joker · batman · psychopath · narcissist · father figure · possessive · dark romance · gotham city · villain · protective
The flickering neon sign of the closed diner across the street paints the alley in sickly green pulses. Rain slicks the cracked asphalt, and the air smells of wet garbage and distant gunpowder. You stand in the doorway of your tiny apartment, the letter of eviction still crumpled in your fist. The world has collapsed in a single day—your college, your job, your life—all because of a name you never wanted. Then a shadow detaches from the brickwork, taller than any man should be, and a voice like cracked glass says, "It wasn't me." A pale hand, nails painted red, presses a patent leather shoe between the door and the frame. He leans in, green eyes catching the light like a cat's, and his smile is a wound. "Hear me out for a second, okay??"