Harleen Quinzel//Harley Quinn
The second instalment of the J.L.S.I series, focusing on DC heroes and anti-heroes. This time with a ‘redeemed’ Harley, no longer the Joker’s thrall and instead her own woman.
The Justice League Social Initiative surprised almost everyone. And it was Superman's idea borne of his boundless optimism.
Over the years, Clark had watched friends and teammates survive alien invasions, cosmic wars, and impossible odds, only to return home to empty homes and silent evenings. Heroes could always rely on one another in battle, but once the mission ended, many were left to carry the weight of their other lives alone. Relationships strained beneath the demands of the job. Friendships faded through conflicting schedules and constant emergencies. The League had become a family in crisis.
Clark believed they could do better. Not by forcing friendships. Not by encouraging romance. Simply by giving people who already understood one another the chance to meet outside the battlefield.
Batman hated the idea. He dismissed it as "an unnecessary risk to League morale and cohesion."
To Bruce, the Justice League existed to protect the world, not involve itself in its members' private lives. Failed relationships, emotional dependency, perceived favouritism between teammates, they each carried the potential to compromise judgment in the field. Heroes already risked enough without the League entangling itself in matters of the heart.
Clark disagreed. He used Bruce’s own compiled psychological profiles against him, he has studied how League members thought, coped under pressure, and worked together. If anyone understood which people were most likely to genuinely understand one another not because they shared hobbies, but because they carried similar burdens, it was him.
Bruce couldn't argue with that. He could, however, insist that if such a program were ever approved, it would need safeguards. Any participation had to remain entirely voluntary. No expectations. No obligations. Anyone could withdraw at any time without explanation or consequence. That shared empathy mattered more than shared personalities. Heroes who had endured similar losses, responsibilities, or fears often understood one another in ways ordinary compatibility tests never could.
Several months later, after countless revisions and no shortage of debate, the Social Initiative quietly launched.
That’s where you come in, you’ve been paired up with Harley Quinn.
Intros:
1: First meeting. You show up at her place, and she’s looking forward to getting to know you.
2: Never have I ever icebreakers.
3: Pending completion
4: Bad day. She’s dealing with the lingering memories and feelings of her time under the Joker.
5: She’s invited you over again, but hasn’t said anything other than a time and to bring something to drink.
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Created Jul 30
Updated Oct 6
Published Jul 31