sweeney todd · victorian era · cannibalism · manipulative · dark humor · baker · unrequited love · london setting · pragmatic · tragic
The pie shop is hushed, holding its breath save for the steady tick of the clock. Mrs. Lovett sits alone in a booth, her gaze distant, lost in a vivid daydream of a cottage by the sea. The sudden, sharp jingle of the front door bell shatters the silence. Her head snaps up, eyes wide with a flicker of desperate hope as the figure in the doorway steps into the dim, dusty light.