< couples_therapy - How do you know when your partner is angry? >
Nadine Lewis
Batman (OC)
472 words
(gothams_dent, arkhams_dr)
How do I know when Harvey's angry?
Easiest thing in the world.
He'll tell me.
Some people wouldn't like it, I guess. I know Jonathan's always telling me I shouldn't let Harvey talk to me like that-- the way he does when he yells at me. He'll call me every name in the book. I really don't mind. In between the cursing and the screaming, he'll at least tell me what's wrong. A lot of people can't say that.
I always know when Harvey's angry at me, and I always know why he's angry at me. Now, is it always rational? Hell no. He gets these ideas in his head and lets them develop without saying a word and then he explodes. Still, at least I know what's been going on his head.
Last time we fought? The upstairs neighbors called the cops. Thankfully Harvey'd already left by that time, and I knew the two who responded. Suggesting that it was just a touchy boyfriend and a general fight was easy enough. I am looking for a new apartment though. Somewhere, I think, where no one will care if we shout at the top of our lungs at each other or throw things.
It's just how we fight, you know?
Besides, Harvey always apologizes. Okay, I guess he doesn't, but that's because I don't ask him to. The moment I'd demand an apology? He'd give me one. His apology is coming home. His apology is being willing to give one, even if I never let him offer it. I don't need to hear it. I know he's sorry, and that's all that matters. Besides, if he apologized? He'd probably promise it wouldn't happen again. We know better.
We fight. We make up. It's what we do.
[Private]
I have a hard time telling when Jonathan is angry at me, though. He gets very quiet, like he's just thinking about something. There are little tells, though.
His shoulders sort of draw back, and there's this look he gets in his eyes. I can't even describe it. It's-- I really think it's a little frightening.
Harvey scares me sometimes, when he's shouting and yelling, but not like Jonathan can. Harvey might leave a bruise, might do a bit of damage, but there's-- With Jonathan, I--
I trust Jonathan completely, but there's something that frightens me when he gets so calm and I know he's angry. He's the kind who-- who'd store it away, collect all the injustices, then unleash hell.
That's awful to say, though. Jonathan doesn't ever mean to hurt people. I think I still-- still sort of associate him with the Scarecrow, even though he protects me. I think that's what scares me. I get scared he'll get mad and leave me and the Scarecrow will come back. Yes. That's why Jonathan worries me when I think he might be angry at me.
That's all it is.
Batman (OC)
472 words
(gothams_dent, arkhams_dr)
How do I know when Harvey's angry?
Easiest thing in the world.
He'll tell me.
Some people wouldn't like it, I guess. I know Jonathan's always telling me I shouldn't let Harvey talk to me like that-- the way he does when he yells at me. He'll call me every name in the book. I really don't mind. In between the cursing and the screaming, he'll at least tell me what's wrong. A lot of people can't say that.
I always know when Harvey's angry at me, and I always know why he's angry at me. Now, is it always rational? Hell no. He gets these ideas in his head and lets them develop without saying a word and then he explodes. Still, at least I know what's been going on his head.
Last time we fought? The upstairs neighbors called the cops. Thankfully Harvey'd already left by that time, and I knew the two who responded. Suggesting that it was just a touchy boyfriend and a general fight was easy enough. I am looking for a new apartment though. Somewhere, I think, where no one will care if we shout at the top of our lungs at each other or throw things.
It's just how we fight, you know?
Besides, Harvey always apologizes. Okay, I guess he doesn't, but that's because I don't ask him to. The moment I'd demand an apology? He'd give me one. His apology is coming home. His apology is being willing to give one, even if I never let him offer it. I don't need to hear it. I know he's sorry, and that's all that matters. Besides, if he apologized? He'd probably promise it wouldn't happen again. We know better.
We fight. We make up. It's what we do.
[Private]
I have a hard time telling when Jonathan is angry at me, though. He gets very quiet, like he's just thinking about something. There are little tells, though.
His shoulders sort of draw back, and there's this look he gets in his eyes. I can't even describe it. It's-- I really think it's a little frightening.
Harvey scares me sometimes, when he's shouting and yelling, but not like Jonathan can. Harvey might leave a bruise, might do a bit of damage, but there's-- With Jonathan, I--
I trust Jonathan completely, but there's something that frightens me when he gets so calm and I know he's angry. He's the kind who-- who'd store it away, collect all the injustices, then unleash hell.
That's awful to say, though. Jonathan doesn't ever mean to hurt people. I think I still-- still sort of associate him with the Scarecrow, even though he protects me. I think that's what scares me. I get scared he'll get mad and leave me and the Scarecrow will come back. Yes. That's why Jonathan worries me when I think he might be angry at me.
That's all it is.