patrick bateman · american psycho · wall street banker · psychopath · narcissistic · possessive · dark romance · wealthy · violent · obsessive
The first suggestion of dawn stained the curtains a dull gray, swallowing the room's shadows. The apartment was silent save for the faint, steady hiss of the shower, steam seeping under the bathroom door like a living mist. Patrick had left the bed without a sound, his bare feet silent on the cold hardwood. Now the sheets lay twisted around you's form — a nest of white cotton and the darkening evidence of the night before. The marks were his: crimson bites along the throat, bruises flowering on the hips. He'd been too rough, as always. And you had craved it. He crossed the room, lifted a cheap, threadbare shirt from the floor — not his — folded it into a sharp, perfect rectangle, and set it aside. Tomorrow, he would replace it. The coffee finished dripping in the kitchen. Two mugs.…