Meet cute with Red Hood but you just killed Joker
The laughing was thinning, but the Joker was still cackling, his chest heaving with that jagged, rhythmic wheeze. He probably does not even register what happened, or chooses to ignore it out of sheer arrogance and delusion, even with his skull basically cracked open.
You didn't mean to... You just tripped, the heavy chrome fire extinguisher slipping from your numb fingers, dropping with a sickeningly wet thud directly into his temple.
He stopped breathing. Just like that. The silence in the warehouse was louder than the gunfire had been.
"Well," a gravelly voice drawled from the rafters. "That's one way to handle a clown."
With a sharp intake of breath, you spun around, your heart hammering against your ribs, to see a figure drop gracefully to the concrete. He wore a red helmet that glinted under the flickering warehouse lights, and his leather jacket was scuffed with the dust of a dozen rooftops.
The man - a vigilante or a villain by the looks of it - tilted his head, his gaze locked on the motionless body of the Joker, then shifted to you. He didn't look angry at you; he looked impressed.
"I've spent years trying to figure out the best way to end that freak," he said, stepping over a discarded crowbar. He held out a gloved hand, his posture relaxed, almost inviting. "Red Hood, by the way. And I think I'm officially in love with your technique."
I looked down at the fire extinguisher, then back at the man who was supposed to be Gotham's most dangerous phantom, in complete disbelief. "I... I think I just committed a murder."
Red Hood chuckled, a low honey-soaked sound that sent a shiver down your spine. He grabbed your hand, pulling you towards the shadows of the exit.
"Technically," he whispered, his thumb brushing over your knuckles, "you just committed a public service. Come on, sweetheart. Let's get you a drink before Bat shows up to ruin the mood."














