#heathjoker
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“Stop sulking, you did great!” Jack nudged Arthur with his elbow.
“C'mon, you don’t have to lie.” Arthur awkwardly looked down at his feet. “You saw them, they looked like they wanted to throw something at me…and I don’t exactly think it would be roses.”
“Well I thought your jokes were good.” Jack said with a shrug and Arthur glanced up at him. “You had a tough crowd tonight for sure. Not your fault that they didn’t like the punchline.”
“So… Do you think I should try again?” Arthur asked with a small smile and Jack smirked back at him.
“I think you should aim even higher. Like mother always said… If you’re good at something, never do it for free.”
”Howdid you get those scars?”
“Hey…”
Jack slowly crouched down in front of Arthur. For having gotten into a fist fight with three guys he looked almost decent, his clothes just a little dusty and having just one single cut on his right cheek. “Are you alright?”
Arthur stared into Jack’s brown eyes in disbelief. He had his right hand gripped tightly around the gun in his pocket still. Had Jack stepped in just by seconds later… He swallowed hard and cringed at the metallic taste of blood.
“Yes.” He managed to get out, his voice hoarse and a bit shaky.
Jack tilted his head a little and Arthur could see his eyes focusing on his bloody nose. He finally let go of the gun, his fingers feeling stiff from holding it so tightly and he clumsily wiped some blood off with the edge of his sleeve.
“I ah-” Jack hesitated and shifted his weight a little awkwardly. “I’m sorry. For what they did to you.”
Arthur glanced at him under his locks, still in doubt. Why?Why did he decide to step in? It would have been so easy to just walk by like everybody else would have done. Like everybody else always does… Why did Jack get himself hurt to help him?
“Thank you…”
Jack Napier
A genuine laugh…
He hasn’t had one this good in a while.
“Hey…you’re Arthur, right?”
Because what if Jack and Arthur lived in the same time period and met just a little before the events of “Joker”…? Would they still go down the same violent path or would things be different?
“You know what they say… you should never leave a job half done.”
Jack is having illusions of a man with a painted face, dressed in green and purple…
Don’t be so shy…
Babies
Harley won’t be getting them back anytime soon…
Clown meeting
About as chaotic as you’d expect…
Get back in quarantine you pricks!
Ivy is getting real tired of your shit, Jack…
Don’t worry, he is fine!
