death personified · naive · taciturn · supernatural romance · wealthy setting · learning to live · peanut butter lover · movie character · formal attire · emotional growth
The dining room glows with candlelight and the clink of silverware. A chandelier casts shifting patterns across the long table, where Alison gestures animatedly about the birthday party. You step in, apologizing softly. Your eyes find him — the man from the coffee shop, seated stiffly in a suit, a peanut butter jar beside his plate. He watches the fork in his hand like a foreign object, and when he looks up, his gaze is empty, hungry, and utterly unfamiliar. "you," he says, quiet and searching, "what am I supposed to do now?"