#admire the courage it takes to come on national television and tell someone that you're literally going to risk your own feelings

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Hi there! 💕 I'm not sure if you're taking asks. I wanted to know if you could do a match-up between me and Arthur/Joker? I'm 5'0 with medium length blonde hair, brown eyes and large black/red glasses. I'm introverted, very emotional and suffer from an anxiety disorder. Empathic.. I've always tried to stay hidden from the world. I have a huge affinity for animals. Call me weird, but I connect better with animals than people. They understand me. I love reading and movies. Thanks love! 🥰

Hi, my love!💚 I hope you enjoy this. @call-me-harley-quinn

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Arthur // wc: 769.

There’s a good eight inch height difference between the two of you so Arthur is... rather protective of you. He adores coming home from a long and exhausting day at work and being able to fold you into the safe cage of his embrace; he can almost fold himself in half when he does so. Nothing makes Arthur feel safer than knowing that you’re being held against his chest, his arms tightly around you, his lips in your hair or his nose nuzzling into your neck, his hands running up and down your back...  Arthur also loves running his hands through your hair. When you’ve just had a shower or when it needs to be brushed, he’s mesmerised by the way you run the bristles through your hair and he always wants to take the brush from you and do it himself, to feel your hair fall through his fingers like liquid gold. But afraid of rejection is he, scared to be told no is he, and so he never asks. Arthur is also very careful with your glasses. It’s not unusual for him to clean them for you when he notices that you’ve left them laying around and if you put them down somewhere, Arthur does not move them until it’s somewhere silly, like the back of the toilet. If you leave your glasses on the coffee table or the kitchen counter, he’ll leave them there because he wouldn’t like someone moving his stuff, either. Arthur is very conscious of you and he’ll do everything he can to protect you and to look after you, which leads rather nicely into my next point. 

Arthur is in awe of you and how deeply you experience emotions. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by others’ emotions and sometimes it becomes too much and you just need the entire world to stop and go away. Arthur knows and understands better than anyone that sometimes you just need to breathe and he always does what he can to make sure that you get time to yourself every day to just unwind and to be by yourself, or with him if you would prefer. You’re introverted and Arthur enjoys spending time at home with you; coming home to you is the very favourite part of his every working day and it gives Carnival an extra pep in his step when he catches the subway home. You try to stay hidden from the world and Arthur does what he can to help you. Sometimes he can’t be there for you because he’s too tired in his own right or he’s too worn down or just... can’t for whatever reason, but the two of you have an equation of give and take which varies in percentage either way every day, depending on whose emotional needs are greater on any given day. Sometimes you both comfort each other and on those nights are you only brought closer together, over your shared pains. Arthur loves you so, so deeply and he always does what he can to look after you and to protect you. 

To say that you’re an animal person is an understatement. Arthur’s always wanted a cat of his own, or just some kind of pet that he gets to come home to every night, and when he found out that you adore animals, well... He thought for months about moving in with you and getting a pet with you, about whether you would have a cat or a dog or maybe even some other kind of creature, like a tarantula, and when finally does he build up the courage to ask you is he almost shaking. Arthur gets on well with animals, too, he loves them, and one of his favourite pastimes is to watch you interact with an animal. Leaning against the doorway is he with his arms folded over his chest and the sharp angles of his chin illuminated by the lamps which are strategically dotted around the room, the softest of smiles on his face as he watches you. You also enjoy reading and watching films and the two of you often cuddle up on the sofa or in the bed to watch Murray together, or Arthur writes in his journal and works on his comedic material while you read, and the like. The evenings are for the two of you only; no one else and nothing else is allowed to intrude on this time together, which is yours and Arthur’s. No exceptions. You’re his entire world and he loves you so much; as deeply and as richly as you love him!

Joker // wc: 806.

One thing hasn’t changed, no matter what he calls himself or what he’s done, and that’s Arthur’s undying and unconditional love for his Megan. He loves you so, so much and nothing and no one will ever change that. For every thing he discovers about you, he only loves you more. He adores wrapping you up in his embrace just as much as he always did, only now does it hold just a bit more weight. It has a bit more of a bittersweet tang to it because with all he’s ever said and all he’s ever done, you still love him just as fiercely, just as strongly, and you still do everything that you can to be there for him, to love him and to keep him safe within himself and the things he has done. Where he used to be highly respectful of where you store your glasses and he never did anything you wouldn’t want him to, he’s now not afraid to tap the arms of your glasses with a smirk. “Can I, doll?” and if you say yes, he’ll pluck them off your face (held carefully and lightly in one hand) and kiss you so securely that you almost forget your own name. If you say no, he only smiles and kisses you anyway; being able to remove your glasses (always with your permission) is just another way in which Joker is free in all the ways he interacts with you and there’s nothing he won’t do for you, especially if it means keeping you safe. Which, again, leads me nicely into...

By this stage in your relationship, Joker knows exactly how to help you with your anxiety disorder. He knows all of the warning signs, all of the physical tells that you have, all of the small habits you have... Joker knows you. He knows you so well and for everything new which he discovers about you, he only loves you more. Joker loves coming home to you, knowing that you’re safe and at home, knowing that you’re alive and well. You’ve always tried to stay hidden from the world and most often is that now what he has to do, too, so nights in with only the two of you are still just as common as they used to be when it was you the unseen and unknown Arthur. You’re very emotional and Joker is as there for you as he has always been; that’s one thing that would never, ever change. You stayed with him through it all, you stayed, and it’s the most beautiful gift you could have given him. There is nothing Joker wouldn’t do for you and in all ways but legal does he consider the two of you partners in life (and in crime, if you would like to be). Joker is also still so in awe of you and how deeply you feel. Everything that he ever was and ever has been and ever will be was vented out one night on national television in the form of a violent and explosive mental breakdown. But you; you’re still so you no matter what you go through or what you feel and your inner strength is very much something which he admires. He turned cold, almost, but you... oh, but you don’t shy away and he sees so much of himself in you. 

You adore animals and if you don’t already have a pet together then one night, Joker came home with a wriggly pocket. Small meows emitted from the closed space and with a high pitched giggle did Joker dip a hand elegantly into the pocket and extracted a tiny, flea ridden and definitely hungry kitten. You can tell by the tears swimming in those expressive green oceans that Joker can see so much of himself in this tiny, helpless creature. He can’t turn away any suffering creature, even now, and the two of you work together and bond ever closer over the care of this tiny kitten. He allows you to name it because he has everything he could ever want right here, with you. Joker loves watching you interact with animals. It’s one of the few things which still causes heat to bloom in his chest and spread strongly through his veins, You are the best part of him, the best part of his life and the best part of Gotham and he will always, always, protect you. No matter what. Film nights are still very common and you do them nightly. It’s a special time for the two of you and nothing and no one else is allowed to get in on this time, which is still just for the two of you. Joker would rather die than ever jeopardise everything which he has built up with you.