Enough For Me (batjokes)

Enough For Me

Authors Note:
Happy holidays everyone!
This is the last chapter!!
⚠️TW⚠️: blood

The first couple things that Joker noticed when he woke up was that he was lying in someone's arms, and there were Police Officers everywhere.
Joker took a breath in, and it immediately hitched. He felt thick liquid running out of his mouth, dribbling onto his chest.
He coughed, splattering more blood onto the floor.

What happened?

Strong arms wrapped around his waist and sat him up.
"I'm here. Don't worry." The familiar ragged and gruff voice whispered in his ear.
Joker spotted Commissioner Gordon running around, shouting at his officers, but Joker couldn't hear anything except his heartbeat pounding in his ears, and the rush of his warm blood spilling out of his own body.

"What's happening..?" Joker asked, blood rushing out of his mouth.
Batman didn't let go of him. "You got shot."
"I could tell that already, what happened before?" He rolled his eyes, but immediately felt significant pain in his sockets.
He screamed, despite the growing pains all over his body.

"You ran across the rooftop, after Selena. When you found her, you shot her. She's unconscious. Then the GCPD arrived and shot you twelve times in the back, after you killed two of their men while trying to escape." The Bat explained hesitantly.
Joker grumbled.
"Where's Penguin?" He asked as Gordon caught sight of Joker and ran over.

"The Riddler has him. They fled after you shot Catwoman." Batman said.
"How is he still alive?" Commissioner Gordon shook his head, looking down at the pair.
"He doesn't die." Batman explained, but this time the Joker felt different.
A smile crawled its way onto his face.

His heartbeat rang again in his ears, and Batman instinctively covered the Joker's ears with his hands.
"I don't remember anythin..g." Joker choked on his own blood, meeting Gordon's eye.
"You killed two officers today, and shot the Catwoman burgler."
"She did deserve it, though." Joker argued, letting out a wheezy laugh.

"You're going straight to Arkham Asylum once you can stand." The Commissioner openly fought the urge to kill the Joker; his hands shook and he almost grabbed his gun.
Gordon walked away after a moment of hesitation.

"I'm sorry." Joker coughed, feeling the blood stop coming out of his mouth. "I'm sorry I did this to you."

The big black Bat sighed, and crawled around the Joker to face him directly.
"We have a little secret, you and I. And that's part of the reason why I put up with you."
Tears started to form in Joker's eyes, and he looked down at the ground.
"You know who I am, and I know the real you, Jack."

Joker stopped breathing for a second.
"Don't call me that." He whispered angrily. Just that word triggered so many memories, Joker didn't know if he could handle them all right then.

The Bat ignored him.
"I also put up with you because.." he paused for a couple of seconds. "I love you."
Joker didn't flinch at Batman's words.
"I know you do." He smiled, and realized that he hadn't been breathing.

Batman suddenly grabbed his shoulders and shook him awake.
"Don't drift off now." He whispered. "I want you to know something, if one of us doesn't make it through another fight. Give me your hand."
The Bat gently grabbed the Joker's hand, and either didn't notice all of the blood spilled on it, or maybe he just didn't care.

"I love you. I love your eyes, I love your hair, I love your smile. I love how your face lights up every time that we meet, and I love the person that you are."
Batman lifted Joker's chin to stare him in the eye.
"I love your voice, your scars, I love your scary makeup, and I love your body."
Tears ran down the Joker's cheeks, and he hastily wiped them off.

Batman leaned forward and pressed his lips against Joker's.
The snow started to fall again, soft glittery snowflakes landing on Batman's suit, and Joker's eyelashes and hair.

"I live for you, Joker." Batman hissed under his breath. "We are two sides of the same coin."
"I love you." Joker whispered, his voice cracking under the pressure.
"I love you so much. And no matter what anyone has said about you, or to you.. they're wrong. I know the real person that you are." Batman kissed Joker's forehead, and his lips came off red with blood.

"Just remember this," the Bat said, taking off his cape to wrap around the Joker's shoulders.

"You are enough for me."

Author's note:

OMG GUYS!!! THIS BOOK IS NUMBER ONE IN #batjokes!?!?? AGHHHHHHHHHHH!!

We made it to the end!!! Thank you so much everyone, I really appreciate the love that you've all given this book. It means so much to me, and it made me sad to write the ending.

For now, I've started another book! I'm super proud of how it's turning out so far, so I would be honored if you guys would check it out!
It's called Gotham High.
You don't have to like it, but I think it's at least worth a read or two!

Anyways, thank you so so so much readers. I never imagined how much you guys liked this book.

Yours, Ellie ❤️