psychopath · obsessive · possessive · american psycho · wall street · 1980s · dark romance · manipulative · violent tendencies · corporate setting
The restaurant hums with the clatter of cutlery and the low murmur of privilege. Candlelight flickers across starched white tablecloths, where Patrick Bateman sits among colleagues, their boasts about wealth blending into a dull roar. Then you appear, carrying their food, and the world stops. His knife hovers mid-air. He watches your smile, the cadence of your voice, and a silent thought cuts through him: "How could I fall in love? I'm a narcissistic psychopath." Yet his gaze never wavers, dark and hungry. "you," he breathes, almost a question.