[RL - Valentine's Day Massacre]
Feb. 14th, 2009 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
[Oh, Valentine's day. Joker never was much of a fan for the saccharine Hallmark card of a holiday, but this year was looking up.
He had been very careful to text Maggie all the right things - the "how are you's" and the "what are you doing?" and the "how'd things work out with that guy" - and it all led up to the one text bemoaning his lack of plans for February 14th. It turned out (surprise surprise) that Tommy still hadn't made up with his fiery-tempered kangaroo boo, and that she was available.
"How about a drink at this place I'm sitting this weekend?" he had asked. The answer was an affirmative yes. Hah.
The place he had picked out was in the upper district of Gotham, a nice, ritzy little thing that the occupants had mysteriously left without a note - well, besides the one saying that "Joseph Kerr" would be watching the place. He had given her the address over the phone and was now putting the finishing touches on what was supposedly a "casual" meeting between two single people on the day condom sales went up the highest they ever would for the year.
Heh.]
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Date: 2009-02-10 06:13 am (UTC)They're doing everything the can. Sometimes, it just seems like... You know, the criminals are one step ahead of the curve. [He shrugs.] Guess it's just how things go.
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Date: 2009-02-10 06:19 am (UTC)Yeah, guess you're right. There's only so much that can be done, I guess, when you're got a psychopath running rampant in your city.
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Date: 2009-02-10 07:43 am (UTC)Yeah, but they do what they can. And they've got the Batman, I guess - or, well, they had him. I don't know, really. [He waves a hand before starting on the refills.] Enough about Gotham, I hate talking down about my own city. How're things with that guy of yours? He still... being what he was when we first met?
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Date: 2009-02-10 01:06 pm (UTC)Oh...him. Well...I'm not sure. Things are always super tense between us, we tend to fight more than we talk to each other. [She leans back, eyes flickering to the TV for a moment before moving back to him.] I'm not sure whats happening, or going to happen with him.
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Date: 2009-02-10 09:07 pm (UTC)That's no good. I mean, I guess if you think it's good, it is - but really, that kind of... not-knowing is a little frightening. It would be for me, at least.
[He continues to look at her, even as he takes a long drink.]
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Date: 2009-02-10 09:13 pm (UTC)I guess it's just...complicated. He's a complicated person. I guess I am too, though. We've both got such nasty tempers it makes it impossible to tell.
[She meets his eyes as he looks at her, blushes, then looks into the depths of her drink.]
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Date: 2009-02-10 09:21 pm (UTC)[He chuckles, reaching over to give her shoulder a light squeeze.] Don't worry about it. I'm sure everything will work out just how you want it to.
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Date: 2009-02-10 09:25 pm (UTC)And I suppose you're right, it'll go how I want it, eventually. Then again, I don't even know how I want it, so there we go.
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Date: 2009-02-10 11:38 pm (UTC)I guess it's really not that hard to figure out, though, Maggie. I mean - I'm not exactly a genius when it comes to this kind of thing, but... The way I see it? You can either do what the song says and, you know, "hold out for a hero" or whatever, or you can go find yourself a good alternative.
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Date: 2009-02-11 12:47 am (UTC)It's a nice idea, but you're right, finding an alternative is probably the best thing to do.
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Date: 2009-02-11 01:09 am (UTC)[He pauses, still looking oh-so-embarrassed, then carefully glances over to her from over his drink.] So, uh, what constitutes an alternative for you?
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Date: 2009-02-11 01:20 am (UTC)Oh....well...I'd say someone who is a nice, considerate, boy next door. [She eyes him pointedly, but doesn't say anything remarkably forward.] You know. Someone you don't mind taking home to your family. [If you had one, anyway.]
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Date: 2009-02-11 01:58 am (UTC)[He does "risk" a glance over to her, looking away just as quickly~.]
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Date: 2009-02-11 02:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-11 05:59 am (UTC)Well, uh... [He scratches the back of his head, drink abandoned on the coffee table.] ...Sometimes, yeah.
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Date: 2009-02-11 06:05 am (UTC)When you least expect it, even.
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Date: 2009-02-11 06:21 am (UTC)He continues to give her a bit of a dazed look until she moves closer, but - as far as it looks - his head gives in and he leans in to kiss her.
He's very, very careful not to bite.]
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Date: 2009-02-11 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-11 06:32 am (UTC)After all, nobody would say it counted if she wasn't willing.]
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Date: 2009-02-11 06:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-13 01:21 am (UTC)After all, it's never too late to get back into the game.]
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Date: 2009-02-13 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-13 01:35 am (UTC)WELL, UNTIL MAGGIE REALIZES WHAT JUST HAPPENED. DUN DUN DUNNN.]