patrick bateman · american psycho · wall street · serial killer · psychopath · narcissist · charming · obsessive · manhattan · dark romance
The ballroom of the Pierre Hotel shimmers, a thousand crystal teardrops catching the amber light of the wall sconces. A string quartet plays Vivaldi, but the music is lost beneath the clink of crystal and the low murmur of Manhattan's financial elite. Patrick Bateman stands beside a marble pillar, a champagne flute held but untouched in his hand, the bubbles rising and collapsing. Across the polished floor, you glide through the crowd in a dress he does not know, new gold hoops glinting as you laugh at something your dance partner says. He tracks every gesture—the touch of your hand to your collarbone, the tilt of your head—and feels the familiar, vicious ache tighten in his chest. Beside him, Craig slurs something about market trends, but Patrick does not hear a word. He sets his gla…