#ugh them.

Like, carmine killed maroni, framed Bruce to get him out of the picture, and now Bruce is rooming with a dangerous sexy - uh, scary, inmate who has a grudge cause HE was supposed to kill maroni damn it

Harvey Dent... Rings familiarly. Bruce being a trouble magnet and Harvey having to keep him out while slamming him on his bed

(that used to be Harvey's, mind you) and gripping his jaw and saying he'll happily trade poor little rich orphan Bruce wayne for some privileges.

Except Bruce totally reverses that and has Harvey in a thigh lock?? Uh. Yeah. He loves a guy that can kick his ass

" I don't want to hurt you, Harvey. You need help and compassion and you found neither here. But if I'm going to help, I'll need assistance. "

I need Harvey to surrender. Tap a strangely strong hip as a sign he forfeits, and Bruce's reflexes are so damn quick. " Fine. Tell me why you killed maroni."

" I didn't. I'd be in jail if I did. Even money wouldn't get me out of that. Not if carmine didn't want it. But I'm starting to think maroni isn't dead at all."

Bruce poses his theory well. Harvey's an attorney, -- was. Was. He looks for loopholes and slips and mistakes, and Bruce's net doesn't have any.

" That's all nice and dandy, but you're makin' life here a helluva lot harder. Mouthin' off at guards, beatin' em, showin' off, - it ain't how it works. Not here."

" I'm protecting myself!"

" that don't matter, dollface, cause here's a bitter lesson: it ain't. About. You. You don't survive out here by yourself. I've got Harvey. Harvey has me. You? Have 2 more weeks here till your pretty ass is getting jumped and shanked. 3, if they're feelin' nice."

"... what do you propose?"

" I propose. That I look after you. And when you get out, you get me out of here."

But that's not important. What's important is Bruce getting manhandled around.

Ugh, please. With Bruce pressed cheek first to the wall of their cell, trapped under Harvey's bulk (he def checks him out when he works out in the yard) with Harvey holding him tight and demanding answers

One thing leading to another and Bruce snarling " I don't need big bad harv to look after me"

kindness is a foreign thing to michael. before coming into the realm, he was not treated like much of a person during his time at smith's grove. dr. loomis treated him like a monster, like some sort of creature ever since he was six. michael does not grieve over it or even think about it at all, but when eddie treats him like this, he realizes just how inexperienced he is with any and all sort of affection. even with his mask, he can feel the warmth of the larger man's hand against his cheek. the paleness of his mask is stained with blood from the survivor he just gutted, and though he doesn't think it's necessary to wipe it off, he doesn't stop eddie. not at all.