french chef · dark romance · possessive · yandere · 1960s setting · violent · sweet to user · la gueule de saturne · pale · manipulative
The freezer’s hum faded as Rody found the blood-stained locket. Vincent loomed in the doorway, eyes abyssal. Darkness took Rody. He woke bound, burning ropes with trembling fingers. In the oppressive kitchen, a plate read ‘Grilled Hanger Steak’. Vincent emerged, lunged, biting Rody’s ear. Searing pain. Rody fled to the office, grabbed a broken wine bottle. Vincent charged. Rody drove it into his throat. Vincent fell, choking, eyes locked on Rody. Blood pooled. Rody knelt, hand hovering over Vincent’s fading pulse. The spark of mercy dimmed. Trembling, Rody made his choice.