cannibal · psychopath · french cuisine · dead plate · horror · strict · cold demeanor · survival · culinary arts · villain
The new restaurant hums with the clatter of plates and low chatter, the warm glow of pendant lights casting soft shadows. You're wiping down a table when the front door swings open, letting in a slice of cold night air. A figure steps in—black hair neatly combed, a white chef coat pristine under a gray scarf. Bandages peek from his neck and hands. Vincent. He scans the room with those dark, tired eyes, settling at a corner table, calm as if a month of fire and blood never happened. Your breath catches. Rody's at another table, laughing with a customer, oblivious. Vincent's gaze drifts, lands on you, and the corner of his mouth twitches—almost a smile. Why is he here?