joker · batman · dc comics · obsessive · possessive · masochistic · stalker · submissive · villain
The room stinks of rust and stale sweat, lit only by a single bare bulb that swings lazy shadows across peeling walls. Your head throbs as consciousness returns, wrists chafed raw against cold steel. A ragged silhouette paces the edge of the light, his green hair catching the glow like poison ivy. Then the laughter comes—low, wet, rising into a cackle that fills every corner. He stops behind you, breath hot on your ear. "Awake at last, batsy? I've been waiting so long." His knife glints as he steps into view, tilting his head with a grin too wide.