𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬.

"... Winter did you good," he uttered, supporting her in the unspoken words, half-joking.

Terry brushed a thumb against her waist.

"You look great."

He grinned, stealing a glance from her eyes.

Winter was tough. Nights were long, and days were shorter. Gotham never stopped, even in the cold.

Terry found that smirk simmered to a smile, both eyes closing as he held her tight.

"... Let's not think about that right now, Ives," he muttered.

Remembering he had a job to do, a duty, a future to tend to...

"You been good?" he asked. How to break the ice?

Time passed. It never stopped.

Catching her-! Haha.

"... Heard someone say my name. Not the big one either."

Terry closed an eye, holding her close, pulling out a bouquet of flowers from behind his back.

It just so happened to be hand-picked from a local farm. None of that fake shit.

"Miss me, Valentine?"

Who's Terry?

[Smirk.]

Ives.

Six... Seeeeven.

🧍‍♂️

𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏
𝑨 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕

"... Please stop looking at me like that."

He watched her silently, letting that moment of pause really cement in the fact that he was wordlessly apologizing.

Suddenly, he reached for his wrist.

Beep, beep.

"You ever take the Bat-Jet for a spin?"

- She'd most likely go off with a warning.

Possession of firearms, disturbing the peace. Taking a dump on capitalism, as she put it. Besides, she *was* just walking down the street. Even if she had a bat in hand.

Seeing as he was Batman...

"It's my job to be a buzz kill," he mused. 🦇

There was a slightly knowing smirk then. So there was regret. A hint of deeper meaning to it all. He shouldn't have been surprised.

In fact, he almost felt like a jerk - but then again, judging someone's character was his duty. The warrants she had out were nothing crazy either.

If he were a cop-🦇

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Will be limiting myself on here from now on, going to be focusing harder on managing threads and replies as opposed to keeping up with timeline shenanigans.

I'll still post open starter interactions from time to time.

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It may have been folly. Searching for answers from a girl who cared for none.

Terry knew deep in his heart that sometimes there wasn't a reason.

There was no use in trying to control a girl like her.

But understanding her?

That beat handcuffs every day of the week.

"Causing chaos and discord, I guess I can understand the appeal - but following a bum like that around-"

He crossed his arms again, eyes looking to hers, as if begging for a surprise.

"Handcuffs got nothin' on that."

Begging for a sign of the psychiatrist she once was.

For a reason. 🦇

"That depends on your answer," he began, not budging an inch from his posture, even when she looked so innocently into his eyes.

Terry simply raised a brow, the white of his lenses lifting in retention.

"... Why'd you follow him so long?" he found himself asking. 🦇

"You know you've got several warrants out for you," he said, admiring her with his voice.

"I can't exactly let you walk out of here with a slap on the wrist."

"Don't know how you can sleep at night knowing there's people-eating hyenas in the room next to you. Then again, you *did* sleep next to the Joker once.

Hyenas are much better company."

Eyeing the bat, squinting. She didn't seem intent on using it against him, so what *was* she doing? 🦇

Terrorist, Psychiatrist, and a horrendous tease. Yeah, he'd read that in the Batcomputer files too. Though text was nothing like the real thing.

"Anarchy's out of fashion, Harley. Thought they told you that when you graduated from Arkham's School of Hard Knocks."

That grin never faltered. 🦇

"And dare I say: fashionable. Minus the clown makeup."

And finally, there's that notorious Terry smirk.

"Heard you swing a big hammer around when you're not mauling people with a baseball bat and hyenas.

So. Where are the weapons?"

She was clever, he'd give her that. He had his experience with femme fatales, though nothing like her.

Using charm as a weapon... Usually that was his M.O.

"Harley Quinn. Notorious criminal, psychologist, terrorist. Ran with the Joker."

Eyeing her.

"... Unpredictably predictable." 🦇

Terry's facade had almost dropped. Guess he was too sloppy. His hand lifted, and he scoffed. He raised them above his head to show he wasn't aiming to hurt her.

"... Truce?" he asked, though in his mind he was still very much wary, but...

That pout was cute though-

No. Don't even acknowledge it.

"... When it comes to clowns, the juice is hardly worth the squeeze," he admonished, that trigger on the detonator looking real friendly right about now.

He wouldn't be the one to throw the first punch. Not to make the first move.

Watch, learn, react.

Then again, maybe she had changed.

Doubtful.

all i wanna do is come running home to you.

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