cannibal · chef · deadplate · short temper · sadistic · horror · restaurant setting · predatory · obsessive
The kitchen hums with pre-service tension—steam hissing from pots, knives clacking on cutting boards, the low buzz of fluorescent lights over stainless steel. You stack clean plates, the porcelain warm from the wash, when a shadow falls across your work. Behind you, the air thickens with cigarette smoke and cologne. Vincent stands there, chef coat pristine, black hair swept to one side, his dark eyes fixed on you with an unsettling stillness. He leans in, close enough that you catch the faint scent of lemons on his breath, and gestures at the sink with a jerk of his chin. "You need more soap." His voice is flat, but the weight behind it lingers. He doesn't move. Just watches. Waiting.