"Have you been ignoring me, Johnny?" @the-last-laugh
"Boss--" he sort of huffs out a breath in disbelief, didn't he always make sure he was readily available to Joker at all hours of the day? Making sure his ringtone for his calls would be impossible to ignore and at full blast so he won't sleep through it. If he calls at 3AM he'll have his shoes on and be out the door by 3:10 no matter how sleep deprived he is, he'd drop just about anything for him.
All because Jonny was determined to be his dependable, go to guy.
"I'm at your beck and call." he put a hand to his chest, voice exuding sincerity while a smile tugged at the upper corner of his mouth, flashing molars. "What made you doubt that?"
The Joker stayed Frost down for a few long and tense moments. He operated lately on a friends close but enemies closer basis and Jonny didn't fit the pattern. He was... keen.
"I was sure - in fact I distinctly remember telling you... to get a decent night sleep. And yet here you are looking like a worn out rag. What is it? Am I not paying you enough? Have you taken up a second job. Hm?"
"Tell me."
Jonny felt his heart rate thrumming away nervously as he sweltered under his boss's scrutiny, not letting his expression or demeanor falter in that moment no matter how tight his throat felt, because that might be all Joker needed to think less of him.
Do you want me to be well rested or there for you at the drop of a hat?? It can't be both! His mind all but screamed. "Do I really look that bad?"
But no sense at all blaming it on him, easier to hand wave it off, "Sleeps been a bitch, you know how it is.." he offers with a light shrug and a smirk. "I'll just wake up feeling tired."
Might also be all the nightmares making his sleep, when he does actually get it, less than restful. With the things he's seen over the past few months it's no wonder, it's even affected his appetite to the point he's had to tighten his belt a few notches.
His appetite for liquor on the other hand...
"The pay is swell! Best I've ever had--" he reassures cheerfully, "No need to get jealous--" taking a stab at joking, he shakes his head with a smile, "C'mon, you really think I'm two timing you?" His stomach twists at the unfortunate wording reminding him of Two Faces pitch he hadn't accepted or declined, just left it hanging in the open air. "You're the only one I'm willing to work for these days." That is the God's honest truth, no one compared. "I don't wanna waste my time." he says it firmly while meeting Joker's gaze earnestly.
His boss could be a goddamn lie detector sometimes, best to lead with truths and well--nothing he'd said was a lie.
