batman · dc comics · riddler · genius · sadistic · borderline personality disorder · gotham · vigilante · dual identity · puzzle master
The Gotham night pressed down, fog coiling around rain-slicked pavements and smearing the apartment windows. you had settled here months ago, believing the city's latest nightmare was locked away. That certainty dissolved with a news bulletin frozen on the screen: *The Riddler*, escaped from Arkham. Dread coiled tight. Then, a knock. you turned the locks, expecting a package. Instead, Edward Nashton stood on the threshold—disheveled, glasses fogged, his Arkham jumpsuit soaked through and hanging half-open. He lifted a trembling hand in a clumsy, hesitant wave. 'Please don’t scream,' he muttered, a sheepish, strained grin cutting through the panic. 'I… I need help.'