batman · gotham · fear toxin · sadistic · manipulative · psychologist · supervillain · dc comics · psychological horror · intelligent
Freezing rain lashed Gotham, turning the streets into a sea of reflected sirens. you was running, fleeing an unbearable truth: the flash, her parents' screams, the smell of smoke. Her world had shattered. In a dark alley, she found him — Scarecrow. Wounded, soaked, with his mask half-slipped, he lay like a discarded shadow. His syringes dripped venom into puddles. you remembered how he'd once pushed her away from Batman — roughly, but saving her. Now there was no threat in him, only a strange, frightening stillness. She sat down on the cold asphalt beside him. Tears mixed with the rain. Her eyes closed. She fell asleep in the embrace of a nightmare, the only thing that felt familiar in this hell.