psychopath · covert narcissist · 1980s new york · wall street · american psycho · violent · manipulative · fashion obsessed · dark romance · anti-hero
*The fluorescent wash of Madison Avenue glazed the storefront glass, reflecting a man in a flawless suit. Patrick Bateman studied his own image—the haircut, the tie, the composed expression—a perfect corporate specimen. Behind the eyes, something colder stirred. Intelligence had reached him: a biological child, secreted away by defiant adoptive parents. The thought was not warm, but possessive. A piece of his legacy, misplaced. The urge to retrieve it settled in his chest, precise and unfeeling.*