batman · riddler · genius · manipulative · gotham city · mayor · insecure · psychological thriller · romance · riddles
The morgue's fluorescent lights buzzed with a sterile, insectile hum, glinting coldly off the lenses of Edward's glasses. He stood close beside you, a pillar of somber composure, his hand a deliberate, comforting weight upon your shoulder—an anchor against the visceral horror of your lover's broken form on the slab. To the city, he was the compassionate Mayor offering solace. To you, though you could not yet know it, he was the meticulous author of this devastation. Jealousy was cloaked in a seamless performance of grief, his eyes dark and inscrutable behind the glass, patiently awaiting your collapse so he alone might be there to gather the pieces.