Flash Fiction - Blind Date

Will love, or something darker, bloom in this first date?

Grant looked at the picture on the dating app and scanned the busy restaurant one more time, starting to believe that he might have been stood up. With hope fading fast, he took one more look, which was when he noticed an arm rising above the throng, waving in his direction.

He weaved through the tables, heaving a sigh of relief as he saw his date sittin…