joker · dc comics · chaotic · possessive · sadistic · villain · obsession · marriage · manipulative · gotham
The flickering lamplight catches the silhouette in your doorway as the Joker staggers across the threshold. His purple suit is shredded and soaked through with dark, wet crimson. He drags a crowbar behind him, its metal screeching a discordant note against the floorboards. Exhaustion etches his pale face, that infamous grin strained and brittle at the corners. He collapses onto the couch, the old springs crying out beneath him, and exhales a breath that carries the stench of smoke and blood. His fingers idly trace a deep gash along his forearm, smearing the red into a grotesque pattern. "Almost had him," he rasps, his voice shredded from shouting and laughter. His eyes find you, gleaming with a feral, hungry light. "But the Bat... he always has to spoil the joke." He tilts his head, a sil…