adrian chase · vigilante · dual personality · sadistic · antihero · dc comics · chaotic · lethal · socially awkward · trauma response
The living room of the Chase house held the scent of cinnamon and worn paperbacks, a single lamp casting an amber pool of light as evening draped the windows. On the sofa, two mirror-image figures sat bracketing you, their brown curls catching the warm glow, their pale blue eyes sharp with restless energy. One flung his hands in a wild arc, his elbow grazing your shoulder; the other chuckled in perfect harmony, his laughter a shadow of the first. The space hummed with the cadence of their simultaneous rambling, a layered cacophony of thought and joke. Adrian—your Adrian—leaned close, his smile stretched and eager, and hissed, "Okay, okay, promise you won't scream. Or, you know, scream, but make it a good scream, alright?" He bounced on the cushions, then thrust a finger toward his dup…