Haly's Circus ~ Jerome x reader

6: Murderer?

Jerome pov:

I woke up and heard my mom yelling at me. "Jerome, get out of bed lazy kid. Do something for ur mother!" It was 6 am. What made her get up so fast? I threw on the clothes I wore yesterday, and probably the day therefore too. Opened a beer from the fridge when it got stolen out of my hands from my mother. "You smell gross." She sniffed at me and turned away. It's not like I am scared of her, but she never gave me the chance to let her see that I can be as good as her dream kid would be. The perfect son. Well, I guess you aren't always the lucky one.

I couldn't deal with it anymore. My thoughts only get worse by the day and I need to put an end to this. I hate her. I HATE her. I cracked my knuckles and tried to calm down by texting y/n.

Jerome: Hi darling, I really need to see you. Could you come by any earlier today? We could have some time for ourselves before the shift starts. ;)
Y/n: Hey J! Sure, I am in the neighborhood.

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Before I could finish eating my toast I heard knocking at the door. "Hey J!" She wrapped her arms around me and I hugged her back tightly. "Hey, doll. I'm so happy to see you!" Y/n looks up at me with a big smile on her face. "I'm happy to see you too." I put my thumb on her cheek. "I have to ask you something." We sit at the table. "Oh no, you have a serious look on your face. What's up Jerome?" I put a smile on my face. "You know, it's not a pretty big thing. I just want to end my mom." She giggled nervously and probably didn't believe me.

"You're serious." "Damn well I am, you said not a while ago that you would do anything for me, and logically it's self-defense right?" I just needed her to help me with this. I don't either care if it's a defense only. I want revenge. "Ye..yeah..." I smiled again. "You're prettier when you laugh darling!" She smiles widely now. "Anything for you Jerome." Y/n stands up and pushes the chair. "So. What's the plan?"

Y/n pov:

"-And of course the iron sisters, where we drop off the axe." Jerome was done telling what he was planning, in my eyes, he never doubted his idea for a moment. Seeing him like this made me have different feelings. Bad, and good ones. I'm doing this for him. But what if my father finds out about this, and blames us? The chance is small but still. He's not a bad detective. "Y/n? Are you here with your head?" I lost myself in overthinking. Again. "Hey yes yes I am." He stared at me for a second. "Here we go then!" Jerome looked excited saying this. Oh god.

We wanted no audience by our deed, obviously, so we had to find our places and did some research on what's the best place. And how. The last few days kept us busy. Now it's time for the big moment.

Jerome whistled when he sharpened his axe. "You like whistling?" I asked. "Well, not with passion but for sure I do it often, why?" I grinned. "Hmm, I don't know. What if we would whistle to each other to know if the other is there or something?" It was so random, but somehow I wanted it to be a thing between us. "Oh, yeah sure. Wait shh." Jerome put a finger for his lips telling me to keep my mouth closed. The show has begun. This was our moment.

It was around 3 O'clock and we saw Lila walking towards Sheba, this was our chance to do it. There was no one around here and everyone was at the big circus, we heard only loud cheering coming out of the tent. Jerome opened the door and everything happened so fast. He made sure the snake was still on her bench and attacked his mother. No mercy. He chopped her at least a dozen times to make sure she wasn't breathing anymore. "Come, come, darling, now it's your turn." I jumped without thinking at the not breathing body of Lila and finished her up. Only when I got up did I realize what just happened. It all happened so fast. Jerome started laughing in the weird way he did before. "That's for everything you've done, whore!" His evil side came out of him now.

I didn't know what to do and laughed with him. Am I a psychopath? Or did I only do this to make sure my lover was safe? The fact that I just am a part of a murder. He saw I was struggling with my feelings and put his arm around my neck. "You did good Y/n. Everything will be alright. We just gotta see what the best reason is to let everyone know that my mother is no longer the snake dancer from Gotham." I smiled at him. "Leave that to me."

That night we covered everything up and Lila's body was far away from the circus. The axe we left under the bridge, close to a place where only bums lived. Everything seemed to be perfect right now. Only it's me being scared that the GCPD will find out somehow. Since my dad started working there almost every mystery got solved, and the last thing that I want to happen is that. Obviously.

Jerome and I started undressing our clothes and burned them in a small fire we made a few kilometers away from his home. Half-naked we walked back to his trailer. Once we came there I wanted to pick up the clean clothes that I dropped here yesterday morning, but Jerome grabbed my hand. "Not so fast doll." He grabbed my thigh. Suddenly a bolt of lightning went off, not only in my body but also outside. Jerome laughed and his eyes never let go of mine. He pulled me towards him, twisted me into the pillows, and leaned over me. My hands landed on his bare skin and I felt like the only woman in the world. Then he kissed me. He kissed me. I closed my eyes as we kissed. I feel the warmth of his body and I opened my legs so that he could lie between them. We couldn't be closer. Or yes, we could... I had to laugh a bit. How cleverly he did all that.

I smiled at him and kissed him softly as his hand goes through my hair, and holding my head close to his. His other hand roamed over my whole body, and he rested his hand on my waist. It started raining, very hard. Jerome still kissed me, we both couldn't get enough of it. I wrap my arms around his body, it's just us here. Me and Jerome, and because of him I felt completely comfortable. It didn't matter anymore what happened earlier this afternoon.

I wish we could do this every day, every hour. Maybe even every second.

Jerome stops kissing me and we have eye contact. He has such beautiful, green eyes. I could tell this was his first time too, not that it matters to me though. Now we can figure things out together. Just the two of us. No shirt, no hoodie, and no pants.

I knew he now had full control over my body but I trust him.

I nod at him. Giving him permission to do anything he wants to do. "I love you, Jerome." And I come closer to his face. To give him a kiss, only he smirked, and then kissed my nose. It got me laughing a bit again. I would never have thought love is so wonderful. "I love you too, y/n." He grumbles softly.

He started kissing me neck. Jerome is so... Different, whenever he's with me. Different then he is to other people. I feel so special.

It felt like I was in heaven. Finally I'm feeling free, by somebody. Every worrying feeling inside of me disappeared. Whenever I'm with Jerome I feel like nothing can happen to me, to us.