Crow_Jane
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It had been 35 hours. 35 hours, and he wasn't sure how he was supposed to work tomorrow. The exhaustion had grown into a mind-numbing daze, a fuzzy clutter like the static noise of an old TV. Maybe he'd call in sick, he supposed. He had never had to do that before; he'd never even taken any of his vacation time, because he'd never quite been sure what he was meant to do with it. But now, yes, he'd have to call in sick. Take the week off, see how bad this little experiment of his could get. Anything to not go to sleep again. Anything to escape the nightmares.
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In an episode of self-imposed sleep deprevation, Edward Nashton has a revelation.
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he's fine (Bandage and Manage) by Crow_Jane
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
08 Feb 2022
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He loses his virginity to an older man with a pale circle around his ring finger. The man isn't especially attractive or interesting, but he looks at Edward with a sort of starved desperation that might befit a penniless beggar at the window of an expensive bakery. Edward can't get enough of that look, of the clammy, covetous touches, of the groaned praise. Of being looked at like he's something miraculous, something beautiful, something good. There are a lot of pathetic middle-aged men after that. Edward doesn't let himself reflect on it.
He's fine. It's fine. He's surviving.
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Edward Nygma has become very skilled at lying to himself.
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all the king's horses and all the king's men by Crow_Jane
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
05 Nov 2021
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He's coming unbound, and it feels freeing.
He's spent his career shackled to convention, to contemporary wisdom, to "scientific ethics".
They are chains he'd been afraid to break, a self-enforced prison of mediocrity.The only thing that kept him chained had been fear – fear of losing his career, his livelihood, all that he'd worked for…
Jonathan Crane wasn't afraid of that anymore.Truthfully, he doesn't even feel like Jonathan Crane anymore.
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Jonathan Crane, in the middle of falling and in the middle of becoming.
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Jervis was terrified that he'd float away.
Jonathan had asked him what that meant, once, and Jervis couldn't explain it. He had tried to find the words, but they came out as just another nonsensical string of rhymes.
After that, Jonathan gave up on asking. Instead, he would simply sit down next to Jervis, and let Jervis hold his hand.
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Jervis Tetch deals with unreality issues™ and big feelings™. Jonathan helps.
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- Part 4 of Obsession-Laced Affections
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When Jervis Tetch looked at him, Jonathan felt as if the man saw right through him. The hypnotist’s gaze was heavy and piercing, and it felt like it laid Jonathan bare, exposing all the weak, shameful, hidden parts of his psyche. Jonathan hated it. Jonathan yearned for it.
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or: an exploration of Jonathan Crane's painfully obvious Daddy Issues™
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- Part 5 of Obsession-Laced Affections
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“Would you kiss me? Would you?” God. Greg had looked back at him, and it was so genuine. He’d thought he was serious. Took the bait at face-value. Assumed Tom was…that he…Jesus Christ. And what a fucking addiction that became. What a delight.
So he thought that look might still be there, now. A year later. But no. He’d killed that Greg. Taken him out to a field and slaughtered him; sacrificed him to the wolves. Briefly, the thought was gut-churning. Briefly.
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01 Feb 2026
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Greg gets a sticker. Tom gets a promotion.
(Or: Greg finally asks if Tom really “got him,” and learns what that actually means.)
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31 Jan 2026
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Post-series, Marty and Rust pick up the pieces. It's a slow process.
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19 Oct 2025
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“Oh, since I spent all day at the station getting grilled about you and your ‘process,’ and then your psycho ass followed me down the road in your piece-of-shit truck, honking the horn like a crazy person, dragging me into your serial killer drama? A year since that?”
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06 Jan 2026
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He wants to stay. And that desire, like all desires, makes him nervous.
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06 Jan 2026