Before he was Scarecrow, he was merely seventeen year old Jonathan Crane. Meet the broken boy before the mask and the girl who could not change his fate.

When Lilah Doute receives a visit from her stepfather Carmine Falcone, she quite distressed upon learning about her new houseguest and even more so when she works out what he's really like. Dr. Jonathan Crane/OC Warning: This is set before Batman Begins and may along the way include other villains. May include torture- mostly mental.

He walked away to protect her from what he thought he might become, but when these former lovers cross paths again, will he be so noble twice?