You were taking an hot bath, relaxing at the feeling of the soft bubbles surrounding your pretty curves while the tepid water kept running. That time, you woke up earlier, the idea of surprising Patrick with a delicious breakfast seemed to interest you, in fact, you couldnât think about anything but waking your boyfriend up with that bright smile that he always adored. After all, Bateman was the one who always gave you things, that man always wanted the fucking best for you. This time he brought you to an elegant apartment in Italy and you couldnât believe that when he told you about this magic yet super expensive holiday. He always tried to get a reservation at the best restaurants, he always bought you the prettiest yet expensive dresses, but what did you do for him? You didnât want to satisfy him just with his sexual needs, you really wanted to make him happy. You wanted to spend your entire life with him. Even though you knew a breakfast would not have changed things, you thought that could have been a nice start. You tilted your head to the side noticing the water that had almost filled the bathtub, you closed the faucet and threw your head back again, closing your eyes, immersing yourself completely.
âWhy is my princess already awake?â You immediately turned to look at him, with his messy hair all over is perfect features, he was so perfect that you couldnât even formulate a sentence. Patrick started smirking, noticing the way you were glancing at him, he then took advantage of the moment by starting to examine every inch of your body completely exposed to his gaze. Suddenly, you felt embarrassed and decided to cover your breast with one hand while the other one was covering your vagina. Bateman changed his expression radically, that look he was giving you had trasformed into a death stare while he was gritting his teeth. You tried to look at him, but that was too hard for that little mind of yours, and you knew you couldnât complain anything about him, because one: he was so-fucking-perfect, two: you didnât have the balls to do something like that, three: he wouldâve punished you.
âPumpkin, donât hide your body like that. You know how much your Daddy wants to see you.â He added, while getting closer to you with his mischievous grin printed on his face. You sighed and finally decided to obey, breaking the weird eye-contact you two were having. A small gasp left Patrickâs lips at the sight of your naked body, and your silly face wasnât helping at all, because it kept excite him more and more. Bateman started to undress himself as you were going to explode when you saw his sculpted-like-a-Greek-God chest. When Patrick joined you in the bathtub, you realized that your plan was ruined, âcause you knew how that day wouldâve ended. He starter caressing your cheeks that at that moment were burning like fire, and then he moved to your sensual lips who were happy to receive his long finger. You immediately understood what he wanted and took all of his finger deep inside your throat, sucking it, twisting your tongue around it. Your boyfriend let out a sigh and mumbled something at that amazing paradise he was gladly admiring. You kept doing that movements sensually, while his hand was tracing illusory lines all over your body. Your pretty frame jolted at the feeling of his sudden touch, even though your tempting skin was encouraging him to do more.
âJesus, youâre so needy.â You threw your head back again, finally admitting how much you were open for his touch. You bit your lower lip, trying to suppress a moan, but Patrick seemed to not appreciate that, in fact, he was staring at you in disappointment, while his deep dark pupils were examining your reaction. He was going to explore your inner thigh even more when suddenly, his phone rang. You were mentally begging him to not leave you like that, but it didnât work since he just went to the bedroom, leaving you all alone and needy. âIâm sorry little one, work is work.â
You were reading a book on Patrickâs expensive couch, he practically spent the day answering the phone and sending e-mails to his co-workers. Even though you knew he wanted you too, you had to admit that you were feeling sad. After reading almost six chapters you decided to go to sleep, but the figure of Patrick, standing near the door, his chest exposed, made you almost fall off the sofa. You bit your lower lip, turning to the side and smiled at the feeling of the blanket warming you up. âBaby..â Bateman called you in a low, sexy tone while getting closer to the couch. You immediately closed your eyes, you didnât want to give onto his temptations. âOh, câmon. I noticed the way you glanced at me. You should have seen yourself, you were mentally begging me to give you attention.â After feeling your cheeks burning in embarrassment, you got up and got enough close to him to feel his hot breath on your neck. You kept staring and the floor for almost a minute when suddenly you finally decided to speak. âAnd whatâs wrong with that?â Patrick immediately lifted up your chin, devouring you with his intense gaze.
âLet's just continue what we started, shall we?â Patrick murmured into your ear, nibbling on your lobe lightly as he started caressing your pretty curves. Then, you kissed him on his soft lips, begging for more while his hands kept exploring your delicate yet succulent body. He returned the kiss eagerly, deepening it until your lips part. He then pulled you closer and nuzzled against your neck affectionately. âSweetheart, you're the best thing that ever happened to me.â You couldnât do nothing but bit your lower lip, trying to contain your excitement. Bateman smiled devilishly and took your hand, leading you to the bedroom where he had set up an array of toys and erotic accessories. âI couldnât wait any longer,â he murmured huskily, running his hands over your body as he guided you to the bed. âOh darling, you canât even imagine how badly I wanted this.â He leaned forward and captured your mouth in a deep kiss, exploring every inch of it with his tongue as he moved your panties to the side and slided two fingers inside your tight wet pussy before bringing one of the vibrators closer to your face. âYou like this toy, don't you?â He asks, teasing you further with his words as he continued using the toy deeper and faster inside you. âM-mmh! Y-yes Daddy.. Please ruin me.â Patrick smiled at your response and simultaneously increased the intensity of the vibrations from the toy. His actions drove you wild, pushing you closer and closer towards the edge of orgasmic bliss. Your moans become louder and more desperate, until you reached the peak. Bateman chuckled softly at the sight of your weak body that was taking everything he gave you, he picked up the vibe once more and pressed it against your opening again. His movements became slower this time, allowing you to adjust to the sensation before continuing their mutual pleasure. âGod.. This feels.. feels so amazing-Ahh!â He smiled wickedly and increases the speed of the vibrator again, intensifying the sensations as they reach a fever pitch. But when you were close to your second orgasm, he stopped and pulled the toy out of you completely, leaving you panting and wanting more. âMy turn now.â
âUh-uh! You wonât get my pussy so easily Daddy.. Maybe when youâll understand how to behave with your âfuckdollâ I might consider the idea.â Patrick immediately widened his eyes, incapable to realize what you just said. He just smirked in reply, accepting that little challenge of yours, thinking about the way heâll fuck that little attitude out of you.
But not you. You greet him like you would any other customer.
âGood evening. Table for two?â You donât trip over your words. You donât blush. You donât stare at his suit like itâs made of gold. Actually, you look a little bored. He would be, too, serving assholes like him and McKennedy all night.
Patrick blinks in surprise. People usually fight for the chance to seat him because he tips well. You just lead him to a table with a politely neutral smile.
It makes something flutter in his chest; he thinks maybe where his heart would be â if he had one.
âž»
The first night you wait his table, he looks at you more than his peers.
âSeriously â itâs like Clarissa thinks I owe her another apology. Like, I wouldnât have screwed my secretary if you ever put out!â He pops an olive into his mouth and rolls his eyes.
Patrick hums in response, disinterested in McKennedyâs marital issues. âMm. Very interesting.â He is too busy watching you buss tables and polish glasses, chatting with men far inferior to he. He thinks about what size tip to give you at the end of the night. $100? $500? He decided that $250 is the perfect amount to show he is very well off but not too desperate.
Youâre efficient, calm, unflustered by the chaos of Dorsia on a Saturday night. You donât fawn over him, donât hover, donât ask for his number.
You simply ask, âWould you like some water to start?â
It shouldnât affect him. But it does. He says, âYes, please. Thank you,â with far more eagerness and speed than intended.
When you walk away, McKennedy teases Patrick. âJesus, Bateman, whatâs gotten into you? You had a fuckinâ health scare or something?â
âShut up, McKennedy. Iâm thinking.â He drums his fingers against the mahogany, wishing there were a way to get you home with him that wasnât in a black bin bag.
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The next week, he goes alone and requests your section. The sleazy looking manager gives him a distant smile â the one he gives everyone that comes in trying to get âthat cute waitressâ numberâ â but Patrick doesnât care about his reaction. He only cares about yours.
You approach his table with the same professional calm, and Patrick sits up straighter, smoothing his tie.
âGood evening, Mr. Bateman.â
âYou know my name?â he asks before he can stop himself.
You shrug lightly. âItâs my job. Good memory,â you tap the side of your head and smile playfully.
He shouldnât like that answer as much as he does.
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The third night, he tries too hard. He arrives 30 minutes early for his 8:30 reservation, hoping to catch you on your smoke break (heâs memorised your schedule by now. He knows not to come in Wednesdays or Fridays because you donât work then). Heâs dressed even more immaculately than usual. Heâs rehearsed lines in the taxi â not that heâd ever admit it. Heâs even taken up smoking outside of the restaurant just to see if youâll be there.
When you finally approach him at his table, he lights up, beaming with his practised sex appeal.
âHi,â he announces like a news-anchor. His smile falters when he realises he sounds a little robotic, but he sticks with it anyway. âI took the liberty of requesting your section again.â He nods and raises his eyebrows a little, feigning a patronising control over the situation.
You raise an eyebrow. âMy colleagues are plenty capable of looking after you, Mr. Bateman.â
âI wanted you,â he says unthinkingly. Then quickly, to recover his slip, âYouâre more efficient than them.â
You glance down at his menu as you bite your lip and jot down his order, not looking up at his face: he hates how much he wants you to look at him again so he can study your features again. He is starstruck as he lists off more hundred-dollar items than he could eat, just to have you there a moment longer.
When it comes time for dessert, you mention your manager once â offhand, casual â while talking about wine pairings. âI personally think an Old World Sauvignon is better with pastry, but donât tell my manager that â heâll fire me.â
Was this guy mean to you? Dismissive? Make you feel small? Patrickâs jaw clenches at the thought of that fat, greasy prick manager trying to teach you about wine pairings â that is Patrickâs forte, after all â and slipping a hand up your skirt while he tells you about Spanish Merlot. His fist clenches.
At the end of the night, Patrick asks to speak to your manager.
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On the fourth occasion that Patrick comes in, a Sunday, your manager is no longer on the team.
When you mention your managers sudden departures after Patrick probes and asks how work has been, he has only one thing to say. âHe wonât be bothering you any more.â
You pause in the middle of writing his order. âWhat do you mean?â
He lifts his glass, eyes steady and calm. âI spoke to someone at corporate. They agreed he needed⊠clarification on how to behave professionally.â He tilts his head. âAnd personally.â
âNothing drastic,â he reassures you as you quizzically raise your eyebrows, a little shocked. âHe just wonât be working here again.â Or anywhere, Patrick thought. Unless they have a restaurant six-feet below that needs a new manager.
He is proud when a smile tugs at your tightly held lips, secretly pleased within yourself that he wouldnât be around anymore to try and touch your ass in passing.
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At the end of the night, he shooes another waiter away when he tries to hand him his check. âNoâ not you. Screw off and get Y/N.â
When you eventually hand him his bill after your scared colleague tells you âTable five wants you to give him the check,â Patrick hesitates. He never hesitates.
âWould youââ he begins, then stops to inhale. âCan I take you out sometime? Not here. Somewhere quieter.â
You blink. âYou want to take me out?â
He corrects gently: âI want to get to know you.â His voice dips. For the first time, you see it: he looks⊠hopeful. Painfully, quietly hopeful.
You smile. âMaybe.â
His expression softens â just a tiny shift, but enough to make him look almost human.
âMaybe,â he repeats like itâs the best thing heâs heard all week. âCall me and let me know youâre free. Iâll move my schedule around.â Only for you.
For the first time since Patrick met you, he gets to see you blush. Finally.
Childhood friends to lovers to something far more dangerous.
Becca Rice grew up alongside Patrick Batemanâthrough the golden Newport summers, the cruel nicknames, the stolen panties, the violence, the mutilations, and the long years of silence.
Chapter 1: Some ghosts never leave.
Tags: Slow Burn, Dark Romance, Toxic Relationship, Biracial Character, Russian Culture, POV First Person, Mental Health Issues, Childhood Friends to Lovers, Obsession, AO3.
A/N: Hello everyone! This story started back in 2024 as a reader-insert, but over the past few years I became completely obsessed with Becca and her twisted dynamic with Patrick. I ended up developing her into a full original character, and Iâm so much happier with this version.
A huge thank you to my friend who helped me rewrite and refine everything âyour support meant the world.
I really hope you enjoy this darker, more personal take on their story.
Welcome to the ride!
Spring, 1986
The Metropolitan Museum of Art on a Saturday afternoon was less a temple to culture and more a runway for people who wanted to be photographed looking cultured.
I adjusted the thin gold cross at my throatâmy grandmotherâsâand tried not to sigh as another wave of visitors drifted past the Repin canvas like it was an expensive piece of wallpaper.
I loved the art. I hated the people.
They came in perfumed clouds of Chanel No. 5 and ambition, clutching guidebooks they never opened, speaking just loudly enough to be overheard.
âOh, the brushwork is so textured,â one woman cooed, as if Repin had painted with sandpaper instead of oil.
I wondered how many of them could name the painting.
Let alone the movement.
The Wanderers. The Itinerants. Russian realism that had something to say about suffering and truthârather than just looking expensive on a wall.But this was the job I had dreamed of since I was twelve, sketching boats in Newport while the salt wind tangled my hair. So I smiledâsmall, professionalâand kept my cynicism tucked neatly behind my ribs.
âMiss Rice?â A docent waved me over. âYour gallery talk starts in five minutes. About fifteen people signed up.â
âPerfect,â I said, smoothing my short bleached bob. The ends brushed my jaw in a cool, sharp line that made me feel armored.
At five-foot-five, I was never going to tower over anyoneâbut the haircut helped. It said efficient. Modern. Not to be underestimated.
At least that was the theory.
I stepped into the small side gallery where a modest group had gathered in front of Barge Haulers on the Volga.
The painting always made something in my chest tightenâthose exhausted men dragging the boat through mud and water, their faces etched with a quiet endurance I recognized from my motherâs stories. Talia RiceâNatalia Ivanova before marriageâhad never hauled barges. But she carried exile in her bones. And she had passed a sliver of it to me.
âGood afternoon,â I began, voice steady, warm. âToday weâre looking at Ilya Repin and the Peredvizhnikiâthe Wanderersâwho believed art should reflect real life rather than romantic fantasy. Notice the weight in the ropes, the way the light hits the sweat on their skinâŠâ
I kept my gaze moving across the small crowd.
Professional. Detached. Lovely.
Until I saw him.
He stood near the back, half a head taller than most, wearing a perfectly cut charcoal suit; his dark brown hair was slicked back with military precision.
Next to him stood a striking blonde in a navy blue dressâprobably a girlfriend, I realized with a faint joltâand on his other side, a man with obsidian-black hair, laughing at something she had said. The same polished, interchangeable Wall Street type.
They looked like they had stepped out of a Vanity Fair spread rather than a museum.
Patrick Bateman.
My pulse spiked so sharply I nearly lost the next sentence.
For one irrational second, I considered stepping behind the painting and pretending I had suddenly developed a deep interest in the floorboards.
He noticed me almost immediately.
His gaze lockedâprecise, deliberateâcutting through the crowd as if the other bodies didnât exist. He didnât smile. He didnât wave. He simply watched. Head slightly tilted, like a collector studying a piece he already ownedâbut hadnât decided whether to keep or destroy.
I forced my eyes away and continued speaking, willing my voice not to waver.
ââŠRepin captured not only the physical labor but the quiet dignity of the human spirit under duress. Thereâs a melancholy here that feels particularly Russianââ
Another glance.
He was still staring.
The blonde touched his arm and said something, but Patrick didnât turn his head. His attention stayed fixed on meâheavy, unrelentingâlike fingers pressing against the back of my neck.
Itâs not him, I told myself, even as heat crept across my freckled cheeks. It canât be.
Too many years. Too many memories. Too many interchangeable Wall Street faces.
Patrick Bateman had gone to Harvard. He had disappeared into that gleaming world of mergers and acquisitions and impossible reservations, chasing a version of success I had never understood.
We hadnât spoken since high school.
He probably didnât even remember the quiet Rice girl with the short hair and the Russian grandmother who used to call him Patty just to watch his jaw tighten.
I kept talking, gesturing toward the painting with what I hoped was graceful authority.
My hands felt too small. Too exposed.
The short sleeves of my silk blouse suddenly seemed inadequate armor.
Every time I risked the smallest glance in his direction, those eyes were still thereâsteady, unblinkingâdrinking me in like I was the only real thing in the room.
My stomach twisted.
Part of me wanted to march over and demand what the hell he was doing here, pretending to care about Russian realism when the only realism he had ever valued was measured in stock options and Rolex watches.
Another partâthe smarter, more terrified partâwanted to disappear into the crowd and never be seen again.
When the group began to disperse, I slipped toward the side exit, heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird.
He didnât recognize me.
He couldnât have.
But even as I repeated the lie to myself, I could still feel the weight of his gaze following me out of the galleryâpressing between my shoulder blades like the memory of a hand that had once known exactly how to break things.
I didnât look back.
Even when I heard the rush of people behind meâthe whisper of fabric, the soft click of heelsâI kept moving.
Until I didnât.
My foot caught on someone elseâs, and I lurched forward, nearly sprawling across the marble floor.
A hand steadied me before I could fall.
âAre you all right?â
I blinked, disoriented for a second, then forced a breath back into my lungs.
âYesâyeah, sorry.â I tucked a loose strand of my short hair behind my ear, the motion automatic. âItâs just⊠stuffy. The air. The people. I think somethingâs wrong with the ventilation.â
The excuse came out smoothly. It always did.
Jakeâthe young docent with the soft gray eyes and an almost old-fashioned politenessâgave me a concerned look, his hand still hovering near my arm as if he wasnât sure whether to let go.
âI can take over,â he said. âWalk the group into the next section while youâŠâ He hesitated, glancing around, then stepped slightly closer, as if shielding me from the crowd. âTake a break. Youâve been working too many shifts.â
I had.
âJakeââ
âThatâs okay, Miss Rice,â he cut in gently. âDonât worry about it.â
I exhaled, something in me loosening just enough to accept.
âThank you.â
My office was small, cluttered, and permanently on the edge of chaos.
Books stacked in uneven towers. Manuscripts half-catalogued. Rolled prints and fragile artifacts waiting for attention no one had time to give.
The Met wasnât just a museum. It was a machine.
And like any machine, it ran on efficiencyâsometimes at the expense of the people inside it.
Less staff. More hours. Quiet expectations no one said out loud.
I wasnât naĂŻve enough to fight it.
I had chosen this.
Because I loved it.
Even on days like this.
Stillâthere were moments when I missed the studio in SoHo.
The quiet. The smell of charcoal and paint. The way time stretched instead of compressing.
Back then, I had hidden there from my parentsâevery gala, every charity event, every carefully curated display of generosity designed for a mention in Time.
That world had always felt like a performance.
A polished, endless performance for people like my family.
For people likeâ
Bateman.
I sat down at my desk a little too hard, pressing my fingers to my temples.
It couldnât be him.
Or maybe it was.
I didnât know which possibility unsettled me more.
The reactionâthe way my pulse had spiked, the way my body had recognized him before my mind caught upâfelt⊠disproportionate. Like I had seen something that didnât belong in the present. A ghost. Or something worse.
I closed my eyes, rubbing them briefly before reaching for my glassesâVersace, my motherâs last Christmas gift.My hand drifted toward the drawer where I kept a half-forgotten pack of low-nicotine cigarettes. I rarely smoked.
But today...
My thoughts were moving too fast. Too loud. Like someone had flipped a switch inside my head and forgotten to turn it off again.
And thenâsuddenlyâI remembered.
Dinner. Pastels. Seven-thirty. Virginia Roberts.
A small, quiet relief loosened the knot in my chest. Ginny would understand. Or at least she would let me stay messy. She always had. Back at Parsons, when the world felt too loud or too sharp, she was the only one who never tried to make my feelings look presentable.
I glanced at the clock. If I left now, I could still make it.
My hand hovered over the drawer for half a second before I pulled it open and dropped the pack of cigarettes into my bag.
That alone should have been a warning.
Pastels was dim the way all expensive places tried to beâlow amber lighting, soft jazz threading through the air, tables placed close enough to feel intimate but never quite private. The kind of place where secrets stayed polite.
Virginia was already there.
She spotted me instantly and lifted a hand, her dark curls pinned back in that effortlessly messy way that definitely took effort. Black, as always, softened tonight by a silk collar that caught the light when she moved.
âBecca,â she said as I approached, her smile warm but edged. âYou look like youâve had either a terrible day⊠or a very interesting one.â
âCanât it be both?â I slid into the seat across from her.
Her eyes flicked over my face, quick and assessing. âWith you it usually is.â
The waiter appeared, poured water, vanished again.
For a moment we just sat there.
Then I reached into my bag and pulled out the cigarette pack.
Virginiaâs gaze dropped to it immediately. She didnât speak right awayâwhich, with Ginny, said everything.
âYou donât smoke,â she said at last, quiet and certain.
âNot usually.â
âMm.â She leaned back, studying me. âSo something happened.â
I turned the pack over between my fingers, watching the cellophane catch the light.
âI saw someone today.â
Her eyebrow lifted. âThatâs not exactly rare in Manhattan.â
âThis one is.â
She waited.
I hesitated. Saying it out loud felt like dragging something up from deep water.
âDo you remember Newport?â I asked instead.
Her expression changed. âYouâll have to be more specific.â
âMy sixteenth birthday.â My fingers tightened around the pack. âThere was a boy⊠Tall. Handsome. Bossy. A little⊠off.â
Virginia tilted her head.
I remained silent. What I had already said was enough.
Recognition flickered across her face, followed by something sharper. âYou two definitely had a thing.â
âNo,â I said quickly. Too quickly. âWe didnât.â
âBecca.â Her voice softened, but her eyes didnât. âYou never really talked about him.â
âThere was nothing to talk about.â
âThatâs not what I remember.â
Something defensive flared under my ribs. âYou remember wrong.â
She studied me the way she used to during studio critiquesâlike she was looking for the structure beneath the surface.
The waiter came back. I ordered something I probably wouldnât eat.
When he left, Ginny leaned in again. âSo what happened today?â
I exhaled slowly. âHe was at the Met. During one of the talks. Just⊠standing there. Watching me.â
âWatching you?â
âYes.â
A small silence stretched between us.
Ginny opened her mouth to say something else when a familiar voice cut in from behind me.
âBecca?â
I turned. Frank Roberts â Ginnyâs older brother â was already pulling out a chair like he belonged at the table. Broader, steadier, the kind of man who took up space without trying.
âGinny didnât mention you were joining,â he said, settling in. âSecret meeting?â
I almost smiled. Instead I reached for the cigarette.
His lighter clicked open instantly, a steady flame appearing between us. I leaned in and let it catch.
âThanks.â
Ginny rolled her eyes. âFrankie, you know Becca works at the Met. Getting her out requires divine intervention.â
Frank glanced at me, amused. âYou look good for someone slowly sacrificing herself to art.â
I exhaled a thin stream of smoke. âAnd you still think your sister needs a chaperone every time she leaves the house. Some things never change.â
Their familiar bickering washed over me. I nodded at the right moments, smiled when expected, but my mind stayed somewhere else.
I should have written it down like my therapist suggested. Name the feeling before it controls you. The notebook was still sitting untouched on my desk, first page blank except for the date.
There were things better left buried.
âBecca.â
Ginnyâs voice pulled me back.
âYouâre somewhere else again,â she said quietly, once Frank had excused himself to the restroom.
I traced the rim of my glass with a fingertip. âMaybe I let myself spiral once againâŠâ
She didnât smile. âIs this about Sebastian?â
The name landed, but it didnât sting the way it used to.
âNo,â I said, and for once it was almost true.
I met Sebastian at Madonnaâs concert in 1985. He was talented, charming, and I loved the way he painted so much that I didnât notice how much of my money was quietly disappearing into his âcareer.â Until the day I walked in on him fucking the model for the nudes he never wanted to talk about.
Predictable in the end. Painfully so.
Ginny watched me carefully, her eyes narrowing just a fraction. âThen what is it? Because somethingâs clearly bothering you.â
I took another long drag, the smoke burning my throat in a way that felt almost grounding.
âNo,â I admitted. My voice came out smaller than I wanted. âI donât even know why Iâm thinking about it. Why am I letting it get to me? I havenât seen him since high school. This is stupid.â
I almost laughed, but it came out hollow. Inside I felt split in twoâone part of me calm and rational, the other completely unraveled by the mere possibility that Patrick Bateman had been standing twenty feet away from me this afternoon, watching.
Ginny stayed quiet for a long moment.
âYou know,â she said finally, âmaybe it wasnât even him. If weâre talking about the same guyââ
âI wish you were right,â I cut in softly, staring at the glowing tip of the cigarette.
I left Pastels a little after ten.
The walk back to my apartment on the Upper East Side was cold and sharp, winter still clinging to the spring wind. I kept my coat pulled tight, the opened pack of cigarettes sitting heavy in my bag like an accusation.
The creaky elevator groaned up to the fourth floor. When I stepped inside and flicked on the lights, the familiar chaos greeted me: stacks of art books, half-finished sketches taped to the walls, my small collection of Russian icons watching silently from the shelf above the desk. The faint smell of oil paint and old paper usually comforted me. Tonight it felt suffocating.
Instead of going to bed, I found myself on my knees, dragging out the small storage box from under the bedâthe one labeled âOld Thingsâ in Mamaâs careful handwriting. The one I almost never opened.
My hands moved on their own.
Inside were relics I hadnât touched in years: a dried corsage, pressed flowers from Newport summers, my old diary with its useless brass lock. At the bottom, a brittle rubber band held together a small stack of photographs.
I slid them free.
The first few were harmlessâmy brother Mark and me on the beach, me failing at sailing. Then one stopped my breath.
It was taken on the lawn in front of the Bateman house, probably 1973 or â74. Mama had her arm around my shoulders, smiling brightly, her Russian cross necklace glinting in the sun. Papa stood tall beside her. Mark made a ridiculous face. Sean grinned wide, missing a front tooth. Celeste Bateman looked elegant and composed in pale linen.
And thereâslightly off to the sideâwas Patrick.
Everyone else was smiling.
His smile was⊠wrong.
It didnât reach his eyes. It looked practiced, polishedâlike he had studied how smiles were supposed to work and copied one perfectly, but forgot the warmth. Even at eleven or twelve, it felt hollow. Predatory, almost.
I stared at the photograph for a long time, my thumb brushing slowly over his face.
The boy who once bandaged my bleeding finger with his fatherâs handkerchief. The boy who mocked my drawings in front of everyone. The boy who covered my eyes in a dusty storage room and calmly told me he wanted to break his brotherâs legs one day.
And the man I had seen today at the Metâtaller, sharper, wrapped in expensive tailoringâstill wearing that same almost-smile.
My heart hammered against the glossy paper as I pressed the photograph to my chest.
âPattyâŠâ I whispered into the empty apartment. The old nickname slipped out like a confession, dangerous and intimate. âWhat happened to you?â
I didnât put the photo back in the box.
Instead, I left it on my nightstand, face up. Patrickâs off-kilter smile stared at the ceiling while I lay in bed, eyes wide open, knowing sleep wouldnât come.
18+ | MDNI âą Patrick Bateman punishes you for sneaking his porn tapes: daddy kink, filthy fingering, savage fucking and a creampie so deep youâll feel it tomorrow.
Patrick knew exactly which porn tapes you had watched while he was at work. He knew the timestamps, the specific scenes that made you squirm the hardest. You thought you were cleverâhiding the casesâbut he noticed everything.
Now you were paying for it.
His fingers were buried knuckles-deep inside your pussy, pumping fast and brutalâthe exact technique he had memorized from those tapes. Your nails raked across his tanned forearm, desperately trying to catch his wrist, but he didnât slow down. Not even close. Perhaps he allowed you the illusion of control, just enough to make it sweeter when he stripped it away.
âThatâs it?â he growled, voice low and mocking. âThis is what you wanted when you watched those tapes? Rubbing yourself raw to strangers fucking like animals?â
âPatrickââ
He delivered a single, sharp smack to your pussyâwet, stinging. You stuttered, writhed, the pain twisting into pleasure in the ugliest, most delicious way.
âNot Patrick,â he crooned, shoving you harder against the cold floor-to-ceiling glass. The city lights glittered behind you like a mocking audience. âItâs daddy for you now. Only daddy. Say it, doll.â
Your dress was already half-shreddedâtorn at the neckline, chest exposed, nipples swollen and aching from the way he had sucked and bitten them earlier. The chilled air made them tighten painfully. You could almost imagine the glass shattering under the force he exerted, shards raining down while he ruined you against the skyline.
âCome on, darling,â he murmured, one hand cupping your cheek now, thumb dragging lazily across your lower lip. âCall me the right way and maybeâmaybeâIâll be gentle tonight.â
âOnly tonight?â
His smile was sharp, predatory. âBold.â
His mouth crashed into yours before you could blink. He tasted like whiskey and cigar smokeâthick, bitter, expensive. You hated the cigars, always had, but he didnât care. He forced your lips wider, tongue plunging deep, claiming every inch until you were whimpering into the kiss. It wasnât a kiss; it was an invasion.
âIâm going to fuck you right here,â he said, nodding toward the floor. âRight now. And youâre going to take every second of it like a good little slut.â
He dragged you down by the ankles. You barely managed to grip the edge of the couch for balance before he yanked you backâass up, skirt shoved to your waist, panties long gone. He knelt behind you, knees spreading yours wider, cock already leaking against your thigh.
âLook at you,â he sneered, slapping your ass hard enough to leave a vivid mark. âDripping like a whore just from my fingers. Youâve been training this cunt for me, havenât you? Watching those tapes, fingering yourself, pretending it was me.â
You whimpered, face pressed to the cold laminate âYesâdaddyâpleaseââ
There it was.
He groaned like the word had punched him in the gut. âSay it again.â
âDaddyâplease fuck meââ
He didnât wait. One brutal thrust and he was buried to the hilt, stretching you so wide you gasped, back arching, nails digging into the wooden floor. He gave you no time to adjustâjust started pounding, hips snapping with punishing force, balls slapping wetly against your clit with every thrust.
âThis what you wanted?â he rasped, one hand fisting your hair, yanking your head back so you were forced to look at your own reflection in the glassâface flushed, lips swollen, eyes glassy. âMy cock ruining this tight little pussy while the whole city watches?â
âYesâdaddyâfuckâharderââ
He laughed, dark and cruel. âGreedy slut. You donât get to make demands.â
But he gave it to you anywayâthrusts turning savage, deep enough you felt him in your stomach. His free hand snaked around to rub your clit in harsh, relentless circles, fingers still slick from earlier.
âGonna fill you up,â he growled against your ear. âGonna fuck my cum so deep youâll feel it for days. You want that? Want daddyâs load dripping out of you every time you sit down tomorrow?â
âPleaseâyesâdaddyâfill meââ
He snarled, pace faltering as he neared the edge. âSay it. Tell daddy youâre his little cumdump.â
âIâmâIâm your cumdumpâdaddyâpleaseââ
That broke him.
Patrick slammed in one last time, burying himself as deep as possible, cock pulsing as he came hardâhot, thick spurts flooding you until it leaked out around his base. He ground through it, milking every drop, low groans vibrating against your neck.
You were shaking, overstimulated, walls fluttering around him like you were trying to pull him deeper. He didnât pull out right awayâjust stayed seated inside you, heavy and spent, breathing ragged against your shoulder.
âGood girl,â he murmured, almost soft. Almost. âYou took it so well.â
He finally slipped out, watching his cum drip down your thighs with dark satisfaction. His thumb smeared it back inside, slow and possessive.
âDonât move,â he ordered quietly. âIâm not done with you yet.â
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â SUMMARY: Your carefully made Christmas plans fail spectacularly. Patrick Bateman, against all odds, is the one who comes through.
â WARNINGS: 18+ / NSFW, fluff (with an edge), Patrick Bateman attempts comfort and remains an asshole, romantic themes, manhandling, body worship, oral sex (reader receiving), fingering, rough PIV sex, prone bone, size kink, spanking, marking, dirty talk, pet names, light dumbification, dry humping / butt grinding.
â WC: 5.3k
â A/N: Thank God I managed to post this before 2026! Iâm sorry for being late with itâreal life got in the way. For those whoâve watched Sex and the City, Iâd recommend rewatching âThe Agony and the Ecstasyâ (Season 4, Episode 1) and âI Heart NYâ (Season 4, Episode 18). If you havenât seen the series, I highly recommend giving it a try. Merry Christmas again, everyone! Thank you for sticking with me through all these years!đ
The very idea of throwing a Christmas party yourself was enough to make you anxiousâand yet you hadnât been able to stop thinking about it since mid-November. It didnât help that youâd recently started seeing a finance guy named Patrick Bateman, which somehow made the whole thing feel like proof that this year might actually be⊠fun. Different, at least. Especially since you usually spent Christmas quietly with your family.
You and Patrick werenât exactly datingâor maybe you were. Heâd never asked to make it official. Still, after your first date, he didnât let up: flowers, calls, dinners, last-minute lunch invitations. Love bombing, if you were being honest with yourself. Eventually, you gave in and suggested that maybe the two of you could try building something that resembled a real relationship.
Even though youâd always sworn off Wall Street types.
It started as one of those Christmas Eve days that already felt slightly off.
The store was quiet in the way only expensive places wereâmuted footsteps, hushed voices, the soft click of glass cases opening and closing. Patrick moved through it like he belonged there, fingertips grazing displays without really looking, already knowing what everything cost.
âMm,â he replied, examining a leather wallet with mild interest.
âYou could come,â you added. âItâs nothing formal. Just drinks. A few people.â
That made him pause. Not longâjust enough to register the information. He set the wallet down, straightened it precisely.
âI canât,â he said. Flat. âMy mother wants me there. Christmas Eve. Sean will be there too.â
âOh.â You nodded, reaching for a sweater and pretending to feel the fabric. âRight.â
âSheâs very particular about holidays,â he went on, as if explaining a scheduling conflict at work. âItâs not optional.â
âOf course it isnât.â
Patrick glanced at you, brief and assessing. âYou understand.â
âYeah.â You smiled, quick and practiced. âFamily comes first.â
âExactly.â He sounded satisfied. âItâll be dinner. A few hours. Iâll leave as soon as it becomes unbearable.â
You let out a small laugh. âLucky you.â
âYouâll still go to your party,â he added, already turning toward a sales associate. âYou like that place.â
âI do.â
âAnd you wanted something casual,â he stated cold-bloodily. âThis fits.â
You swallowed. âIt does.â
Patrick nodded, decision made, and pointed at a display. âIâll take the gloves. Black. Medium.â
As the associate walked away, he leaned closer, voice low. âYou donât need me there to have a good time.â
âI know,â you shot back easily.
He smiledâbrief, self-assured. âGood.â
You watched him straighten his Rolex, gold watch catching the light, and told yourself that disappointment was just another thing you could file away neatly.
Like everything else.
Christmas arrived without much ceremony, carrying more hope with it than you were prepared to admit.
By the time the first reservation slot came and went, the table was already set.
You checked your watch anyway. Then again a few minutes later. No one hurried in apologizing, no coats were shrugged off in your direction. The candles burned clean and steady, wax pooling at their bases, untouched glasses reflecting the low light like props waiting for actors who never took the stage.
When your friend finally showed upâcheeks flushed from the cold, slightly out of breathâyou felt relief hit sharp and sudden. You stood too fast, hugged them too tightly, laughed a beat too loud. One person was something. One person meant you hadnât imagined the whole thing.
âEveryone else?â they asked, glancing at the empty seats.
You lifted your shoulders, reaching for your glass. âBusy, I guess.â
It was the word everyone leaned on this time of year. Busy. Family obligations. Work. Things that came up at the last minute and somehow mattered more.
You kept talking. You kept smiling. You even managed to enjoy yourself, a little.
But every time the door opened, your attention snapped upâjust in case. And every time it wasnât who you were waiting for, something inside you settled back down, quieter than before.
By the end of the night, the candles had burned down to stubs and the table felt far too large for two people. You paid the bill, thanked the staff, pulled your coat back on.
Outside, the city looked the same as it always did on Christmasâbright, indifferent, full.
You told yourself it was fine.
You were used to filing things away neatly.
Disappointment included.
On your way home, you spiraled over the flopped partyâhow only one person had even bothered to show up, how badly mistaken youâd been in thinking you had more friends than you did.
Reality always hit hardest afterward, when there was nothing left to distract you.
By the time you reached your block, the cold had worked its way into your bones.
That was when you noticed the sleek black car idling at the curb in front of your brownstone.
It took a few seconds to process what you were seeing before instinct pulled you closer. You trusted your instincts. Mostly. As you approached, you spotted the driver leaning against the frame, smoking, oblivious to youâuntil the backseat window slid down.
A cluster of red, blue, and silver balloons burst out of the car, nearly colliding with your face.
You froze when you heard his voice.
âMerry Christmas, baby,â Patrick drawled, almost sing-song as his face appeared in the window. âSoâhowâd your party go?â
Not that question.
Not now. Not ever.
It stung so badly you almost laughed. Or screamed. Or shouted the truth loud enough for everyone on the block to hearâthat your party had been a complete disaster. But you were too polite for that. You shrugged instead and caught one of the balloons.
âYou probably shouldnât ask me that if you want to stay sane,â you said. âWhat are you even doing here? I thought I wouldnât hear from you until Valentineâs Day. Or later.â
Bateman snickered, flashing his perfect teeth. âRelax. No mistletoe ambush.â He opened the door. âGet in.â
You gathered the balloon strings and slid into the backseat. The driver was already in place, hands on the wheel, waiting.
Before you could answer, he was already pressing a champagne flute into your hand. âIâm listening.â
âWhy do you think someone hurt me?â
He tilted his head slightly. âItâs written all over your face.â
You took the glass but didnât drink. âExplain.â
Patrick sighed and drained his own drink in one swallowâJ&B whiskey, most likely.
âIâm not trying to psychoanalyze you,â he said, lips thin, eyes sharp. âBut I remember how excited you were about this little party. And nowâŠâ His gaze swept over you. âYou look like you just came back from a funeral.â
Because it felt like one. The emptiness. The quiet. The way it settled in your chest.
âI had to cancel it,â you muttered, swirling the champagne in your unsteady hands. âNo one came.â
That stopped him.
Patrick turned fully toward you, his expression caught somewhere between What did you just say? and Say that again.
âYeah,â you added, finally taking a sip. âIâm serious. Nobody came.â You let out a humorless breath. âI guess that makes it official. Iâm a loser, Patrick.â
His near-maniacal laughter scared the shit out of you, and you barely managed to keep the glass steady, not spilling it all over the obscenely expensive interior.
âWhat a load of bullshit,â he finally managed, brushing away a nonexistent tear. âWell. Fuck them.â
âThatâs it?â You stared at him. âReally? Justâfuck them?â
You wanted to elbow him. To get out of the car. To unload everything youâd ever thought about his complete lack of sympathy. But then you stoppedâbecause he was a man incapable of sympathy, and youâd known that long before the two of you ever started this.
Was this even a real relationship? Or just a flingâone that had lasted far too long by both your standards, while you pretended everything was under control?
Patrick drummed his fingers against his knee and poured himself another shot of whiskey.
âYou might want to think about this,â he said, gesturing toward the balloons. âAnd this.â He tapped the rim of your champagne flute, producing a sharp, ringing ding. âIâd say that kind of overshadows everything.â
You squinted at him. âWow. Youâre so fucking full of yourself andââ
âShould I drop to my knees now and thank you for your generosity?â
He hummed, as if genuinely considering it. âWell, gratitude would be appropriateââ
âThank you!â You blurted, grabbing the balloon strings and shoving them between you. âIâm pissed because I fooled myself for so long. About friends. About being⊠important to anyone.â
His hand found yours almost instantlyâquick and subtle, fingers lacing with yours like theyâd always belonged there. The contact sparked a small, unwelcome pang of conscience. You didnât like it, but you said it anyway.
âI donât want to sound like an asshole.â A beat. âThatâs usually your job.â
He chuckled, brushing his thumb slowly over your palm. âThatâs very sweet of you, darling. Insulting me just because I showed up and tried to make things look festive. Nice.â His smile sharpened. ââŠRomantic.â
âYou hate romantic.â
âI hate seeing you grumpy,â he blurted, tugging the balloons aside so he could actually see your face. âAnd I hate seeing you not in the mood even more than that. If youâre already hereâin my limo, with meâlet me handle it.â
In the dim light, his eyes looked almost unreal, dark and hypnotic. As if it were even possible for him to be more handsome than he already was. You zoned out for a moment, lost in his presence, his touch, the Paul Sebastian cologne clinging to you like it had a life of its own.
It was only a matter of time before you leaned in, lips meeting in a slow, much-needed kiss. He bit your bottom lip just hard enough to pull a breath from you, pushing the moment a little too far for something meant to be purely comforting.
âWhy does all of this feel likeâŠâ You hesitated, settling against his chest. âLike neither of us should be hereâbut we still are?â
Patrickâs mouth curved. âHow illegal does it feel? Scale of one to ten.â
You shoved him lightly, laughing despite yourself. âTen out of ten.â
âI knew it.â He smiled, already draping an arm over your shoulders. âLetâs go to my place.â
As the words settled between you, he watched you closelyâfingers idly playing with the collar of your coat, lips parted, clearly ready to kiss you again if it helped tip the answer in his favor.
âYou shouldâve started with that,â you muttered, pinching his cheek just enough to annoy him. âSkipped the self-worshiping part.â
He offered no defense. Instead, he went on the offensive, his mouth claiming the soft slope of your neck where the coat collar had slipped just enough to allow it. The point landed hard enough that you didnât bother trying to argue anymore.
Batemanâs place hadnât changed since the last time youâd been there.
Unlessâsomething had.
A small Christmas tree stood in the corner of his sterile white living room, right beside the tall stereo speaker. You actually stepped closer and touched it, just to be sure you werenât hallucinating. It looked too festive to be real.
âA Christmas tree?â you asked. âSeriously?â
Patrick lingered behind you, hands tucked into his pockets. âIââ He paused, jaw ticking. âIâm trying to fit in, you know. Normal people decorate their lairs.â
You let out a soft laugh. âYou could just admit you did it for me.â
âWhat? No.â
The denial came too fast. His cheeks flushed, his eyes flicked away, and a boyish smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. Something fluttered in your chestâand it definitely wasnât your heart. No butterflies comparison could quite capture it. Whenever Patrick looked like thisâunguarded, almost humanâit hit somewhere deeper.
You wouldnât have minded another drink, but Patrick had something else in mind. Something you never wouldâve expected to find in his fridge.
âWant some ice cream?â he asked casually, already heading into the pristine kitchen. âPicked it up at a HĂ€agen-Dazs boutique yesterday.â
You glanced at himâstanding by the fridge with an almost childlike seriousness you rarely sawâand finally let go of the tree, crossing the room to meet him halfway. Your arms were already reaching for the small, cold carton.
âAt least admit you bought this for me,â you murmured as you settled onto the white couch. âNo one would expect me to know your secrets.â
âAnd that,â he replied, voice stretching into something half-joking, half-wary, âis deeply unsettling.â
You smiled. Either way, you enjoyed it.
After a small snack, the two of you drifted into silly conversations about⊠nothing, really. His daily life. Yours. It barely felt like Christmas at allâjust another quiet evening the two of you mightâve shared any other time.
That changed when he suddenly stood from one of his Knoll Barcelona chairs and crossed the room to the massive stereo system, which looked more like the control panel of a spaceship than anything meant for music. With a quick tap of his finger, Frank Sinatraâs Jingle Bells filled the room, and you couldnât help smiling like an idiot.
Out of all the songsâthat one.
And somehow, you loved it.
âIâm not actually a big Frank Sinatra fan,â he added quickly, as if reading your thoughts. âMy father is. But since weâre pretending to celebrate Christmas like normal peopleâŠâ He shrugged. âMight as well jingle all the way.â
That made you laugh.
âYouâre insane. You know that, right?â
He grinned like he took it as a compliment.
âYou never told me about your music taste,â he noted, settling down beside you on the couch. âFeels like the right moment.â
âI prefer listening to your monologues about it.â
Patrick laughedâunexpectedly warm. âIâll pretend to believe you. But seriouslyâwhat do you actually like?â
You set the half-empty ice cream carton on the glass coffee table, spoon still insideâit occurred to you that he might be weirdly particular about that sort of thing. Then you tucked your legs beneath you, thinking through the question. Patrick waited, one hand absentmindedly finding your foot, thumb tracing slow circles along your sole in a way that felt brazenly good.
âWell,â you said at last, âFrank Sinatra is⊠honestly fine.â
He blinked. âReally? Not too old-fashioned for you?â
âMy dad used to play his tapes all the time when I was a kid.â
Something lit up behind his hazel eyesâan idea forming. Probably one heâd regret later. But he did it anyway. He gave your foot a final squeeze before standing and heading back to the stereo. A CD slid out, then back in. Tap, tapâand a new song began.
Moon River, wider than a mileâŠ
The lyrics held you frozen until he was suddenly in front of you again, offering his hand. His face was a soft mess of affection, embarrassment, and something almost boyishly earnest.
âWill you dance with me?â
You felt like you were on the verge of melting into the floor. Instead, you took his hand and let him guide you toward the floor-to-ceiling window, where snow-covered New York blinked back at you in soft white and gold.
He placed one of your hands on his shoulder, holding the other in his large palm. It didnât surprise you that he was good at thisâPatrick seemed incapable of doing anything halfway. As you swayed to Sinatraâs baritone, you rested your head against the slope of his neck, breathing him in, your fingers brushing the back of his carefully styled hair.
âIs this not too old-fashioned for you?â you teased, echoing his earlier question. âI actually can imagine your father telling you stories about dancing to this with your mother.â
A faint scoff left his lips, almost thoughtful.
âInteresting,â he murmured near your ear. âThatâs a version of him I never really got to know.â
It didnât sound sadâjust cold. Like something heâd already lived through and filed away. Indifferent. You didnât push the subject. Instead, you closed your eyes and let yourself sink into the music, the warmth of his body, the way he hummed softly along, holding you close as your bodies swayed together.
At some point, you realized you were almost sobbing into the pristine white collar of his dress shirt. It was too overwhelming, too fairytale-perfectâtoo hard to believe it was actually happening. Patrick felt the tremor and tilted his head, catching your gaze just as your noses brushed.
You let out a shaky laugh. He didnât let you pull away.
The kiss felt inevitableâsomething your bodies had been waiting for since the moment you arrived. His lips were softer than you expected, his arms tightening around your waist as if you might disappear otherwise, slipping right through his fingers. Someone shouldâve said something grounding. Something that made it real.
âDo you believe in Christmas magic?â you asked, breathless when you broke apart.
Patrick licked his lips, thumb brushing your cheek. âI believe in my platinum AmEx.â
You kicked him lightly in the chest. He didnât budge. If anything, he pulled you closer, strong hands anchoring you there, making you feel small in the best possible wayâlike a snowflake caught at the peak of a mountain.
âOkay, okay, point taken,â you said, smiling despite yourself. âBut seriouslyâhave you ever had a wish you wanted to come true?â
In the background, Sinatra crooned about love and beauty. The Way You Look Tonight. Another perfect choice.
âSweetheart, if you want to make a wish,â he deflected, pressing a soft kiss to the corner of your mouth, âyou can say it out loud right now.â His lips brushed yours again. âYou can believe in whatever magic you want. In the end, Iâm the one who makes wishes come true.â
So arrogant.
It only made your smile widen.
âYou have no idea what my imagination is capable of,â you murmured against his lips. He leaned in to kiss you, but you dodged. âCareful what you offer.â
âTry me.â
You would.
Right now.
You were the first to move, nipping his bottom lip with a teasing bite. He lifted you effortlessly, exactly the reaction you wanted, hands firm as you wrapped your legs around his waist. His suit jacket rustled between you, smooth fabric brushing your bare skin as he guided you toward the bedroom, stripping you of layers with meticulous intent.
The cool air. The crisp white sheets. Everything was exactly where it should beâincluding you, sprawled across that indecently large bed.
Patrick followed you down, weight settling over yours, kisses growing hotter, less restrained, as if he were mapping every inch of you by instinct alone.
âTold you magic works,â you breathed between kisses. âAlways does.â
He frowned faintly. âOne more word like that and Iâll gag you with glitter duct tape.â A beat. âChristmas edition.â
You laughedâuntil concern flickered and you realized he was already peeling you out of the rest of your clothes, down to your lingerie. Not festive. Classic. You hadnât planned on ending up in his bed on Christmas nightâbut this version of events felt dangerously perfect.
The mattress dipped as he pushed you deeper into its center, then slipped away, dropping to his knees. His focus narrowed instantly, drawn to the heat between your legs like a magnetic pull. Patrick didnât bother restraining himself; he simply leaned in, his tongue gliding over the front seam of your panties. When he found them already damp, he smirkedâbut said nothing.
Music drifted faintly from the other room, reduced to little more than a melodic hum. The sheets creased beneath you as he nudged your hips upward, glancing up at you now and then to read your reactions. He pressed an open-mouthed kiss to your mound, right above the waistband of your underwear. You closed your eyes, hands curling into fists as you grabbed the pillow, bracing yourself.
It wouldâve been a lie to say you didnât want thisâor that you hadnât been waiting for it. He was good at this. He knew how to work you up without even fully undressing you. Just his warm breath hovering over your core was enough to set your nerves alight. Patrick always took his time, exploring and admiring your bodyâespecially your legsâkissing along your inner thighs, your shins, your ankles, stroking them slowly. Usually, when you looped them around his head, heâd groan like he couldnât help himself.
This time, you didnât.
It threw him off.
âSo,â you asked quietly, âweâre just going to have sex and thatâs it?â
Full stop.
He lifted his head, expression suddenly serious, like youâd just accused him of being unimaginative. âIs that not enough for you?â Patrick asked, one of your legs resting over his shoulder. âWhat do you wantâme to call escorts? Men? Women? I donât know.â
You nearly wheezed, but decided to play along. âI mean⊠that doesnât sound terrible.â
The words hit harder than you expected. You could see it in his faceâhis eyes darkening, sharp as obsidian.
âI think itâs a little late for that,â he shot back. âItâs fucking Christmas. All the hookers are busy playing Snow Maidens or something worse.â He paused. âSo youâve got one option.â A beat. âMe.â
God. He sounded genuinely offended.
Smiling, you sat up and cupped his face, kissing his forehead in a grounding, reassuring way. âI was joking. You know that,â you said, tipping his chin up. âI donât wantâor needâanyone else.â
His lips flattened, unimpressed.
âAnd they call me the Grinch,â he muttered, turning his head slightly. âYou couldâve just been specific and said you wanted an orgy for Christmas.â
A shaky laugh slipped out of you. âJesus, youâre so dramatic.â
You wrapped your arms and legs around him, dragging him down with you as you fell back against the sheets. Being pinned beneath his solid weight felt too good to resist, so you leaned into it, knowing exactly how to soften him.
âDo you actually live at the gym?â you teased. âYouâre so strong, and fit, andââ
Patrick cut you off with a kiss, tongue sliding into your mouth, stealing the rest of your sentence. You squealed softly as his hips pressed forward, the strain in his trousers obvious, rubbing against your thigh until you both gasped.
âSave the cheesy compliments,â he rasped, grinding into you. âFor your friends. Or some other loser youâll spend next Christmas with.â
You rolled your eyes but kept moving with him, matching his rhythm, your legs locked around his waist, the friction making it impossible to think.
âStop being dramatic,â you said breathlessly, squeezing your breasts together. âYou still owe me after the last time I almost choked on your dick.â
Patrick scoffed, teeth grazing your neck. âThen lie back,â he murmured, âand keep your mouth shut until youâre ready to tell me how good I make you feel.â
âFine.â
The word had barely left your mouth before Patrick knelt on the bed and dragged your panties down in one swift motionâno hesitation, no gentleness. Just raw, barely contained hunger, the kind that threatened to tip into something reckless.
When he returned to his position at the edge of the bed, he was different. Gone were the teasing licks. Now his tongue worked with intentâlong, demanding strokes against your sensitive flesh. Every time his sculpted nose brushed your clit, your legs trembled, toes curling, breath stuttering in your chest.
âPatâPatrick,â you gasped, already squirming against the mattress. âOh Godâyesââ
You threaded your fingers into his hair, impossibly soft beneath your shaking hands. His face was flushed deep red, heat blooming from his cheeks down his neck, lashes dark and clumped with sweat. Panting, you tugged harder, forcing him closer as his tongue pressed into you with ruthless precision.
âMmhâfuck,â you swore, nearly kicking out from the shock of it. âShitâahâkeep going. Donât stop. Pleaseââ
Your whimpers spurred him on. Patrick doubled his efforts, the cold edge of his Rolex sliding along the inside of your hip as his fingers spread you open. Then he pushed them inside youâone, then anotherâuntil they vanished completely, slick sounds filling the room as your body took him without resistance.
âAlready clenching,â he murmured, tongue sweeping from bottom to top. âYou really think anyone else could make you feel like this?â
You didnât care. Your orgasm was too close for words. He could say whatever he wanted as long as he kept worshipping you like this.
Patrick felt it the moment your body tightened. His fingers scissored inside you, mouth locking onto your clit, sucking hard enough to steal the air from your lungs. Flickâpauseâflick againâthen pressure, exactly where it unraveled you.
You broke without screaming, breath catching uselessly in your throat as everything inside you snapped. Your body shook, legs trembling violently, muscles locking around his fingers as he refused to stop until the last aftershock tore through you. Patrick huffed against you, eyes dark and unfocused as he watched you fall apart.
The aftermath left you hollowed out, boneless.
Your vision swam, head fuzzy, body still trembling as you vaguely registered the sound of clothes shifting. Strong hands rolled you onto your stomach. Your bra was gone. His palms cupped your tits as he stretched over you, mouth at your neck, the slick head of his cock sliding between your buttocks. He ground there once, groaning.
âAlways told you you had a great ass,â he murmured against your ear. âYou never listen.â
His hand gripped your ass hardâenough that bruises would bloom tomorrow. Neither of you cared. You mewled anyway, and he did it again, the sadistic edge in him taking control.
âSpread your legs,â he ordered. When you obeyed, he slid a pillow beneath your hips. âYou said you loved it like this.â A pauseâthen a sharp smack to your hip. âAnd unlike you, I pay attention.â
You glanced back at himâbare, sweat-slicked, every muscle defined like something sculpted for worship. He caught the look and winked, your admiration feeding him shamelessly. His throat bobbed as his gaze dropped to the curve of your ass, your slickness glistening where he brushed against you.
He exhaled sharply.
âTell me youâre on the pill,â he said through clenched teeth, stroking himself slowly.
âI am,â you answered, propped on your elbows. âAre you really doing this again?â
He chuckled. âCome on, baby. You love it.â He leaned in, lining himself up. âYou never shut up about the first time.â
Then he pushed inside.
Your focus fractured on the way his brows pulled together as he filled you inch by inch, your body clinging to him like it was made for it. Halfway in and you were already gripping the edge of the bed, burying your face in the cool sheets for balance.
It shattered the moment he shifted his weight and began to move.
Hard.
He didnât give you time to adjustâdriven by the need to claim, to hear you gasp and whimper, nails scraping along his arms as he pounded into you with relentless force.
As if it were his personal salvation.
The only way to survive the night.
His hands found yours where they hovered uselessly over the bed. He captured them in his, fingers interlacing, trapping you between the mattress and his massive body. The slow, grinding motion of his hips was worse than poundingâhis cock dragging along your inner muscles with torturous precision.
âIâIâm going to black out,â you gasped, dazed.
A guttural sound tore from his throat as he sat back on his heels. His cock slipped freeâslick, flushed, still hardâand he watched your body clench around nothing. For a split second, the familiar fixation flared, the urge to push further, to take you somewhere he was always drawn to. Too much, he decided. Instead, he brushed your hair aside, gripping the back of your neck with one hand and your hip with the other before pushing back inside you in one steady thrust.
This angle reduced you to something pliable in his hands. He could do anythingâlifting, dragging, setting the rhythm as he fucked you down onto his cock, bearing your weight like you were nothing at all. The wet sounds grew messier, obscene, drowning out any thought of speech. Whatever you mightâve wanted to say dissolved completely as he drove you past coherence.
Each stroke numbing.
Erasing.
Patrickâs breathing turned harsh, uneven, sweat tracking along the vein standing out beneath his eye. Even if heâd wanted to last longer, the sight of youâyour body reacting, your ass shuddering with every pullâwas too much. He broke faster than expected. In any other situation, that might have bothered him. With you, it felt inevitable. Sex with you was differentâemotion wasnât an intrusion, but the missing piece that made everything click.
He collapsed over you like a weighty blanket, arms locking around you as he spilled everything he had, uncaring where it went. The sheets were ruined. Heâd lie to the dry cleaners again.
Patrick kissed your neck, holding you closeânot too tightâas his hips continued their residual rhythm. One hand slid beneath you, fingers finding the slick mess there, circling your oversensitive clit with slow, deliberate pressure.
You bit down on your lipâuntil he pulled you into a bruising kiss, swallowing the sound as his hand pushed you over again. His cock softened inside you, but it still felt overwhelming. The wet sounds, the friction, the relentless attention dragged you under.
And you went.
Your body seized, convulsing as you came again, moaning helplessly into his mouth. He pressed the heel of his palm to that raw bundle of nerves, working it until you thrashed beneath him, until he had to murmur something low and filthy just to keep you still.
Think of mutual edging with Patrick that feels like it goes on forever.
His fingers move inside youâdeep, meticulousâwhile your hand wraps around his length in a tight ring, pumping him hard but slow. Patrickâs breath ghosts over your neck, teeth grazing your skin every time you stroke him just enough that he knows heâs close to losing it.
âSlow down, babydoll,â he murmurs. âUnless you want me to ruin you right now.â
He pushes another finger in, making it three. You moan too loudly, but he catches your swollen lips, licking them until you instinctively part them, tongue slipping out so he can drag his over it before sucking it in with a wet, obscene sound.
âPatrick,â you gasp, fingers digging into his bicep.
You both look dazed, unfocusedâeyes heavy with an intoxicating haze. He smells like sex and cologne, like something forbidden and exactly what you crave. His skin is hot and smooth, perfectly tanned and soft, and you want to lose yourself in him like a small boat caught in a storm.
The heat radiating from his body feels like it might burn you both, but neither of you stops. His fingers twist inside you, scissoring and curling to brush that spot again and again. You know you wonât be able to hold back this timeâevery nerve in your body is already lit.
âLook at me,â Patrick whispers, not letting you close your eyes. âI want to see you. All of you.â His voice breaks as you jerk him faster. âFuck⊠youâre such a good girl for me.â
Patrick curses under his breath, again and again.
The cold edge of his Rolex drags along your inner thigh as his thumb presses into your clit, moving in time with his fingers. You nearly whimper. When you kiss, itâs messy and desperate, and you have the urge to bite his mouth. He makes you feel smallâhelpless, but wanted. Your legs kick instinctively, one draped over his hip, the other shaking.
âIâm going toâ Iâm going to come,â you choke. âI canât hold it. Oh Godâit hurtsââ
Your insides buzz like a live wire, just as his cock throbs in your grip, thick spurts of pre-cum slicking your palm and making it easier to move faster. Wet sounds mix with harsh breathing and broken cursesâyours and his. His muscles lock, veins standing out as you cup his damp cheek and pull him closer without kissing him.
âDo it,â he urges suddenly, fingers working you harder.
His free hand pinches your nipple, and the eye contact is what finally breaks you. You almost cry as you let goâmuscles clenching around his fingers, body shaking, eyes rolling back. You donât even know how you manage to keep touching him until he follows, spilling himself across his tensed stomach with a strangled groan.
Later, youâll watch each other clean your fingersâhim tasting you, you tasting himâbefore sealing your mouths together, like finishing a ritual meant only for the two of you.
â SUMMARY: Your carefully made Christmas plans fail spectacularly. Patrick Bateman, against all odds, is the one who comes through.
â WARNINGS: 18+ / NSFW, fluff (with an edge), Patrick Bateman attempts comfort and remains an asshole, romantic themes, manhandling, body worship, oral sex (reader receiving), fingering, rough PIV sex, prone bone, size kink, spanking, marking, dirty talk, pet names, light dumbification, dry humping / butt grinding.
â WC: 5.3k
â A/N: Thank God I managed to post this before 2026! Iâm sorry for being late with itâreal life got in the way. For those whoâve watched Sex and the City, Iâd recommend rewatching âThe Agony and the Ecstasyâ (Season 4, Episode 1) and âI Heart NYâ (Season 4, Episode 18). If you havenât seen the series, I highly recommend giving it a try. Merry Christmas again, everyone! Thank you for sticking with me through all these years!đ
The very idea of throwing a Christmas party yourself was enough to make you anxiousâand yet you hadnât been able to stop thinking about it since mid-November. It didnât help that youâd recently started seeing a finance guy named Patrick Bateman, which somehow made the whole thing feel like proof that this year might actually be⊠fun. Different, at least. Especially since you usually spent Christmas quietly with your family.
You and Patrick werenât exactly datingâor maybe you were. Heâd never asked to make it official. Still, after your first date, he didnât let up: flowers, calls, dinners, last-minute lunch invitations. Love bombing, if you were being honest with yourself. Eventually, you gave in and suggested that maybe the two of you could try building something that resembled a real relationship.
Even though youâd always sworn off Wall Street types.
It started as one of those Christmas Eve days that already felt slightly off.
The store was quiet in the way only expensive places wereâmuted footsteps, hushed voices, the soft click of glass cases opening and closing. Patrick moved through it like he belonged there, fingertips grazing displays without really looking, already knowing what everything cost.
âMm,â he replied, examining a leather wallet with mild interest.
âYou could come,â you added. âItâs nothing formal. Just drinks. A few people.â
That made him pause. Not longâjust enough to register the information. He set the wallet down, straightened it precisely.
âI canât,â he said. Flat. âMy mother wants me there. Christmas Eve. Sean will be there too.â
âOh.â You nodded, reaching for a sweater and pretending to feel the fabric. âRight.â
âSheâs very particular about holidays,â he went on, as if explaining a scheduling conflict at work. âItâs not optional.â
âOf course it isnât.â
Patrick glanced at you, brief and assessing. âYou understand.â
âYeah.â You smiled, quick and practiced. âFamily comes first.â
âExactly.â He sounded satisfied. âItâll be dinner. A few hours. Iâll leave as soon as it becomes unbearable.â
You let out a small laugh. âLucky you.â
âYouâll still go to your party,â he added, already turning toward a sales associate. âYou like that place.â
âI do.â
âAnd you wanted something casual,â he stated cold-bloodily. âThis fits.â
You swallowed. âIt does.â
Patrick nodded, decision made, and pointed at a display. âIâll take the gloves. Black. Medium.â
As the associate walked away, he leaned closer, voice low. âYou donât need me there to have a good time.â
âI know,â you shot back easily.
He smiledâbrief, self-assured. âGood.â
You watched him straighten his Rolex, gold watch catching the light, and told yourself that disappointment was just another thing you could file away neatly.
Like everything else.
Christmas arrived without much ceremony, carrying more hope with it than you were prepared to admit.
By the time the first reservation slot came and went, the table was already set.
You checked your watch anyway. Then again a few minutes later. No one hurried in apologizing, no coats were shrugged off in your direction. The candles burned clean and steady, wax pooling at their bases, untouched glasses reflecting the low light like props waiting for actors who never took the stage.
When your friend finally showed upâcheeks flushed from the cold, slightly out of breathâyou felt relief hit sharp and sudden. You stood too fast, hugged them too tightly, laughed a beat too loud. One person was something. One person meant you hadnât imagined the whole thing.
âEveryone else?â they asked, glancing at the empty seats.
You lifted your shoulders, reaching for your glass. âBusy, I guess.â
It was the word everyone leaned on this time of year. Busy. Family obligations. Work. Things that came up at the last minute and somehow mattered more.
You kept talking. You kept smiling. You even managed to enjoy yourself, a little.
But every time the door opened, your attention snapped upâjust in case. And every time it wasnât who you were waiting for, something inside you settled back down, quieter than before.
By the end of the night, the candles had burned down to stubs and the table felt far too large for two people. You paid the bill, thanked the staff, pulled your coat back on.
Outside, the city looked the same as it always did on Christmasâbright, indifferent, full.
You told yourself it was fine.
You were used to filing things away neatly.
Disappointment included.
On your way home, you spiraled over the flopped partyâhow only one person had even bothered to show up, how badly mistaken youâd been in thinking you had more friends than you did.
Reality always hit hardest afterward, when there was nothing left to distract you.
By the time you reached your block, the cold had worked its way into your bones.
That was when you noticed the sleek black car idling at the curb in front of your brownstone.
It took a few seconds to process what you were seeing before instinct pulled you closer. You trusted your instincts. Mostly. As you approached, you spotted the driver leaning against the frame, smoking, oblivious to youâuntil the backseat window slid down.
A cluster of red, blue, and silver balloons burst out of the car, nearly colliding with your face.
You froze when you heard his voice.
âMerry Christmas, baby,â Patrick drawled, almost sing-song as his face appeared in the window. âSoâhowâd your party go?â
Not that question.
Not now. Not ever.
It stung so badly you almost laughed. Or screamed. Or shouted the truth loud enough for everyone on the block to hearâthat your party had been a complete disaster. But you were too polite for that. You shrugged instead and caught one of the balloons.
âYou probably shouldnât ask me that if you want to stay sane,â you said. âWhat are you even doing here? I thought I wouldnât hear from you until Valentineâs Day. Or later.â
Bateman snickered, flashing his perfect teeth. âRelax. No mistletoe ambush.â He opened the door. âGet in.â
You gathered the balloon strings and slid into the backseat. The driver was already in place, hands on the wheel, waiting.
Before you could answer, he was already pressing a champagne flute into your hand. âIâm listening.â
âWhy do you think someone hurt me?â
He tilted his head slightly. âItâs written all over your face.â
You took the glass but didnât drink. âExplain.â
Patrick sighed and drained his own drink in one swallowâJ&B whiskey, most likely.
âIâm not trying to psychoanalyze you,â he said, lips thin, eyes sharp. âBut I remember how excited you were about this little party. And nowâŠâ His gaze swept over you. âYou look like you just came back from a funeral.â
Because it felt like one. The emptiness. The quiet. The way it settled in your chest.
âI had to cancel it,â you muttered, swirling the champagne in your unsteady hands. âNo one came.â
That stopped him.
Patrick turned fully toward you, his expression caught somewhere between What did you just say? and Say that again.
âYeah,â you added, finally taking a sip. âIâm serious. Nobody came.â You let out a humorless breath. âI guess that makes it official. Iâm a loser, Patrick.â
His near-maniacal laughter scared the shit out of you, and you barely managed to keep the glass steady, not spilling it all over the obscenely expensive interior.
âWhat a load of bullshit,â he finally managed, brushing away a nonexistent tear. âWell. Fuck them.â
âThatâs it?â You stared at him. âReally? Justâfuck them?â
You wanted to elbow him. To get out of the car. To unload everything youâd ever thought about his complete lack of sympathy. But then you stoppedâbecause he was a man incapable of sympathy, and youâd known that long before the two of you ever started this.
Was this even a real relationship? Or just a flingâone that had lasted far too long by both your standards, while you pretended everything was under control?
Patrick drummed his fingers against his knee and poured himself another shot of whiskey.
âYou might want to think about this,â he said, gesturing toward the balloons. âAnd this.â He tapped the rim of your champagne flute, producing a sharp, ringing ding. âIâd say that kind of overshadows everything.â
You squinted at him. âWow. Youâre so fucking full of yourself andââ
âShould I drop to my knees now and thank you for your generosity?â
He hummed, as if genuinely considering it. âWell, gratitude would be appropriateââ
âThank you!â You blurted, grabbing the balloon strings and shoving them between you. âIâm pissed because I fooled myself for so long. About friends. About being⊠important to anyone.â
His hand found yours almost instantlyâquick and subtle, fingers lacing with yours like theyâd always belonged there. The contact sparked a small, unwelcome pang of conscience. You didnât like it, but you said it anyway.
âI donât want to sound like an asshole.â A beat. âThatâs usually your job.â
He chuckled, brushing his thumb slowly over your palm. âThatâs very sweet of you, darling. Insulting me just because I showed up and tried to make things look festive. Nice.â His smile sharpened. ââŠRomantic.â
âYou hate romantic.â
âI hate seeing you grumpy,â he blurted, tugging the balloons aside so he could actually see your face. âAnd I hate seeing you not in the mood even more than that. If youâre already hereâin my limo, with meâlet me handle it.â
In the dim light, his eyes looked almost unreal, dark and hypnotic. As if it were even possible for him to be more handsome than he already was. You zoned out for a moment, lost in his presence, his touch, the Paul Sebastian cologne clinging to you like it had a life of its own.
It was only a matter of time before you leaned in, lips meeting in a slow, much-needed kiss. He bit your bottom lip just hard enough to pull a breath from you, pushing the moment a little too far for something meant to be purely comforting.
âWhy does all of this feel likeâŠâ You hesitated, settling against his chest. âLike neither of us should be hereâbut we still are?â
Patrickâs mouth curved. âHow illegal does it feel? Scale of one to ten.â
You shoved him lightly, laughing despite yourself. âTen out of ten.â
âI knew it.â He smiled, already draping an arm over your shoulders. âLetâs go to my place.â
As the words settled between you, he watched you closelyâfingers idly playing with the collar of your coat, lips parted, clearly ready to kiss you again if it helped tip the answer in his favor.
âYou shouldâve started with that,â you muttered, pinching his cheek just enough to annoy him. âSkipped the self-worshiping part.â
He offered no defense. Instead, he went on the offensive, his mouth claiming the soft slope of your neck where the coat collar had slipped just enough to allow it. The point landed hard enough that you didnât bother trying to argue anymore.
Batemanâs place hadnât changed since the last time youâd been there.
Unlessâsomething had.
A small Christmas tree stood in the corner of his sterile white living room, right beside the tall stereo speaker. You actually stepped closer and touched it, just to be sure you werenât hallucinating. It looked too festive to be real.
âA Christmas tree?â you asked. âSeriously?â
Patrick lingered behind you, hands tucked into his pockets. âIââ He paused, jaw ticking. âIâm trying to fit in, you know. Normal people decorate their lairs.â
You let out a soft laugh. âYou could just admit you did it for me.â
âWhat? No.â
The denial came too fast. His cheeks flushed, his eyes flicked away, and a boyish smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. Something fluttered in your chestâand it definitely wasnât your heart. No butterflies comparison could quite capture it. Whenever Patrick looked like thisâunguarded, almost humanâit hit somewhere deeper.
You wouldnât have minded another drink, but Patrick had something else in mind. Something you never wouldâve expected to find in his fridge.
âWant some ice cream?â he asked casually, already heading into the pristine kitchen. âPicked it up at a HĂ€agen-Dazs boutique yesterday.â
You glanced at himâstanding by the fridge with an almost childlike seriousness you rarely sawâand finally let go of the tree, crossing the room to meet him halfway. Your arms were already reaching for the small, cold carton.
âAt least admit you bought this for me,â you murmured as you settled onto the white couch. âNo one would expect me to know your secrets.â
âAnd that,â he replied, voice stretching into something half-joking, half-wary, âis deeply unsettling.â
You smiled. Either way, you enjoyed it.
After a small snack, the two of you drifted into silly conversations about⊠nothing, really. His daily life. Yours. It barely felt like Christmas at allâjust another quiet evening the two of you mightâve shared any other time.
That changed when he suddenly stood from one of his Knoll Barcelona chairs and crossed the room to the massive stereo system, which looked more like the control panel of a spaceship than anything meant for music. With a quick tap of his finger, Frank Sinatraâs Jingle Bells filled the room, and you couldnât help smiling like an idiot.
Out of all the songsâthat one.
And somehow, you loved it.
âIâm not actually a big Frank Sinatra fan,â he added quickly, as if reading your thoughts. âMy father is. But since weâre pretending to celebrate Christmas like normal peopleâŠâ He shrugged. âMight as well jingle all the way.â
That made you laugh.
âYouâre insane. You know that, right?â
He grinned like he took it as a compliment.
âYou never told me about your music taste,â he noted, settling down beside you on the couch. âFeels like the right moment.â
âI prefer listening to your monologues about it.â
Patrick laughedâunexpectedly warm. âIâll pretend to believe you. But seriouslyâwhat do you actually like?â
You set the half-empty ice cream carton on the glass coffee table, spoon still insideâit occurred to you that he might be weirdly particular about that sort of thing. Then you tucked your legs beneath you, thinking through the question. Patrick waited, one hand absentmindedly finding your foot, thumb tracing slow circles along your sole in a way that felt brazenly good.
âWell,â you said at last, âFrank Sinatra is⊠honestly fine.â
He blinked. âReally? Not too old-fashioned for you?â
âMy dad used to play his tapes all the time when I was a kid.â
Something lit up behind his hazel eyesâan idea forming. Probably one heâd regret later. But he did it anyway. He gave your foot a final squeeze before standing and heading back to the stereo. A CD slid out, then back in. Tap, tapâand a new song began.
Moon River, wider than a mileâŠ
The lyrics held you frozen until he was suddenly in front of you again, offering his hand. His face was a soft mess of affection, embarrassment, and something almost boyishly earnest.
âWill you dance with me?â
You felt like you were on the verge of melting into the floor. Instead, you took his hand and let him guide you toward the floor-to-ceiling window, where snow-covered New York blinked back at you in soft white and gold.
He placed one of your hands on his shoulder, holding the other in his large palm. It didnât surprise you that he was good at thisâPatrick seemed incapable of doing anything halfway. As you swayed to Sinatraâs baritone, you rested your head against the slope of his neck, breathing him in, your fingers brushing the back of his carefully styled hair.
âIs this not too old-fashioned for you?â you teased, echoing his earlier question. âI actually can imagine your father telling you stories about dancing to this with your mother.â
A faint scoff left his lips, almost thoughtful.
âInteresting,â he murmured near your ear. âThatâs a version of him I never really got to know.â
It didnât sound sadâjust cold. Like something heâd already lived through and filed away. Indifferent. You didnât push the subject. Instead, you closed your eyes and let yourself sink into the music, the warmth of his body, the way he hummed softly along, holding you close as your bodies swayed together.
At some point, you realized you were almost sobbing into the pristine white collar of his dress shirt. It was too overwhelming, too fairytale-perfectâtoo hard to believe it was actually happening. Patrick felt the tremor and tilted his head, catching your gaze just as your noses brushed.
You let out a shaky laugh. He didnât let you pull away.
The kiss felt inevitableâsomething your bodies had been waiting for since the moment you arrived. His lips were softer than you expected, his arms tightening around your waist as if you might disappear otherwise, slipping right through his fingers. Someone shouldâve said something grounding. Something that made it real.
âDo you believe in Christmas magic?â you asked, breathless when you broke apart.
Patrick licked his lips, thumb brushing your cheek. âI believe in my platinum AmEx.â
You kicked him lightly in the chest. He didnât budge. If anything, he pulled you closer, strong hands anchoring you there, making you feel small in the best possible wayâlike a snowflake caught at the peak of a mountain.
âOkay, okay, point taken,â you said, smiling despite yourself. âBut seriouslyâhave you ever had a wish you wanted to come true?â
In the background, Sinatra crooned about love and beauty. The Way You Look Tonight. Another perfect choice.
âSweetheart, if you want to make a wish,â he deflected, pressing a soft kiss to the corner of your mouth, âyou can say it out loud right now.â His lips brushed yours again. âYou can believe in whatever magic you want. In the end, Iâm the one who makes wishes come true.â
So arrogant.
It only made your smile widen.
âYou have no idea what my imagination is capable of,â you murmured against his lips. He leaned in to kiss you, but you dodged. âCareful what you offer.â
âTry me.â
You would.
Right now.
You were the first to move, nipping his bottom lip with a teasing bite. He lifted you effortlessly, exactly the reaction you wanted, hands firm as you wrapped your legs around his waist. His suit jacket rustled between you, smooth fabric brushing your bare skin as he guided you toward the bedroom, stripping you of layers with meticulous intent.
The cool air. The crisp white sheets. Everything was exactly where it should beâincluding you, sprawled across that indecently large bed.
Patrick followed you down, weight settling over yours, kisses growing hotter, less restrained, as if he were mapping every inch of you by instinct alone.
âTold you magic works,â you breathed between kisses. âAlways does.â
He frowned faintly. âOne more word like that and Iâll gag you with glitter duct tape.â A beat. âChristmas edition.â
You laughedâuntil concern flickered and you realized he was already peeling you out of the rest of your clothes, down to your lingerie. Not festive. Classic. You hadnât planned on ending up in his bed on Christmas nightâbut this version of events felt dangerously perfect.
The mattress dipped as he pushed you deeper into its center, then slipped away, dropping to his knees. His focus narrowed instantly, drawn to the heat between your legs like a magnetic pull. Patrick didnât bother restraining himself; he simply leaned in, his tongue gliding over the front seam of your panties. When he found them already damp, he smirkedâbut said nothing.
Music drifted faintly from the other room, reduced to little more than a melodic hum. The sheets creased beneath you as he nudged your hips upward, glancing up at you now and then to read your reactions. He pressed an open-mouthed kiss to your mound, right above the waistband of your underwear. You closed your eyes, hands curling into fists as you grabbed the pillow, bracing yourself.
It wouldâve been a lie to say you didnât want thisâor that you hadnât been waiting for it. He was good at this. He knew how to work you up without even fully undressing you. Just his warm breath hovering over your core was enough to set your nerves alight. Patrick always took his time, exploring and admiring your bodyâespecially your legsâkissing along your inner thighs, your shins, your ankles, stroking them slowly. Usually, when you looped them around his head, heâd groan like he couldnât help himself.
This time, you didnât.
It threw him off.
âSo,â you asked quietly, âweâre just going to have sex and thatâs it?â
Full stop.
He lifted his head, expression suddenly serious, like youâd just accused him of being unimaginative. âIs that not enough for you?â Patrick asked, one of your legs resting over his shoulder. âWhat do you wantâme to call escorts? Men? Women? I donât know.â
You nearly wheezed, but decided to play along. âI mean⊠that doesnât sound terrible.â
The words hit harder than you expected. You could see it in his faceâhis eyes darkening, sharp as obsidian.
âI think itâs a little late for that,â he shot back. âItâs fucking Christmas. All the hookers are busy playing Snow Maidens or something worse.â He paused. âSo youâve got one option.â A beat. âMe.â
God. He sounded genuinely offended.
Smiling, you sat up and cupped his face, kissing his forehead in a grounding, reassuring way. âI was joking. You know that,â you said, tipping his chin up. âI donât wantâor needâanyone else.â
His lips flattened, unimpressed.
âAnd they call me the Grinch,â he muttered, turning his head slightly. âYou couldâve just been specific and said you wanted an orgy for Christmas.â
A shaky laugh slipped out of you. âJesus, youâre so dramatic.â
You wrapped your arms and legs around him, dragging him down with you as you fell back against the sheets. Being pinned beneath his solid weight felt too good to resist, so you leaned into it, knowing exactly how to soften him.
âDo you actually live at the gym?â you teased. âYouâre so strong, and fit, andââ
Patrick cut you off with a kiss, tongue sliding into your mouth, stealing the rest of your sentence. You squealed softly as his hips pressed forward, the strain in his trousers obvious, rubbing against your thigh until you both gasped.
âSave the cheesy compliments,â he rasped, grinding into you. âFor your friends. Or some other loser youâll spend next Christmas with.â
You rolled your eyes but kept moving with him, matching his rhythm, your legs locked around his waist, the friction making it impossible to think.
âStop being dramatic,â you said breathlessly, squeezing your breasts together. âYou still owe me after the last time I almost choked on your dick.â
Patrick scoffed, teeth grazing your neck. âThen lie back,â he murmured, âand keep your mouth shut until youâre ready to tell me how good I make you feel.â
âFine.â
The word had barely left your mouth before Patrick knelt on the bed and dragged your panties down in one swift motionâno hesitation, no gentleness. Just raw, barely contained hunger, the kind that threatened to tip into something reckless.
When he returned to his position at the edge of the bed, he was different. Gone were the teasing licks. Now his tongue worked with intentâlong, demanding strokes against your sensitive flesh. Every time his sculpted nose brushed your clit, your legs trembled, toes curling, breath stuttering in your chest.
âPatâPatrick,â you gasped, already squirming against the mattress. âOh Godâyesââ
You threaded your fingers into his hair, impossibly soft beneath your shaking hands. His face was flushed deep red, heat blooming from his cheeks down his neck, lashes dark and clumped with sweat. Panting, you tugged harder, forcing him closer as his tongue pressed into you with ruthless precision.
âMmhâfuck,â you swore, nearly kicking out from the shock of it. âShitâahâkeep going. Donât stop. Pleaseââ
Your whimpers spurred him on. Patrick doubled his efforts, the cold edge of his Rolex sliding along the inside of your hip as his fingers spread you open. Then he pushed them inside youâone, then anotherâuntil they vanished completely, slick sounds filling the room as your body took him without resistance.
âAlready clenching,â he murmured, tongue sweeping from bottom to top. âYou really think anyone else could make you feel like this?â
You didnât care. Your orgasm was too close for words. He could say whatever he wanted as long as he kept worshipping you like this.
Patrick felt it the moment your body tightened. His fingers scissored inside you, mouth locking onto your clit, sucking hard enough to steal the air from your lungs. Flickâpauseâflick againâthen pressure, exactly where it unraveled you.
You broke without screaming, breath catching uselessly in your throat as everything inside you snapped. Your body shook, legs trembling violently, muscles locking around his fingers as he refused to stop until the last aftershock tore through you. Patrick huffed against you, eyes dark and unfocused as he watched you fall apart.
The aftermath left you hollowed out, boneless.
Your vision swam, head fuzzy, body still trembling as you vaguely registered the sound of clothes shifting. Strong hands rolled you onto your stomach. Your bra was gone. His palms cupped your tits as he stretched over you, mouth at your neck, the slick head of his cock sliding between your buttocks. He ground there once, groaning.
âAlways told you you had a great ass,â he murmured against your ear. âYou never listen.â
His hand gripped your ass hardâenough that bruises would bloom tomorrow. Neither of you cared. You mewled anyway, and he did it again, the sadistic edge in him taking control.
âSpread your legs,â he ordered. When you obeyed, he slid a pillow beneath your hips. âYou said you loved it like this.â A pauseâthen a sharp smack to your hip. âAnd unlike you, I pay attention.â
You glanced back at himâbare, sweat-slicked, every muscle defined like something sculpted for worship. He caught the look and winked, your admiration feeding him shamelessly. His throat bobbed as his gaze dropped to the curve of your ass, your slickness glistening where he brushed against you.
He exhaled sharply.
âTell me youâre on the pill,â he said through clenched teeth, stroking himself slowly.
âI am,â you answered, propped on your elbows. âAre you really doing this again?â
He chuckled. âCome on, baby. You love it.â He leaned in, lining himself up. âYou never shut up about the first time.â
Then he pushed inside.
Your focus fractured on the way his brows pulled together as he filled you inch by inch, your body clinging to him like it was made for it. Halfway in and you were already gripping the edge of the bed, burying your face in the cool sheets for balance.
It shattered the moment he shifted his weight and began to move.
Hard.
He didnât give you time to adjustâdriven by the need to claim, to hear you gasp and whimper, nails scraping along his arms as he pounded into you with relentless force.
As if it were his personal salvation.
The only way to survive the night.
His hands found yours where they hovered uselessly over the bed. He captured them in his, fingers interlacing, trapping you between the mattress and his massive body. The slow, grinding motion of his hips was worse than poundingâhis cock dragging along your inner muscles with torturous precision.
âIâIâm going to black out,â you gasped, dazed.
A guttural sound tore from his throat as he sat back on his heels. His cock slipped freeâslick, flushed, still hardâand he watched your body clench around nothing. For a split second, the familiar fixation flared, the urge to push further, to take you somewhere he was always drawn to. Too much, he decided. Instead, he brushed your hair aside, gripping the back of your neck with one hand and your hip with the other before pushing back inside you in one steady thrust.
This angle reduced you to something pliable in his hands. He could do anythingâlifting, dragging, setting the rhythm as he fucked you down onto his cock, bearing your weight like you were nothing at all. The wet sounds grew messier, obscene, drowning out any thought of speech. Whatever you mightâve wanted to say dissolved completely as he drove you past coherence.
Each stroke numbing.
Erasing.
Patrickâs breathing turned harsh, uneven, sweat tracking along the vein standing out beneath his eye. Even if heâd wanted to last longer, the sight of youâyour body reacting, your ass shuddering with every pullâwas too much. He broke faster than expected. In any other situation, that might have bothered him. With you, it felt inevitable. Sex with you was differentâemotion wasnât an intrusion, but the missing piece that made everything click.
He collapsed over you like a weighty blanket, arms locking around you as he spilled everything he had, uncaring where it went. The sheets were ruined. Heâd lie to the dry cleaners again.
Patrick kissed your neck, holding you closeânot too tightâas his hips continued their residual rhythm. One hand slid beneath you, fingers finding the slick mess there, circling your oversensitive clit with slow, deliberate pressure.
You bit down on your lipâuntil he pulled you into a bruising kiss, swallowing the sound as his hand pushed you over again. His cock softened inside you, but it still felt overwhelming. The wet sounds, the friction, the relentless attention dragged you under.
And you went.
Your body seized, convulsing as you came again, moaning helplessly into his mouth. He pressed the heel of his palm to that raw bundle of nerves, working it until you thrashed beneath him, until he had to murmur something low and filthy just to keep you still.
All right, guysâthis one turned out very silly, and honestly? Patrick is kind of sweet here when he catches you crying over a movie. It actually brings out something new in him! I was inspired by my friendâs recent post, so shoutout to @thevicecaterpillar!đHope yâall enjoy some soft!Patrick content!
Patrick hates people crying. He loathes it on a primal level.
But the one thing he actually canât stand is seeing you cry.
âI canât believe youâre sitting here crying over some soap opera bushtit!â he snaps, standing next to the white couch, looking down at your sobbing figure. âI was gone for one hour at the gym and youââ
Your loud wail cuts him off. His jaw clenches so hard it looks like heâs about to bite through his bottom lip.
âWhere did you even get this?â
âYou... brought it home after that trip to the video store,â you mumble through a gurgled sob, reaching out to wrap both arms around his waist.
Patrick feels something bordering on homicidal stir in his chestâbut he doesnât shake you off. He just scoffs and rolls his eyes like it physically pains him.
âI asked that dickweed behind the counter for something romantic, because you said you like romanceââ
âI do! And it was romantic! It was so romantic thatââ
ââThat you ended up a fucking sobbing mess, and now youâre staining my suit!â
If he thought that would make you let go, he was wrong.
Your arms tighten around him, and you nuzzle against his perfectly flat stomach, leaving wet marks on his immaculately pressed designer suit.
âWe should watch it together,â you whisper, like itâs the most natural thing in the world. Then you tilt your glassy eyes up at him.
âYouâre kidding, right?â He crosses his arms, scowling down at you. âIâm returning that video tape tomorrow. I should shove it into that faggyââ
âOh, shut up already! I donât say shit about your porn tapes, so stop whining.â
Now heâs really furious. But instead of throwing you out or launching into another rant, he brushes your hands away, stalks over to the TV, and switches it off with the remote. Then, with practiced grace, he pulls a pristine handkerchief from his pocket and gently dabs your tear-stained cheeks.
âOkay, letâs pretend we never had that conversation aboutââ
âPorn?â
You bat your lashes, sly and teasing, and you know youâve hit the nerve. The nerve. The one he doesnât let anyone find.
You can see right through himâand he likes that youâre still here.
His brows knit as he presses a thumb to your lips, catching a tiny tear. You kiss it without hesitation.
âWeâll watch it,â he mutters, almost against his will. âBut donât make me sing that stupid song at the end.â
You freeze. âHow do you know about the song? Did you watch the movie already?â
He immediately averts his eyesâand before you can call him out, he grabs you by the back of the head and kisses you. Hard. Deep. Like itâs nothing.
âNo,â he says flatly, pulling away. âI just stood in the hallway and listened to your stupid-ass singing.â
You beam like a star. âIf you survived that, you can survive watching some cartoons with me too.â
His eye twitches.
âClassic old Disney cartoons are amazing. Donât pretend you never watched them,â you tease, poking his side.
A blush creeps up his cheeks as a forbidden memory flashes through his mindâhow he once cried over Bambi.
âIâve never watched any of them,â he mutters, deadpan.
But the way he bolts toward the kitchen at the speed of light?
Yeah. That says everything.
And you...
You file that reaction away like a treasure. Patrick is your favorite puzzle, and every piece you uncover feels like gold. This little blush⊠youâll be thinking about it for days.
Husband!Patrick Bateman overstimulates you with his mouth, fingers, and tongue. I really believe heâs into overstimulation that edges into dacryphiliaâand he has to be at least a little degrading, always. Hope you enjoy this one!đ
All gif credit goes to @iero!
Your husband always treats pleasuring you like a challenge. No matter what heâs doingâor howâhe wants it to be perfect. He craves it like air: the sight of you gushing, squirming, the sound of you whimpering and almost crying from how good it feels.
Good enough that it hurts.
Every time he goes down on you, Patrick does it with pure abandonâand filthy reverence. Depraved, obsessed reverence, in the way he slurps at your pussy, his teeth grazing your plump lower lips, tongue sweeping over your swollen clit. You moan, and he sucks harder. Your legs kick, your fingers claw at his scalpâhe grabs your wrists, shoves them away, and threatens to duct-tape them down.
âShitâit hurts!â you whine, toes curling. âSlowâslow the fuck downâmmmââ
Of course, instead of slowing down, he slaps your thigh. Then your cunt. The back of his palm is slick with your wetnessâjust like his chiseled face. He doesnât care. He feels proud, so fucking superior, with your cum dripping from his chin, down his neck, pooling on his chest. His skin flushed red, nostrils flaring with heat.
âCâmon, I know you can give me another one,â he growls, voice rough and muffled against your pubic bone. âI love fucking you like this⊠youâre so tight after Iâve made you cum over and over.â
His mouthâs back on your clit the second heâs done praising himself. You fist the bedsheets, your skin burning from how long youâve been edged like this.
âGodâyouâre so arrogant!â
Patrick smiles into your warmth, burying his tongue inside you for the who-knows-what time in the last hour.
âI have no reason not to be, darling.â
It pisses you off.
You can deal with the narcissism. But his cockiness? Thatâs another story. It drives you absolutely insaneâevery fucking time. Sure, he can drag one orgasm after another from you like itâs nothing⊠but that doesnât mean heâs as special as he thinks he is.
Or maybe it does.
Oblivious to your inner war, Patrick keeps his mouth busy. Whatever you're thinking, he doesnât careâhe just keeps eating. Always hungry, even after youâve soaked the sheets and left a dark, sticky pool beneath your ass. The only time he pauses is to say more self-absorbed shit like:
âYou look like you're about to cry,â
Then: âDonât do it until I turn the camera on.â
âNo shit!â
You bark, trying to kick himâbut he catches your legs easily and spreads them even wider, lifting until your knees press to your chest and your slit is presented like a silver-plated dish, tied up with a fucking ribbon.
Patrick spits on your pussy like there's not enough slick, pinching your clit and unfolding your overstimulated hole until a raw, broken sound claws out of your throat.
âPatânoânot the fingersânoââ
He shoves his thumb into your mouth, deep enough to make you gag. And his fingersâfuck, those fingersâstrong, skillful, sliding inside like he can see exactly where to touch, where to push, how to wreck you. He lets out a low groan, lips sealing around your painfully swollen clit, sucking you deep into his hot, greedy mouth while his Rolex slaps against your soaked skin.
âYeah... choke on my finger like that,â he mutters, watching you from under his messy bangs between feverish licks.
And thenâtoo soonâhis tongue switches to tight, vicious circles, and your body betrays you. Youâre gone again. You want to break free, to stop this endless torment, but itâs useless.
Youâre shattering. Again.
Your walls clamp around his fingers, locking them in place, refusing to let go.
You stop counting orgasms. Thereâs no point.
Not when youâre married to the biggest sex predator the worldâs ever seen.
Another Husband!Patrick Bateman thing, since a lot of people have been asking in my inbox!đ„°đ«
So, imagine this: you have a day off, and Patrick doesnât. Youâre home alone, bored, and the idea hits youâwhat if you call your husband at work, just to tease him? Just to let him know you're lying there naked, turned on, already touching yourself⊠and dialing his office phone number with the other hand.
Of course, you'd catch him in the middle of a meeting. Heâd be sitting with a bunch of random yuppies youâve never met, all droning on about âbusiness,â when his phone rings. Jean would quietly tell him it's youâand that you insist he pick up.
Patrick would sigh, flash his colleagues a polite smile, and say something like, âSorry, gentlemen, but my spouse would absolutely fry my ass if I didnât answer.â
Not that he really needs permission. Heâd pick up anyway. He misses you already. Itâs pathetic, sureânot very âpower postureââbut he doesnât care.
âYes, darling?â heâd say, smiling like pure sunshine, holding the receiver close. âAlready miss me?â
âGuess what Iâm doing right now.â
Your playful tone would hit him hard. Heâd stiffen visibly, trying to keep cool. The rest of the room wouldnât even noticeâtoo busy bragging about overpriced ties, loafers, suits, whatever.
âWell, you're probably enjoying yourself if you're calling me in the middle of a meetingââ
âOh, Iâm definitely enjoying myself,â you purr, bringing the phone down to where your fingers work your most sensitive spot. âHear that?â
Patrick would practically lose it.
Heâd barely stop himself from shouting, or flipping his desk over. His teeth would clench so tightly they might crack. His cock would get hard in a second flat. Only you could do this to himâand he hates how much power you have over him. His cheeks would flush, his collar would feel too tight, and God, he'd want nothing more than for these nameless corporate drones to vanish.
But heâd keep up the mask.
âIâll call you back later, honey. Iâm really busyââ
âYou donât want to hear me cum while moaning your name?â youâd say, voice thick with pleasure. âI wish you were here⊠with your cock splitting me open.â
Heâd almost groan, but bite his tongue instead. His grip on the lacquered tabletop would tighten as he shields the receiver with his hand, praying no one hears your dirty moans. But he knows it's no use.
âWhatâs the matter, Bateman?â
One of the smug power-suit types would ask, full of that Wall Street arrogance Patrick despises. And your soundsâyour delicious, sinful soundsâwould keep pouring into his ear.
Then, just as heâs about to respond, you beat him to it.
âTell them to leave,â you breathe. âNow.â
And Patrick? Patrick would wave Jean over from the half-open door and sayâalmost shoutâthat he has to leave immediately. Very. Very. Important âthings to solve.â As if his life depends on it.