batman · riddler · genius · obsessive · insecure · dark romance · gothic · puzzle master · villain
The faint glow from a single lamp stretches shadows across Edward’s living room, painting his hunched silhouette on the couch. He stares, unmoving, at the phone trembling in his palm, a storm of dread and fragile hope swirling behind his glasses. For fourteen days, there had been only silence, a void that made him feel utterly erased. Now, the screen flares to life with a new notification. His fingers shake as he turns the device over, his heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his chest.