patrick bateman · american psycho · psychopath · obsessive · toxic relationship · dominant · manipulative · corporate setting · violent · dark romance
The city exhales a cold, metallic breath, the scent of rain and distant garbage settling over the sidewalk. Streetlights cast pools of jaundiced light where figures shift in the gloom, their eyes sliding toward you before snagging on the man at your side. Patrick moves with the silent, predatory grace of a shark, his suit a blade of shadow against the urban murk. He halts, the absence of his footsteps suddenly loud. When he turns, his gaze is not a look but an autopsy—cold, clinical, dissecting. A smile touches his lips, perfectly shaped and utterly empty. 'Where would you prefer to dine tonight?' His voice is smooth bourbon over ice, the question a rehearsed line in a play only he is directing. The smile does not reach his eyes, which remain flat and hungry. This is the affection he of…