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 âPutting honey in the lionâs mouth, Brucie?â Jerome asks, a serene tone to it, his throat only a little closed up. Thereâs a trail of wetness running down behind Bruceâs ear. He feels it roll over his neck, his left shoulder blade, then close to his spine like a solemn but ardent reminder of death. âItâll eat you up. It eats everything.â He pauses, years caught in one halt of breath. âIt ate me.â
Itâs a trap because everythingâs a trap these days, for better or worse. Bruce should know better than to encourage him, to stabilize the illusion they⌠are made for each other, as he once put it. He should take flight now in fact, hit Jerome in the unprotected pit of his stomach and reach the cellâs entrance while he tumbles over in pain since otherwise heâll never leave this circle of hate and sickened obsession theyâve built with their fists and half-deaths. But he canât find no reason to. He doesnât want to dig that deep. For once in his life, he doesnât want to strive for being any better than he actually is.
Heâs the young hero Gotham sets its hopes on, and Jerome is a murderer whoâs lost the wheel ages ago. Thatâs the truth. Thatâs all there is to it as long as you donât dive beneath the surface of a court case, bruises and the cursed hatchet of a cult.
What a terrible, terrific match weâd make, he wonders, yanks Jerome back on his hair and kisses him with all the self-disgust and desperation he can muster. Weâd never get along. Weâd destroy each other to bits, and call it love.
⌠Heâs a sad, evil thing. What am I going to do with that?
Good day, night, or evening,
this is my entry for the Batjokes Gotham Exchange ( @batjokesgothamexchange ) on Tumblr. Paring is Jerome Valeska / Bruce Wayne. My giftee is @rreylos but has apparently changed to @tobeymaguire ;) ?Â
Since my story got a little out of control concerning the length (over 15k after some editing now) I decided to split it into three chapters in total, posting the first chapter on 9th September (Sunday), the second chap on 12th September (Wednesday) and the last chapter on 14th September (Friday) to round it all up. I hope youâre okay with this, and that youâll like what I put together here. Have fun reading, dear (and everyone else whoâd like to take a peek)Â :)
- Prompt #1: nsfw- bottom!bruce
- Prompt #2: jerome being really physical and loving kisses/hugs
(I mashed them up a lil so theyâre both here. Expect poetical Porn with somewhat Emotions since I canât help myself apparently.)