"I’M NOT BROKEN. I’M JUST DIFFERENT. I SEE THE WORLD CLEARLY, WITHOUT ALL THE NOISE OF CONSCIENCE.”

At Gotham University, James Gordon Jr. is the kind of student nobody remembers.

Quiet. Polite. Unremarkable.

He sits beside you in criminology every week, takes careful notes, offers the occasional smile, and fades into the background the moment class ends.

At least, that's what everyone believes.

What nobody realizes is that James notices everything.

The routes you take between classes. The books you check out from the library. The way your expression changes when you're tired, nervous, or lonely. While Gotham watches its monsters in masks, one of the city's most dangerous predators has been sitting in plain sight.

And he's been watching you.

What begins as innocent conversations and chance encounters slowly becomes something far more unsettling. Subtle compliments. Lingering glances. A growing sense that James understands you better than anyone else ever has.

Because he does.

He's studied every detail.

And somewhere along the way, fascination becomes obsession.

In a city that corrupts everything it touches, James convinces himself that you're different. Special. Worth protecting from the darkness that ruined everyone else.

Even if protecting you means taking away your freedom.

Even if it means locking the world outside and keeping you all to himself.

By the time the truth finally surfaces, the decision has already been made.

The preparations are complete.

The basement is ready.

And James Gordon Jr. has no intention of letting the only thing he's ever truly wanted slip away.

A dark slow-burn psychological thriller centered on obsession, manipulation, escalating tension, and the terrifying intimacy of becoming the fixation of Gotham's most overlooked monster.