so very dapper

[temporal_affairs]

The Joker is awfully domestic, in his way. He makes pretty clothes. Nathan's perfectly happy to be a clothes horse for his sartorially-inclined mate. Some of the clothes are distinctly feminine, and Nathan does not wear those, although the Joker could probably talk him into a kilt, even if that's not a Manx thing but only their neighbors.

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[temporal_affairs]

"I think I'm confused?" he ventures. "Would expect that either this'd be the first thing one would do on getting magic powers, or not on the to-do list at all."

[yourheartstrings]

The Joker shrugs.

(The scars stayed, too.)

"I only just thought of it."

[temporal_affairs]

"Huh. You know, I thought I was straight - albeit a pretty low-key kind of straight that wasn't getting much exercise since turning, but, you remember, the erstwhile wife and kids - till I met you, and then I figured I wasn't, and now I'm not sure what little box to check on the census form."

[yourheartstrings]

"Oh, sweetie," she says fondly. "Can't help ya there. But if I'm still hot either way, I think that's a clue."

[temporal_affairs]

"Very," agrees Nathan. "Very-very-very."

[yourheartstrings]

"Sooo," she says, "if I wanted to take the new body for a spin...?"

[temporal_affairs]

She doesn't have to suggest this twice.

[yourheartstrings]

What if she wants to do it again immediately afterward?

[temporal_affairs]

It's possible Nathan will still beat her to making the suggestion!

[yourheartstrings]

She loves him so very very much.

[temporal_affairs]

It's extremely mutual.

[yourheartstrings]

Eventually, after many repetitions, she conjures a snuggly blanket and curls up with him on the floor. Finding some comfortable furniture to cuddle on just seems way too much like work.

[temporal_affairs]

[yourheartstrings]

"Love you," she murmurs, pillowing her head on his shoulder. It is not very pillowy, but she likes it anyway.

[temporal_affairs]

"Love you forever, babe."

[yourheartstrings]

"How are you this snuggly without being even a tiny bit squishable?" she wonders.

[temporal_affairs]

"No idea."

[yourheartstrings]

"Well, I like it."

Snugglesnuggle.

[temporal_affairs]

"Good. I have very little memory of what it felt like to be a squishy fleshy thing like you -" (poke, poke) "and don't know if I'd like it, were you disposed to magic me that way."

[yourheartstrings]

"We could try it sometime," he says idly, wriggling playfully when Nathan pokes him. "If you want. See if it's fun."

[temporal_affairs]

"I don't think I'd like being squished, the way you do," Nathan points out.

[yourheartstrings]

"Well, I won't squish you like that," she says easily. "But it'd make cuddling different."

[temporal_affairs]

"If you wanna try it, go for it," he says, kissing her scalp.

[yourheartstrings]

"Okay," says the Joker.

And lo, he is squishy.

[temporal_affairs]

"This is different," he says. "...The floor is much less comfortable now that I have more give than it does."