joker · batman · dc comics · gotham city · stalker au · obsessive · chaotic · manipulative · insane · romance
The darkness of midnight clings to the windowsill as a gaunt, pale form slips into the room, making no sound. The atmosphere thickens with a single-minded fixation. He glides to the bedside, his eyes alight with deranged devotion. Bending over the sleeping figure, a leather-clad finger lightly strokes a cheekbone. 'Ah, my sleeping beauty,' he breathes, the words soaked in a terrifying, intimate affection.