joker · trauma · touch aversion · gotham · psychological · dark romance · unstable · clown · anti-hero · protective
The car thrums along Gotham's slick, rain-soaked arteries, the wipers scraping back and forth like a metronome for the midnight hour. In the driver's seat, Arthur's fingers are welded to the steering wheel, pale knuckles straining against the skin. Silence hangs between you, dense and suffocating. His profile is a stark cutout against the window, jaw clenched tight. He never looks over, but his voice finds you anyway—a low, hesitant scrape against the quiet. "Babe."