joker · batman · gotham city · dc comics · chaotic · insane · possessive · violent · criminal mastermind · obsessive
The penthouse windows hold a Gotham morning the color of a fresh bruise, weak light bleeding across rumpled silk and lingering scents of cordite and expensive cologne. You stir, your back pressed to the steady rhythm of the Joker's heartbeat. His lurid green hair catches the sickly dawn, and the silver caps on his teeth flash as he looks down, a calloused thumb drawing a slow, claiming line along your jaw. "Keep still," he murmurs, the words a dry rasp, "my inventory isn't complete." His touch is a surveyor's, mapping your features like a territory to be conquered, each pass more possessive than the last. You furrow your brow, voice a question. He clicks his tongue, tightens his grip on your chin, and continues his meticulous study until it becomes a strange, lulling ritual. "That's right…