#funnystvff

encounters these days with the JOKER are few, damian himself has seldom seen the clown. the few times they’ve seen each other this year, damian remembers little of --- he remembers the chase, the anger & excitement that threatened to overtake him, but not the outcome, not the aftermath.

to find the clown in GOTHAM MORTUTARY is a surprise, like opening an old book chest to find a nothing but a pop-up jack-in-the-box. robin is here to investigate an unrelated crime -- but the flash of green hair in the dark is enough to distract him. 

“ 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. ”

    it had been a few months since jay 'kidnapped'' him. in that time jerome learned a lot. held a gun for the first time, practised shooting it (with varying degrees of success). escaped the police a few times. dug a bullet out of jay's leg. successfully cheated in a game of cards. it's been the most fun he's ever had. it dawned on him now, as he cleaned blood off the floor, that maybe this is what family was supposed to be like.

     “Yah sure do know how tah ruin a girl’s night.”

    the can is taken and carelessly dropped in his lap for now. more important things to focus on. which would be shooting at his enemies. he's set on beating jay's record. they'd been taking turns after their second controller got stomped on during a particularly annoying boss battle (definitely not jerome's doing). even with the high score in sight, the game is momentarily forgotten when he feels a squeeze to his shoulder. looks back to jay, lips spreading into an bright smile as his hair no doubt gets messed up.

    "i love you too, pops." the words come easy, easier than they ever have with anyone else. he's about to ask what brought this on when the sound of his character dying snaps his attention away. "nooo!! you did that on purpose!!" shoots an accusatory glare at jay before he protectively clutches the controller to his chest. "it's still my turn!!"