okay but like⦠imagine harley quinn being super super desperate to pee during a bank robbery but the joker wonāt let her go
so sheās just crossing her legs as hard as she can muster and hopping around on one foot just trying to hold it all in. unfortunately, the running fountain near the entrance way definitely isnāt helping with that.
sheās been holding an entire liter of green tea for over four hours now and she feels like sheās about to explode.
and the more she whimpers and writhes around the angrier joker gets and he keeps telling her to stop being so childish and just stand still and focus on the robbery but she literally canātĀ
āMistah J, weāve been here an awful long time, donāt yaā think? Andā¦and I know I already asked, but⦠I really, really gotta go to the bathroom, so do yaā think maybe I couldā.āĀ
āOh, Harley girl. What on Earth gave you the idea that I gave a damn about your needs?ā Joker turns to look at her with a glare that wouldāve made her freeze had she been able.Ā āDo you know why weāre here tonight?āĀ
Harley moans softly and hurriedly nods her head. Her hands are clasped behind her back to keep herself from holding her crotch, and she canāt think of anything besides how badly she needs to pee.Ā
It had been over six hours since sheād last used the bathroom, over four since sheād drunk all that stupid tea. Itād started getting bad about two hours ago, when theyād first gotten out of the car. Sheād been able to feel the liter of tea spilling into her bladder like it was being poured through a funnel, building what had only been a slight urge into an unbelievably pressing need. Sheād asked Joker several times if she could relieve herself, but each time, he was furious at her for even asking. Sheād been dying for a pee then, and that was two hours ago.
āAllow me to refresh your memory. Weāre here to steal tonight, to kill, to have a good laugh. but you know what weāre not here to do?ā
The sound of splattering water hitting the basin of the fountain is almost enough to push her over the edge. She canāt help but wiggle. āPuddināā¦ā More than anything, Harley wants to grab herself until her knuckles go white, but she doesnāt dare. Instead, she settles for rubbing her legs together like sheās attempting to start a fire.Ā
āWeāre not here to become the punchline of our own joke, so unless youād like to stand over there with them,ā he waves his gun toward the group of hostages and an elderly woman in the front cries out, āyouād better hold still and do as your told.āĀ
Harley nods and tries not to cry. She canāt keep this water inside of her for much longer. Her legs are tangled around each other in some impossibly air tight knot that helps a little but not nearly enough. She can feel the fullness of her bladder pushing into her stomach, see the prominent bulge poking out of her snug-fitting suit. All she wants to do is release the urine trapped inside of her, but she canāt.
When Joker has his attention turned back to the hostages again, Harley immediately starts shuffling. She inhales sharply as her bladder contracts and a strong aching sensation spreads throughout her whole abdomen as her pent up pee searches for an escape route. Biting her lip hard enough to draw blood, she clenches her muscles for all their worth. She has to go to the bathroom so badly its making her almost delirious. She canāt think of a single time when sheād needed to go worse than she needs to go now. She indulges in another desperate pee dance, her hands grasping her hips to keep them out of her crotch. It hurts so badly she can hardly stand it. Tears form in her eyes and she begs herself to hold on.
āP-Puddinā please, can I goāā
Joker whips around, his eyes narrowing into nasty little slits.Ā āWhat did I just say?ā
āOh God,ā she wails, digging her hands in between her legs as tears begin to spill down her cheeks. Sheās humiliated beyond belief and she knows that sheās just making him angrier, but she canāt help it. She canāt hold it. āIām-so-sorry-Iām-so-sorry, but I canāt hold it any longer I canāt I really canāt. Iāve been holdinā it in for hours now andā¦andā¦Oh God, I gotta go I gotta go.ā Her legs are shaking with the strain of holding in all of that urine. She knows itās only a matter of time before her body completely gives way, before she floods her suit and releases a stream as free as the fountainās, but she begs herself to hold on. She canāt wet herself; she just canāt. Not in front of Joker, dear God, not in front of him.
Joker walks up to her and grabs her by her suit collar. She squeaks, unable to do anything but moan and clench her legs together.
āLet her go.ā Harley barely notices Batman slip into the bank, but sure enough, there he is. For a split second, sheĀ lets herself hope that he catches them. They have bathrooms at Arkham, bathrooms sheād be allowed to use. The thought just makes her urge worse. Right now, all she can focus on is the weight in her bladder, throbbing with the full load inside of her and threatening to spill out at any moment. She wants desperately to feel that release, the heavenly freedom of allowing the lake of pee inside of her to exit. She needs a toilet. She needs one.
Without her consent, a few drops of pee dribble out of her trembling body and into her underwear. She gasps and knows for certain that she needs to get to a toilet very, very quickly beforeā¦Her cheeks go bright red just thinking about it. No. She wonāt wet herself. She canāt. She wonāt. The idea absolutely terrifies her.Ā
Giving no thought to anything other than the immense pressure in her bladder, she struggles to make a bolt for the bankās restrooms, but Joker is still holding onto her. He pulls her face so close to his she can smell the tobacco on his breath.Ā
āHarley, if you donāt get a hold of yourself right this second, I will pull the trigger.ā he wags the gun at her and gives her a wild smile.Ā āKeep the hostages in line while I deal with the Bat. Are we clear?ā
Harley nods frantically and he lets her go. Removing a hand from her crotch, she reaches into her bag and pulls out her hand gun, pointing it at the group of hostages. Sheās half doubled over with the strain of keeping her bladder under control as another contraction sweeps through her body. She knows that she hardly looks threatening in her current state, so she doesnāt understand why the hostages still seem so afraid. If anyone should be afraid, itās her.Ā
From somewhere behind her, she hears a groan and the sound of something falling to the floor.
āHarley, I can see that your struggling.āĀ Batman sounds out of breath, and she knows immediately that heās got Joker. āIāll tell you whatā put the gun down and Iāll let you use the bathroom before I take you back to Arkham. Sound like a deal?āĀ
The offer is light years beyond tempting. She wants nothing more than to sit herself down on one of those wonderfully white, porcelain toilets and relieve herself of all the water inside of her. This image, combined with the gurgling hiss and splash of the fountains, makes her feel as though sheās about to explode. Still, she holds the gun at the group of hostages with some semblance to steadiness.Ā
It isnāt a second later when she feels another few drops squeeze their way out.
āHarley, do not put that gun down,ā Joker says raggedly before Batman can cover his mouth again.Ā āYou put that gun down and itās the last thing you do!ā
Harley moans and her knees lock. Her pee is threatening to come rushing out at any moment.Ā
āQuinn, donāt listen to him. I can see how yourā¦issueā¦is affecting you, and I imagine that fountain isnāt helping. Am I right?āĀ
Holding still isnāt working, so she starts hopping desperately from foot to foot, trying to tune out both Batman and the fountain. Her cheeks are a brighter shade of red than her suit, and wishes she were anywhere but here. The thought of needing to grab herself not only in frontĀ of Joker, but in front of Batman, makes her want to disappear. She says nothing.Ā
āWhat? Really? The fountain doesnāt bother you at all?ā Harley canāt see him, but she can hear the furrow of his brow.Ā āIf I had been forced to listen to all that running water, all that splashing and pouring and dripping and gushing, Iād have run to the restroom ages ago. Iām impressed that youāre still holding up.āĀ
Suddenly, sheās even more keenly aware of the fountain than she was before, of how it streams into the basin and sounds a lot like what she so desperately needs to do and oh fuck does she ever need to pee. Sheās absolutely dying, doing everything she can to hold it in and still keep the gun pointed at the crowd. Still, even with her body in utter agony, sheād sooner die than let her Puddinā down. She can do this. She has to. She has to hold on.
āWouldnāt it feel nice to justā¦release?ā She can hear Joker trying to get a word in again, but Batman isnāt letting him this time. āYou look like youāre having a lot of trouble there. You must be bursting! Thereās a toilet maybe 20 seconds away. Why hold on when you could just hand over the gun and be done? I imagine it would be quite the relief, no?āĀ
Heās taunting her, playing games with her, and unfortunately, sheās losing. She anxiously rubs her foot against the back of her calf, then curtsies a little to help her stay in control of her tortured bladder. However, Harley knows that even her best efforts wonāt be enough to contain the torrential hurricane of pee inside of her forever.
āThis could all be over if youād just put the gun down. Iām a man of my word. Kick the gun over here and youāre free toā¦to relieve yourself to your heartās content.ā
Harleyās swollen bladder is screaming for relief, but she tells herself that it will just have to wait. It has no other choice than to wait. She canāt kick the gun over. If she surrenders, Joker will kill her, or worseāleave her. And she canāt wet herself either because then he would definitely leave her. It would be okay. Sheās waited this long, she can wait a little more. She can wait. She can.
She stands there, trying to hold her thoughts together, trying to hold her pee inside of her. Her hand is gripping her crotch so tightly itās trembling, but it doesnāt seem to be helping. She wants to hide and cry, but none of those are an option; she has to pee so badly she can barely hold still.Ā
The struggle is continuing behind her, and she hears Batman grunt in pain.
āOh, Harley, come on. Just listen to that fountain. Listen to the water and tell me we donāt have a deal.ā Another grunt.Ā
She knows heās just trying to get her to surrender, to push her to her limit so sheāll give up, and hell is it ever working. Batman is right: the sound of splashing water is everywhere and Harley gasps as she feels herself beginning to lose control. The realization sends a wave of terror crashing through her chest: sheās going to wet herself.Ā
She feels herself starting to pee, and thereās nothing she can do about it. Sheās clenching her muscles as tightly as she can, as tightly as she ever has.Ā
Harley manages to stop the pee from completely pouring out, but only after she has already leaked a little. Not much, maybe. Her underwear feels no more than a little damp between the legsāfor now. But she knows she wonāt be able to hang on for much longer.Ā
āMy offer still stands. You must have a bladder of steel to not have taken it yet.ā
Harleyās trembling with the effort of keeping her muscles clenched tight enough to keep from wetting herself. The horror of losing control causes tears to pool in her eyes. This canāt be happening. Not here. Not now.
Suddenly, she tenses and squeezes her thighs together as a short, quick spurt spills out of her. Before she can fully cut it off, she feels a gentle trickle of warm pee running down the inside of her thigh. Her underwear feels decidedly wet now, as does the crotch of her suit. Her eyes are watering terribly and sheās in so much pain she can hardly bear it. She has to hold it somehow. She canāt wet herself, not now. Joker would never forgive her, never.
āHarley, we both know you canāt last much longer. Please, just give the gun up.ā
āCan it!ā Harley shouts, feeling another little trickle run down her thigh. Grimacing, she struggles to bring her bladder back under control, but sheās fighting a losing battle here and Batman knows it, the smug bastard.Ā
Sheās full to the brim, fuller than sheās ever been. Every muscle in her body is screaming at her to let go, begging her to release her reservoir of hot, pent up pee and give up this whole damn thing. It hurts so badly she wonders for a moment if sheās doing permanent damage.Ā
Joker would forgive her for leaving her postāeventually. Sure, sheād probably get roughed up, but heād forgive her. He always did. If she wet herself, she doubted heād ever be able to look at her the same way again.
A terrible wave of desperation seizes at her bladder then, and she knows she canāt wait a second longer.Ā She tosses the gun over to where Batman has Joker in a headlock and immediately begins to hobble to the bathrooms. Her ears are ringing with the strings of profanity Joker is shouting at her through Batmanās palm, but she can hardly hear what heās saying. The only thing on her mind is how direly she needs to relieve herself.Ā
By now, Harley is too far gone to hold everything back, and sheās peeing little spurts into her underwear at virtually every step. By the time she reaches the bathroom door, there are steady little rivulets coursing down both her thighs. Her face is flushed with the humiliation of it all, of being reduced to grabbing herself like a child in front of Batman and letting down her Puddinā. Sheās crying tears of frustration and sadness and desperation all at once, but things are about to get worse.
Being so close to relief proves to be too much for Harleyās bladder, and suddenly itās all gushing out. With an embarrassingly loud hissing sound, pee explodes from her tortured bladder and completely floods her suit. Trembling uncontrollably, Harley begins to sob as stream after stream of hot urine burns down her legs and pools around her feet. It feels good, stupidly good, to relieve herself after holding for so long, but she hardly notices. She can feel everyone watching her, whichĀ makes her cry even harder. Itās pouring out of her so quickly itās splattering back up onto her calves.Ā
Out of the corner of her teary eyes, she sees one of the Robins leading Joker out of the building and she supposes that sheās next.Ā āYouāre useless, Harley! Useless! Canāt do a single thing right! Never! Canāt even hold your own damn pee!ā Joker is shouting back at her.Ā
Harleyās crying so hard she can hardly breathe, still peeing at full force.Ā āPuddinā, Iām sorry! I didnātādidnāt mean to!ā She wails after him, but he gives no indication that sheās spoken at all.
She hears someone clear his throat and jumps to see that Batman is standing in front of her. More humilated than sheās ever been, she clenches her muscles as tightly as she can, but the urine continues to flow. Sheās powerless to stop the pee pouring out of her, so she covers her face with her hands until itās over. Even though she canāt see him, she can feel him watching her, waiting patiently for her to finish. She pees for a full two minutes before her stream trickles down.Ā
Unable to bear looking at him, Harley keeps her face hidden in her hands and continues to bawl her eyes out. She wants to be bitter, say something snappy to him, but she feels too broken to do anything but cry.
Batman says nothing, only awkwardly wraps his cape around her shoulders and tries his best not to step in her pee.
Bewildered, Harley uncovers her eyes and pulls the cape tighter around her shoulders. She gives him a bleary-eyed, grateful smile and looks down at the floor.Ā
āIf it makes you feel any better, Robin just picked up Ivy before I called for back up.ā
āYaā mean sheās here?ā God, does she ever hope Ivyās here. She needs a friend more than ever right now.
Batman nods and puts a tentative hand on Harleyās shoulder before cuffing her and leading her out to the squad car.Ā āIām sorry forā¦that,ā he says with a strain of discomfort in his voice.Ā
Harley nods and waits for him to open the door for her.
And sure enough, Poison Ivy is sitting in the back seat.Ā
Her eyes soften the moment she sees Harley. āWhat happened?ā Then, noticing Harleyās puffy, tear-strained eyes,Ā āDid Joker do this? Did he hurt you? Because if he did, I swear to God Iāll kill him.āĀ
Harley says nothing, just blushes furiously and waits for Ivy to put the pieces together.
Iyv looks down at the wet, shiny fabric of Harleyās suit and furrows her brow.Ā āWait, did youā¦? Is everything okay?ā
āNo.ā And suddenly Harley is crying again because oh God she just completely wet herself in front of Batman and Joker and every single hostage in that room. Joker will never forgive her. Batman will never be able to see her as a capable villain, or anything other than the girl who peed her pants during a bank robbery. The thoughts make her chest feel like itās sinking in, and whatās worse is that her clothes are visibly soaked with pee. Sheās smelly and wet, but Ivy doesnāt seem to care. She shushes Harley and tries her best to wipe away her tears with a pair of cuffed wrists.Ā
āI couldnāt hold it anymore, Red. I just couldnāt. I had to pee so bad. and Mistah J wouldnāt let me go to the bathroom, no matter how many times I asked. I held it for hours and hours and I just couldnāt-couldnātā¦ā Somehow, sheās sobbing even harder than she was in the bank, if thatās even possible.Ā āAnd now he doesnāt want anything to with me, nothinā at all! He thinks Iām useless and yaā know, heās right, too. God, why couldnāt I hold it? I-Iā¦āĀ
āShh. Itās okay, Harl. Donāt listen to that deranged clown. Youāre not useless, not at all. So what if you couldnāt hold it?Ā No one can hold on forever, and he made you wait a ridiculously long time, the sadistic pig,ā Ivy says with a touch of disgust. Then, soothingly,Ā āIt happens to the best of us.ā
The officer starts the car and backs out of the bankās parking lot. āHas it ever happened to you?ā Harley sniffles. She canāt picture anyone as beautiful and poised as Ivy ever getting caught up in something so shameful, but she asks anyways.Ā
āWell, no, but itās nothing to be ashamed of. Iām sure youāll feel much better after you have a shower.ā Ivy smiles sweetly but then wrinkles her nose. āHonestly, I think Iāll feel better after you have a shower, too, because no offense, Daffodil, but you stink.āĀ
āGee, thanks, Red.ā Harley nudges Ivy with her foot and giggles.Ā
āBut I meant what I said about this happening to other people, too. It seems like a huge deal right now, but itāll be okay. I promise.ā She smiled kindly at her and sighed.Ā āIt really wasnāt your fault, you know.ā
Harleyās heart surges with warmth and she lays her head on Ivyās shoulder.Ā āI wish I could hug yaā right now.ā
āMaybe after you shower,ā Ivy says, and the two start laughing again.Ā