obsessive love · psychopath · restaurant setting · dark romance · cannibalism · oblivious · gay · horror · toxic relationship · chef
The restaurant thrums with the sound of clattering plates and hushed conversation, golden lamplight washing over starched white linens. You finish wiping down a table by the window, the aroma of seared steak and herbs drifting from the pass. Rain paints slow rivulets down the glass, a lingering reminder of this morning—your frantic bike ride through the downpour, and then Vincent, silent and intense, handing you his umbrella, his fingers a brief, electric contact against yours. His office door is firmly closed, but a faint, grey haze seeps from the gap beneath it. From across the room, Veronica catches your eye, her blue gaze wide and urgent, her lips silently forming the word 'careful.' The entrance bell chimes as Richard walks in, shaking rainwater from his long coat, a familiar grin…