Tuernla

Tuernla is the het ship between Turner Hayes and Duela Doe from Gotham Knights fandom.

Pilot
Duela and Turner met the first time in prison when they are both accused of Batman's death, Turner is taken to his cell, where he is locked up with Batman's supposed assassins, Duela Doe (the Joker's daughter), Cullen and Harper Row, inside the cell,  Duela annoy Turner and accuse him of framing her and Cullen and Harper of his father's death, to which Turner replies that he never paid them to kill his father, which later causes a fight between the two, the police intervene and they are taken to a prison transport where they were going to be transferred to Black Gate, being alone in the transport, Duela tells Turner that he did a great job making the fight look real, Turner responds by asking if it was all fake, to which Cullen affirms and says that they have to escape before they die in prison, and Cullen tells Turner that none of them killed Bruce Wayne, that like Turner they were also framed, so they devise a plan to escape, Duela asks Turner if he is in or out of the plan telling him "Time to pick a side", after Harper and Cullen break free and fight against the guards, Harper gives the key to the handcuffs to Duela, who frees herself and gives Turner the key to free himself, then Duela tells Turner "what's it gonna be, Bat brat?", Turner breaks free and he drives the prison transport, which ends up overturning, which leaves Duela impresed, then the police surround them but Duela threatens to kill Ford, if they don't put down their weapons, to which Turner intervenes saying that they are not murderers but Ford manages to recover his weapon and is determined to kill the Gotham Knights but Carrie Kelley / Robin appears and saves the team. As everyone is about to leave, Duela says that she's not going anywhere with Turner, to which Turner replies that they have to stick together or they are going to kill them one by one, Duela tells her that he almost got them killed, Turner apologizes to her, apology which Duela accepts punching Turner in the face. Turner takes them to the Belfry of the school where his lair would be, Cullen finds a coin from the Court of Owls in Ford's watch,  Turner mentions that it was the same as the coin found on Bruce's body, Duela tells him that it is the symbol coin of the Court of Owls, who they refer to as a dangerous society that if you find out about them, it will be the last thing you go to see.

Scene of the crime
The next night after his escape, the Gotham Knights rob a clothing store but Turner mentions that they are not really robbing the store, they are borrowing the clothes and after clearing his name they will pay for the clothes, then Duela tells him that now he is a fugitive and it is not necessary to he be so boring anymore, Duela asks Turner what happened to the Turner who overturned and wrecked the prison truck, the Turner that Duela knows that he is tucked away hiding in underneath all that cashmere, Duela tells him that when that Turner wants to go out to have fun, let her know. The next morning, Stephanie goes to the hideout but Duela threatens her with her knife,  thinking that Stephanie is on the side of those who want to catch them,, Turner tells Duela that she is a friend of his and that he can trust her, to which Duela replies that she doesn't even trust him, but Turner convinces her to drop her knife. Later while they investigating the Court of Owls, Turner plans to go to Wayne Tower, Duela mentions that it is a suicide plan, which Turner comments that is something that the one who overturned the prision transport would do, to which Duela smiles. Duela and Turner looked at Gotham City from the bell tower, Duela mentions that the first rule of a crime is never to return to the scene of the crime, Turner asks her that since when does she follow the rules to which Duela replies that since the Wayne Tower is Gotham's most famous crime scene. In the parking lot of Wayne Tower, Duela tells Carrie and Turner that they will do an excellent job, a comment that Turner appreciates, while Turner and Carrie were stealing the diaries of Bruce Wayne, Duela was planning to abandon Turner and Carrie and leave Gotham which leaves a little convinced to Harper to which Cullen asks if she doesn't care about Turner and Carrie, to which Duela replies that she doesn't care about Turner or Carrie. Turner manages to take the diaries but Talon finds Turner and Carrie, they notify Cullen, Harper and Duela, upon learning of Talon, Duela freaks out, Cullen and Harper go to help them but Duela takes the car they were in and mentions that they all abandon her enough times to know that no one is going to save her, then Duela abandons Cullen and Harper. The gang manages to escape after being cornered by Talon and the cops while Duela is going to trade Ford's watch for money, she ends up facing the claw while Duela was confronting Talon, Turner questions why Duela abandoned them, to which Carrie replies that she is the daughter of the Joker, she is surprised that it took her, Harper, Cullen and Carrie refuse to go save Duela but Turner manages to convince them to save her, upon reaching Duela's rescue, Turner and Carrie fight Talon, who hurts Turner's wrist with his sword, after defeating Talon, they all return to the lair where Cullen was healing Duela, who thanks them for saving her, to which Harper replies that if he wants to thank someone, let it be Turner since it was his idea to come back for save her, Duela asks Turner if it was worth going for the Batman diaries, to which Turner says it was worth it, Turner asks Duela if he has thought that she is also valuable, which compliments Duela, she mentions to Turner that he is very good with the sword, Turner mentions that when he was little where he lived he only wanted to play street hockey but when he was adopted by Batman, he insisted that Turner learn arts martial arts and swordsmanship to be the best but Turner wonders what else Batman could have trained him for.

Under Pressure
After Carrie defeats the mutant gang's leader, she goes to the hideout to tell the others what happened, Carrie tells Duela and Turner how she met Batman, Duela annoys Turner by asking if in her father's journals aren't there because Batman chose Carrie as his partner instead of Turner, to which Turner he replies that maybe it was because Batman had his reasons. When the mutants take over the gala, Turner, Carrie and Harper think how to enter to the gala, Duela mentions that they can go through the tunnels without having to go through the main door but they need to open the doors from the inside, Turner asks Duela that if he opens the door from the inside, she will show them the way, Duela questions why she should risk her life to save some idiots who don't care about her, Turner replies that for the same reason they her saved from Talon, Duela tells her not to convince her out of guilt, Turner finally convinces her by telling her that she can hit a lot of mutants, Duela tells him that he should have said that before. On the way to the gala through the tunnels, Duela knocks down a mutant guarding the bomb with a single blow, which leaves Turner impressed. Inside the tunnels they find the bomb but they need help from a policeman to buy time. Turner thinks of Harvey but Duela tells him that if he doesn't believe him they will arrest him, so Duela is worried and asks him if he is going to risk it, to which Turner says that if he doesn't many will die. After stopping the mutant gang, Harper, Duela and Turner return to the hideout, Duela reveals that he stole everything the mutants stole, Turner looks at Duela, and Duela tells him that she already knows what she is going to say, that the guests were also victims but before Turner can answer, he sees in a watch one of the Court of Owls coins that belonged to one of the guests, Turner shows the watch to Duela, so the three look at the watches of the guests, Turner, Duela and Harper realize that they were the Court of Owls there and they didn't realize it.

Of Butchers and Betrayals
In the school library, Turner, Cullen and Harper read Alan Wayne's newspapers and notes, Harper asks Turner if he is okay but Turner tells him that he is getting tired from everything what is happening, to which Duela responds by saying that she is tired of him not stopping complaining, Duela finds a yearbook and realizes that Turner belonged to a club called the never have sex brigade, which makes Harper, Cullen and especially Duela laugh at Turner. When they investigate more of the Talon's knives, Turner wants to break into the house of the most recent victim, to which Duela replies "Ooh look at you thinking like a criminal, so cute". As Carrie was preparing to go talk to Felix Harmon's daughter, Duela appears wearing the school uniform and a blonde wig, Turner seeing Duela is surprised and possibly falls more in love with her. When Turner returns to Wayne Manor alone, and the others discover that Cressida Clark is part of the Court of Owls, Duela is concerned to learn that Turner was surrounded by the Court of Owls.

More Money more Problems
Turner tells his plan to rob the Mafia to Carrie, who mentions that Turner is crazier than Duela. Harper leads Cullen, Carrie, Duela and Turner to the parking lot of the mob hideout, where Harper explains that they need to be quiet and be stealthy which Turner disobeys first and knocks out the guard much to Duela's excitement and happiness, Harper scolds Turner by calling him crazy and that the guard could have set off the alarm, Turner tells her that now the guard is sleeping in the work and that he better open the door, Harper obeys him calling Turner cocky, while Turner and Duela shared smiles and glances. When Harper's ex-boyfriend finds them, Turner confronts Dylan, punching him and knocking him over, which leaves Duela impressed and happy. Duela takes Dylan's radio and threatens Dylan's reinforcements to burn Dylan and the money if they don't move away from the gate, Duela's plan works and Turner compliments him that he did a good job. At night, when the gang returns to their lair, Duela was sharpening her knife but then Turner goes to her, Duela tells Turner that she likes his new tendency to break the rules, telling her that she doesn't hate the new Bat Brat as much, Turner tells her that she needs to step up her compliments to what Duela mentions that it is not a compliment but an observation, Turner asks what she sees but Duela replies that it is rather that it is not what she does not see, she mentions that she already knows that Cressida betrayed him so Duela comforts Turner, Duela also tells him that when you have no one to trust you learn to trust yourself, Turner tells him that if it means not following the rules she can count on him.

A chill in Gotham
Stephanie tells Turner that Harvey told her Joe Chill wants to talk to Turner, Duela tells Turner he's lucky, which Turner questions and Duela tells him it's because Joe Chill is the patron saint of the bad guys in Gotham, Turner tells him that Joe Chill worked for the Court of Owls for those who want to kill them and asks if that changes his opinion, to which Duela responds by saying that without Joe, Batman would never have existed. Hearing that Joe has a coin from the Owls' court, Turner decides to go, prompting Duela to say "Wow, our very own Bat-Brat, going to face with Jose Chill". Duela accompanies Turner to the subway station in case there is a trap. Later in the night Turner returns to the Belfry where he meets Duela who asks for his autograph of Joe Chill but Turner tells him that he don't think she wants an autograph from someone who is innocent, after returning from a mission, Duela drinks the last of the Whiskey in honor of Joe Chill, then she meets Turner with whom he shares glances.

Bad to be good
On the TV they show the video again where the Gotham Knights release the millions of dollars in the streets of Gotham of money that the McKillens were laundering, which angers Duela saying that that was the worst day of her life, Turner tells Duela that at least they didn't leave empty handed, to which Duela replies "Speak for yourself Bat-Brat", Turner tells him that at least they have the ledger. On the night when Turner is going to trade the detective's family for the latest Alan Wayne painting, Duela accompanies Turner, helping him by taking Eunice Harmon as a host in case the Court of Owls betrays them, upon returning to the lair, Turner and Duela are watching the news together, in the interview with Detective Green, who thanks Gotham Knights for saving his family, Duela comments that it's worse when a policeman says it, Turner tells Duela "Hey, just because you do a good deed doesn't make you a good person", which makes Duela smile and say thanks to Turner.

Belly of the Beast
The team finds out about a secret Owl court meet where Turner wants to infiltrate the party to investigate what the plan is but Cullen and Harper mention that it is a suicidal and risky idea,  in the end Harper and Cullen agree to Turner's plan but Harper questions how he will enter the court party without being caught, Duela tells him that dressing as in the photos of Eunice he had from court parties, Cullen mentions that with the 3D printers that the academy has he can make the masks that the Court's members use but due to the time he has, he only has time to do two, so he asks who will infiltrate the party, so Turner and Duela agree to go together. After getting ready and dressed for the court party, Turner and Duela meet on the second floor of the Belfry, Turner, seeing Duela, is speechless and Turner falls in love with Duela, an impression that Duela finds cute and funny, while they finished getting ready for the party, Duela tells Turner about his mom while Turner tells Duela about his biological mom as well, then Turner tells Duela to promise him something, that when they were at the party she won't do anything stupid, to which Duela replies "It's too late I already volunteered to go with you" which makes Turner smile. Duela and Turner manage to enter the Court of Owls party, in the driveway Turner sees that the couple in front were holding hands, so Turner holds hands with Duela. In the party room, Duela notices the presence of a little girl who was a member of the Court, Turner tells him to stop seeing the girl but Duela tells him that he can't, he feels as if the girl stole his soul, then the leader of the Court appears and reveals the plan of the Court which was to find Electrum with the map that Alan Wayne's painting hid. After the Court of Owls master plan is revealed, Turner and Duela see where they are taking the painting, Duela punches Turner in the stomach to create a distraction and pretending that Turner is her husband and he was is sick to get some air, the plan it works and Turner and Duela goes to where the painting was, upon finding the painting, Duela and Turner fight together to defeat the guards of the Court of Owls, when Turner and Duela were about to leave, the leader of the court mentions that there is a traitor, the couple thinks it was them but when Talon enters with Cressida to kill her for betraying them, Turner wants to help her but is stopped by Duela, Duela puts her hand on turner's right shoulder and tries to convince him to let Cressida die by reminding him that Cressida was the one who helped kill his father, Turner puts his hands on Duela's shoulders and tells her that he can't leave but she can, to which Duela responds by saying "What happened to "don't do anything stupid"" to which Turner replies that to tell the truth he does not follow his advice either, in the end Turner manages to convince Duela that let him save Cressida and that she run away with the painting. As Turner interrogates Cressida in the woods, Duela returns to the truck and seeing that Turner still hasn't arrived, Duela was deeply worried about Turner, willing to look for him one way or another, the Court follows Turner, and they murder Cressida just before she told Turner the name of the Court leader, the Court catches Turner but the leader mentions not to kill him as he has plans for Turner, the team witnesses the leader's words through Turner's communicator, Duela finds out, gets angry and worries about Turner, she is willing to rescue Turner but she is stopped by Carrie, Cullen and Harper, Duela mentions that they must save Turner before it's too late, but Robin, Cullen and Harper refuse to go save him, because its too much dangerous, to which Duela angrily asks if they are really going to abandon Turner, they mention going tomorrow since it is a better option since they can devise a plan and go better prepared, in the end they manage to convince Duela to save Turner the next day, Duela, depressed and sad, agrees to rescue Turner the next day.

Dark Knight Of The Soul
After the Court of Owls captured Turner the night before, Duela was furious with the team while at the same time deeply worried about Turner, blaming the team for having abandoned Turner the night before,r, Carrie tells Duela that she abandoned them in the Wayne Tower just for a watch and money, to which Duela replies that she abandoned them but Turner came back to rescue her. At night, the team has the Electrum and Turner's location, when Cullen and Carrie are about to come up with a plan, Duela takes the electrum to exchange it for Turner, Carrie tries to stop her by telling her that everyone will be in danger if the Court gets the electrum, to which Duela replies "I don't care about everyone! I care about Turner". Duela finally agrees to do Carrie and Cullen's plan, which is to make a fake electrum and trade that one for Turner. In the Wayne mansion, Duela and Cullen break into the room where Turner was, when they break into the room Cullen and Duela realize who is behind the court is Lincoln, Duela looks at Turner, seeing Turner, Duela tells Lincoln that Turner will go with them, Lincoln pulls out one of the Talon's blades, while Duela reveals that he brought grenades that were clipped to his jacket, which leaves Turner impressed and concerned about the risk that Duela was running, when Cullen manages to convince Lincoln to trade the Electrum (fake) for Turner, Lincoln slits Turner's throat, causing Duela unleash all her anger and concern, when Robin heals Turner with the true Electrum, Duela is the most satisfied knowing that Turner managed to recover. Arriving at the lair at night, Turner observes that Duela is having trouble removing the grenades from her jacket, so Turner helps Duela untying the grenades, Duela tells Turner "Ever think you'd be helping a girl untangle her explosives or do I have the pleasure of being your first?", to which Turner says "My life has gotten a lot more surprising since I met you, I'll give you that", a compliment that makes Duela happy, after Turner takes the explosives from Duela, Turner thanks Duela for saving him, he also tells him that he surely had a secret motivation, to which Duela tells him that there was no motivation, only him, Turner and Duela share looks a few seconds until Turner gets dizzy and falls to the ground for the effects of the Electrum, causing Duela to scream desperately for help.

Poison Pill
In the morning the whole team is trying to cure Turner and investigate the disease he had due to the effects of the Electrum, while Duela is seen to be the most concerned about Turner's health. Duela sees how Turner is, bothering him by telling him that he is worse more than usual, Duela brings Turner his favorite food telling him that if it is at least going to be his last meal, at least it will be one that he likes, Turner tells him that he never expected to eat in the bed of someone who sleeps with his knife, Duela tells Turner that he feels it was his fault for not going to rescue him after the evening of the Court of Owls party, Turner tells Duela that it is not her fault, while Duela notices a couple of welts on Turner's chest. When Cullen and Harper tell Duela that Turner will be dead in 5 hours, Duela is the one who gets the most angry, making Turner listen to what's going on, when Turner asks what's going on, Cullen and Harper don't want to tell him while Duela is the one who tells him that she will die in 5 hours, being the most sincere among the three, when Stephanie arrives she tells the others that Lincoln has the video that proves that he killed Cressida, a video that can clean their names, Duela interrupts saying that they first have to save Turner before clearing their names, showing herself to be the most concerned about Turner. After curing Turner by giving him a blood transplant, when Turner manages to recover his health, he goes to the library where he meets Duela, he explains to Duela that he wants no offense but he wants to be alone, to which Duela replies that she is not offended, Turner plays along and tries to offend her but Duela tells him that he already proved that he cannot be offended, Turner ask Duela if she know what he went through a lot today and asks her if she at least cares, to which Duela replies that she doesn't really care much, she also tells Turner that if he came out of his Batcave, which is himself, he would realize that the entire team is working non-stop to save Turner's life, that makes Turner react and he apologizes for everything, saying that he was thinking about what his life was like and how it is now and that he was lying to himself. Duela tells him that everyone is a lier, Turner tells him that not everyone, when he had a few hours to live, Duela was honest telling her the truth and that she always tells the truth, Duela asks her if she finally realized it, Turner tells her that she is not afraid to show who she really is even when she scares or makes others angry, she is always herself, listening to Turner, Duela without thinking twice kisses Turner, who corresponds to the kiss with a little more force, Turner and Duela kiss passionately, then Turner tries to apologize to Duela but she interrupts him saying that it does not offend her, Duela and Turner continue to kiss, then Duela takes off Turner's sweater, Turner and Duela then fall to the floor continuing to kiss until they both finally end up having sex multiple times in each of the library sections.

Daddy Issues
Duela and Turner, after a lengthy and deeply satisfying sexual encounter, Duela tells Turner about her 8th birthday, where she got the joker poker card that the Joker gave her, then Turner annoys Duela asking how Arkham let that a girl will wander alone through the Joker's cell, which makes Duela question why she tells Turner that, Turner responds by saying that it is her birthday, Duela asks how he knows, to which Turner answers by her mugshots, Turner annoys Duela by telling her that she was born in Arkham and spent her birthdays alone or with the guards and for the first time in her life she is able to spend it with someone she actually like, which makes Duela smile and playfully punch Turner on the shoulder, then Turner and Duela look at each other, Turner asks Duela what her birthday wish is, to which Duela responds by kissing Turner two or more times. Upon arriving at the hideout, Cullen tells Turner that Duela is a look, to which Turner replies so?, to which Cullen replies that they returned with the same clothes as yesterday, to which Turner replies that they are not Cullen and Harper's business, while Harper goes to Duela who tells him "Guess who took a ride on the Bat-wang? Me", to which Harper is shocked when she finds out that Duela and Turner had sex last night, after Duela tells her "An yes the Bat-Brat is a very good kisser", Cullen asks Turner where they were, Turner says around, Harper asks Duela the same thing, to which Duela replies that they were in the library, Duela also tells Harper what it was like to have multiple times sex with Turner, she also tells him what they did, what traumatized and disgusted Harper. Turner goes to where Duela was, who asks for his help to put on a necklace that had a bullet in it in case she ran into the Joker, then Turner takes Duela's hand, and Turner tells him that Batman already took care of that job, Duela takes Turner's hand, Duela tells him that Batman killed three quarters of they parents, Duela puts her hands on Turner's shoulders and almost kisses him, convincing Turner to go out and celebrate his birthday at a bar in Gotham City, in which Duela meets her mother, she tells Duela to be surprised because after not seeing her for several years, Duela gets a boyfriend, Duela and Turner blush and try to hide the truth that they are a couple but they fail, after meeting Duela's mom, she tells Duela to leave Gotham, Duela asks if Turner can go with them, to which her mom agrees, she asks Turner if he wants to leave Gotham with her but Turner A bit remorseful, he tells her that as much as he wants to, he cannot go with her this time since he wants to clear his name. Duela accepts Turner's decision, and wishes her boyfriend a happy life.

Fanon
On AO3, Tuernla is the third most written ship for Duela and the most written for Turner. It is also the fourth most written ship in the Gotham Knight (TV 2023) tag.

Fandom

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