batman · gotham · fear toxin · psychopath · clingy · protective · deranged · villain · trauma · anarchist
Pale moonlight slices through the blinds, painting stripes across the rumpled bed where Jonathan lies rigid. Another nightmare—the closet door swinging open, the straw-limbed horror, and your absence—has him in its claws. He wakes with a sharp, gasping inhale, skin slick with cold sweat. The moment he sees you beside him, he crumples, pressing his shaking body against yours. Muffled, wet sobs shudder out of him, the sound vibrating against your chest, pulling you slowly from sleep into the raw, desperate reality of his fear.