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Sidney "Onyxx" Green (_onyxx) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-08-13 21:50:00

Entry tags:

candy quackenbush, onyxx

Who: Candy and Onyxx
What: Another reunion.
When: Day after Joker got stuck in holding.
Where: Their home.
Warnings: Cuteness, most likely.

Onyxx sat in the comfort of his own home again, but he was not restful. He’d been alone in the home since he returned the day before, and he’d had time to think. The problem was…his mind was so muddled. He hadn’t said anything, not a word, but his mind was, really and truly, a mess. The life he’d lived without her, it seemed so real, and all of that – all of the stolen knowledge, all of the loss, the pain, the rage, the years upon years of endless suffering – had been dumped into the mind of a sixteen year old boy. A boy that didn’t have what most would call well-developed coping mechanisms. He’d slowly been working it out, untangling the mess that was his mind, safe in the knowledge that he would not lose Candy.

And then the sniveling little jester that thought himself an agent of chaos showed up. He could have crushed his skull without a second thought. He’d done much worse without hesitation and without breaking a sweat. He wouldn’t even be troubled by the slightest hint of remorse in this case. But he hadn’t. Not because he gave a damn about how the high and mighty Batman would feel about it, but because Candy didn’t seem to want it. However much it confused him, however much he hated feeling utterly helpless hiding in dingy motel rooms, if Candy wanted it this way, it would be done this way. And now they were reuniting…

…but he couldn’t shake the nagging fear in his mind, not now. He’d thought the reunion would be permanent last time, that they would never have to lose each other again. And then the clown arrived, and they were forced to hide in separate places, left on the verge of losing each other again.

It had taken every ounce of self-control not to storm into the police station the Joker was being held in and smash his head into paste. Somehow, he thought the police would only put up a token resistance, if that. And if they did? A few of them might end up in the hospital. So what? To remove a threat like the Joker, if he had to cause temporary pain to a few civil servants, well…he wouldn’t cry for them.

He’d locked the door to the bathroom. After a meeting with Jack Daniels last night, Onyxx had trashed it, and he was in the process of getting it cleaned up. So perhaps he wasn’t coping as well as he should have been, but he was doing better. Slowly.

Now he sat, his fingers steepled in front of his face, his eyes glazed over as he thought. If she could see him now, Candy would have sworn he’d been replaced with his elder self again, his frown lines deep and a strange sort of tiredness about him. Of course, she wouldn’t. The minute he heard the door open all of this would be put back in the little box in his mind and be just as normal as ever. She might be able to tell that something was wrong, she was very perceptive, but he would brush it aside as the last stresses of recent events.

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toitshour
2008-08-13 09:02 pm UTC (link)

After meeting with the Joker, Candy had gotten a hotel room for herself and spent the rest of the night inside. She was sure she'd done the right thing in seeing him - at least most of her did - but she wasn't due to see Onyxx until the next day. If she arrived earlier than she'd said, he would've known something was up. He was smart.

Instead, she ran a shower as hot as she could stand and stood in it, brushing her teeth. She scrubbed and scrubbed until the gums bled, wanting every trace of the Joker gone from her body. When her skin turned red like she was sunburned and when her jaw ached, she got out and dried herself off with a towel, not even bothering to get dressed. She just curled up in her bed, covers over her head, sobbing fitfully.

The next morning she felt a little better, but not completely. She wouldn't feel better until she was with Onyxx, and she knew it. Leaving the toothbrush and shampoo and things she'd bought in the hotel, she checked out and portkeyed to the city nearest them before finding a rooftop to make a glyph. Flying fast and reckless, she pointed the craft in the direction of their place. Eventually she parked on a familiar rooftop, letting the glyph dissolve as she ran down the stairs to their place. She had no parcels, was still wearing the same jeans and tanktop that she'd been wearing and washing for days.

"Onyxx?" Her voice was small, timid, and it wavered with uncertainty.

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_onyxx
2008-08-13 09:44 pm UTC (link)

At the sound of her voice, he sprung up from the chair, the frown lines melting back into his face as if they were never there. He forced a smile onto his face and light that he was having a hard time finding into his eyes. He hoped that time with Candy could ease his worries, but a little voice in the back of his head wouldn’t let him fully believe it. A little voice told him to look elsewhere for the absolution he sought, to something more savage and simple. He ignored it. She was here, and she would ease his fear and pain…he hoped.

“Candy!” He moved towards her with about as much haste as he could, vaulting over furniture rather than moving around it. He halted his forward progress as he neared, to prevent ramming into her. He threw his arms around her and lifted her off the ground, spinning her around in a large circle before setting her back down. “God, I’m so glad this is over.” The lie was a lot easier than he thought it would be. He knew as well as she did that it wasn’t over, but with any luck, the Joker would forget about her. And if he didn’t, Onyxx would see his brains smashed between his fingers. Either way was a win for him.

	toitshour 2008-08-13 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	Candy shook her head. "He's in prison already. Remy told me." And I went to see him, and - She couldn't let her mind wander there. She wouldn't think about that. Instead, she just clung to him and cried. "Promise me you won't go anywhere. I - just promise me you won't tell anyone he knows you're with me, and promise me you won't go." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	toitshour 2008-08-14 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Candy laid down on the bed and pulled Onyxx into her arms, burrowing a little. She sighed. "It's hard not to. I'm trying. But it's... if I'd just known who he was." She chuckled a little. "If only I'd read more comics. Then I would've run away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	toitshour 2008-08-14 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	Candy ruffled his hair, kissing him on the cheek. She let her forehead rest against his, sighing contentedly. "You know I'd do the same. We already did, technically. I've taken a bullet for you." Her arms drew a little tighter around him, pulling him a little closer. "We've been through Nazis. We'll make it through this." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	toitshour 2008-08-14 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	She stretched and closed her eyes. "Nope. Just a scared, sad little man who wants to make everyone else sad too." She ran her fingers up and down his arms. "Promise me something? Don't you dare play hero like Remy. Please." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)