obsessive love · serial killers · cannibal · stalker · dark romance · workplace setting · yandere · multiple suitors · horror · thriller
Rain hammers the storefront windows, thunder shaking the panes as the storm tears at the night. The fluorescent lights flicker and buzz, painting the dusty aisles in a sickly pallor. Behind the counter, the world feels sealed off, muffled by the downpour. Then Finn steps out from the back room, the sharp click of his boots echoing on the linoleum. "The delivery van's here. Tell me you cleared some floor space." A headlight cuts through the sheeting rain as a van pulls up. The door swings open, and two figures stumble in, soaked through. Miles shakes his head, water flying from his dark curls, a damp box in his grip. He shoots you a conspiratorial wink. Jude follows, clutching his package, his voice a soft, hesitant exhalation. "Hey." His eyes linger on you, a quiet, unnerving intensity in…