jerome x reader || hi gorgeous, I'm jerome (COMPLETED)

chapter 9

It had been days since you spoke to him. Days since you had your heart ripped from you.

You knew it was too good to be true. He was a killer for Christ sake! But yet you just wished it all meant something to him, even a little bit.

You hated yourself for even inviting the idea of being with him into your head. This was the reason you never got into relationships because they all turned against you one way or another, they all ended up slowly killing you.

You had told Alice everything and yet she seemed to be more infuriated than you; the things she said she wanted to do and say to him where almost as bad as him killing someone. You always laughed at her comments though, she always knew how to make you smile even in the darkest of times.

"Listen you don't have to worry about him, he's locked up in Arkham, he ain't getting out any time soon" Alice softly spoke, placing a hand against your shoulder. You had been staying with her for the last couple nights, you just didn't want to be alone right now.

You couldn't seem to shake his words off, 'I'll get out of here y/n and I'll find you.' what did it mean? Did he really have a way of getting out of Arkham? Nothing you done could get rid of the thoughts that tormented you, eating away at your brain.

"I don't know, what if he does? What if he has a plan?" Your eyes darted around Alice's face as if searching for an answer.
"He doesn't. You need to stop thinking like that alright. Relax you're safe" Alice rubbed your shoulder comforting you the best she could, the most you could do was smile in return.

The night was spent watching films and eating your hearts out together, it was rather peaceful actually, you hadn't thought about him once.
"Get some sleep ok, good night" Alice smiled and turned out the light as you responded "night".

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'I'll get out of here y/n and I'll find you.'

I'll be out soon gorgeous. I hope you're waiting for me. I can't wait to see you again...

A face flashed in your eyes but it wasn't his face, it was someone else, something else. It was distorted but the voice belonged to him. His figure spun round and round your body as you stood there frozen. You could feel the heat rising and you heart beat quickening as your body began to shake.

Voices circled your ears whispering and humming to you, echoing through one and out the other. You felt hands touching you from all directions as if you were bait in a shark tank.

Thats when you felt a strong hand grab your arm. " Y/n! Y/N!!"
Your eyes shot open to see Alice towering over you frowning.
"What happened?" You sat up in bed and stared at her.
"You must've been having a nightmare, you kept shouting something but I couldn't make out what" Alice brought a glass of water to your face as you propped yourself up in bed.

"Shit I'm so sorry" You apologized sincerely "it's alright don't be sorry. Was it him?" Alice's voice deepened, lowering her head to speak.
"Yes" You replied with a sigh.

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"Hey listen I've got to go to work but call me if you need anything" Alice gave you a hug and shut the door behind her. You were left alone for the first time since Arkham and you weren't sure how to feel about it.

You helped yourself to food before sitting down by the window to read.
No matter how hard you tried to concentrate on something he would always find a way to enter your mind. You hated it.

Screams filled the streets as people began crowding round a spot on the road. You had only really opened the book before you closed it and moved towards the window. You watched intently, trying to get a good look at what all the commotion was about.

The screaming grew louder and louder followed by police sirens wailing in the distance. They grew closer and closer until they came to an abrupt stop and police officers came piling out of the cars and into the now massive crowd.

A path was created by the people to let the police through and that's when you saw it. Seven bodies layed out side by side. Each one with a pool of blood surrounding their head. You gasped at the sight of it. Each corpse had a letter on it and somehow were lined up perfectly to spell the word MANIAX!

You're eyes wandered from the crime scene to the roof of the building where the bodies had presumably been dropped from. You're heart skipped a beat when you saw the people that were there. Four men stood peering over the edge at the mess they had made, each one with what looked to be Arkham outfits the inmates had to wear.

That wasn't what made you worried though. What made you look twice was the ginger haired boy in the middle of the group. No, it couldn't be. You were just paranoid from that nightmare. It can't be him, he's locked up for good.

You shut the blinds as quickly as possible and ran to the bedroom. You didn't want to look back just in case it was him. There was no way you could look him in the eye after what he done.

A few hours had gone by, the screaming had stopped and police tape cornered the street off. The corpses had been taken away and what was left of the blood was now being seen to immediately.

Sleep is what you needed. Just a restful nap that allowed you to escape it all. All your worries and fears, all the noise and chaos out there just gone for a few hours. That's all you wanted.

Just as you layed down and shut your eyes you heard your phone buzzing beside you. "Seriously who's interrupting my sleep" You picked up your phone and read Alice's name pop up at the top.

"Alice? What's up?" You could hear lots of noise coming from the other end of the phone and then Alice's quick, concerned voice
"Y/n you've got to listen. You were right. There's been a breakout at Arkham Asylum, Jim's just informed us who they are but we don't know who broke them out. But the point is.. One of those inmates are Jerome Valeska... "

You felt your heart sink as your head began spinning, you felt your phone drop from your hand as you watched it tumble to the floor. It felt as though you're entire life was on the line and he was the one thing that was about to push you off the edge.

So your eyes weren't deceiving you.
That really was him on the rooftop, causing that madness. Which meant,

He was very close to you.