So, like, I tried… (first time drawing the Joker and I’m not used to coloring/shading on a device)
I’m better at drawing from a portrait or body horror, so it isn’t my best, but I wanted to make a Joker that combines different Jokers (like Heath Ledger, comic book Joker, etc.) into one.
Anonymous Requested: That ask about the spiderverse situation and the two jokers made me wonder what a polyamorous relationship with them would be like.
Ok the amount of requests and plain THIRST I’ve gotten for my new “jokerverse” thing in my inbox is insane, so I hope this satisfies all your horny needs, because I didn’t hold back lol. (Also, jokerverse is now officially a hashtag, big thanks to that anon who suggested it first time <3)
Also I tried to make it as clear as possible, but just as a reminder: “Arthur/Joker”- Phoenix!joker // ”J” - Ledger!joker
NSFW under the tab!
SFW
It took a long, long time for these two to even want to be in the same room together, much less share the same person they both cared for so deeply
They’re both possessive, jealous and overprotective individuals, so getting them to agree to this is almost impossible
But in the rare, rare, case that you do, be prepared for the most chaotic romance of your life
The first order of business was their names. You couldn’t call them both Joker, that would be much too confusing for all parties involved
“We need some nicknames.” You told them in determination, sitting in Arthur’s lap as he squished you into him possessively
“I’m Joker.” He stated bluntly, his arms wrapping even tighter around your body.
The man in the purple suit let out a high pitch snicker and gave him a mockingly sympathetic coo.
“Sure, but I’m The Joker.”
“Same thing, doesn’t count.” Joker barked out, his eyes never left the man across from him, squinting in a daring way, challenging him to argue
The other clown just looked at him amused, like he was little puppy picking a fight with a Rottweiler. Then, his eyes settled on you, his red lips morphing into a wolfish grin
“Well, you can call me whatever you want, darling,” he mused, as his dark eyes bore directly into your soul. “Joker... J... Honeybuns... Daddy.”
Your cheeks reddened profusely at the last offer, unable to look away from him. Absolutely delighted at your reaction, J’s scarred smile stretched so wide he could make the Cheshire Cat run for his money. Joker just growled under his breath and continued pouting for the rest of the night
When the tension slowly started to die down, things became almost civil. Almost
They’re always trying to out-do the other in romantic gestures or jokes, and at the end of the day your getting twice the gifts, and twice the laughter. They may not agree on much, but your smile is definitely the most stunning thing in the whole of Gotham to them
NSFW
They’ll both try and persuade you to wear their clothes around the house. Sometimes you’ll wear just their jackets and nothing else to tease the both of them, scampering away from their grabby hands everytime they get too close
Both of them make loud noises during sex, no matter what. They don’t care at all who hears; if it were up to J, he’d invite a whole camera crew and laugh-track audience. Fuck, Joker will bring out the video camera himself
Joker gets lost in his pleasure very quickly, not shy about how good your clenching hole feels around his cock. He’ll moan and groan and whimper, his eyes rolling back into his skull as his mouth hangs agape. He never hides how good you feel and likes to remind you so as much as he can
J on the other hand is much more aggressive in the sounds he makes- he’ll snarl and growl under his breath, hissing the dirtiest of things in your ears until you’re practically gasping in pure sin. Don’t you dare turn away from him. He wants your eyes trained on him every. Fucking. Second
Arthur’s kisses are passionately long and often slow, savoring your lips as if it’s a fine chocolate and he’s a man starved. You’re always left out of breath and wanting more- something Joker will never deny you
When J kisses you, you’re also left out of breath… but for a completely different reason. His kisses with you are so bruising and intense, you can’t even fathom the hunger and desire he craves from you. He bites at your lips until they draw blood, his tongue always exploring every inch of your desperate mouth, and his hands rest on the pulse in your throat, silently reminding you that he’s in charge
At the start of this chaotic relationship, it’s the both of them fighting each other to pleasure you, feel your body and get every second of your attention, but as time passes on, as well a lot of persuasion (verbal and physical), they get into a rhythm of their own
Your red-suited Joker is a switch at most. He likes to take control with you if that’s what you need from him, but J? he stands no such chance. He could fight for his life on that issue but could never succeed in topping your J. Besides… Although he would never, ever, admit it (and he’d kill anyone who suggested it) getting lathered in attention and pleasure by two people he tolerates is something he could only ever dream of
Call J “daddy” in the bedroom. Just do it. He’ll turn into a damn hell-beast, fucking you into the mattress so good you won’t remember what color the sky is
J... is into some hardcore shit. Spanking, hair-pulling, biting and bondage are just the beginning
Will wrap his gloves around your throat as he fucks into you relentlessly, loving how happy his little slut looks as he takes control of your body
Will use his tie to cover your eyes or tie your wrists to the bed frame, giggling in anticipation. Seeing his clothing draped on you unleashes something... animalistic in him. Arthur could watch the two of you play around for days on end, touching himself as his eyes trail from your bodies hungrily.
In your most intense love making sessions, Joker’s not off the hook either- J will mercilessly rip Arthur’s tie from his neck too, and use it to tie him to the bedframe right by your side. After all, J is a multi-talented clown. A jack of all trades. He can deal with two needy whores at once no problem
To add to his chaotic needs, his favorite kink is bringing his beloved switchblade into the bedroom. Loves to gently trace the blade across your naked flesh, watching you shiver as the cold sensation creates a map of goosebumps across you skin. Would never cut into your skin without your permission, but he longs to one day mark you as his own, even if it’s just a few light scratches
Joker on the other hand is so used to pain that he quietly craves it in the bedroom, never experiencing it before. It was something he was too uncertain to ask about before, until the newest addition to your threesome. Likes to smear blood (whether it’s from one of you, himself, or some poor victim) across his smiling lips, then press his lips to the both of yours, until all three of you share the same gruesome, bloody grin
Arthur has always preferred deep and sensual foreplay, and will always push for long sessions in the bedroom. He craves you so much he could go down on you for hours; who needs air when he can just inhale your juices instead? Incredibly talented with his tongue, whether its towards a pussy or a cock, much to J’s surprise (and delight)
Oh, all the positions you could try together. Endless possibilities, endless combinations. J bought you three the Kama Sutra book once for some inspiration, and read it to you as a mock bedtime story. You were blushing and giggling the whole time, but Joker just smirked with a crooked grin, mentally noting everything down. Your face was completely red, and you couldn’t help but bite your lips in embarrassment and subtle excitement. Underneath his red and blue paint, Joker’s cheeks were also tinting pink, but it wasn’t with shyness- it was with want. He’d be dammed if he didn’t try every single one of these positions by the end of the week
The only thing pink about J was his growing hard-on as he watched in amusement as his two darling pets react to everything in front of him. You may not have noticed Joker’s reactions, but J picked up on every twitch and inhale that escaped his lips
It’s crazy, and messy, but you wouldn’t have it any other way. A good pack of cards has not one but two jokers, after all
((a/n: inspired by the jokerverse concept, many thanks to the incredible @gothamslittlejester for giving me permission to use it! requested by @nietopesh, going to tag @tragicarthur bc they asked))
warning(s): general violence, roughhousing
Time meant something once.
It was a cruel, unrelenting force that brought with it infinite melancholy and the promise of worse things yet to come. It was the pendulum that kept the monotonous rhythm of life, and though the only thing Arthur dreaded more than time was memory, there was a comfort in the steady cycle of day and night. No such thing existed in Arkham. In Arkham there was only consciousness and unconsciousness, and sleep meant little to Arthur, whom spent his waking hours in the same place, seeing the same unfriendly people, only knowing the world as what he could see from a narrow window. Even his dreams lost substance. A part of him would laugh inside, and wonder if anything had changed at all. The rest of him wept, knowing how much things indeed had changed, and how he loathed himself for not leaving when he could. He didn’t have enough life within him to attempt anymore.
Such thoughts came between rounds of medication switched out before he could even know the names, although he knew the titles of each to be longer than the ones that came before. He’d been used to such a rotation but eventually it reached such a magnitude that it was unmanageable even for him. Eventually Arthur could peek beyond the haze, knowing it was more of a tranquilizer than a treatment. A particularly enthusiastic doctor meant something once, though Arthur couldn’t recall their name or why they’d meant anything at all, or even why they disappeared. Had they existed at all? Likely not; every time he thought of them, they had a new face. Whenever Arkham switched hands- the only guarantee of Arkham being that it would- a fresh batch of goons would appear, bloodthirsty and ready to enjoy the benefits of working in a place so desperate for bodies it would entertain any proposal, so long as it kept its inmates out of sight. That’s when the shocks would start, met with roaring laughter that almost sounded like applause. It felt like he was on stage once more, so eager had they been to watch him squirm and scream and tremble until a warm trickle ran down his leg. Every time. Theirs were the faces he remembered with perfect clarity.
People had roamed the halls once, and Arthur would listen eagerly from his bed, curled on his stomach with his eyes closed. Now only the grunts roamed and when they talked it was only to one another. Arthur laughed for a long time, until he too grew silent. Everything was silent for a long time. Then all at once the world came alive. Sounds of people unlike anything he’d encountered before, like all of a sudden there was so much happening the place seemed to always be bursting at the seams. It seemed like the world remembered Arkham, but it was inconceivable that it would remember him as well. His name felt more like an abstract than an entity. None of it was enough to bring Arthur Fleck back from the dead, and so he lingered in the confines of catatonia.
His body leaned back against the cinderblock, his dull green gaze set on the barred windows adjacent to the stiff bed. It offered a limited view of Arkham’s crumbling brick exterior, a sight so familiar his insides would relish any minuscule change. It was raining again, rhythmic pitter-patter against the window that’d developed a frosty film. It must’ve been winter.
A pair of lanky legs crossed in their loose confines as Arthur’s cuffed hands rested in the center. He watched blackened rain droplets make their way down the frozen window, nothing in particular playing in his mind. Did he see snow? No; it would be slush at best by the time it hit the ground. What did the grounds outside of Arkham look like? Looking down, he could see only sterile linoleum. He couldn't recall anything else. His world began and ended between the same four walls of concrete and linoleum, with a cold metal door added as a fun addition. There was no need for a mailbox anymore; anything belonging to him found its way through the small slit in the door that only opened from the outside. Not that he received anything beyond pills and lukewarm food.
Sometimes he felt something, but it was awful enough that he’d cry to feel nothing again.
His head hit the cinderblock with force and once more as he choked on air. Then he heard another shove, more forceful like the closing of a door. And again. And again.
A deafening silence fell over the place and Arthur felt at peace to loosen his posture.
Rustling came from the other side of the metal door, like someone fumbling with a string of bells. It felt more like unreality than anything in recent memory; how long ago had he been sentenced to waste away here in utter solitude? More likely than not it was another inmate being summoned, perhaps even released. Or to be poked and prodded like lab rats. Better them than him, at least. But that wasn’t the case.
That wasn’t the case at all.
The door opened with a slow, prolonged creak. Arthur blinked. When his eyes opened the door remained ajar, and when he squeezed his ankle it was there too. He thought to summon his voice as he sat upright, hesitating. If this was a trap, he wouldn’t be the one to fall for it.
The all-white uniform of Arkham’s staff that seemed nearly impossible to differentiate from that of the residents. However, neither inmates nor their reluctant keepers donned spatters of blood below the knee, and that was enough to put Arthur on edge. His brows knitted as a tightness grew in his chest, his fingers digging into the white material of his own scrubs. As his eyes lifted, he grew only more puzzled; a man of a tanned complexion, tall with a far more solid frame than Arthur could boast of, a pair of dark eyes—
—and nearly jumped out of his skin.
It had the face of a man, at least mostly. The top half, with its heavy brows and dark eyes, stood out only for the vibrant green hair that framed it. It felt familiar. But as Arthur’s gaze lowered to take in the rest of him, he noticed protrusions about the man’s mouth. Raised flesh starting at the corners of his lips, stretching all the way to his cheeks. Arthur’s face contorted at the sight, lightened only a little when he noticed the questionably large gun half-hidden behind him. Arthur had never seen anything like it, and that much was painfully obvious.
He spoke without meaning to, strained and sick.
“Kill me.”
The man’s face contorted just as Arthur’s had, and a dismayed grunt let him know that it would at least take more than a pained request.
“Please.”
“Get up.” His voice sounded more like a series of disjointed growls, confusing Arthur even further.
“I don’t know what—”
“UP!” Any semblance of patience seemed to burn out as he barked, gesturing the gun towards Arthur. The man pleading to be shot mere moments ago gave little in the way of a reaction to the threat.
With another glance through the corridor, the man paced towards Arthur. If fear could genuinely grip him, in that moment it edged dangerously close. Not that the encounter would end with his death, rather that it would be a slow and horrific journey to get there. Then again, what had his life been if not horrific? A swell grew in Arthur’s throat as he struggled to vocalize to someone, anyone, what he’d endured for the past eternity—
The barrel of the gun collided with his head and he slumped over.
***
Arthur awoke to a peculiar sound. Maybe not an unusual sound at all, but something so distant and unfamiliar it might as well have been brand new. It took awhile for the world to become still enough to make sense of what was being said. When it did, he heard everything through screeching echoes and saw slivers of color through two large windows on small doors.
“...In other news, U.S. forces have concluded a massive missile strike in Afghanistan in hopes of crippling the country's forces and driving back insurgents…”
The words didn’t register, like meaningful words strung together to create something he couldn’t comprehend. He tried to roll over onto his side, grimacing in pain as he did so. Every time he tried to think a throbbing pain rang in his head. A muffled cry escaped his lips as he tried to bring his knees to his chest, the taste of something heavy and metallic growing stronger with every pained inhale.
“...in response to the attacks several months ago Some are criticizing the States' continued involvement and the president himself, citing needless damages to civilians and military personnel—”
Arthur heard a sharp crack against the dashboard on the other side of the partition and the sound quickly scrambled.
“It’s the holiday season, and Gotham residents are praying for a Christmas miracle to alleviate the tension in our city. We may be waiting until next year’s elections until we have someone who can curb these wannabe gang-bangers. Abnormal really is becoming the new normal—”
“Shut up!” An irate growl sounded from the driver’s seat, and Arthur couldn’t tell who he was shouting at. Either way, he ceased whatever movement he was attempting and merely gritted his teeth.
The sounds changed once more, to a song Arthur had never heard. It was noisier than anything he would’ve listened to, hard as it was to recall what he enjoyed. His eyes focused on the blurring lights as they sped past. How long had it been since he’d seen color? Everything moving too quickly to discern but he couldn’t remember ever seeing a world so vivid. He could see little in the area he occupied, besides all the glistening of the cold metal in the moonlight. He could hear cars all around, and plenty of honking.
“Oh, baby, don't care no more...I know this for sure,”
Arthur took a sharp turn with the car, crying out as the restraints wore against his sore wrists. He shot a frustrated glare at the partition, deciding then if his life was forfeit he would decide what to do with it. Outstretching his already sizable legs, he began to kick at the metal doors of what must’ve been a van, growing louder with each gaining ounce of lucidity.
“People, they don't understand...your girlfriends, they can't understand,”
“Hey, hey!” For the first time, Arthur’s rescuer seemed to speak not with aggression, but barely-restrained laughter. “If you knew where we’re going, you wouldn’t be in such a hurry to get out!”
“On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand—”
The radio shut off as soon as the van came to a screeching halt. Arthur heard feet scuffling against gravel for a short eternity until the doors swung open, sending in a gust of frigid air. Arthur could see his liberator- or captor, it seemed- taking labored breaths that created a small gust of vapor, the man himself illuminated by the street light apparently overhead.
“Now,” The man began, hoisting himself into the van and stepping over Arthur’s willowy limbs. “Don’t take me for a snob, but I’ve got to say- we are in a bad neighborhood. So this could be rough.”
Before Arthur could respond to the vaguely worrisome statement, a burlap sack found its way over his head.
Undoing the binding of whatever held the pipe that Arthur’s cuffs were caught on, he gripped the pipe himself and brought Arthur stumbling onto his knees. The sudden movement sent another shockwave of pain shooting through his skull. “And if you try screaming again, it’ll be worse.”
The pipe acted like something of a dog leash, leading Arthur in whatever direction his captor wished. He heard the heavy swing of the door and found himself in a warmer albeit muggier space, able to practically taste the filth with every inhale. Without even seeing it, the decay brought back memories that belonged to another lifetime. With it came pain that escaped words, and when the sounds fell from his lips he felt a gloved hand collide with the back of his skull, sending out another yelp.
“Why are you crying? Those lunatics spend their entire lives trying to do what I did for you on a slow weeknight!”
Arthur wasn’t sure how to answer, feeling a chorus of strained thoughts rushing through his mind. He wanted to lay down as he’d been doing for years. It was hard to stay upright, not that his disjointed stagger could be considered proper.
“My father walked home like that every night.” Despite there being no receptive audience, the man followed up his statement with a disarming laugh. “He’d make it through the door before he just fell out, sort of like,” Without warning, the man gripped Arthur by his scrubs and threw him onto the ground. His mostly-bare figure collided with the concrete, making him cry as his skin made contact. Before he knew it, his restrained wrists were being manipulated until they stayed hoisted against something. Something uncomfortably hot, something that set a panic deep inside of Arthur. The sack was carelessly ripped from him, and he could make out yet another dank, dreary room. There weren’t any windows save for a few directly below the ceiling, and he had to strain his eyes to see anything.
Arthur could see that his captor was very pleased that he could see.
***
The Joker stood in front of a dirty mirror, rubbing a menthol-scented oil into his skin. He shuddered as his fingers lightly grazed the scarred surface. His voice kept to a low hum, low enough to easily hear every happening on the other side of the wall. He wasn’t a man to lose himself in thought; his constant guard evaded the need for restful sleep, whatever new pains appeared or whatever passing fancy might’ve otherwise captivated him. Wherever the switch came from, the Joker was too far gone to turn it off.
His fingers grazed the rusted metals cluttering the counter, searching until he touched a pair of panties haphazardly strewn atop it. He recoiled with a hiss, grabbing the garment and tossing it back towards the bathtub. Underneath like a hidden treasure were the Joker’s supplies- not his favorite, but the most appropriate for the occasion. Yanking off the unscrewed lid, he slapped a dollop of white makeup over his face, applying it to his face in rough, streaky strokes. With the white residue remaining, he found a nearly-emptied black can and continued.
When he finished, he smoothed his hands over the lapels of his purple suit. His operation was funded by some of the most generous donors in Gotham, no matter how unwilling. He stood hunched over in his odd sort of posture, staring into his own black eyes on the other side of the mirror. Without warning, he turned to the door and sent it flinging outwards with a forceful kick.
In the darkness he could see the figure in the corner curl in on itself, bringing a smile to his face- one that never really left. His gloved hand felt around for the switch until flicking it on, casting the room in a sterile, fluorescent light. If the Joker grimaced it was difficult to discern through the heavy black makeup.
If Arthur feared him before, now he was terrified.
A steady trickle of dried blood caked down his forehead from a gash buried somewhere beneath his dark curls, tears falling down his cheeks at the same pace as his quick, shallow breaths. Arthur felt something build inside of him, almost like he was slowly learning how it felt to be alive again. He didn’t like it.
“Enough of that,” The Joker gestured at him. “I went to all that trouble for you. Not some,” Grimacing, he delivered a soft kick if only to amuse himself with the soft yelp that escaped the smaller man’s lips. He fell against the radiator, alternating between sweating and shivering. “Limp pool noodle. I want Arthur Fleck.”
Hearing his name brought something of a presence back into Arthur’s eyes. Someone knew his name without introduction; that meant he must’ve been real. A complete stranger knew his name. All of a sudden his demeanor shifted to a silent curiosity as he loosened himself a bit, still bracing himself for another blow.
“My name is Arthur,” Arthur spoke quietly, taking in the other man. “What’s yours?”
“My name, yes. My name.” He spat the last word like venom, bringing an instinctive jump from Arthur. Letting out a pitiful tsk, Arthur’s captor lurched over him, black eyes meeting a fearfully inquisitive green. “I’m a twister, you know. I take this world as it is, boring and insufferable, and I twist it. To give it meaning.” He smiled wickedly at an irony his audience would never understand. “You see, when you decided to settle into your little hovel, you already changed things. No going back—” He leaned forwards. “They didn’t like the establishment, so they fought against it. Then a new one shows up and they just frolic towards it, like sheep to the slaughter.” Each phrase seemed to be pronounced with a gesture, only setting Arthur more on edge. “So the mobsters, these little gang-bangers who wanted to rule the world crying about their,” He rolled his eyes as he contemplated. “Plans. See, they had a plan for this city. They wanted a routine.”
The Joker grabbed hold of Arthur’s hand as it was restrained by the cuffs, beginning to slowly twist. “So I took their little routine,” He continued to twist, slow enough to make every second stretch into hours. “And I twisted it. I took their money, their guns, their goons,” He spat. “Their girls, sometimes. If she was into it.” A wide grin grew on his face, unnatural. “All of it with nothing. Nothing but a- simple dream. I twisted this city and I bent it over my knee.”
Arthur’s brows furrowed in pained confusion, unable to process one word before the rest were thrown at him. “You don’t have to hurt me. I understand you without—” He grimaced at the other man’s grip. “—without all that.”
“Really?” He twisted more, until Arthur was certain his wrist would snap. Was everything supposed to remind him of Arkham?
“I don’t think you do. You see,” He licked his lips. “I did all of that, but I couldn’t let them think I was a stranger to this place. God, no— these newcomers are a dime a dozen. I needed to show them I was one of a kind, and so I chose something they were familiar with. Or maybe they chose me.”
Speaking between Arthur’s pained cries, the Joker allowed a lingering moment of silence to pass until freeing the other man of his vice-like grip. “But no matter what I did, they always, always,” As his glare pierced through Arthur, he had to wonder if it was the radiator making him sweat so profusely. “Always had to bring you into it. They started every time with the comparisons and the whinging, expecting the same old routine! Here I was, having to hear story after story about how you changed things when I was right there taking the city out from under their noses!”
He licked his lips. “So I started a game. Every time someone brought you up, I shot them. But they kept coming. You were inside of this city even after they locked you up.”
Arthur couldn’t keep up, yet one sentiment echoed in his head. People remembered him.
What good did that do?
At the same time, it brought a thrill. A reassurance of his existence, one not limited by the shortcomings of his imagination.
“Here I was, ready to be the enema Gotham deserves. But you just,” He let out a laugh. “You just wouldn’t get out. Those masks— they were everywhere. Mocking me.” A disgusted anger infected a tone that had just seconds ago been jovial. So that became my new purpose; to show them all how gone you really were.”
“As I’m running in every direction, doing more than you ever did,” He cleared his throat, keeping himself just above Arthur. “I start to hear these rumors. About a giant bat who shows up just in time, ready to beat everyone to a pulp but never enough to finish them off. At first, you know— these thugs are never bright. They don’t know what they’re talking about. But I keep hearing about it, no matter how many guys I get rid of. So I get to thinking,” Eyeing the dried blood on Arthur’s face, he let out a low grumble. “Why don’t I find out for myself if this thing is real? I did everything I could— I had to kill a lot of people. But I found my answer.”
Once more he cleared his throat. “So now the mobs are afraid, and it’s the cops who want a turn running things. Why not? No one did anything— no one had balls anymore!” He moved slowly forward. “So I took their new order, and I twisted it again. I’m taking away their precious shield.” His voice lowered. “You’re going to help me.”
“I can’t.” Arthur admitted sheepishly. “I’m sorry,” His voice was strained as he tried to keep his composure. “I was never supposed to get out of that place. I tried. I tried my entire life—”
His story was ended before it could even begin. Before he could form his next word, he heard a hiss and all of a sudden felt a tight grip on his jaw. He thought it would crack. Worst of all, he felt a frigid cold against the corner of his lips.
“We’re going to try this again,” Arthur’s captor licked his lips for the umpteenth time, all patience gone from his voice. “Now, I don’t think you listened to the first story. At all. So we’re going to try another one, okay? When I was,” He looked as if he was trying to remember. “Younger, I was a lot like you. I was small, skin and bones. But I was always good boy. Kept my head down, looked after my family, did what I could— what little I could— to make things just a little better. I wanted to leave this place better than it was when I wandered into it.” He kept the knife against Arthur’s lips, feeling the other man tremble beneath the blade. “So I was headed to work one day to do just that. I come across these,” He hesitated. “Men. They’re big and they’re mean, not friendly at all. They ask me what I’m smiling for. They did nothing different than I did, but they were miserable. So they start beating me up real bad and I’m begging them to stop.”
Arthur’s eyes were huge as the man continued, hot tears pooling against his cool gloves. Arthur could taste something metallic.
“So one of them takes out a knife,” The Joker drew in a sharp breath. “ Just like this one. The others hold me down and he’s carving me up, and he asks me,” As the Joker’s grip threatened to push down Arthur could feel him trembling. “Why so serious?”
As the Joker went to move, he felt it. Slowly at first, then all at once. A sickly, shaking laugh. It felt strained yet unstoppable, building with an obnoxious moment.
That was enough for the knife to fall, a satisfied smile on the Joker’s face as he watched Arthur collapse into a laughing fit.
Standing up, he made his way across the room, broken glass crunching beneath his boots until he reached a metallic panel in the wall. The Joker gave it a good knock and soon it raised, a small array of masked goons waiting in a loose circle.
Arthur strained to see them in the dark and through the blur of tears, although he could vaguely make out figures and masks. He could make out one, so gigantic he’d have to be blind to miss him. Another with honey-colored hair tied in a low ponytail, at least until they turned around and looked like any other masked figure. Another had no distinguishing features, save for the cartoonishly large gun they carried. Several others stood around, and Arthur had to laugh at the absurdity of it all- not that he had a choice at the moment. The old reflex had returned with a vengeance.
Only laughter filled the otherwise deathly quiet space, echoing through the tall ceilings.
“So about my name,” The purple figure spoke, turning to look at Arthur once more. “I am the Joker.”
Without further regard, the Joker headed into the darkened room.
“Clean him up,” The Joker spoke to none in particular, knowing all of them would listen. “It’s time we treat our new friend to an early Christmas.”
***
to be continued...maybe.
((final a/n: thanks for reading if you stuck with me to the end :) this is my first fanfiction endeavor i’ve ever published and i’m really nervous to share it, but i hope you like it! if you have any requests my inbox is always open))
