Arkham: Falling into Madness

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"Harleen Francis Quinzle!" The Dean called out. The now PhD doctor stood up and smoothed out her graduation robe and fixed her platinum blonde hair as she made her way up to the stage. The Dean smiled as he gave her the piece of paper that now identified her as a criminal psychologist major. She smiled happily as the crowd applauded then made her way to the stands where the rest of her fellow 2016 graduates were and fiddled with her diploma as they all waited patiently for the last few of the college graduates' names to be called.

The last of the stragglers took their places as the Dean of Gotham University shouted, "Here is your 2016 Gotham University Graduates!" The crowd cheered, as well as the students, as they all threw their caps high into the air, full of ecstasy from finally finishing their long years of schooling.

Harleen smiled madly as she hugged her former classmates. Tears brimmed at her eyes knowing that they may never meet again but the memories of her friends will always be on her mind.

She made her way to her car with her fellow graduate/boyfriend, Guy Kopski. They had recently moved in together and were going to celebrate their graduation in their new apartment. Even though their new home was in the bad part of the city the rent was cheap and was close by Harleens new job, Blackgate Prison. She received an internship there just last week and she was very excited about it. She would be able to study the minds of criminals so she can understand their actions and why they did what they did.

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Guy opened another beer handing it to his love, Harleen, and opened one for himself. He watched as she took a gulp of the bitter liquid and smiled. He loved everything about her; the way she ate or drank, how her hair was always up so he could see all of her features 24/7, how her big glasses made her look even more adorable than she already was, and how she held herself highly, not letting anything get to her.

Before her he was on the brink of suicide, his depression over his former girlfriend cheating on him. After he met Harleen, everything changed. His heart was mended and he was genuinely happy all of the time.

"Baby," Guy started as he pulled Harleen onto his lap. "Can we please?"

"Can we what?" Harleen slurred, most likely from having five too many drinks.

"Make love" He squeezed her waist and positioned her so that she would be straddling him.

Harleen began to giggle with hiccups running through her laughter as she pushed against his chest to get off of him. "Guy, no. I'm not ready."

Guy pulled her back and grabbed her hair roughly. "It's been three years! You have to be ready by now." He yanked at her button up top and ripped it open, having buttons fly everywhere. He was always like this when he drank; always physical, always angry, always trying to force Harleen into having sex. It never worked though. Harleen knew better than to let him overtake her body, even if she wasted as much as he was.

A hard slap in the face was all it took for Harleen to scurry off of him and make a run for the bed room, locking the door and putting the dresser in front so he wasn't able to push the door down since he was a very big man at 6'2 and extremely muscular.

Guy pounded on the door for what seemed like hours but finally gave up once he heard soft sobs coming from the other side of the door. He sighed frustratedly and crashed on the couch for the night.

Knowing that he got physical was more than enough reason for Harleen to dump Guy (it always brought back memories of her father when he would get drunk and beat her and her mother) but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She loved him too much to break his heart. She also feared that he would hurt her even worse if she tried to leave.

She shrugged the deppressing thoughts off and snuggled into her bed that was cold to sleep in without her love. She needed sleep though, she had an interview with Floyd Lawton in the morning.

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Hey guys! This is my first Harley Quinn fanfic story (also my first story in 3rd person POV).

I hope you guys enjoy it and please let me know of mistakes and things that I should add/take away.

This story will have a lot of info in it from the comic books and also my own personal spins on it.

Please vote/comment!!

~wolf_fanatic