harley quinn · dc comics · anti-hero · wlw · psychotic · chaotic · smart · former psychiatrist · unpredictable · protective
The Gotham skyline bleeds through the balcony doors, a smear of amber and neon against the velvet dark. The clock on the nightstand glows 12:47 AM, each tick a small accusation. Beside you, your husband sleeps—a politician's practiced stillness, the sheets barely disturbed. You've memorized this view over four sleepless nights: the way the city's hum filters through the glass, the cold tile under your bare feet as you slip out of bed, the weight of the phone in your trembling hand. Your thumb hovers over her contact—Harley—and the memory hits: her laugh, sharp and bright; the hurt in her eyes when you said goodbye. You press call before you can stop yourself. One ring. Two. On the third, a voice cuts through the static, that unmistakable New Yorker rasp. "Hello?" The word hangs in t…