myownluck: [turn the clock back...]

Harvey Dent (

myownluck) wrote,
@ 2008-10-05 01:34:00

Entry tags:

au, gotham, rp

[turn the clock back...]
He isn't District Attorney, yet. He hasn't won the election, or talked Notaro down from the hostage situation at Rossi's Deli. He hasn't even decided to run, though he's starting to considering it. He's just that guy from Internal Affairs that not much of the GCPD likes. Harvey Dent. Harvey Two-Face.

He's just a guy with a lot of stress, and a girlfriend who thinks he needs to do something about it. She's heard good things about this new holistic therapist who's opened up shop in Gotham. Dr. Judah Stark. Why don't you give him a try?

He may be a bit of a health nut, he protests, but he isn't into that kind of weird stuff. But there's no power on earth like a woman who wants to get her way, when her man is madly in love with her, and eventually they come to an agreement.

One session. He'll give the guy one session.

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lastchancetorun
2008-10-05 05:54 am UTC (link)

Judah Stark has been working wonders with the rich old (and young) ladies who like to keep dogs in their purses. Not to mention weirdo billionaire playboys who keeps bringng him sandwiches and upping his pay when he says something 'profound'. He is clearly up to the challenge of helping a possible district attorney with his stress and chakra balances.

Even if he can't keep his own marriage together. Sad about that divorce, really.

At the moment, however, Judah is reading an issue of National Geographic and waiting for his appointment.

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myownluck
2008-10-05 06:31 am UTC (link)

His appointment arrives, with the cheery ting-a-ling of the little bell on the door.

Harvey Dent looks around, taking in the, uh, ambiance. Great, there's incense. And a poster of a unicorn. And... Jonathan Crane, sitting there and reading an issue of National Geographic.

It's only one of these that pushes that usually so-well-buried little button in his brain (okay, maybe the unicorn poster, too, a little bit) and has him storming over and trying to grab the man by his collar, haul him up out of his seat. "What do you think you're playing, here?"

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	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 06:35 am UTC (link)
	Oh, hello there. This is new. Well. Not really. Reactions by people who think that he's his 'brother' are not entirely new, but this one is a bit overblown, he thinks. Especially since he's never met this guy before in his life. "Okay! Whoa now. Back off. Not my brother." He's assuming here. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 06:38 am UTC (link)
	Oh, no no no. See, Harvey's on a roll here, and little things like 'logic' and 'common sense' aren't going to deter him. Is there a wall by the desk? Yes? Well, you're getting slammed against it by an angry lawyer, Judah! "Bullshit." (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 06:42 am UTC (link)
	It's really, really sad that he's getting used to this sort of reaction. Isn't it? "Check my wallet. Or the top drawer of the desk. Birth certificate. Utility bills from San Francisco." From when his 'brother' was being all Scarecrowy. It's also sad that he has to have these things. Oh, Gotham. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 06:49 am UTC (link)
	Harvey gives Judah a long look, full of the sort of anger only an overzealous boyfriend can summon up. Then he lets Judah drop, and moves -- not turning his back on him -- to check out this supposed birth certificate. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 06:51 am UTC (link)
	Judah rolls his eyes only a little bit, and picks up his copy of National Geographic. When Harvey checks out this certificate, there is perhaps also a little finger print card. One set is labeled "Judah Stark", the other "Jonathan Crane". Different prints! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

myownluck
2008-10-05 07:00 am UTC (link)

It could all be fake. The birth certificate, easy, the fingerprints... less so, but still possible. More convincing, at least to Harvey, is the fact that he hasn't been gassed yet.

"...sorry," he finally says, as he steps back from the desk, still frowning. It's almost disappointing, really -- to get to put that maniac away, and make him (suffer) hurt a little in the process, for what he did to Rachel...? Alas, it seems not to be. "My girlfriend was targeted by him, once."

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	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 07:02 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, well. I get that a lot. Really, really a lot." Poor you. "I take it you're my four o'clock?" (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Harvey Dent," he provides. And looks longingly toward the door. "I don't think this is going to work." Any excuse he can get, really, to not have to do this. With a Crane lookalike, or with anyone else. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Because I look like my brother?" Which annoys him to massive degrees, you have no idea. "Or are you afraid of trying new things?" (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	Because you look like your brother. Because I don't want to see a therapist. My problems are mine, and I can handle them just fine on my own. You don't get to see them. No. "Because I don't think assault is a good way to start a doctor-patient relationship." (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	He waves that off like it happens at least once a week, which...well. Maybe it does. "Have a seat, Mr Dent." (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	...dammit. He does as asked, though he doesn't have to look happy about it. Okay. Now what. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	GOD, Harvey. You could at least give him a chance. "First, tell me why you came." Because he suspects that it wasn't because you wanted to. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	But he doesn't wanna. He looks a little like a giant three year old, slouched in that chair there. "Rachel -- my girlfriend -- thinks I'm under too much stress, and thinks I need to see someone about it. She heard good things about you at work." Though he's pretty sure she didn't hear about the 'Crane's brother' part. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	It would be hilariously awful if she had. "Well, what do you think? Do you think you're under too much stress?" He will sit down now! "Or did you come just to make her feel better?" (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	"To make her feel better. It's hard to talk her out of it, when she wants something." Yeeeah. "Work is... rough, right now, but I can deal with it." Of course he can. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Give me an example. What happened today?" Tell Dr Stark all about it. He'll clean your chakras and make it aaaaaaal better. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I'm sure he will. "I can't really talk about the details. I work for the GCPD, Internal Affairs. Trying to root out corruption on the police force." You poor, poor son of a bitch. "We opened investigations today on five more officers today, all with five to twenty years of service under their belts." (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	He certainly might. "A daunting task at best, I'd imagine." Where is your pad and pen, Dr Stark? Aren't you supposed to be writing this stuff down? No? Weirdo hippie doctor. "I don't know if I could do that sort of thing." (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	It probably helps, really, the not-writing-down. Maybe that's the point. "Everyone says that. But it has to be done." (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	It is, indeed, the point. "And it has to be you that does it?" (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	myownluck 2008-10-05 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	Harvey shakes his head. "Not necessarily. Not if there were anyone else who would." Who could, and do it right. Who he could trust to do it. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	lastchancetorun 2008-10-05 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	"And there isn't?" He suspects that even if there were, Harvey would be the one doing it. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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