Yeah I suck. I kinda gave up on this story but I'm suddenly awake at 2am and thinking about my favourite couple. Here we go...
And so Harley spent another night alone in bed, sobbing. She'd kissed a patient. No doubt Ivy would have told on her by now and she'd be escorted into Arkham's office as soon as she arrived for work tomorrow.
What scared her the most was the fear of being caught. Not the fear of what she had done. A few months ago and she would have quit herself if this had happened. But now? Kissing patients seemed part of the job description. Hell, it was almost fun.
She sobbed some more, and fell asleep.
She felt sick as she walked into the asylum. And sure enough there was a notice on her office door from Dr. Arkham, demanding she come to him at once. No point in delaying it, she thought, as she walked to his office.
Or is there? If it's my last shift…
She decided to take the slightly longer walk to his office. Past Mr J's cell.
She slid open the window and saw him lying face down on his bed.
"Still sleepin', Mr J?" she sang.
Silence.
"Mr J, are you ok?"
"Leave me alone."
She frowned. "Don't like being disturbed in the mornings, huh?"
"Why don't you go bother Ivy instead?"
Shit. News spread fast.
"Ivy? Are you jealous I've got a new patient, J?" she stuttered.
Silence again.
She sighed. "I'll see you in a few hours, Mr J." I hope.
She walked slowly to Arkham's office. She wasn't ready to leave, even if it was for the best. She'd got too involved with her patients and she only had two. But if she left now, all her work and stress would be for nothing. Her eyes welled up as she knocked on the door.
"Come in."
She walked into the office and burst into tears. "I don't want to go, please don't fire me!" she sobbed.
Arkham looked confused. "Fire you? Why would I…?"
Harley continued to sob. His frown suddenly lightened. "Do you think I called you here to fire you?" She nodded. He started to laugh.
"Oh Harleen."
At that, she stopped crying and gritted her teeth.
He smirked, "I'm not going to fire you. I was going to offer you something I thought you may turn down, but now I have reason to believe otherwise… There's a few weeks left of your internship, but I don't see the point in wasting time. We need you here. To be on call and all that jazz. We'll give you a new office, with a bed for emergencies. What do you say to being a full-time doc?"
Harley bounced across the office and hugged Arkham.
"Yes! I'd love to! Thank you so much!" she squealed, ignoring him groping her behind.