He's warm, and he's here, and he's alright. A selfish small part of her thinks that would be enough- but of course it wouldn't be. They have other family, and they weren't safe. They might not be warm. But wasn't she right where she'd so wanted to be just a single night ago? In his arms, her fingers tangled up in his coat and her face pressed against his shoulder.
Thinking about it only reminded her of what she'd done, (what she'd been made to do, she wants to believe), and hidden from view her skin flushed in shame.
It was tempting to agree. But she strove to be strong even when she wasn't, to support their family, support Joker himself when she saw pain or distance behind his smiles.]
M'not leavin' 'ere till ye start makin' sense.
[Is what she says. But her tone wavers, betrays how badly she'd like to take him up on that offer- to go to sleep somewhere safe and hope the world would make sense on the morrow.]
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He's warm, and he's here, and he's alright. A selfish small part of her thinks that would be enough- but of course it wouldn't be. They have other family, and they weren't safe. They might not be warm. But wasn't she right where she'd so wanted to be just a single night ago? In his arms, her fingers tangled up in his coat and her face pressed against his shoulder.
Thinking about it only reminded her of what she'd done, (what she'd been made to do, she wants to believe), and hidden from view her skin flushed in shame.
It was tempting to agree. But she strove to be strong even when she wasn't, to support their family, support Joker himself when she saw pain or distance behind his smiles.]
M'not leavin' 'ere till ye start makin' sense.
[Is what she says. But her tone wavers, betrays how badly she'd like to take him up on that offer- to go to sleep somewhere safe and hope the world would make sense on the morrow.]