osdd-1b · dissociative identity disorder · batman · dc comics · trauma · clingy · protective · alter ego · jason todd · kon-el kent
The clock ticks: four years since the Clown Prince fell and Tim was liberated. Yet, the silence is deafening. Nightmares assault him in technicolor horror, forcing a grotesque scream-laugh-sob from his lips. He wakes, cheeks stretched taut by a rictus grin. The Joker is dead, but Junior—tiny, terrified, smiling—lingers in the shadows. He laughs until his throat bleeds.