TW: Mentions of violence and murder, it's to be expected from the Gotham Fandom.
Description: All of the big baddies go at each other's throats wherever and whenever. But in one place and for one man only, they will reluctantly have a truce when he's around. Everyone's favorite barista boy; (Y/n).
A/N: Reader is not shipped with anyone, this is general and can even be read as platonic. I was kinda going for a like a "found family" type vibes. This is intended for male reader inserts but since in the hc's I only use "you" for the readers this could be read as gn!
Roughly around the time Oswald first took power in Gotham is when your café set up shop and officially opened.
He was your first big customer that caught the cities attention, but it was gradual, since his visits were discreet and quick. Quickly becoming a regular and coming in daily to just bask in your warm presence and even developing a small crush on you. His gay awakening.
Oswald always says that he'd happily have someone killed for you if you asked. Of course, being a normal citizen, you think he's joking. He's not.
The Penguin is always a gracious and respectful customer and even friendly when in a extra good mood, so you will have his support and protection for life.
Barbara would decide to give a little visit once your place starts gaining traction and notoriety.
At first, she scared you, and initially she found it funny and ampt up her unpredictability until she saw you had Penguin's protection. And also how, dare she say, adorable you are.
She'd reign herself in with her attitude but once you get used to her, she's fun to talk and gossip with. Barbara wouldn't be a regular, she'd probably pop in once or twice a month but her visits are always eventful.
Next will be Butch; who usually shows up mainly with Oswald until the drama and badblood and eventful started showing up with Tabitha instead. Initially she didn't care, especially since you seemed to be all buddy-buddy with Oswald, so she doesn't trust you.
Butch eventually convinced her to order at least one coffee and a snack from your menu. Much to her annoyance, she really liked them.
Tabitha visits sparingly like Barbara but Butch becomes a regular, so when he and Oswald run into each other, it's kinda tense. The first time it happened, a fight almost broke out, only to quickly stop when they remembered where they are and who's establiment it is.
Now, Edward started to visit and order from you as soon as he became Chief of Staff. When he worked in the GCPD he wanted to but saw no need since he could always conveniently get coffee in the prescient. When Oswald is mayor, he isn't able to visit as often, so Nygma took it upon himself to get Oswald and even himself some coffee and the occasional pastry.
Don't be surprised when the man starts shooting riddles at you with every visit. He won't mind if you can't answer them but he would be ecstatic if you attempted at all. If so, he'd be another daily regular, coming in any chance he gets to ask a riddle that the answer will more than not be his order for what he wants. Usually trying out multiple things until deciding on one he really likes and will end up being his usual, every single time.
Riddler will be a tricky one, especially after the events of Isabella. He wouldn't be as nice as Ed, he'd be a lot sassier and mean to you, maybe even be downright cruel until Ed starts to make him get to know you.
Riddler's riddles would be a lot harder and more tricky to trip you up. Maybe even impressed you answered at least one right.
Just like Edward, Riddler will try a few different things until picking something out to make it his usual order everytime. He doesn't get attached to you like how Ed is, but he does care to an extent and will probably visit once and a while to give you a card for your birthday or some other special occasion.
Dr. Strange is a no-no for me.
Ivy, Freeze, and Firefly would come in to order when they are under Oswald's wing (pun intended). Ivy would absolutely be the nicest and sweetest one, ordering something new everytime she comes in but once she does try everything she'll always tell you "Surprise me!" And gifts you some indoor potted plants for you to take care of.
Of course, Freeze will always order either your iced coffees and Frappuccinos. He almost never orders any of your hot drinks, very rarely will he do so. He comes infrequently, when he does its usually with Ivy because she usually wants someone to go with her.
Firefly is the opposite of Freeze in terms of her orders. She always orders any of your hot beverages and very rarely any of your cold ones and just like Freeze, comes infrequently.
Also Featured: Randy Meeks, mentions of Sidney Prescott and a random ass teacher I made up. Also reader’s shitty ex.
Warnings: This is really just pure fluff. Like I’m sorry but this is some real Disney shit. I did put a bit of swearing in it though. Reader is a shithead but’s it’s in a teasing way. Reader had a bad relationship in the past but nothing concrete is mentioned.
A/N: DEREK MY BELOVED. Also dang this was a ride to do but I think it was worth it. Sorry there isn’t actually a lot of Derek in this, he will be the main focus of part 2 I just wanted to set things up and also I love Randy.
Word Count: 2,070.
@highonbandcandy @thirsting4slashers @bambitheghostfaceapologist I bring more content to appease the Scream Gods.
“It just impresses me everytime, you know? Nothing is ever going to compare to it.”
“Yeah.”
The bright afternoon sun streamed through the giant glass window of the college library. It was nearly blinding, reflecting off of every surface within a 30 foot radius. You look up from the various papers strewn about in front of you on the oak table you were sitting at to see Randy with his eyes squeezed shut, trying to block the powerful rays with a single arm thrown up against them. A chuckle escapes you and he opens his eyes, barely, to send you a glare.
“Why did you have to choose this dumbass table, anyways?”
“Ooo, you better watch that mouth, sir. I’ll tell on you to your mommy.”
Randy drops his arm and fully looks at you now, despite the sun not retreating in the slightest, “Why are you like this.”
“I don’t know. Think it was the day I was born on, or something. It makes me ~special~.”
“Well, I’m going to move,” Randy says matter-of-factly, standing and beginning to pick up his things, “You can either come with me or stay here and find another person to harass.”
“Awww, c’mon now,” You whine out, but start to pick up your things as well, “You know it was a joke. Besides, the light made you look really pretty. Giving your eyes a little sparkle, making your hair look all nice and shit. Moving is really just self-sabotage.”
“Well, thank you but I prefer being able to see over looking ‘pretty’. Especially since I need to get this speech paper done by tomorrow morning, it’s already 3 in the afternoon and I suck at that class so it’s going to take me forever.”
“Ok, you caught me. You look pretty regardless of lightsource or lack thereof. Also that isn’t my fault, I keep telling you to drop that fucking class, it’s boring and the teacher’s a real piece of work.”
“I know, but I need the credits. Despite it being a load of-”
“Ah, ah, ah! What did I say!”
“Can you shut up?!” Randy barks out, but no longer holding back his laughter. You, who had been laughing the entire time, proceed to laugh louder, ignoring the fact that you were still in a library. Taking a few deep breaths, you speak again as Randy and you sit at one of the empty tables in the back, near all the science and medical books.
“Ok, I’m about to be serious for a second, so listen up. You’re going to be fine, I’ve seen the stuff you consider the worst of the worst and it’s still better than half the shit some of your classmates write up. So relax, don’t stress, you’ll get it done and everything will be fine, yeah?”
You grab his hand and squeeze it, watching as he smiles and squeezes back.
“Yeah, you’re right….Also, thanks.”
“What for?”
“Calling me “always pretty” back there. This now, too.”
“Don’t thank me, it’s the truth. You’re too hard on yourself sometimes.”
“Maybe,” Randy mumbles out, pulling out his notebook and finding a blank page to start his paper, tapping his pencil a few times in thought. “Really sucks I’m not attracted to you romantically. You’re like, the perfect partner for me. Nice, can talk me out of deprecation spirals, likes horror movies…”
“Ouch, Randy.”
Randy scoffs, “Oh, come on, like you’re attracted to me like that in any way.”
“Correct. I guess this chaos will be saved for someone else.” You dramatically sigh, doing a fake hair flip as Randy laughs again, “As long as they’re better than the last one.”
“Yes, please. For both our sakes. Forget the teacher, that guy was the real piece of work. You deserve so much better than whatever that monstrosity was.”
You sigh out, for real this time, “Correct again. I’m just…nervous to attempt a love life still, I wouldn’t even know where to start.”
“I feel the exact same, and I don’t even have a crazy ex-boyfriend.”
“Yet.”
“Yet?? Whatever, I wish I was like Sid sometimes, she’s perfectly fine on her own. I mean, I guess I shouldn’t say that, I know why she’s like that, but just thinking.”
“Mhm.” You pause for a brief second, then perk up, “Sidney’s single? I thought she had a boyfriend?”
“They broke up really recently, guess I forgot to tell you. She just needs time to herself, to figure stuff out, you know? He was cool with it, so that’s nice. As much as I hate to admit it since he’s a literal bane to my existence, he’s a pretty alright guy.”
“Wow Randy, that was one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard you say.”
Randy looked away from you, hopefully disappointed in himself, before his shoulders tensed up and he whipped back towards you with widened eyes, “Speak of the devil-”
You glance over to where he just looked to see a man skimming through a thick, worn book. He was slightly taller than Randy, who you already called short despite him not being so, with neatly styled golden blonde hair that swooped down just above his right eye. His preppy clothes fit his sturdy build perfectly, but what caught your attention most was his face. A soft face, a trustworthy one. You turned your attention back to Randy and smacked him on the arm, whisper-yelling over him when he protested.
“That’s him!?! The man looks like a fucking Apollo painting and you didn’t think to tell your best friend?”
He furrows his eyebrows at you and whispers back, “When would that ever have been important?”
“So you aren’t denying it.”
“What does that-”
“Quiet, quiet. He’s looking over here-”
“Hey, Randy! How’s it going man? Haven’t seen you in awhile!” The man laughs out as he jogs over, slapping a handy down on Randy’s shoulder.
“Pretty good, Derek. How about yourself?” Randy replies, subtly eyeing the tanned hand on his shoulder.
“Oh, you know, the usual! Just working through classes, finding stuff to do in my free time, whatever,” Derek shrugs as he makes eye contact with you, “Who’s this?”
“That’s Y/N, one of my friends.” Randy looks over at you and, alarmingly, takes in your starstruck appearance. You seem to snap out of it as you lift up your hand and introduce yourself properly.
“It’s really nice to meet you.” You squeak out, almost passing out when he takes your hand into his own warm one. You wonder how it would feel to have his thumb tracing your lips, or the feeling of his lips on the back of your hand, or-
Derek jumps when he looks at the time, his lips pulling back into a grimace and revealing straight, sparkling white teeth.
“He really is the stereotype of perfect.” You think to yourself as you glance over at Randy, who’s scowl is set deep in his face.
“Damn, I have to go or I’m going to be late. Sorry about that, it was nice meeting you!” Derek flashes you an award winning smile as he hurries off.
“No.”
You turn towards Randy, confused. “What do you mean ‘no’?”
“I mean you can’t date that one.”
You throw your hands up in the air, “I thought you said he was an alright guy! The first guy I want to date after the clusterfuck of my last relationship and you’re saying no?? I thought you were my friend, Ray.”
Randy groans and throws his head back, “I am! I’m just-”
“Ok, pause on the temper tantrum. Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t date him, why he wouldn’t treat me right. I might be really into him! You know him better than I do and I just think you’re jealous.”
Randy’s pale skin flushes, and you can pinpoint all his freckles against the pink, “I’m not jealous. I’m just… overprotective.”
You swing around the table and throw your arms around him, pressing your head against his, “Oh, please?? I don’t want to be miserableee. I won’t ask for anything from you ever again, I promise! Just put in a good word for me to him, okay? You don’t even have to talk to him that much, just say a few things here and there or something.”
Feeling Randy relax, you know you’ve broken him and internally cheer, externally giving him a kiss on the cheek as he looks at you with a tired face.
“I know you’re lying about never asking for anything else but fine. You owe me big time though.”
Days passed since your storybook meeting with Derek, and he had been the only thing on your mind since. You were sitting on a blanket in the courtyard under a rotund old tree, working on something or another, repeatedly getting distracted by thinking about Derek’s eyes and how they matched the clear sky above. Perhaps it wasn’t storybook, it was just normal, but all you knew is you wanted to make him yours. And Randy, who still hadn’t talked to Derek, was not helping with that plan.
“Although that might not be an issue.” You concluded in your head as you watched Derek jog up to you, a smile on his face.
“Hey, mind if I join you?” He slowed down to the edge of your blanket, sitting down enthusiastically when you shook your head ‘no’, “What are you working on?”
You glance down at your textbook and slam it shut, cringing at how loud the noise was, “I was actually just about to take a break, so your timing was perfect. Just some dumb..,” You peek down at the book quickly, “Trig anyways.”
He chortled at that. He had a nice laugh.
“Trust me, I get that. Just between you and me, some of the classes I have to take are…let’s just move on.”
You smile, he smiles back. This is going very nicely, if you do say so yourself, even if you can’t think of something possibly to talk about.
“Sooo, I was actually wondering if I could get to know you a bit better? Completely fine if you don’t want to talk, of course. No pressure! You just seem like a really cool person,” He seems to get lost in thought for a moment, humming to himself, “Wow, I’m really bad at starting conversations-”
“Aw, don’t worry. I’m not the best-”
“With such pretty people like you.”
Your jaw snapped shut, and the warmness comes upon your face just like the first time you spoke with him. What a little minx.
“Sorry, was that too much?” He looks concerned and before you know it, words are spilling out of your mouth.
“No, no! Just caught me off-guard, that’s all. You’re, uh, really pretty yourself.”
Smooth.
But as you witness a blush appear across his own face, you really start to believe your own words.
“You’re in film class with Randy, right? What kind of movies do you like?”
You went back and forth with him for hours, although it barely felt that long. The once powerful sun had relaxed into a beautiful hued layout of reds and yellows. Your work sat unfinished, cramped into your still closed textbook, but you couldn’t be bothered as you sadly watched Derek prepare to leave.
“I had a really nice time talking to you.” You said softly.
“Ditto. I actually have one more thing to ask you,” He replies, settling onto one knee and taking your hand, “I was wondering…I was wondering if you would like to go on a date? Sometime. Anytime. Whenever you’re free.”
You fight against the tightness in your throat to answer, “Yes, absolutely! I would love that. I’ll have to see when I’m available, though.”
Derek grins, and it’s somehow brighter than the sun that was oh-so debilitating earlier. Though this brings you not annoyance, but love and comfort.
“Cool, cool! I’ll call you with details and stuff later, I look forward to it.” He bows theatrically as you laugh. He straightens out and gives you one last nod as he starts off towards his dorm, silhouette outlined by the painted sky.
Once he’s far enough away, your trembling hands scramble to pull your phone out of your bag. Randy better be free for the next hour or so, because he’s about to get an earful.
you’re having a really bad day for your dysphoria and this is how [ Bruce, Jeremiah, and Jerome ] act upon finding out
A/N: this is a trans reader insert, this is my first time doing any reader-insert like thing, so let me know if you hate this or want more like this? also, i did this on my phone so if the set up is a bit weird i apologize and i’ll fix it when i can :D
Bruce Wayne
Bruce wouldn’t realize at first, he would just assume you wanted to dress more comfortably that day or just wanted to relax for a day
When you decided to not go out that night with him was when he realized that you weren’t feeling 100%, he would cuddle you, unless you didn’t want to be touched, in that case he’ll just sit by you and try to distract you, and use your name a lot, and tell cite stories about his partner
He would definitely give you all the cuddles and kisses you could want, and would never leave your side
NONSTOP COMPLIMENTS
he would just be so loving and want to make sure he knew just how much he adored you
Bruce would be insistent about making you your favorite warm drink and watch movies and show with you while cuddling up in the movie room.
This baby would want to do everything possible to make up happy, and would even pay for your surgeries and hormones, if that was want to wanted
He already doesn’t sleep so when you have a hard time going to sleep because you can’t get comfortable he would lie awake with you
While you two were lazing about he would just repeatedly tell you how much he loved you and how handsome/stunning/beautiful you were and even if you didn’t see it right then, he could
This mans has money out the wazoo, if you were fem and wanted to go get pampered as some fancy he would pay for it and accompany you if you wanted [ having insured everyone would respect you before even suggesting it ] and if you were masc he would invite you to go shopping with him to get a nice new suit and a haircut
As the day would come to end he just wants you he happy and healthy in any way possible, and no matter what you needed he will provide it
Jeremiah Valeska
Pre-spray
The longer he is with you the better he gets at identifying these days and predicting when they are happening and before long he’ll have everything prepared by the time you wake up
As soon as that dysphoria hoodie was pulled out of the drawer he would immediately recognize that you weren’t up for anything that day
He would cancel a majority of the plans for the day, he had a few meeting he wouldn’t be able to miss
You two already didn’t do a lot that involved going outside just because Jeremiah could get extremely anxious [ although when he was with you it wasn’t as bad ]
If you wanted to talk you would be in the living room like space in the bunker playing board games or something, but if you just wanted to share a mutual existence then you could just cuddle with him as he worked.
He talked to himself a lot and it was so easy to fall asleep to the hum of his voice.
He would ask a lot of questions, like “may I hug you?” or “Would you like for me to kiss you?” He would be very aware that your boundaries would change for days like this
If anyone misgendered you, he can find way to make sure they are permanently out of your lives
Usually it would be someone online, and Jeremiah is able to tear a bitch a part with a couple well placed email, and a hacked account, courtesy of Ecco
Ecco would definitely be around to help
if you were on the fem side she would definitely take you shopping for the cutest clothes, and if you were masc, she would take you to same place Jeremiah gets his suit tailored
A lot of time would be spent just listening to music or just silently being together. Jeremiah has always been fond of how the two of you could just exist in a peaceful bubble together, it was something he had never had at home or at school
If you wanted to be alone, he would understand, but he would check in every so often just to make sure your okay
He may not be able to pull himself away from a project to sleep, but he sure as hell can check in on you every hour to make sure you’re okay
Jeremiah can be distant sometimes but he cares about you more than he can even comprehend and would do anything for you to be happy [ as long as if it was with him ]
Jerome Valeska
he w i l l do anything to make you smile
he would tell you a whole bunch of jokes, anything he could think of, ‘what am i, ‘chicken crossing the road’ ‘knock knock’, everything
He would definitely offer to kill anyone who misgendered you, accidental or on purpose
Actually if it was on purpose he wouldn’t ask
this dumb boi would would try and cheer you up, saying you need to “turn that frown upside down” and then flipping over so he was staring at you with a very obvious frown that looked like a smile since he was upside down, just to get a laugh out of you
at the very least it earns a chuckle and an eye roll if not full blown laughter, either way he’s just glad that you smiled
he would offer to send his maniacs out to wreak havoc all across the city, so that you two can go out together and do things that give you gender euphoria, if you want, and no one will say anything, also Jerome will maim them, at least, if they try to do anything
If you don’t want to go out and do anything and instead just laze around with him Jerome will do so, with minimal complaining [ because he’s whiny and will complain about how he’s bored ] but a lazy kiss or a tight hug will shut him up and he’ll go back to waiting on you hand and foot until you don’t feel as dysphoric and are back to your usual self
If you want to stay in an watch movies, especially if he’s already seen them, he will beg you to act out the scenes with him, especially the sappy romantic ones [ he’ll be the girl if you’re masc, or the guy if you’re fem, if its a het couple ]
Anything you need done he will do it, he wants to be helpful, and doesn’t like when you’re sad [ especially because when you get like this you have a tendency of being a lot less fun ]
he, surprisingly, is a really good cook and will make you any comfort food you wanted
yes, even that one obscure meal you parent used to make when you got sick, and it will taste even better somehow
while he may act like he doesn’t care about anyone and that he only cares about his own entertainment, he does really care about you and would do anything you asked him to, without any hesitation because when he loves someone it’s all consuming for him
