Nah I’m good: Part 1 Platonic (yandere?) Bruce Wayne x f reader x (romantic) Sugar
A/N: Heads up I may post this to my ao3 Homoeroticmicrowave so if you see this on that account there than it isn't fic stealing please don't come for me there
Tw: mentions of suicide, joking about suicide, references to suicide, sexual content, smut
Chapter 1 of Nah I’m good: Day so far from 1 but also so far from being day I get to retire
Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Your hand shook. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It had been kept tensed long past cramping as you repeated the same action with it over and over and over. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Your eyelids trembled as it seemed that the part of your brain that focused on keeping them open began to shut down. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Your vision blurred as you saw more of your eyelashes than your surroundings. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Your peripheral had been completely blocked out by exhaustion. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Your eyes and the delicate flesh around it felt like it was corroding. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It was as though the bags underneath your eyes had clamped onto your waterline and hung onto it with such a grotesquely heavy weight that it dragged your eyes down. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Your eyes burned so much you thought about just plunging pencils into them and scraping them out of your sockets. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat.
The scanners, the printers, the typing of computers, the all too loud and ignorant obnoxious chattering of particularly unaware men too loud to hear the grit toothed mutterings of their co-workers quietly demanding they shut up. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You found yourself being one of them sometimes. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You had a painful headache that felt like your head had been bashed against a lampost. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. With the amount you had been drinking last night you wouldn't have been surprised if it had been. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You couldn't remember a thing from it. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It was like one minute you were at a bar and after some kind of haze like a dream you couldn't remember but you knew you had you were awake in bed. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. All the sounds around you seemed to merge together, twisting and morphing into one jarringly caustic humming sound that ached your ears. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. All while you had to do the same thing over and over and over again. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. How many times did you have to repeat the same, stupid action over and over again. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. The same action. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Who knew just one action when repeated over and over could bring a person to the brink of some kind of border between absolute boredom and ecstatic insanity. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It was no wonder Gotham had so many villains. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Your hands itched to tear themselves away. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Do anything, anything else. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It didn't matter what, not anymore. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You dreaded thinking of doing this one action ever again in your life. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat.
This wasn't your usual job. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. At least it wasn't supposed to be. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. This shit wasn't in the contract. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. At least not when you read it. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. But when you brought it up, apparently it came under 'being prepared to do necessary work'. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Of course you don't get paid extra for this. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. No you see you only get paid for what you were hired to do. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. This was not what you were hired to do. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. What you were hired to do was assist your 'chief scientific officer' in whatever project they were leading as well as pitching your own ideas (so the credit may be snatched up by said chief scientific officer) and stapling pages together was not shown on the list of duties you got paid overtime to complete in the job description. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. In fact you didn't get paid overtime at all. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Anyway this particular task of stapling a seemingly endless pile of papers together was not your job. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It was actually Marvins. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. See Marvin wasn't the big bad around your workplace but he was your boss and that meant he got to be an asshole. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. So now Marvin was getting paid for work you were doing while he slacked off. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You understood why people murdered other people. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. If you were a killer Marvin would be at the top of your hit list. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You regretted that you weren't. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. Now you never wanted to see another stapler again in your life. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat.
How many times had you repeated the motion of grabbing two papers together, sticking them in the stapler and pressing down on it harder than you should have needed to because it never stamped easily. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. That stapler really should have been tossed in a bin years ago. For a piece of equipment that no one bothered to replace, it seemed to be one that everyone needed to use. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. The stapler made a creaking noise as you pressed on it before it finally actually stamped down and you could hear a distinctive click. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You never wanted to hear any of those noises again. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It felt like something was gnawing away at your eardrums and slowly ripping the back of your brain a part. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You just wanted to go home at this point. Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. It felt like the only pronounced noise through the buzzing of your surroundings.Press. Stamp. Click. Repeat. You wanted to scratch at your ears until they were so bloodied you couldn't even hear the noise in your head anymore. Press. Stamp. Click-
You felt something touch your shoulder.
You physically jerked, flinching away from the sudden contact and snapping around to face whatever had touched you.
"Sorry, I didn't startle you did I?" the woman smiled, her eyes intensely fixed on your agitated ones "I didn't mean to scare you"
You stared stunned and stupid for a moment before saying "No, um you're okay, I was just pretty consumed by....stapling"
"Right" the woman's smile never left her face and despite how awkward you felt you couldn't say her smile was even slightly condescending, though it was definitely more than a little amused.
"Hey um" you rubbed the back of your neck "have I seen you anywhere before? You look kind of well- um familiar?"
That actually prompted a laugh from this woman as she said "You might have"
You furrowed your brows, creasing your forehead and no doubt making yourself look as old and ancient as you felt in that moment of tiredness. You definitely knew her face from somewhere. She just stood there smiling at you and then like a train, realization smacked you in the face. "We met last night- didn't we" her expression didn't move "in that bar"
The woman chuckled "you make quite the detective" her little smile didn't seem to falter an inch even as she spoke her next words "I didn't realise I was so forgettable"
You flushed, pressing a hand to your forehead to massage it "Look I am so sorry- I was very- I'm very out of it right now and my heads a little fuzzy- I'm sorry I didn't well-"
The woman cut you off with a giggle "hey it's alright, so was I. Besides I wouldn't have expected to see me here either if I were you, though I am a little offended you forgot so easily"
You inwardly groaned "I'm sorry-"
"No" she interrupted you "I was just teasing you, besides" she reached out and placed a hand on your shoulder, smoothing out the fabric of your shirt with her thumb "I can always remind you".
You felt your heart spark with a jolt and you swallowed hard. Your tongue felt heavy with a lot of things that you thought but your mouth felt too dry and your throat too closed up for words to come out. You felt like the part of your brain that had been malfunctioning had now just been kicked so hard it shut down completely.
Before you could find a way to wiggle your way out of the discomfort of this interaction, your least favourite catalyst for making situations somehow worse came to you in the form of one of your bosses "ah if it isn't my favourite, little employee”
You had to stop yourself from hunching over and burying your face into your hands as you heard your boss speak in a disturbingly cheery voice. You knew it was one of your bosses who was more higher up the chain (Mr dickface Reynolds) by the sound of his voice and you knew that there was no doubt that your bosses boss was trailing behind him because your bosses voice was cheery and Mr Reynolds did not experience positive emotions, or any emotion outside of anger. His favourite hobbies included crushing the hopes and dreams of fresh faced interns by sucking the potential and passion out of them until they were long past crying at night and just became empty husks held together by bitterness and antidepressants.
”Mr Wayne allow me to introduce you to one of my finest employees”
’Finest employee’ yeah he wasn’t heading towards you then.
A cold streak shot through your back and you stood up stunned straight as you realised he was right behind you. Your boss proceeded to slap on the back in what was likely supposed to be friendly gesture but was actually just a direct hit to your spine. It took you every ounce of your will power not to curse out a string of vicious language.
'Oh what an absolutely, great opportunity to meet with the CEO of the company I work for.... Just wish I was just a smidge less absolutely jackhammered for it'
You heaved in a breath before turning around with a plastered smile on your face. You tried not to wince as you saw your CEO’s outstretched hand and suddenly all you could think of was whether or not this man washed his hands after using the bathroom. “It’s a pleasure to meet you Mr Wayne” you spoke as sweetly as you could to make up for any looks of disgust you might accidentally be sending his way. You met his hand halfway to reciprocate the handshake and as your hand made contact with his there came the horrific thought of ‘even if he does wash his hands- which he likely does considering the clean state of his nails- how many peoples hands had he shaken before yours? How many of the owners of said hands washed their hands before going to the bathroom?’ You kept your hand loose in his but he just didn’t seem to drop the handshake and suddenly not only was he now just holding your hand he was placing a hand on your shoulder and smiling at you.
“The pleasures all mine. I’ve been following your work, it’s very impressive. I expect we’ll be seeing great things from you in the future”
You kept smiling but became distinctly aware of how violated your personal space was right now “Thank you sir”
Mr Wayne thankfully removed himself from your personal space after that and you mentally praised the Lord for a moment, having found religion in the few seconds wheee you decided to beg whatever entity might be out there to just please get this man to remove himself from you.
You felt like lasers were being burned into the side of your head and you looked to the left of you to see Mr Reynolds eyes wide and manic like they were torn open. He was giving you a hard stare as if to say ‘don’t mess this up’ his toothy smile resembling more of a gorilla baring it's teeth than an actual person who was trying to genuinely be friendly.
“I hired this one myself” Mr Reynolds puffed out his chest with a gleefully high pitched voice. You held back a scoff at that. Mr Reynolds name might have been on the paper but it was one of his assistants that hired you not him. (Linda, lovely woman actually she made you eat the food she brought in sometimes after being stricken by your poor diet habits. It was really nice food she gave you as well you just wish she didn’t keep asking if it was good every time you finished a bowl and then when you said it was she’d say ‘eat’ and stare you down until you did) “I have an eye for potential you see”.
Mr Wayne seemed to also be holding back something close to an eye roll like you when Mr Reynolds got into a ramble that was essentially just him floating about himself and how good he was at doing things.
You let out a breath of relief through your nose when you heard Mr Reynolds declare ”Anyway we shouldn’t stay here too long, you are on a schedule Mr after all Mr Wayne and there is much to be shown!”
Mr Wayne gave you one last polite smile before following Mr Reynolds to wherever the hell he was dragging him off to next. No wonder Mr Wayne rarely visited the lower floors you would too if you could. If you had to see Mr Reynolds pretend to be happy and excited every day you would take to tucking yourself away in a cushy office to avoid him at all costs. You never would have thought you’d actually prefer to see Mr Reynolds angry than fake happy.
You turned around to see if that woman was there and (just as you figured she would have) she had disappeared. You had no idea at what point she’d slipped away it was like she disappeared the moment you turned your back on her. You couldn’t blame her for it though Mr Reynolds had a way of scaring women away. It was like his speciality.
Just as you thought you might finally be able to find peace and go home you heard “Hey newbie” one of your technical bosses (Gavin the worlds biggest douchebag who had definitely been name checked in at least 3 peoples suicide notes in the time he’d been about) slammed a horrendously large pile of paperwork in front of you “can’t fit this in my schedule bit since you look about done here you’ll be able to fit it right” Gavin didn’t even give you a chance to speak before winking at you and saying “thanks newbie”. You hadn’t been ‘new’ for two years. Gavin was just an asshole.
It was at this point where you really considered to be a definite fourth person to name check Gavin on a suicide note or to just become a murderer and kill him because whatever the consequence to that was it was worth it. You rubbed your face groaning as you couldn't help but let your brain wander to the events of last night with this woman.
You don’t remember how or when exactly but at some point you had been drinking in a bar and then at another you were talking with that woman. You remembered when you looked in her eyes you couldn't help but be reminded of bubbles, as her whole body seem to glow with this bouncing, child-like aura.
At some point you two ended up leaving the bar together, arms linked and leaning on each other as you relentlessly giggled. Your memories were blurry and didn’t seem to patch together right but you two went from holding hands to swinging your entwined hands and then you two decided it would be far more fun to spin around in a circle while holding hands.
Her laugh seemed to fly through the air and you couldn't help but grin at her, her face was so bright and careless and full of bustling life and it was like she could spin you both far away into the sky if she wanted to. Despite how it may have felt she didn't spin you into the sky. She actually ended up spinning the both of you into the ground though, but the moment you looked at her and saw she was smiling.
You have no idea how you managed to make it to her house in one piece but judging by the way you ached currently it may have been one piece but it was a severely battered piece. When you got to her place she decided the party didn’t have to end at the par and she put on music. You certainly go a kick out of that. You remembered swaying stupidly to the music as you got closer and closer to her and than you were real close, like really, really close. Even through your hazy, stuttering eyes you could make out little details on her face. You felt like you didn't need to blink anymore, like your eyes could never dry up, not when they were swimming in the colours of hers. Glints of glowing white dotted her eyes and it made it look like the stars were dancing in them.
You didn't even register what you were doing entirely before you were leaning past the boundary of innocence and your lips were on hers and you found very quickly that you weren't looking for a peck. A moments kiss was not merely enough for you and the little length a part you were was too much and you needed her closer. Your hands found her waist, fingers shaking while gripping her with a vulnerable excitement and you felt like your hands were tingling as a warmth pounded in your chest when your fingers found the gap between her shirt and skirt, where skin was exposed. Her hands gripped your face and you felt her nails softly scraping down the side of your cheek and you couldn't help but think what her nails would feel like digging into and running along your back. You couldn't help but pull her closer by her waist so you were pressed up against one another. You felt her lips part against yours and you let your lower lip fall loose and you felt like you were boiling as her tongue slipped through your lips.
Breathlessly desperate and wanting you pulled away for a moment. Your eyes opened but only by a half and they immediately fell on her eyes that were only just flickering open to meet yours. Her eyes darker than they had been as her pupils were now blown wide with a rushing lust that you were sure matched yours. Fuck you wanted her.
Scratching, scraping, bruising. She marked you with an evidence of her and you found yourself kind of hoping it would linger. Your eyes were shut for most of it but whenever you did open them all you felt your heart spike as you saw her. Hot and wet and heavy with want.
You thunked your head onto your desk and groaned before throwing yourself back against your chair and huffing as you stared at the ceiling. That memory stung in your mind as sharp as a hangover. You were so fucked.
It felt like an eternity just to get through half the mountain sized pile of paper work that you swear to god was swaying from the sheer height of it. You had been patted on the shoulder by a total of five of your coworkers on their way out who pitied you enough to cause your shoulder ache a little more but not enough to help you out with the obnoxiously large pile of paper work stacked on your desk curtesy of Gavin. By the time you finished it your hands had cramped at least ten times and it seemed no amount of massaging would bring back feeling into your hands. All you wanted was to just flop on your bed face first and sleep and then never wake up. You trudged into the lift at the end of the room. You felt like you had just experienced the longest day of your life, but finally you could go home and not have to deal with anyone else's-
"Hold the door!" your CEO was now surging towards you, his arm outstretched to catch the door. You briefly considered letting the door close on him. It was a very tempting thought and it called to you so sweetly you couldn't help but consider it.
”Thanks” Mr Wayne smiled at you. Of course you had to hold the bloody elevator you’d be screwed if you didn’t.
“Don’t mention it” you gave a quick tight lipped smile back before turning to face the closing doors.
You felt your headache buzzing slightly as the lift started going down. ‘It’s okay I’ll be home soon. I’m almost home. I’m going home now. I am leaving this building now’ you chanted in your head soothingly.
The lift suddenly shook violently and you were nearly knocked off your feet in shock as the lift shuddered and thrashed, releasing a loud screeching noise as it did like a scream before coming to a halt. Your heart scrambled in your chest and you stuck out your hand to lean against the side of the lift. You whipped your head to face Mr Wayne and he seemed to be just as white in the face as you felt.
Yeah…you didn’t think elevators were supposed to do that.
I love Drew Barrymore's Batman movie. I don’t remember anything that happens in it but I remember that Drew Barrymore looked very good in it and I was mildly afraid of Nicole Kidman as a kid but in a way that made me like her more. I feel like if Nicole Kidman was a bad guy in it (like I originally thought she was going to be as a kid when I first watched it) I would have probably liked her a lot more. I don’t know what that says about me but I’m sure it will be fine.
Btw I haven’t revised this so this is a little note saying that I may or may not edit this later depends what wins embarrassment or laziness (likely the latter) anyway here’s a reminder that I do not take criticism because I cry both easily and a lot (that is a joke but also no it isn’t).
Btw if you could reblog this that would help me out xx