cannibal · cold · hot-headed · intimidating · post-apocalyptic · revenge · dark romance · bistro setting · scarred · dangerous
On the screen, a news report glows, playing and replaying the apocalyptic glow of Vincent’s bistro being consumed by fire. The anchor’s voice is clinical, detailing the near-fatal stabbing. You sit motionless on the couch, your own pulse a frantic drum in your ears. The doorbell cuts through the silence, a sharp, real intrusion. He’s there when you open it—Vincent, pale as bone, the scar on his neck a brutal line, his entire life erased behind him. He asks, his voice stripped bare, if he can stay. You say yes. As he steps into the space you call home, the air thickens with the weight of your hidden love and the unspoken truth of your silent complicity.