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That, of course, only makes Jim look all the more pointedly at Rick. The guy was big, intimidating, every ounce a man Gordon and the GCPD wouldn’t want to fuck with. “Don’t gimme a reason to, then, Flag.” For all the stories he’d heard about Waller’s cabal of… well, criminal elements, it was another thing entirely to see any of the members in the flesh. Shit, at this point he would’ve rather been face-to-face with Harley, if only because he had experience with her ilk. Not Flag, though. Only soldiers he’d dealt with were ones that had long abandoned the military life for a cushy job sitting on their ass in the GCPD.
“Got a habit of keeping one eye on folks I don’t trust yet. Don’t take it personally,” or do, perhaps. “Your reputation precedes you, but you strike me as a kindred spirit: reputation means jack shit if you can’t live up to it, right? Guess that’s what I’m waiting for right now.”
@daddyflag sent: ❛ don’t look at me like that . ❜ ( gordon ) & sugar water
He both loved and hated the weight his reputation carried. Half of it was accurate and half of it was concocted by Waller. A smirk twitched the corners of his lips for a moment before his expression settled back into carefully practiced neutrality. He knew Gordon’s reputation as well, and anyone who had been on the streets of Gotham as long as he had and not gotten killed was deserving of Flag’s respect.
Hands lifted in a placating gesture before he reached into his pocket for a cigarette. “Oh trust me. I don’t take it personally,” he answered, tone unbothered. “I got orders to do what you ask. You say jump I say how high, all that shit.”
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FOR THE “YOU CAN KILL ME BUT DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH THEM” DYNAMICS
❝ i only want you. ❞
❝ i don’t need anyone else. i just…you. you’re all i need. ❞
❝ listen, i’ve lost a lot of people in my life. i learned how to deal with it but…you’re different. i can’t take it if it’s you. ❞
❝ i think about anything happening to you and i— i just. i fucking lose it. ❞
❝ you don’t understand. i need you safe. not because i don’t think you can handle yourself but because i can’t focus on anything else if there’s even the smallest possibility you’re in danger. ❞
❝ no one is ever gonna get near you again, you hear me? ❞
❝ i won’t let you get hurt. i promise. and i don’t make empty promises. ❞
❝ turn around. you don’t need to see this part. ❞
❝ just give the word and i’ll kill every one of them. ❞
❝ you can’t get all worked up every time something happens to me. that’s just life. you’re not always gonna be able to protect me from it. ❞
❝ no one else understands me. but you do. you always do. ❞
❝ i don’t think i’m the best person for you, i don’t. but i do know i’m the one that can keep you safe ❞
❝ hey— look at me. it’s over. it’s done. we’re okay. ❞
❝ who the fuck made you cry i’ll fucking rip their head off. ❞
❝ i know you’ve always got my back. ❞
❝ please, let me take care of you this time. you’re always protecting me but it tears me up inside every time you get hurt because of it. ❞
❝ can you make everyone else just go away? i know they mean well but i just want to be alone— alone with you i mean. ❞
❝ i know when you’re here, the real monsters can’t touch me. ❞
❝ oh, i am one of the monsters. but that just means i can keep all the other monsters from ever hurting you again. ❞
❝ if you’re gonna keep risking your life for me than you’re also gonna let me patch you up without a single complaint. ❞
❝ we keep each other safe. it’s my turn to protect you. ❞
❝ i killed them for you. i know you could’ve done it yourself, but you shouldn’t have to. ❞
❝ i love you because i know how capable you are. and i show that love by making sure you don’t have to be the one to always do the hard things. ❞
❝ i’m gonna make them regret ever even thinking about laying a hand on you. ❞
❝ tell me what you want me to do. i’ll do it. whatever you want. ❞
❝ i love you just like this. i love you when you touch me gently like no one else ever has. and i love you when your hands are bloody and your knuckles are bruised. ❞
❝ please, just let me protect you. ❞
❝ are you hurt? did they hurt you? ❞
❝ wait, stop you’re bleeding. ❞
❝ did you just wince? where are you hurt? ❞
❝ i need you in my life. i’m not used to that— needing people. but i do need you. ❞
❝ you make me feel things i’m not used to feeling. ❞
❝ why do you let me close when you’re always driving everyone else away? ❞
❝ you’re mine. and i protect what’s mine. ❞
❝ thank you for always being here for me. ❞
❝ you see things in me that i didn’t even know where there. ❞
❝ that’s enough. let’s go home. ❞
❝ i’m okay now. i’m safe. you don’t have to be angry anymore. ❞
❝ please stop— this is scaring me. ❞
❝ you don’t have to do this for me. ❞
❝ hey stop— stop! look at me. they’re dead now. you can stop. ❞
❝ i have to make an example outta them so no one else tries to hurt you again. ❞
❝ killing for you is easy. it’s right. it feels natural. ❞
❝ let me do this for you. ❞
SCENARIOS
[ ONE ] for sender to take a bullet for receiver.
[ TWO ] for receiver to take a bullet for sender.
[ THREE ] for sender to protect receiver and then carry them to safety.
[ FOUR ] for receiver to protect sender and then carry them to safety.
[ FIVE ] for sender to witness receiver get hurt which sends them into a violent rage.
[ SIX ] for receiver to witness sender get hurt which sends them into a violent rage.
[ SEVEN ] for sender to be hurt trying to protect receiver which makes them bloodthirsty for revenge.
[ EIGHT ] for receiver to be hurt trying to protect sender which makes them bloodthirsty for revenge.
[ NINE ] for sender to have violently protected receiver, so receiver kisses them to calm them down.
[ TEN ] for receiver to have violently protected sender, so sender kisses them to calm them down.
[ ELEVEN ] for sender to carefully approach receiver in the aftermath, gently touching them to try and bring them back to themselves.
[ TWELVE ] for receiver to carefully approach sender in the aftermath, gently touching them to try and bring them back to themselves.
[ THIRTEEN ] sender was kidnapped, receiver shows up to save them.
[ FOURTEEN ] receiver was kidnapped, sender shows up to save them.
[ FIFTEEN ] sender executes a third party in front of receiver because that person hurt them.
[ SIXTEEN ] receiver executes a third party in front of sender because that person hurt them.
[ SEVENTEEN ] sender thinks they’re alone but receiver comes out of nowhere to rescue them from someone who intends to do harm/making them uncomfortable.
[ EIGHTEEN ] receiver thinks they’re alone but sender comes out of nowhere to rescue them from someone who intends to do harm/making them uncomfortable.
[ NINETEEN ] sender has been devastated by something. receiver holds them until they calm down so they don’t do anything drastic.
[ TWENTY ] receiver has been devastated by something. sender holds them until they calm down so they don’t do anything drastic.
[ TWENTY-ONE ] sender thought receiver died so they set out to get revenge. receiver shows up in time to stand in front of them before they go too far.
[ TWENTY-TWO ] receiver thought sender died so they set out to get revenge. sender shows up in time to stand in front of them before they go too far.
[ TWENTY-THREE ] sender is in a vengeful rage because of something that happened to receiver. receiver gently approaches to calm them down saying this isn’t what they want.
[ TWENTY-FOUR ] receiver is in a vengeful rage because of something that happened to sender. sender gently approaches to calm them down saying this isn’t what they want.
[ TWENTY-FIVE ] for sender to have receiver stand by somewhere safe where they can watch sender kill on their behalf.
[ TWENTY-SIX ] for receiver to have sender stand by somewhere safe where they can watch receiver kill on their behalf.
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ophelia nods slightly, glancing down as he deflects. she didn’t really expect to dive deep into that topic, especially after all he had gone through, but at least she got some sort of response. better than nothing, she supposed.
“right, yeah. sure you’d rather hear about my shit instead.” she lets out a soft laugh, looking up at him. “paperwork and administrative issues and the occasional wound to tend. way more exciting.” running her hand through her hair, she realized she hardly had to patch up wounds cause by then it was sometimes too late. “wanna get a drink instead then?”
the barest of smile touches the colonel’s lips, his hand reaching into his pocket to grab his pack of cigarettes. he appreciates her not pushing, not trying to figure out exactly what was going through his mind. if one more person told him to talk out his feelings he was gonna punch someone. he’d talk when he wanted, and right now that was the last thing he needed.
he nodded, hand lifting to bring a cigarette to his lips. “mmm. now that i’m here for,” he murmured as he lit it and took a long drag. “i could use a drink or ten.”
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