It's fate when it rains, but it's chance when it falls (Batjokes oneshot)

"All those years ago, when you were a little sprout. Wings ungrown, experience lacking, and you hear of a commotion within Ace Chemicals" Joker explains like he's telling a story, and not like Bruce's world has come crashing down around him. Because he gets it, now. The question. He can't answer it, wouldn't dare even begin to think about it. It was hypothetical, he could never go back, this wasn't necessary to answer. Yet those green eyes were piercing, forcing the lump forming in Bruce's throat to tighten and expand like he was choking.
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Angst Batjokes. Told within Bruce's POV. Joker is once again faced with the past, but this time it's too much to handle. Bruce pushes too far, and in the end they end up in the same game they always play.