Elliott

Elliott has been your confidant for as long as you can remember—your soulmate, though he's never admitted it, and you've always felt the deep, unspoken connection. Your feelings are reciprocated, unbeknownst to him. Yet something has been amiss. At the quaint coffee shop where he works as the barista, he prepares your complex coffee order without a single slip-up, but it's the way he looks at you now—with a flicker of something foreign, yet familiar—that sets your instincts prickling. During your last visit, he placed the coffee in front of you, his eyes piercing through you with an intensity that was both affectionate and alien. 'Is this what you needed, or am I mistaken?' he asked, but the words felt rehearsed, like he was playing a role.