Anchorwoman (Joker x reader)

Grumpy - Part 1

"Oh, yohoo! I hear someone is grumpy today."
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"What's wrong?" You ask Elijah who's walking out the elevator you were just about to enter. You had just come back from work and Wade had picked you up.

"Nothing. It's just that boss is extra grumpy today. So, you should stay away." Elijah tries to warn you and nod to Wade in acknowledgment. Wade nods back and step past the two of you getting in the elevator to wait for you.

"Pfft, that's the perfect time for me to annoy him!" You say excitedly and turn to go into the elevator to. But Elijah stops you.

"Are you crazy!?" He hisses.

"Uh, a little, yeah." You answer honestly.

He raises his eyebrows, you laugh sprinting into the elevator beside Wade. Elijah looks at you and you smile mischievously rubbing your hands together. He looks to Wade, but he just shrugs.

"She's so dead." He mutters to himself after the elevator doors closed.

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"Well, get it done!" Jay yells to someone as Wade opens the door to his office and you walk in.

"Oh, yohoo! I hear someone is grumpy today." You say in a singing voice.

You stop by the entrance and lean on it while Wade goes to Jonny's side. Everyone's eyes turn to you and your smile grows as you see Jay roll his eyes, already knowing what your intentions are.

"Get out." He says and you stay put. No one moves. "I said, get out!" He yells looking around at everyone else in the room.

They jump and their eyes widen as they realised he meant them and not you. You look at them, while the guys all leave the room passing you. Jonny walking out last gives you a worried look, but you give him a wink so his expression turns into a curious one. He gives you both one last glance before closing the door after him.

Jay mutters angrily to himself, walking around his desk. His shoulders are tense and his face is in an angry frown, he looks tired and over exerted. He doesn't turn to look at you, just continues working at his desk.

"So, you wanna tell me what's bothering you?" You tell him, walking closer to his desk.

"Nothing." He spits out.

"Okay, then." You smile walking up behind him. Trying to peek at his papers but he hides them.

"What do you want, Yn?" He sighs.

"Nothing." You just answer, but you had leaned closer to his ear so when you spoke your breath fanned his neck. You smirk when you see his exposed neck starts to make goosebumps.

Moving your hands up you put them on his shoulders, he slightly tenses at first but when you start to gently rub his shoulders, he relaxes with a deep exhale. You massage him for a few minutes, and his head leans back landing on your stomach. Looking down you study his face, he's still frowning his eyebrows a bit, but he's more relaxed, his eyelids are closed and his mouth slightly apart. You smile down at him.

You move your hands from his shoulders, up his neck and to his face, you start to trace his facial features. Moving your fingers along his jaw, tracing the tattoos and scars you find. You stroke his shaved eyebrows, rubbing lightly and the little frown relaxes completely.

He doesn't open his eyes for a long time, not until he feels you wipe a small tear that had shed from his eye and he looks up into your eyes. He was just so tired, there had been so much lately and he had stayed up late every night, not letting himself get in bed, because he knew he would fall asleep next to you and he wanted to get as much done as possible so he could get this thing over with.

You knew there were some important job he needed done as soon as possible and it was a huge thing so it took time to prepare and get done successfully and they had some problems along the way adding to the stress. It was starting to worry you when he didn't sleep. Now he was grumpy and tense all the time, more so than usual. So you knew that when you saw Elijah's terrified face you needed to do something.

You know the whole Joker facade of being insane, angry and terrifying was important. But he needed his team. He had always put up the facade a bit for them too, but lately you had managed to get him to loosen up around them. Both you and Jonny saw the effect it had on the team, getting to know their boss more, even though it wasn't intended from his side, knowing who they were working alongside with made them more encouraged and the team was bonding over it. So you had to make sure he didn't scare away the ones he needed on his side.

He doesn't smile as he just stares up at your face, though you give him a soft smile looking down at him. He leans his head forward again with an awkward cough and clears his throat, making you chuckle and move to his side, sitting on his desk. He shuffles a little with the papers and mumbles something under his breath.

"Hm? What was that?" You tell him with a teasing smile.

"Thank you." He mumbles, still barely audible.

"I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. What did you say?" You tease, leaning closer. He gives you a glare but answers.

"Thank you." He says.

"You're welcome." You tell him, leaning back and watch him work.

After he's been working for a few minutes again and you decide it's time to annoy him. First you help him, show him love, then you annoy him and get him tired, that's when you get him to sleep. That was your plan. Next day he would be well rested, feel lighter and less tense. Hopefully.

"When are you done?" You first ask, breaking the silence.

"After this weekend, hopefully.." He says not looking up at you as he continues working on his laptop.

"I meant now, when are you done tonight?" You ask again.

"Probably not until late, you should go to bed. You just came back from work, you must be tired." He tells you.

You pick up something from the desk and fiddle with it, he glances at you but doesn't stop you. The thing makes more noise as you fiddle with it, so eventually Jay takes it from you and put it in the drawer in his desk. You just go to take another thing from his desk. After you make it make some noise, Jay takes that too.

This goes on until it's only his work papers and laptop on his desk. When he's about to take the last thing you were fiddling with, you move it from his grasp. Finally he looks at you. You give him a mischievous smile and stay like that, holding your hand outstretched away from him.

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