Riddler's fury and frustration simmers down as quickly as it flares, listening to Oswald and the knife lowering from his knee. "No! Not me, him. Every stupid decision he made about those women was nothing to do with me- Shut up, Ed, I'm not going to hurt him, that's your specialty!"
The more agitated either of them gets, the worse the schizophrenia aspect of their illness shows and neither of them is really particularly calm right now.
But-
The knife is relinquished to fall to the thick rug and after another moment of hesitation, they slide forward and into the embrace, using the advantage of leaning and being seated to tuck in against Oswald, rather than letting him tuck in against them.
"He knows he's going to kill you. Or you'll leave him. Or die. Or all of that. Shut up, Ed, you're an idiot, I'm fixing your mess again. He's not unwilling. He's a basketcase. There's a difference." All mumbled into Oswald's collarbones before Riddler lifts his head, brushing their cheeks together and trying to steal a light kiss from Oswald's mouth.
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The more agitated either of them gets, the worse the schizophrenia aspect of their illness shows and neither of them is really particularly calm right now.
But-
The knife is relinquished to fall to the thick rug and after another moment of hesitation, they slide forward and into the embrace, using the advantage of leaning and being seated to tuck in against Oswald, rather than letting him tuck in against them.
"He knows he's going to kill you. Or you'll leave him. Or die. Or all of that. Shut up, Ed, you're an idiot, I'm fixing your mess again. He's not unwilling. He's a basketcase. There's a difference." All mumbled into Oswald's collarbones before Riddler lifts his head, brushing their cheeks together and trying to steal a light kiss from Oswald's mouth.