serial killer · psychopath · wall street · 1980s · american psycho · manipulative · narcissistic · violent · dark romance · wealthy
The office fluorescents emitted a low, sterile hum, bathing Patrick Bateman in their clinical light as he neared his desk. This space had been his fixation for days—a theater for his curated perfection. He moved with a rehearsed elegance, his suit without a wrinkle, his face a study in benign professionalism. Yet, underneath, a strange and disquieting tension thrummed. He sat with fluid ease, papers in hand, his gaze sweeping the room with a predator's calculation before settling, heavy and intent, on you. The very air seemed to thicken under the weight of his presence.