#҂ · SHOW ME YOUR BEAUTIFUL ANGER ― ( ANYA BARNES / DREKKAVAC . )
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HARVEY held back the urge to make a remark about as long as they can keep '𝐌𝐑.𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄' on track . He refrains . At least vocally . Keeps it between 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 locked away behind body && mind like door && key .
' 𝐈'𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐖 .' ' KEEP IT THAT WAY . ‘ ‘ 𝐖𝐇𝐎’𝐃 𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍' 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 ? 𝐉𝐔𝐒' 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐓𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍' 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐍 , 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐘 . 𝐖𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 . ' ...
Like predator the tension in her jaw did not go unnoticed , curious to find whether the vulnerability of a missing limb had rendered her prey or whether she would fight back . It DISSIPATES as does his interest for now , they still needed time to decipher his thoughts . Those of his feeling shared with HARVEY of their partner && those of his own , how far some strayed from the latter , how far was he willing to go to prove to HARVEY this could never work , they were far too hideous , deformed && even without that 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 . Well , this love affair could be fleeting at best . He watches , an observational silence for the moment .
HARVEY knows ANYA'S heart is a wild one . She needn't follow orders , but he knew the law in here , knew where all the lines were drawn . Could spin it all pretty well , even 𝐓𝐖𝐎-𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 could pose as a model inmate . Not a pushover , mind you , he let everyone know what happened to anyone who tried to challenge them or harm DENT .
❝ Get situated here , I'll see if I can - ❞ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 ? 𝐖𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍' 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐘𝐄 ? ❝ CONVINCE THEM . ❞ He corrects allowed . ❝ Under the circumstances . A friendly gesture . If they hadn't caught on . ❞ To ANYA wasting no time to reach them that is . ❝ Won't be long . ❞ As he moves towards the door of his cell he wonders whether he should have apologized for their lack of privacy . For not being ALONE . He's scarcely alone these days . He's scarcely HIMSELF at the best of times. It's not important right now . Right now they have to bide their time so they can get all of them out of this cesspit before things inevitably get worse .
It would take someone like Anya to be able to 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 the words that came out of who she gazed upon. It might be easier to be shocked by the naturally interpreted insult. But time spent 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 every corner of their person that they could to know the meaning that often lied underneath the surface. Anger came from many different places , a 𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐄 desire to protect being one of many.
Letting the insult go with nothing more than her jaw 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 at the slur , it's just as quickly disregarded. Far from the worst thing even Two's said to her.
The fact of the matter is 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄. The arm is gone for now , nothing to be done about that except to adapt. Nothing the assassin hadn't done before. Their whole life had been based around adapt or die , & Anya was a 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐑 if there ever was one. It wasn't often she spent significant time without it , but the odd occasion where the arm caused more emotional harm than practical good , resulting in a day without it here & there. But this was hardly going to be the place where she was going to want to be without it.
❛ We'll get it back … We just have to stay smart about this. ❜
Ever familiar guidance echoes around the 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍 he's come up with. Nodding in agreement along with a steadying breath to help ground her. That small semblance of a chuckle is what really helps 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 that belief that this is going to be okay. Trust hasn't ever come easy for them , but when it's him , it's 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓.
❝ Playing nice for now shouldn't be too hard. ❞ Shouldn't being the key word there. There was a time when 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒 was something she was good at. Freedom had saved her life , now they just needed to keep that from getting them into trouble. ❝ I'll follow your lead. ❞
#◖| CAN A MAN LIVE TWO LIVES / IC .#◖| SOMETIMES IN MY LIFE I NEED YOU / HARVEY && TWO-FACE .#◖| TO LIVE TWO LIVES / MAIN / CH. 6 .#◖| SHOW ME YOUR BEAUTIFUL ANGER / ANYA BARNES / DREKKAVAC .
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Her body heat creeps over them as she descends on top , their own body sinking further into the mattress , now she's right back where he wants them . 𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐒 cannot resist the smirk that stretches his gaping , exposed maw further . A low growl akin to the equivalence of a purr . Half lips already drew down to their hairline .
❝ Good memories 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 either . Sure I wus around longer , but I can only remember in those earlier years how I'd watch it all play out , present but 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 while Dad beat the livin' shit outta HARV here , remember how it happened through && through like a bad dream right until the moment I said '𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇' . Again when some juvi-punks tried to finish 'im with a brick . Didn't get the good stuff like HARV , no first kiss , or marriage or any of that shit jus' the leftovers. ❞ He slides his hands down her sides , reaching her hips && skirting across her thighs , hand on each one .
❝ But whenever I get t'dreamin' about any of that shit I found somethin' to take the edge off a little works wonders . ❞ He nips at her lobe . ❝ Let me help yer forget , gorgeous . ❞
There was a light 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐅𝐅 at the jab at their diligence in the defenses. He could call them paranoid … Anyone could … It was the truth. They took the wins where they could get them though. It had become the only way to really keep moving. Normalcy was never going to be something they could 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 obtain. The best they could do was take the wins where they could get them.
Eyes shifted to his darkened form at the mention of Harvey. It really never took long at all for 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 of them to start obsessing over the other one. Being with both of them was easy for her … She wasn't so sure it was easy for them. Despite what one might think … Neither them , or what they were ever scared Anya , they'd grown up around far worse.
A 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃 look shoots their direction , before a louder scoff follows. Shaking their head , a hand lifts the cigarette to their lips , pulling a drag from it before answering them.
❛�� I was actually kinda hopin you'd be the one awake.❜❜ The answer's let out in a casual manner. Eyes fixed on the wall across the room from where they sat in the bed. There's that pull to get up. To start pacing. That's when they look back at him. ❛❛ If I didn't want your comfort I'd have every opportunity t'leave. ❜❜ That wasn't right. That wasn't what they 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 to say. Story of their life really. Nothing ever really coming out right. Always slightly twisted & distorted. Just like them. A shake of their head , & then another sigh before their body shifts to lay back down against him. Eyes 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐄 at the ceiling. Letting atmospheric noise take them away somewhere just for a second.
❛❛ Every memory I ever had that was nice , got ripped away … For a long time. ❜❜ She makes a snapping motion with her free hand. ❛❛ Boom. Just like that. Like it never happened. ❜❜ They still didn't look at them. Eyes 𝐅𝐈𝐗𝐄𝐃 on the ceiling above them. Yet another scoff follows , & a lazy shake of her head. ❛❛ They took every good memory away from me like it was nothin. Took me YEARS t'get em back , & I can't forget one bad memory. ❜❜
#҂ · CAN A MAN LIVE TWO LIVES ? ― ( IC . )#҂ · TO LIVE TWO LIVES ― ( MAIN V. CH. 6. )#҂ · I AIN'T YOUR SICKNESS I AM YOUR TEETH ― ( TF . )#҂ · SHOW ME YOUR BEAUTIFUL ANGER ― ( ANYA BARNES / DREKKAVAC . )#tw: abuse
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HE HAD NOTICED the little insecurities , the sudden bouts of nervousness , as stoic && solid as she was ; there was always the slightest cracks in any façade .
❝ NOTHING NICE ? I find that hard to believe , ANYA , really hard . ❞ Dishes set aside onto the drying rack he comes to join her at the table , taking the opposite seat . She's still a beaten dog , afraid , lost , 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐌 . He needed to earn that trust ... or not . She wasn't his possession ; but that's not why he is here , sat across the table from them right now . He saw someone in need && wanted to help . Like he said ' 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐍'𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐁 '.
❝ You're safe here , I know you don't believe me , NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I SAY IT ; I promise you , You're not a prisoner here , I would like you to stay though . I feel like I'm starting to get to know you . _ I would like to know you . ❞ He would have stretched fingers across the table , brush against her knuckles , he wanted to , he knows better .
He's aware of the weapon she keeps on her person at all times , swallowing hard , trying not to acknowledge it for too long . ❝ I'm not _ ❞ He refrains . ❝ I've never owned a gun , never used one . Could use one as you can see ; I'm a target too often . My position provokes a lot of unwanted attention . With that knowledge , you know that you always have the advantage here , so maybe I could ask you to put the weapon down , not get rid of it . ❞ he raised his hands waving to articulate he meant no offense . ❝ Somewhere easy for you to access for now , we don't have to carry weapons around the house . ❞ It won't come to that .
There was a gut reaction to feel 𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗦 about his apparent joke about biding his time. It wouldn't be a bad idea , but he could obviously see where they would worry , & added the correction. Allowing her to breath easier about it. Though shoulders remained tensed slightly for a few seconds longer. Relaxing with each breath that they took.
She watched him move from the sink 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 to the table. Trained & well honed eyes watching him with this passive sense of being on guard. One that never wavered. That part , while of course a skill taught during their time with the Project , had been 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 so concretely into their inner most being , but their father of all people. He'd wanted them to be a survivor. Teaching them even before they understood , how to do exactly what they were doing. Running from the people who had hurt them their whole life.
Similarly to how Harvey had this 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 of what a man was supposed to provide for someone. An idea gathering it's power from years of repeating by not only him , but the people who raised him his whole life. That's not what makes them 𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗙𝗧 in their seat. It makes sense though , especially if their dad was anything to go off of. Not the notion of what should be offered to them , but the idea of telling someone something 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠.
Eyes widen. Wider than they had before. 𝗢��𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 fear evident in her eyes before looking down to gloved hands to avoid sight of the weapon they were forced to be connected to. Her jaw sets tightly , rolling her lips before shaking her head with a shrug. ❝ There's nothing about me t'tell. ❞ Their accent has 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 in the time they've been staying here. Losing much of the hints toward Russia , & now adopting one more similar to an East Coaster. Brooklyn to be exact. Pulled from memory of someone special. ❝ Nothing nice anyways. ❞
#҂ · CAN A MAN LIVE TWO LIVES ? ― ( IC . )#҂ · ALL MY LIFE I TRIED TO BE GOOD ― ( HD. )#҂ · TO LIVE TWO LIVES ― ( MAIN V. CH. 3. )#҂ · SHOW ME YOUR BEAUTIFUL ANGER ― ( ANYA BARNES / DREKKAVAC . )
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HE HAS A NAME BY THE WAY . Expression visibly shifts , he wasn't expecting that . 𝐓𝐖𝐎-𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄'𝐒 inevitable inclusion in all of this ... well it's like he's surprised more often than not . Of course expectation was one thing ; it's like ANYA is teaching him more about that part of himself than he thought he knew . 𝐓𝐖𝐎-𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 with her . It was something he had tried to avoid , not that it's ever his choice anyway .
❝ Does 𝐇𝐄 ? PARASITE . ❞ He scoffs . Trying to dismiss it . His relationship with the persecutor . It needs work && he can feel TWOS' inner eyes burning through his own at the name .𝐅𝐔𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐈𝐍' 𝐁𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 . 𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇 .𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐃 𝐁𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍' 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐄 .
It doesn't linger as the stakes seem to rise for the 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃. The dual-toned garments . && BEFORE HARVEY CAN REACT . 𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐒 has their hands on her wrists , distinguishable growl , guttering out . ❝ _ Don't even think about it , 𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐔𝐒 . I wanna see you in 'em . Better yet I wanna make good use of 'em before you even think of throwin' 'em out ! ❞
𝐐 ; ❝ Darling , ❞ He wasn't prepared for this . Worry && concern derived from a place of care , though what it regards ; the impression he may leave ... it was a risk ...
❝ the , um , ... are - are you okay ? You're wearing a lot of - well - the two-toned thing ? HE didn't twist your arm on that , right ? It's just our men wear that as a sort of - well you're not hired guns you're a guest . ❞ ﹐ @halfdent.
❛❛ 𝐇𝐦? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭? ❜❜ She thought it would be kinda .. .𝐅𝐔𝐍? Sure being fun wasn't really their thing , but 𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄 also hadn't been until recently. Clothes were picked based on what they needed , preferences & style being tossed completely out the window. Life was moving through the day to 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄. Harvey & Twos had been the first time outside of their family that they really felt 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 as more than a hired gun , or an obedient dog. So what if it was a bit of a 𝐌𝐈𝐌𝐂. Especially now that they were finding they actually liked it.
Next came a pondering look. Glancing off to the side before looking down at the 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐅𝐈𝐓 that likely prompted the question. Followed by a shrug. ❛❛ 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆? 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. ❜❜ There was no motion to change into something else , simply moving to decide if they were going gloved hands , or the new flesh colored & textured attachment for the prosthetic. ❛❛ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 ... 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. ❜❜ That 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐅𝐔𝐋 ton to their voice was still present , reaching to grab another one leaving less to the imagination & holding it out for him to see. Letting the garment dangle off the hanger on their finger. ❛❛ 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 , 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬'𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. ❜❜
#𖨆✘𖨆 · CAN A MAN LIVE TWO LIVES ? ― ( IC . )#𖨆✘𖨆 · TO LIVE TWO LIVES ? ― ( MAIN V. CH. 6 . )#𖨆✘𖨆 · SOMETIMES IN MY LIFE I NEED YOU ― (HD. / T-F. )#𖨆✘𖨆 · SHOW ME YOUR BEAUTIFUL ANGER ― ( ANYA BARNES / DREKKAVAC . )
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Eight hours was the minimum , being the district attorney was demanding , && he had made a promise to the city . These last few weeks she had distracted him from his pursuit . He can't really blame her ; she was a woman lost . A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND . Not certain of their own identity or where their place is in the world . Always looking over their shoulder . She lives in fear.
He had offered to sleep in their room time to time , they didn't seem so content with falling asleep at times , understandable . DENT couldn't claim his sleeping habits were much more of an improvement . 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐂 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 .
Money laundering case . He had to stay back at the office , compiling all the details he would need for the morning trial . When he got home . It was late enough for the lights off not to be an immediate concern .
Keys in the door , he moved into the living room , chairs strewn about . Eyes followed them to the open basement door , quickly finding the gun on the table . He crept towards it , careful not to make the floorboards creek . Someone was in his home , someone - PEOPLE HAD HURT HER BEFORE . They had found them . His hand reaches for the firearm , the feeling in his grip now one he was too familiar with . He was never legally meant for a gun . Psyche evaluation left him empty handed when it came to getting a licensed weapon to protect himself with . Permit or not . He's making an exception , making haste down the stairs , preparing for the worst , images flashing in his 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 ...
That's when he finds her , curled up , seconds past before his mind catches up that they are trapped in theirs , lowering the gun he moves closer , dropping to a crouch .
❝ Anya , baby , WHAT'S WRONG ? ❞ He wanted to go straight in , hold her until she would stop shaking ; he knew better . The people she escaped from . 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 ? He can only imagine . He didn't want to . But he could . ❝ I'm sorry I was gone longer than expected , I thought maybe we were ready for this . ❞ Inevitably not . ❝ Hey - Hey it's okay , YOU'RE SAFE , you're safe here . ❞ He moves just an inch closer , testing the waters . ❝ Anya , LOOK AT ME .❞ He needed her to see it , see the sanctuary behind these eyes , heavy with exhaustion as they are . They have a warmth to them .
𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐌. That he could leave them at the house without having to worry or call nearly every five minutes. Anya didn't BLAME Harvey for the nervousness. Had the roles been reversed , Anya couldn't say the idea of leaving a mentally delicate former assassin alone for eight hours was an idea they would have been comfortable with. But this was a chance for Anya to show that she could be fine.
If only they had been right about that.
The new morning routine was what they focused on what he left. Walking the house to make sure it was still empty , workout inside , eat , & from there it was usually ready whatever she could find in the house , or sketch in the sketchbook he got after finding out they had a knack for drawing. Most of it had been spent drawing , but she alternated between the activities. TV was STILL something they hadn't managed to make to try yet.
It had been while they were sitting in the living room , the early stages of a sketch of some foliage outside while they let themselves zone out. The quiet was nice , but those watchful scans continued even while they drew. ALWAYS VIGILANT in case their suspicions ever came to be true , & agents came to Dent's door after finding her. While it wasn't an agent that caught their attention … It had been a delivery man. Harmless , any person would see them all the time. What registered in Anya's mind , was DANGER.
Then the doorbell rang. Heart started pounding , & her throat felt IMPOSSIBLY tight as eyes shifted to the kitchen. Harvey didn't keep guns , but she did. All hidden , the locations only known to them that they had STASHED around the house just in case. One of them fastened under the nightstand. Much more effective.
Reaching for the gun , they made their way to the front door , another RING of the doorbell from the delivery man. Heart beats pounded EVEN HARDER , LOUDER. They were only a few steps away from the door now. Nobody was getting in here.
The door flung open , & the poor , unsuspecting man was met with & UNFAMILIAR face , & gun drawn & ready. Survival instincts well kicked in , opposite blue & green eyes stared down the young man. ❝ WHO SENT YOU?! ❞ Their voice was serious. DEMANDING an answer before cocking the gun. The delivery man , simply dropped the package , before running back to the safety of his truck.
FUCK!
Reality sunk in. Eyes watched as TERRIFIED child as far as the woman currently standing on the front porch as stunned .. & SCARED as the young man speeding down the street. It wasn't really … It wasn't a THREAT. It was just a kid. Just a kid who was doing his job. Hands shook. Metal clinking as the gun shifted in their hands. Seconds later … Eyes began FRANTICALLY looking around the street , before quickly retreating inside before anyone else saw.
From there , Anya had SNAPPED. The gun dropped to the floor … Legs felt UNSTEADY & soon … Seeing the house around her wasn't a task they could complete. The rest … That was something that Anya couldn't remember after it all went black. They couldn't remember the BREAKDOWN. The single hole in the wall from a punch leaving cuts on their fist , before retreating to the only place they knew they could get somewhere dark & cold … THE BASEMENT.
By the time @halfdent came home , the house was DARK. Lights having not been turned on once the SUNLIGHT no longer served it's purpose to light the house. Chairs shuffled from a STUMBLE during Anya's retreat to the basement , the door leading their open , & the gun sitting on the floor near the table. The missing person? Huddled in a corner , knees squeezed IMPOSSIBLY TIGHT on the floor. Shivers & tremors here & there.
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He's quiet . Odd for him but he is . 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒 .MEMORIES . They were always on in the same . He lived out all of HARVEY'S nightmares for him , took their place until he become the thing his host feared . Better to know the monster under the bed than not he thought .
A grunt of disappointment when they move away from them , the absence of her warmth . Hands snake over her , an attempt to claim one of the cigarettes his own , pressing it between exposed teeth .
❝ Alright , light us up then . ❞ If they weren't going back to bed they may as well smoke .
❝ Good 'cus it tooks 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 to get this place fortified like 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐗 . && Yer even checked it yerself . ❞ Words hoarse with , pushing past teeth . ❞ Sure , shit we can do 'bout that . Probably wish yer limped-dicked boyfriend DENT was here . I bring the nightmares don't make 'em disappear . ❞ Bed cover drapes over shoulder , exposing their bare chest defined by dark hairs && speckled scars where acid had rained down from their visage .
❝ Look I know we wusn't raised in a boot camp && brainwashed && all that other shit but … I know what it's like 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐍' 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 . Figuratively && literally . ❞
Nightmares were 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 something Anya could talk about easily. All too often , those nightmares were things you couldn't just explain to someone. The horrors that made up their childhood something you could only imagine of for some sort of 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘. A monster made in the dark , from something that only ever wanted to be held. Molded & distorted into something they'd likely always be putting back together.
Never once feeling whole … always trying to fill that hole left when their childhood was ripped away from them.
Where it might seem unnerving , feeling the scarred up hand in her hair , on her cheek. Not to Anya. Superficial things like that never 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 to the former assassin , & they certainly don't matter now. No matter how hard it is to convince them of that. It doesn't come close to comparing to the ugliness of their life. Compared to that. To the ugly images when they close their eyes … It's like looking at a masterpiece.
She knows their alone. It's always the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 concern in their mind wherever they go. Safety. Knowing that nobody could touch you. A paranoia that makes up every waking moment for her it seems. The question he asks is 𝐎𝐁𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 , but it doesn't come off that way. More a gesture of understanding. She knows that about the both of them. Both tortured men in their own way. Anya nods , scooting closer when that hand reaches her cheek.
That reminder comes expected. It really is just the them. The building well guarded. They even let her 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐈𝐓. That's not the problem though , which is revealed with a shake of their head. Laying down isn't working anymore. She need's to move. Not too suddenly , but there's insistence as their body pulls away to sit up , reaching for that metal tin of cigarettes. Muscle memory from years of nights not void of nightmares. There's a metal click of the top of the zippo lighter lifting , before the sound of flint activating a flame , followed by a long exhale shortly after. Smoke streams floating in the beams of moonlight offered to the room.
❛❛ 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 … 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭. ❜❜ It's knowing what she did. It's knowing how much it happened. It's 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 that if she looked at her hands , they'd see blood. Even if it wasn't there. ❛❛ 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 & 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. ❜❜
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She got him there . ❝ Well , I AM a lawyer . Maybe I'm just biding my time , collecting evidence . ❞ A gap barely even fills his next deflection . ❝ Kidding , kidding of course . ❞ The woman's unstable , intelligent still they are missing gaps of societal knowledge . Unfamiliar with certain customs . 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 .
He could bring her to justice , wouldn't that be all he's devoted himself to ? Though watching her now he sees something far from the killer he perceived when she had failed her mission . She may well be biding her time too . Though her lack of social skill intel what he's suspected about them for a while now . 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃 . From a young age most likely.
❝ I took someone in who needed help , to be in a home , ... a man ... A GOOD MAN helps people && he provides a home for a woman . ❞ Though in this situation ; they are still strangers under such circumstances . ❝ You're free to leave when you're ready but for now this home is safe for you . ❞ Stacking the plates onto the drying rack he finally motions to pull up a seat in front of them . ❝ Anyway . I wanted to talk . Just a talk . ❞ He deflects . ❝ Tell me something about you . Anything at all . You're a real enigma . ❞ Of course he needed answers . Who wanted him killed && why but he knew better than to poke the tiger . ❝ Look , you probably don't believe me but I'd like to help . I made a promise to myself && to this city that I would help people , people like you && me . ❞
Jokes brought back memories . Memories , they were sure they might lose forever . Not a fear without 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 . Their own dad forgot an entire person he used to be . What was stopping them from doing the same ? They'd already made sure she got the same 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐄 . The metal arm sitting as a reminder of that fact under gloved hands & long sleeved shirts .
Their dad joked . When he was actually able to 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 himself . More & more , they saw a man who liked to laugh whenever he had the chance to . It didn't happen often , but enough for them to remember it . Enough for the curl of Harvey's lips to give her a moment of remembering what they got a taste of . Before everything had been taken away from them all over again .
Nervous figits occupy her movements , 𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 from his view thanks to the task of dishes . That & the pink tint covering their pale cheeks upon thinking about that comment . Nobody talked about their laugh … When was the last time they even did that ? Their focus returns on Harvey with that question , pulling her back to reality once more . One green eye , & one blue narrow in focus . A state of concentration from wherever their thoughts had been trying to take her .
❝ You took someone in who was trying to KILL YOU . ❞ Her accent betrays her slightly . Sounding condescending , low & blunt . No , they are that blunt . ❝ Most people wouldn't do that . ❞ That wasn't all of it . There was 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 else . Familiar maybe … But it was too soon to tell .
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𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐘𝐄 , the other left to the imagination . Gaze void of judgement , they bore into hers , seemingly listening . As though their lack of clarity still yielded everything he needed to know , his mind could make it's own distinction , gathering what he knows .
His hand anchored back in to caress brown locks , there's no feeling in this hand , the nerves burnt away when it had instinctively reached to shield the part of their face - HARVEY'S face that avoided being devoured by the acid.
𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀 𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐏�� 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇 One more laden with lost sleep rather than disapproval . Too frugal to waste the time on sleeping all night , ever unclosing eye they woke at the most sudden of changes . 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 he would sometimes watch over GILDA as she curled in close . Of course he could only do it distant enough in their own mind . Not to scare her away . HARVEY was ..well unscarred by fate back then. This intimacy ; it wasn't meant for 𝐇𝐈𝐌 . He's more of a concept than a man . Something , internal, ugly && raw .
Still her hand guides his back into caress .
❝ That 𝐁𝐀𝐃 , eh ? ❞ Buries the unscarred side of their face as they stare on at them . ❝ Didn't - 'wus already awake . ❞ Lazily drags the hand down now to her cheek . ❝ Nobody here . Just 𝐔𝐒 . ❞ && His men downstairs . ❝ && if someone did try somethin' . They'd be fuckin' stupid c'min' here . Between us twos they gots 𝐍𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄. ❞
𝐓𝐖𝐎 - 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 ; ‘ y’were dreamin’.’ The familiar look in their eyes lacks HARVEY’s soft watery gaze , voice too hoarse. ‘ go back to sleep.’ Far be it from TWO-FACE to hesitate in anything but a hand comes to run through her hair briefly before he pulls away . ﹐ @halfdent.
Had they been awake , they would have seen the 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐒 that they were safe. They would have seen the signs of 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 surrounding them. But instead , stuck in their own nightmares … They weren't in Gotham. They weren't with them. Trapped in their head , all they could see was that base.
❛❛ Keep going Anya! Again! ❜❜
Sharp commands rung through the room , echoing like it was coming from someone 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑. When eyes shifted to focus on the other asset in the center of the ring with her … It wasn't just another asset. It was 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐄.
A scenario they had been forced into time & time again. Project Legacy couldn't 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄 decent. Defection couldn't be tolerated. A lesson needed to be taught. One that would work for Anya at least for a very long time. Twin eyes looked up from a battered face. Blood covering any other features that might reveal the identity of the child cowering at her feet.
Hands 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑. Shaking at their sides until they chance to look away from their brother , the other half of them , & instead looking to bloody hands , only for them to turn into a fist. It's hard to see. Hard to 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓 even though they know how this plays out. They know how this ends. They've been here before … Many times. Hesitation kicks in … Her head shaking at him when he begs her to do as they ask. Tears that had been held in her heterochromatic hues since they started this.
❛❛ I said NOW Asset. Attack! ❜❜
There's a stabbing feeling in their head. Like a 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐋𝐄 being driven into their temple. It hurts , enough to knock their focus from the defiance , head shaking with the sharp headache now clouding their senses. It didn't matter now. Gone were the days where a Soldier would come to rescue the lost children. The Soldier was gone , it was all over. That switch 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒 though. Doing exactly as intended , blocking everything except the main directive. Attack the other asset. Angry eyes stalking toward the badly beaten teen … Before eyes open.
Eyes open , & the room they had just been in was 𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐄. The cold , gym like room traded for the space she called home now. It wasn't the building that made it home … It was them. Cold didn't feel cold when they were with them. Not like it used to. It's not the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 nightmare they've had since meeting Harvey. He was always there. Ready to 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃 & 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓. Ready to protect against the demons of their past coming back to remind them of their wrong doings.
Except this time … It's not Harvey. In the dark , it could be hard to tell. Often times they have to rely on 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐒 , little tells at who has the driver's seat in any given moment. Sounds are the main clue though. Micro expressions being something you have to read just to know who you're talking to. Harvey's called her an enigma before … But he & Two bring a whole new meaning to the word. It's beautiful. That 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐋 , small & soft , but present … Tells them all they need to know who it is.
Shoulder's tense. Waiting for some sort of comment that will 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐓𝐄𝐃𝐋𝐘 pull Harvey to come to their defense. Something about being 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐑 , but instead there are few words , as gentle as they've ever felt the alter , combing a hand through disheveled brown locks. A hand reaches up , feeling his hand 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆. Not yet , she still needs that. A weathered hand grabs for his , a bit of insistence in the pressure used to squeeze his , but all she can do is shake her head while tears attempt to fall unseen under cover of darkness. ❛❛ 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐭𝐨. ❜❜ No surprise there. If he had a peak into her mind he'd understand. ❛❛ 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ❜❜
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Momentary disappointment at her deflection , he recoils though determined to push back against her denial , he sees the smile she's retreating , the piece of them , they are 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 . && he chases it . ❝ Oh ho , ouch , that was fast . I'll need time to recover before my next TERRIBLE joke . ❞ A warning with a warm grin . He has a surplus of terrible jokes && if that's the way to break the barrier between them then he will tell bad jokes 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐋𝐘 .
❝ No. It's just me - but you should consider yourself lucky . Not everyone can say that they have a pretty laugh . ❞ He moves away , busying himself with some dishes left to soak from last night , avoiding their eyes meeting for the time being . Better not scare the stray away .
𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 . She didn't know the half of it . Not that Harvey had really thought about that for a long time . Postering for long enough that he could believe his own tells . He had gotten so good at setting alarms , writing notes to himself . Keeping his anger in check . ❝ Oh yeah ? What are MOST people like ? ❞ Perhaps the question would ground him into her reality , which so far has proven to be far more convoluted .
[ 𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄. ] 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐘. ❝ oh she laughs ! She can smile too . ❞
𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒 , 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐒 , 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄? The laugh had come to her seemingly out of nowhere. Her life until this point had been nothing but waking nightmares for them. If she though hard enough , the last time she 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃 herself to smile , to laugh … They found out. They 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 knew. Somehow …
Legacy had a way of finding out everything.
Even now , in a 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 attempt to find freedom that she still wondered was real or not. She could kill him right now. It'd be easy. It 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 have been easy before. It 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 have been easy. But for one reason or another , she couldn't do it. A momentary error that they were still debating was a good one.
It's when @halfdent brings 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 to the gesture of hers , that laugh that had snuck out without her knowing , causing her face to darken to a light shade of pink to betray the pale almost ghost like features. Had she known who her mother was … she would know her to be the one to give her those features , along with the one green eye she possessed to pair with the 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐋𝐘 icy blue one on the other side. Eyes look down from him , cast now to her fidgeting hands. There is was , the quick 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐋 of emotion to bring back the cold exterior she learned to be the safer expression.
❝ Are bad jokes something everyone does? ❞ It was a 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊 deflect from her own actions. Common when someone pointed out something that made her nervous , as if 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 didn't make her nervous out here , so long without returning home. So long that she was beginning to wonder when she would be pulled back. It happened every time she ran. One way or another , they always pulled her back. They'd been watching , waiting for that to happen , but those agents never came. The joke had been the first time she had let that guard even in the 𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓. ❝ Or is it just you? ❞ The words she spoke were English , she was fluent in the language along with many others , but the accent that went with it 𝐎𝐁𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐘 had a Russian sound to it. ❝ You're different from most people. ❞
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