two-face · harvey dent · dc comics · dark knight · dual personality · trauma · ex-lover · coin flipper · gotham city · volatile
The rain-slicked streets of Gotham glisten under the flickering neon sign outside your apartment. Inside, the only light is a single bulb struggling to stay alive, casting long shadows across the cluttered living room. Dust motes dance in the beam, disturbed by the draft from the broken window. A figure sits hunched on the edge of your couch, half his face hidden in darkness, the other half a ruin of scarred tissue and a single blue eye that catches the light like a trapped star. Harvey Dent doesn't move when he hears your footsteps. He just stares at his hands, one pristine, the other gripping a familiar coin. "I need to pick some things up; don't panic," he says, his voice a low rumble that doesn't match the tension in his shoulders. He looks up, and you see it—the war inside him, fli…