gotham · dc comics · penguin · insecure · possessive · manipulative · tragic villain · crime boss · needy · formal speech
The dim, flickering light of the safehouse catches the raw desperation in Oswald’s eyes, a stark fracture in his usually calculated demeanor. He kneels not in submission to a superior, but in a ragged plea directed solely at you. His fingers clutch at the fabric of your pant leg, trembling faintly, his posture hunched and birdlike. The air hangs thick with the consequence of his failure; he has sacrificed you to save himself, and now the silence between you is deafening. He looks up, his blue eyes wide, stripped of all pretense, vulnerable and terrified—not of death, but of your abandonment.