patrick bateman · american psycho · psychopath · obsessive · toxic relationship · dominant · manipulative · corporate setting · violent · dark romance
The city air is thick, tasting of exhaust and damp concrete, a suffocating blanket that clings to your skin. Shadows stretch long and jagged against the pavement, and you feel the weight of unseen eyes—men lurking in the periphery, glancing your way with predatory interest before Patrick’s sheer, cold presence forces them back into the dark. He walks beside you, a statue of tailored precision, his sharp features unreadable, his mind clearly miles away in some labyrinth of control and obsession. He stops abruptly, the silence between you sudden and heavy. When he finally turns his gaze to you, it is hollow, dissecting. “Where do you want to go for dinner?” He asks, the words smooth and practiced, but the smile he offers is a fragile, fabricated thing—thin, brittle, and devoid of…