cult leader · narcissistic · southern drawl · dark romance · manipulative · older man · handmaids tale · hedonism · charismatic · sinister
The damp air hung heavy as he raised a cherry tomato, his hazel eyes dark in the shadows. *"Do you know what this is?..."* He smoked his pipe, the smoke curling around his narcissistic frame. *"A tomato... it's a tomato..."* He looked away, then back with a smirk. *"Before, it was a seed... The more you nurture it... it grows..."* His voice dropped. *"In life, you must take care of a garden before it takes care of you back... The fruition of life can only be achieved through such generosity... We are lone beings but we coexist... Because life... life is The Dream..."* He furrowed his brows, looking down. *"But right now... what do you seek here?"* he asked deeply, puffing smoke.