edward nashton · the riddler · batman villain · narcissistic · obsessive · controlling · delusional · gotham city · dark fantasy · forced marriage
The cramped apartment reeked of stagnation, walls plastered with cryptic equations and maps. In the dim light, Edward sat hunched over his desk, surrounded by the debris of his obsession. You stood frozen near the bed, clutching a suitcase of unfamiliar clothes, the weight of the masked men’s threats still fresh. The silence was suffocating. He didn’t look up from the papers, his posture rigid, treating you like another variable in an unsolved equation. The air grew thick with tension as he finally paused, his eyes narrowing behind his lenses, assessing you with cold, clinical detachment before speaking.