Since I am doing a challenge, I will be writing and posting multiple fanfictions for a few months.

The question is:

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Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Gotham (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Jim Gordon/Edward Nygma Characters: Jim Gordon (DCU), Edward Nygma, Leslie Thompkins Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Autistic Edward Nygma, Misunderstandings, Insecurity, Cuddling & Snuggling, Men Crying, Crying, Past Bullying, Exhaustion, Bisexual Jim Gordon (DCU), Bisexual Edward Nygma, Episode: s01e12 What The Little Bird Told Him (Gotham TV), Internalized Homophobia, (Very brief), f slur (see notes for details), Not Beta Read Wordcount: 5307 words

Summary: After the gruelling 24 hours Jim had to arrest Jack Buchinsky, Lee comes to see him in the locker room. She kisses him just as Ed walks in, causing Ed to think Jim has started cheating on him while he worked at Arkham. Despite his exhaustion, Jim has to try to prove the truth to him but Ed's trust in him has shattered.

Seeing as this is a rather rare pair, I feel like I should explain my reasoning and it goes far beyond this gif:

BUT it is related. 

So here we go.

My shipping of this pairing is centered more around a sort of AU in which Ed feels no need to become The Riddler. So it starts with sweet, virginal, unassuming Eddie Nygma and pure, boy-scout, cop man Jimmy Gordon. Ed still wants to be a good boy. He still looks up to, and wants to impress the other men in his precinct. He still is in the fight for the greater good and bringing criminals to justice.

Now, it is my belief that Ed's current deviance stemmed from a feeling of inadequacy and loneliness.  Simply put, he didn't feel appreciated or wanted anywhere in his life. Everyone he ever admired pushed him away. So, he decided he'd just push himself into their lives no matter what. 

Jim was literally the only person who was actually nice to Ed and showed his appreciation. Ed actually admired Jim at first and despite what he says about never actually being friends and Jim only pitying him, I think Ed genuinely considered Jim a good friend and I think Jim felt the same, to an extent. It was the first time in Ed’s life that someone didn’t just tolerate his presence, but actually asked for his insight and appreciated his input.

Thusly, if someone like Jim appreciated and loved him; showed him how smart and good he was, maybe Ed wouldn't have felt the need to lash out. Oswald did show him this, for a bit, but then turned right around and, in Ed’s eyes, betrayed him.

That's the tragedy of most of these characters. If that one thing hadn't happened, maybe they could be somewhat “normal” and happy. Like Oswald. If kids weren't such assholes and if they hadn't bullied him, would he still be the criminal king of the underworld or feel any need to lash out at people who hurt him? Maybe he wouldn't have felt so small and robbed of power and thus wouldn't feel the need to regain that power. Of course, Oswald’s actions are all his own. I’m not saying he should be excused from his heinous violence because of a tragic past, but I do think one’s past experiences, both negative and positive, shapes a person into who they’re going to be. Some grow from it and live with it while others use it to fuel their revenge. By the point Jim met him, Oswald was too far gone and well on his way to enacting his revenge on the world. (Note: Not to bash Gobblepot! I love Gobblepot! I just don’t think it had the same potential to be as fluffy)

But Ed was not.

He hadn’t even dreamed of a life of crime or murder or anything besides being happy with Miss Kringle. Ed was, in a way, very vulnerable and impressionable. Like a child with a thousand possible role models. So what if, by some odd turn of events, Jim perhaps...fell in love with Ed? What if he had taken it upon himself to appreciate Ed romantically? What if he’d taken him on dates and given him kisses and solved his riddles? If one person had shown Ed that he was good and worthy of love, even if it wasn’t romantic, before the Kristen Kringle fiasco, would he have gone down the same path?

Now I’m not saying Gotham relationships are bound to be perfect. They’re so obviously not. I’m not saying that it would have lasted or that love solves everything and erases mental illness. I’m not saying that at all, and there’s still the chance that something else would have triggered Ed’s transition into deviant criminal behavior. It’s all just a matter of theory. 

dead/death

hair

i tried to go broad enough :)

Hi, 👋

Thank you for the ask!

The words you chose are totally fine. 😊

-> dead/death

"I'm glad he’s dead! He deserved it."

This is from a Gordma OS. Jim discusses the investigation regarding Dougherty's death with his boyfriend. Obviously, Ed is...tense. 🙄

-> hair

The exchange was soft and gentle at first. Edward’s recent homicidal reverie promptly crawled up to the surface and he gripped the back of his partner’s neck. As his impulses commenced taking over, the press of his lips became more forceful and possessive. His fingers grasped the hair he found at the nape of Oswald's neck.

This is a Nygmobblepot smut OS. Period. 🤭 (The paragraph is a bit wonky, but that is the point of a work IN PROGRESS)

specifically explicit ones with bottom!Jim

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Fandom: Gotham (TV) Rating: General Audiences Relationships: Jim Gordon/Edward Nygma Additional Tags: Love Confessions, Kissing, Bisexual Jim Gordon, Bisexual Edward Nygma, Autistic Edward Nygma, Episode: s01e14 The Fearsome Dr. Crane, Season/Series 01 Wordcount: 394

Summary: Ed gets suspended from work, Jim is very sad when he finds out. That evening, he goes to Ed's apartment. Thinking he has nothing left to lose and won't get another chance, Ed confesses his feelings.

@redrose-alice I posted another fic!! (no rush to check it out)

and this is also another entry for @gothambingo for the prompt "confession"

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