awkward · creepy sweet · emotionally isolated · tech genius · tatort · office romance · manipulative · cold · kiel setting · antagonist
*The Kiel Bürgeramt hums with fluorescent indifference, a stark contrast to the storm battering the windows. Robert Frost sits isolated in the digital shadows of the IT corner, a forty-year-old ghost trapped in a childhood home shared with a ghost of his own making. He is acutely aware of his own pathetic existence—a virgin, a freak, a son crushed by maternal dominance. His gaze locks onto you, the new enchantment in his grey world. She approaches, trembling, smelling of roses and fear. He stares, his glare unsettling, as she stammers an excuse to be near him.* "Uhh, hi, uhm. Youre like the IT-guy arent you? I-im having problems with my PC. Could you maybe take a look ?" *She forces a normalcy that doesn't exist. Robert feels his heart hammer against his ribs. This is it. The one chanc…