Enough For Me (batjokes)

Ice Rink

Joker saw Edward and Oswald's silhouettes walking towards them. It had been half an hour, and the moon was up sky high, the stars in Gotham City only visible because there weren't any clouds.
A siren wailed in the distance. Joker made sure that his eyes were dry before standing up to go get them.

"Hey, Miah, are you alright?" Edward asked when they got close enough. Oswald was carrying a pretzel and some cheese dip.
"Yeah. I'm really sorry guys." He nervously said, sliding off his hood and running a hand through his hair. "I didn't mean to yell at you."

"It's fine." Said Nygma, letting go of Oswald's hand. Penguin chewed some of his food, looking up between the pair.
"Are you really okay, though?" Penguin asked. "You just started laughing."
"But it wasn't your normal laugh- it was scary. We were scared." Said Edward, lowering his eyebrows.
"I..um.." Joker was unsure how to respond. He changed the subject. "It's getting late. I'll take Ozzie back to the tent with me."

"Alright. I guess I will see how I'll sleep with a broken window. Selena better not come in to my apartment and steal everything while I'm out." Said Riddler.
Bruce walked up to them. "Are we heading home?"
"Yes." Said Edward. "Goodnight, guys. I'll text you in the morning." He walked away, cutting through an alleyway.
"Bye!" Called Oswald after him.
"Bye, Oswald!" Edward yelled back from the alley. Penguin smiled.

"Okay." Bruce said. He gently grabbed Joker's hand and rubbed his thumb on it. "I'll see you later." He winked, and released his hand.
"Night." Joker grinned, his cheeks reddening. He grabbed Penguin's hand and walked with him out of Diamond District.

Once they entered the Tent, the lights were off, and it was quiet. Joker expected Harley was sleeping in her room with Bear.
When he quietly walked past her room on the way to his, he heard snoring and knew that he was right.
"It's nice to be back." Joker sighed. He turned on the bathroom light, and Oswald went into his bedroom to find pajamas and finish eating.
"Oh wow, I'm a mess." He caught his reflection in the mirror- his eyebags were deep and he had tear tracks down his face.

Joker cleaned himself up for bed, and took a quick shower before walking back into his room with a towel around his waist.
Penguin was sitting as Joker's desk, tossing the cheese dip in the trash can.
"Do you have pjs?" Joker asked, looking in the closet to find himself a pair.
"No." Oswald said. "My turn." He stood up and ran into the bathroom, closing the door. The shower turned on.

Joker changed into a red and black plaid pajama set, putting some hair care gel into his curly hair, before pulling out the Murphy bed for Oswald and a pair of pjs that looked like they would fit him.
Once Penguin came back, Joker handed him the long black t-shirt that he'd picked out, and a pair of off-white boxers.
"Here." Joker whispered, trying not to wake up Harley and Bear. Oswald took them back into the bathroom to change.

The Joker turned out the lights, and crawled into his bed, holding one of his stuffed animals, a snake, close to him.
Oswald limped back in, and hopped into the Murphy.
"So.." Penguin began quietly, "Do I get to call you Jeremiah too?"
"If you want to." Joker whispered back, closing his eyes. "I don't care."
"Okay." Said Oswald's voice. "What happened earlier?"

"Bruce slapped me." Joker said simply, beginning to fade out. "I had a relapse. That's like a flashback, but really traumatizing."
"You never told me about that." Oswald said. Joker heard him lay down. "I never knew you got beat."
"I'm sorry." Joker mumbled, half asleep. "I should've told you. I'm sorry for yelling at you."
"It's okay," Penguin said, quieting down too. "I love you."
"Love you too." Joker said, losing consciousness.
It had been a rough day.

*🦇*

The next day Joker woke up to continued snowing. He rolled onto his side and touched something warm and squishy. He jumped in surprise but then realized that it was only Ozzie.
He must have come over sometime last night. Joker didn't want to wake him, so he slowly got out of the bed.
He also found Bear laying in his bed as well.