[curiosity, a flash of guilt— Joker did just have people running through his Palace after all, and here Mars is one day later coming to him with feelings— before he brushes all that aside and takes in a deep breath]
[. . .]
Do you ever feel like. . . there’s some part of you that’s so instinctual, so grounded, so immutable that every time you try to change it, it feels like swimming against a heavy current? And then you feel like you’re drowning, so you start panicking, start trying to reach out for a lifeline from someone— anyone— wiling to reach out at you in return?
[tttentative hesitation on his end of the bond, the anxiety increasing a bit. Mars is tapping his foot against the ground now, a rapid movement that’s super obnoxious with every beat]
no subject
[curiosity, a flash of guilt— Joker did just have people running through his Palace after all, and here Mars is one day later coming to him with feelings— before he brushes all that aside and takes in a deep breath]
[. . .]
Do you ever feel like. . . there’s some part of you that’s so instinctual, so grounded, so immutable that every time you try to change it, it feels like swimming against a heavy current? And then you feel like you’re drowning, so you start panicking, start trying to reach out for a lifeline from someone— anyone— wiling to reach out at you in return?
[tttentative hesitation on his end of the bond, the anxiety increasing a bit. Mars is tapping his foot against the ground now, a rapid movement that’s super obnoxious with every beat]