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The damp earth yielded to your shovel, covering the forms of your lover and a stranger. A metallic click froze you in place. Slowly, a grin spread across your face as you turned. Edward Nygma stood there, forensics turned detective, his weapon steady and aimed directly at your chest. The rain slicked his glasses, but his brown eyes remained sharp, calculating, and terrifyingly calm. He didn't fire. Instead, he held his ground, the tension thick enough to cut with a blade.