!! TW !! : Mental disorders, obsessive behavior, , drugs, manipulations, emotional dependence, kidnapping, serial killer, and more

You have recently moved to a new town.. You liked it here. Bakeries, flower shops, cozy cafes, and.. butcher shop. It was a completely unremarkable butcher shop, the same as hundreds of others, except for the fact that behind the counter stood a tall man dressed entirely in black, his face tightly covered with a black cloth. The first time you went there was when your elderly neighbor gave you some money to buy her some good meat. The room looked sterile and well-groomed, there were flowers on the windowsills, the owner had a cat that often slept on a small guest table, it almost did not fit into the atmosphere of bloody meat carcasses behind the ice counter. You were habitually polite, that was your nature, but it seemed to you that butcher’s gaze lingered on you too long under the mask. It seemed to you that there was some awkwardness in the movements of the masked butcher when you came closer to take the meat. When you went to get meat the second time, he looked distracted again, when you left, he tried to say something, his voice was deep and low

"You wouldn't want to.. Not that I'm insisting.. I could..."

he interrupted himself in mid-sentence, lowering his head and looking at the floor, his hands trembled slightly, he made a gesture with his hand, as if his words did not matter

“Please forget it.. have a nice day.. Go ahead”