#🌆☠️.s/i [TDK]

[circusgoth-dotcom]

Homage

Ship: TDK!Joker x Corvus Grace

Word Count: 623

Summary: Hello Gabriel/Joker nation. 👉👈 Little Thanksgiving treat for you. (Not planned, also means this probably, initially, won't be seen by a lot of people, but it's fine.) The title is quite literal in this case as this is an homage to one of my favourite TDK!Joker x reader fics I've ever read, and I don't think it's available anymore. 😭 Somehow both fluff and angst?? CWs for nonsexual nudity, brief mention of bugs, false tension, sickness mention (?? specifically mentions of an allergic reaction, not described in detail), brief animal abuse mention (used in a metaphor).

Tag List: @canongf @futurewife @knightfallships

Cold rain slashed down the windows of Gotham City; some darkened, others glowing with yellow light, and still others completely smashed in. It was as typical as lint in a drier. Corvus returned to his hole-in-the-wall apartment, chilled to the bone with slippery grocery bags in hand. He lugged them into the kitchen and set them on the floor with a squeak that made his teeth itch.

He ran his hands over his hair, squeezing out the water before rubbing his stinging ears. Prying off his shoes, Corvus padded down the hall and into his cracked-tile bathroom. After scanning for roaches and other creepy crawlies, deeming the room free, he began to strip.

The rain and thunder masked all sounds in the apartment from the outside world, and vice versa. He could hardly hear the steady plinking of water beading off of his body and splashing on the floor as he rose over the lip of the tub, his pale hand twisting the faucet knob with noted effort. Impatiently, he placed his wrist under the initially scalding water, then immediately drew back. The knob made protesting sounds as he adjusted it to his preferred temp. Finally, he yanked the shower curtain closed and pulled the pin in the faucet to divert water to the showerhead. He scowled at it as it dripped feebly, then quickly stepped back as the water gushed forth, nearly catching him in the face.

Sighing, Corvus stood beneath the hot stream and pressed his forehead to the cool wall. He didn’t stir when he thought he heard a thud, didn’t stir until the bathroom door was opening. He pried himself from the wall, listening, and did not tense. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched the curtain draw back to accommodate his husband, then close again as Joker pulled their hips to his. Rough lips danced over the back of Corvus’ neck and they gladly leaned into the touch.

“Sorry I’m late,” he muttered, wrapping lithe arms around their waist.

“S’okay,” they murmured back. They could feel his steady heartbeat against their back. “I—”

He hushed them. “No… no talking. Please.”

They nodded, releasing a shuddering breath. Exhaustion sunk into both of them. It was a long time before somebody moved to grab soap and shampoo. Corvus turned to face Joker, reaching a washcloth toward his face. He momentarily flinched, unable to help it, but let them help all the same. Their brow creased as they scrubbed away days’ worth of grease paint to reveal angry hives.

“The ointment…?”

“I know. I forgot.” His brown eyes wandered and he bit his tongue as Corvus touched him in a way others never would be able to. Gentle, as in how you handle a previously abused dog. Gentle, as in how you comfort a sick child.

Mostly but never quite clear of Gotham’s dirt, the two men rinsed themselves off and carefully exited the tiny bathtub. They dried off side-by-side before Joker somewhat forcefully wrapped Corvus in his bathrobe. He opened the medicine cabinet and fished out a tube of medicinal cream Corvus had brought him when he began to have a bad reaction to his face paint. He promised he’d switch over to something different when it was gone. The thought of throwing away the old stuff crossed both their minds but never stayed long.

Corvus made to leave the bathroom, but Joker guided him to sit on the closed toilet. “Wait.”

They watched as he scooped up their dirty clothes and left the room, shortly returning dressed in pyjama pants. He scooped them off the toilet and carried them into the living room, to lay them down on the couch. He kissed their lips slowly and tentatively.

[circusgoth-dotcom]

x x x | x x x | x x x

Clownie's Halloween Stim Countdown: Day 1

TDK Joker stimboard w/ cities, knives, and silver

[circusgoth-dotcom]

tdk joker is so pretty pretty 🥰💞😌💕

[circusgoth-dotcom]

Batman Self Insert AU Dump

👔🤡 | Main Timeline: Hannibal Flood, aka Amadán. Disowned grandson of Carmine Falcone, journalist, and The Joker's husband.

🌆☠️ | The Dark Knight/Ledger!Joker: Corvus "Zero" Grace. Like many Gothamites, Corvus was poor and desperate. When he was given an opportunity to make some cash by some gangsters, he took it without a second thought. Little did he realize they had roped him into the (usually) deathly brief employment of The Joker. As the boss came to clean up his "evidence," that being the group that enticed Corvus into their ranks, he saw something different in Corvus the others didn't have and decided to leave him alive. Slowly, Joker allowed Corvus more intimately into his world, and it wasn't long before Gotham realized there was only one person The Joker did not find expendable: "Agent Zero."

🎙️🏥 | Joker (2019)/Phoenix!Joker: Keaton Kennedy. Keaton met Arthur in Arkham during one of Arthur's last self-admittances. For Keaton, he had been briefly admitted by his older roommate who acted as a sort of caretaker towards him but was struggling with the responsibility of it all. They reconnected after they were both released and committed themselves to helping each other feel better despite their shitty situations. I think Arthur still becomes The Joker in this AU but developments on it heavily depend on the plot of Folie Á Deux right now.

🌆🪴 | Civilian AU: Hannibal "Bill" Feather. Bill was as average of a Gothamite as one could get: working a low-income job as a bodega clerk, having a healthy wariness around Gotham's nightlife, and of course being more concerned with his oncoming rent than the latest villain scheme of the week. So when he unintentionally catches The Joker's eye, Gotham's king of criminals, he's thrown for the biggest loop of his life.

@canongf @knightfallships @futurewife

[circusgoth-dotcom]

⬇️Information⬇️

Corvus Grace/Zero: Corvus is my Dark Knight s/i. Like most Gothamites, Corvus was poor and desperate. Desperate enough to let himself be convinced by some of The Joker's goons that he'd be in for a lot of cash if he worked with them. When Joker came to "clean up the evidence" after the heist, there was something about Corvus that intrigued him, and so he was left alive, and even paid. As Joker let Corvus hang around him more and more, he quickly earned the nickname Zero, and became known as the only accomplice Joker would never turn his back on.

Valentine Van Helsing: My Dracula s/i, technically inspired by the Francis Ford Coppola adaptation but mainly shipped with a mixture of Bela Lugosi's Dracula, Gary Oldman's Dracula, and my own interpretation of the character. The only son of Abraham Van Helsing, Valentine was brought up as "a good and well-educated man" who lightly entertained his father's belief in "vampyrs" and other mythological creatures. However, when he begins to be charmed by a mysterious foreigner he met at a ball, his father's theories begin to become more reality than fiction.

[circusgoth-dotcom]

thinking about the little ways in which tdk would be altered if my s/i was in it

i mentioned before how batman suggesting he interrogate me instead for information would definitely grab joker's attention and get him to loosen his lips a little bit

but also like, joker showing harvey/two-face in the hospital a photo of me to show that he's ""genuine"" about not intending for rachel to die - "listen, you see this? this is my baby, see, i can relate to you. trust me, if i was in your situation, and somebody killed corvus, i'd be pretty pissed, too. but it was an accident. okay?"

an additional confrontation between batman and myself at the end when joker's dangling from the cables, coming up behind him and catching him off guard (but ultimately getting thrown in the slammer with my husband anyway zahzahza)

[circusgoth-dotcom]

i feel like the one thing that could convince tdk joker to be a little more cooperative is if batman suggested he interrogate my s/i for information instead

"bats. if you think i'm being cruel now, you don't want to see me when you place a finger on my baby."

[circusgoth-dotcom]

[circusgoth-dotcom]

thought 4 the evening: dancing with the joker :0)

[circusgoth-dotcom]

Thinking about TDK Joker and I getting into cutesy couple talk in front of mobsters/other criminals lmfao

[circusgoth-dotcom]

I think the different subtleties in the relationships I have with the different Jokers is interesting

Where comics/btas Joker's relationship with me feels very natural and there's no doubt between us that we were made for each other

tdk absolutely has doubts, or at least "anxious curiosities;" "When everyone is terrified of me, why are you the one that stays?"

And need I get started on Arthur’s vast sea of insecurities (light-hearted, affectionate)