Stupid Love (a Nygmobblepot fanfic)(DEAD FIC)

Chapter 22: Haunting Part 2

Late into the evening Daniel returned home and found Oswald and Edward waiting for him. "Daniel we need to talk with you." Stated Edward as Daniel walked into the parlor with a worried look on his face.
"Oh god you found it!" Said Daniel as he sat on the couch.
"Found what?" Asked Oswald as Daniel realized they had no idea what he was talking about.
"Nothing!" He stated as Oswald stared him down.
"What did you do?" Asked Oswald as he was suspicious of the boy.
"What do you think I did?" Asked Daniel calmly.
"Nothing." Stated Oswald as Daniel looked relieved.
"Then let's leave it at that." Said Daniel as he leaned back. "So why do you want to talk to me?" Asked Daniel as Edward sighed.
"Daniel we wanna talk to you about these monsters you've been seeing." Stated Edward as that seemed to upset Daniel.
"Oh hell no! You are not locking me up in that looney bin!" Barked Daniel as he stood and started to walk off.
"No Daniel we just want to understand." Said Edward as Daniel stopped and sighed.
"Fine but if the words Arkham or crazy come up you're getting hit." Barked Daniel as he sat down with a huff proving he really did not want to have this conversation.
"Daniel when do you see these monsters?" Asked Edward as Daniel stayed silent.
"Daniel." Said Oswald as he insisted he give Edward an answer so Daniel sighed.
"I only see them in the dark." Muttered Daniel as he didn't look at them when he said it, he had his eyes glued to the floor.
"Do these monsters ever talk to you?" Asked Edward as Daniel scoffed and muttered something under his breath. "What?" Asked Edward as Daniel sighed throwing his head back and closing his eyes.
"When do they not." Stated Daniel as he stared at the ceiling. "At first what they were talking about never made sense but as I got older their words became clearer until they were just screaming in my head." Said Daniel as he seemed to lose the cautious behavior and just started spilling his guts. "They don't always scream though sometimes they just mutter in the background like they're watching me. When Joker attacked me, I could hear them laughing at me. They enjoy seeing me in pain and I hate it, their laughs echo in my head sometimes and I just want to bash my head in when they laugh at me because I know they can see just how weak I am." He stated as then it seemed like he woke up. "Oh shit did I just say that out loud." He muttered as he hung his head. Oswald and Edward were stunned they had no idea what to say, well Edward actually had plenty to say but knew Daniel wouldn't listen. "I'm gonna go to bed." Stated Daniel softly as he stood and left.
"Oh my god." Muttered Oswald as he looked over at Edward who was just completely stunned. "This is so much worse than I ever could've imagined." Said Oswald as Edward looked horrified. "Ed? Aren't you gonna say anything?" Asked Oswald as Edward took off his glasses and set them on the table behind him, he seemed to be in tears.
"This is all my fault. If I had looked for my illness in him when he was little it would've never gotten so bad." Said Edward as he wiped tears off of his face. "This is the worst thing I have ever done to him." Muttered Edward as he covered his mouth shaking his head.
"How do we fix it?" Asked Oswald as Edward shot a glare towards him.
"Oswald this isn't something that can be fixed! The damage is already done!" Barked Edward as Edward sighed. "I didn't mean to snap. I just-" he started but sighed again. "You have no idea how badly I want for there to be a cure for what's wrong with me but there isn't. Everyday I'm terrified that Ed will take over if I'm not careful and I can't risk him trying to hurt you or Daniel." Muttered Edward as Oswald laughed a little. "You find this funny?!" Barked Edward as Oswald put his hand on his husband's.
"No, Ed wouldn't hurt Daniel for whatever reason he sees him as just as much of his son as he is yours." Said Oswald as Edward looked at him.
"How do you know that?" Asked Edward as Oswald sighed.
"Because when Daniel was a baby you must've gotten so exhausted that you lost control and Ed got to meet Daniel briefly. He seemed quite fond of him though I don't know if that would still hold today seeing as Daniel's grown into quite the attitude." Said Oswald as he looked over at the door Daniel had excited the room from.
"Really? But he still hates you right?" Asked Edward as Oswald tapped his husband's hand.
"Yes, he still wants me dead for hurting Isabelle." Said Oswald as even Edward corrected him though he knew that Edward felt love Ed felt was only holding him back.
"It's Isabella, Oswald." Said Edward's Oswald sighed.
"Even you're correcting me on her name, can't we leave it alone? She's dead anyways it's not like she's going to correct me." Said Oswald in a mildly annoyed tone.
"I know." Said Edward as he  squeezed Oswald's hand.