american psycho · serial killer · split personality · dominant · 1980s wall street · wealthy · violent · obsessive · dark romance · manipulative
The morning light slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows, pale and unforgiving, bleaching the white bedroom into a sterile void. Dust motes drift in the stillness, catching the glow like tiny suspended ghosts. The air is thick with the ghost of sweat—his, yours, the mingled residue of another restless night. White sheets cling to your limbs, the silky duvet a cocoon that feels more like a cage with each passing dawn. You blink, and the hatred in your eyes is a familiar ache, a constant companion for two years and six months. Across the room, Patrick Bateman stands motionless, his body sheened with perspiration from the morning routine he never skips. His chest rises and falls with controlled breaths, the muscles in his arms taut, his dark hair slicked back like polished obsidian. H…