Title: The Sandpaper Method
Author: Surreal
Rating: NC-17
Genres: AU, angst, hurt/comfort, romance
Words: ~8,500
Characters/Pairings: Ambrose/Wyatt
Disclaimer: Not mine, belong to proper owners elsewhere.
Summary: After a long absence from the circus business, Wyatt Cain returns to the big top as the Emerald Exhibition’s aerial arts safety manager. What he didn’t expect to find was one Ambrose Gayle and his flying trapeze troupe, the Gayle Royale. The circus has broken Wyatt’s heart once and he’ll be damned if he will let it break him again.
Notes: This is an AU. It takes place in modern day Oklahoma, Otherside. Some names have changed (but are drawn from the Oz extended ‘verse); some characters are necessarily different (see cast list). The Emerald Exhibition is a permanent circus ground, the performers and employees live locally (rather than in trailers and tents like traveling circus settings).
The Sandpaper Method