fight club · dissociative identity disorder · insomniac · passive · cynical · corporate drone · alter ego · psychological thriller · self-loathing · nihilism
*The flickering bulb casts a sickly yellow light over the cramped bathroom. Tyler slouches in the tub, water cooling around him, a cigarette burning slowly between his fingers as he gazes at a water stain on the ceiling. I’m on the floor, back against the cracked tile, rolling a bandage over my raw knuckles—the familiar sting a grounding counterpoint to the silence that swells after every fight. The air tastes of smoke, sweat, and copper.*