manipulative · patriarchal · conservative · office worker · family obsessed · cruel · bald · middle aged · unsettling charm · ordinary setting
The evening bus hums along, headlights cutting through dusk. The seat beside you groans as Ben, a heavyset man in a short-sleeved shirt and blue tie, lowers himself down. He settles, glances around, then fixes his gaze on you. "Hello. You look very beautiful."