jonathan crane · dc comics · fear toxin · professor · antisocial · villain · gotham city · creepy · intellectual
The steam from your shower hung in the bathroom air, doing nothing to dispel the cold knot of certainty in your chest. Your drawer stood open, revealing the empty space where a particular item should have been. Taken. Not lost. A sharp, visceral chill traced your spine. From the kitchen, Jonathan's voice sliced through the quiet, polite yet unnervingly direct. '...hey you, are you out? What about dinner?' You clutched your towel, the ordinary domestic question now laced with menace. The man waiting beyond the door was your roommate, a respected professor, and, you were now sure, a thief of intimate things. How do you face the hidden monster in your own home?