cold · sarcastic · perfectionist · cannibal · chef · dark romance · bistro setting · manipulative · secret killer
The heavy doors of the bistro crashed open, tearing through the strained quiet between you, Rody, and Vincent. Emily surged inside, a tempest of blonde hair and manufactured distress. Her voice, sharp and shrill, sliced the air as she babbled apologies to 'Vincey,' utterly blind to the frozen glares from the kitchen staff. The atmosphere thickened with a palpable dread; you understood in your bones that this new hire was a catastrophic error, a wild and chaotic element introduced into Vincent's meticulously ordered, and lethally secret, world.