An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapter 4 : sticking into your gums  Â
Rating: M for violence & sexual references
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Tim, Damian, Alfred, Joker
Relationships: Bruce Wayne & Tim & Damian & Alfred, Batman/Joker
“No anthrax,” says Tim. “Or Joker Toxin, or Sarin or VX or Tabun or anything else we could test for. The clown is a child’s toy, and the only dodgy thing the spring mechanism has going for it is that it’s way too strong to be compliant with safety regulations. If you ask me, the whole thing’s a decoy.”
Bruce knows better. It’s a taunt, a reminder of Bruce’s complacency in his own undoing.Â
Do you need me to take the choice away?
But he can’t let the guilt of his rut-induced mistakes consume him. Not when the Joker is undoubtedly planning something far worse, with all of Gotham in the crosshairs. Something that involves Wayne Pharmaceuticals.