Toxic (Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow x OC)

Chapter Two

In the passing weeks, we spoke quite frequently. He seemed interested in the fact that I had secretly enjoyed each of my failures. Today though he finally showed me what was in his notebook.

"You know, these combinations won't work right?" He glances questioningly at me. He was trying to enhance his formula, but the way he had been going at it, the toxin was becoming more and more harmless with each go. "This needs to go here, and that goes here. And..... Oh just give me that."

I grabbed the notebook and wrote down my original "anti"-toxin formula. Handing it back, I peeked out from behind the locks of hair that had tumbled forward when I had leaned over the table. His eyes were flitting back and forth over each line. He set the notebook down, closing his eyes. Suddenly they snapped open, making me shudder at the sound of his glorious laughter. I smirked, and looked back at the ground, only to have my chin grabbed and dragged up. Confused, I opened my mouth slightly to say something, when I felt the velvet of his lips on mine. It couldn't be helped, but I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling closer, deepening this slice of heaven. His tongue ran across my bottom lip, begging for an entrance. I relented, giggling as he slid in, trying to win control over mine. There would be none of that, as we fought each other for dominance. One exploring the other, his left hand snaking up my side as the other held my ass firmly on his lap. I left one hand on his neck, and took my time raking the other over his body, paying special attention the bulge that had been growing considerably larger in the last few minutes. My tongue had made it's way into his mouth, and he nipped it ever so slightly. I responded by pulling out, and nipping at his bottom lip, and grinding my hips against his. He chuckled darkly.

"Are you sure you want to nnngh.." he moaned as I repeated the motion. "Do this here?"

"Yeah cuz, are ya sure you wanna do that here?" she was pissed. Jonathan froze and zeroed in on what must have been Harley and Joker returned. Both of us had forgotten about being in the commons, and the notebook lay on the ground, after being knocked off when I was pulled into his lap. I pinched the bridge of my nose in frustration, and glanced back up at him. He offered up a smile for me. I turned around, choosing to remain seated, and forced a smile up at Harley.

"Soo, watcha guys workin on there?" Joker was desperate to quell the fire he and I both knew was about to bust out of her. He was epically failing.

"Um, we, you see we, we're ah..." Fuck! I couldn't even spit out a proper sentence.

"Yeah, yeah. Save it," Harley's tone had softened, she turned and glared at Jonathan. "If you hurt her, I swear she won't be the only one you have to worry about." With that she turned on her heels and marched off.

"Jinxx." I looked up at Joker, "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure." I felt Crane press a kiss on my shoulder blade before he picked me up. Turning around I kissed him once more. "I'll be back in a bit." I whispered. Facing Joker, I prepared myself for whatever brotherly lecture was sure to come my way.

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As we reached our destination I held up my hand, stopping him from speaking yet.

"Before you say anything, you know I'm not that easy right? I wouldn't go that far this soon." To I glared at him, waiting for his response.

"Yeah," he chuckled, "But you're still like a little sister to me."

"Uh-huh, sure. Why do I feel like a little kid about receive the sex talk then?" I walked to the wall and slid down till I was sitting. "Hey J, can I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead lil sis, what's on your mind?" He waltzed over and sat down beside me.

"Why me? Why did I have to be so special? Why did I have to be such a...a..."

"A freak?" He offered, his permasmile tugging downwards a bit on the edges.

"Yeah, why? Why are we all freaks in the eyes of society? We're just trying to be ourselves. That's what we've been told to do since day one. Be yourself, do what you feel is right, be who you wanna be, nobody can change who you are so just be yourself. Yet here we are, locked away for doing just that." I lay my head on his shoulder, not sure of what else to say.

"Because they're afraid. They've finally realized that whatever doesn't kill us, simply makes us stranger. And they don't like it. Like I said, it scares the hell out of them." He laughed, nudging my shoulder. "Come on, we'd better get back before they start thinking we're up to something." He pushes himself up, dusts his pants of and holds out his hand. I stick my tongue out at him before allowing him to pull me up. We make our way back to the commons to find nobody. I look over at J and shrug at his confusion.

"They must have all gone back to their rooms." I muse, before turning around to find the guards rushing towards us yelling profanities. The chubby old one reaches us first, and I back up a little out of fear he'll collide with me.

"Miss Lizzie," he pauses to catch his breath. "You better get back to your room now. There's been a breakout." He looks up at me, terror in his eyes. "It's Zsasz, he broke the Croc out too. You need to go, both of you, I seen him eyeballin' you Miss Lizzie."

"Can I go with her? You know she's like family Jack." The Joker pleaded, I glanced over at him. He seemed uncharacteristically worried. The old man, sorry Jack, seemed to think about it for a moment before nodding.

"I'll send Crane over too, he seems to be attached to her. Go on, get her to her room!" He shouted before dashing off towards Jonathan's room.

"You heard him Jinx, let's go." He gripped my arm and dragged me towards mine and Harley's room.

"What's with you all of a sudden?" He was weirding me out, which was rare in itself. We made our way through the winding halls, not stopping till we reached my room. I rapped on the door three times before Harley did it back opening the door. We never knew who was gonna try to get into our room, so we knew each others 'knock' by heart.

"C'mon in, you're late as it is!" Harley had begun pacing back and forth in the space between our beds. Jonathan sat in the furthest corner of my bed, as if to distance himself from the manic pacer. I walked around her and flopped down on top of my bed, facing Crane I smiled.

"How long have you been here?" I inquired.

"Long enough to know she's been like that since before I got here. She really is your family isn't she?" He chuckled, sitting up so he could cross his legs. He motioned for me to scoot closer, and I obliged. I placed my head in the crook of his neck as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Harley babe, we're all here. You can stop now." Joker had taken up residence on Harley's bed. She turned on him suddenly, glaring at him.

"What if you guys hadn't made it, huh! What then? Jack explained everything when he dumped Scarecrow in here, I know what's going on!" They continued to bicker back and forth like an old married couple.

"Well then." Jonathan mused, "I'm just gonna fall asleep now alright?" He glanced down at me.

"Sure, I prolly will to. G'night." I smiled and pressed a kiss to his jaw before letting sleep take over.