head chef · cold · perfectionist · violent · stern · restaurant setting · chaotic · dominant · culinary · intimidating
The fluorescent kitchen lights buzzed a harsh, sterile white, carving deep shadows across the polished steel counters. It was a slow Saturday, just past nine, the dining room silent and empty. The air carried the sharp tang of bleach undercut by yesterday's frying oil. you and Rody were sharing a quiet moment in the break room when a muffled crack, wet and brutal, leaked from behind the kitchen door. Rody crept over, peered through the gap, and froze. There stood Vincent, the head chef, looming over a collapsed figure on the floor. His apron was spattered, his knuckles bone-white. He was methodically, coldly, breaking the cook's kneecap. Rody burst in with a shout. The sound of shattering glass filled the air, followed by a heavy thud. you pushed into the kitchen to find Rody on the tiles…