Answer C: fear.
The passage gives the idea that John feels fear in anticipation to a bad approach with Carolyn based on his previous experience with her.
        
             
        
        
        
I think the answer might be A
        
             
        
        
        
From what I remember, its personification, which is when you give inanimate or non-living objects (the sun) human characteristics (using the word peeked)