#jason 100% counts this as him coming out

[thief-of-eggs]

Jason: *fixes squeaky door*

Tim: Awesome, thanks man!

Jason: No problem. You know what they say- ‘Ace is the place with the helpful hardware folk’

Tim: …I literally have no clue what you’re getting at

Jason: *disappears, but in asexual*

[storywriter007]

hi hi hi!! i loved your preferences with the HoO boys! i was wondering if you could do another one, with literally any plot (ex- cuddling hcs, first kiss, or anything you feel like writing) with the same boys (+maybe nico if you write for him?) thank u!!

First Kiss - HoO Boys x Fem!Reader

author's note: hey i'm so glad you liked my work!! y'all have no idea how much it means to me omg :) i didn't include nico bc in the comments a valid point was brought up

warnings: kissing, cursing, whiskey is mentioned as a scent (tbh i've never smelled it, it's just vibes)

genre: fluff

word count: 3.2k (all bullet points)

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percy jackson

you and him would've started off as best friends

and as both of you get older, you start liking each-other

percy would 100% be aware of his crush on you

he knows he has it, but he just avoids acting on it

he kinda just does his best to ignore his feelings

bc even though he's charismatic and charming

he's shy and anxious

he doesn't want to make you uncomfortable

and make you never want to talk to him again

he doesn't want to ruin everything you guys have and lose your trust in him

so he undoubtedly tries to pursue someone else

he'll talk about this other girl to you

not to make you jealous

but instead as a weak attempt to make himself feel like he doesn't like you

not a good idea

he makes you unintentionally jealous

you distance yourself from him bc you like him but can't stand hearing abt another girl all the time

but, you don't want to ruin things for him (bc you are convinced he is crazily crushing on her)

so you decide that you've just gotta let him go

percy wonders why his best friend is being so distant

you guys go weeks barely communicating

percy is still trying to convince himself he doesn't like you

but distance makes the heart grow fonder

he realizes and accepts the fact that he is madly in love w/ you (who wouldn't be?)

and that he can't stand this weird distance between you guys anymore

he decides he needs to talk to you

so one day you're just sitting on the deck by the lake with your feet in the water

you're just contemplating your love affair with him

and you see him coming your way

you're trying to avoid him so you get up and start to leave

he literally sprints to you and grabs your arm

you turn to look at him and he asks you why you've been avoiding him

you snatch your arm out of his grip and tell him it's nothing and that you're busy

he doesn't let you leave and keeps asking

so you slide a passive aggressive comment, something like "i bet your girlfriend's thinking about you"

and he realizes that you're jealous

and that he didn't convince himself that he liked this other girl

but he convinced you

he tells you everything

he tells you how much he likes you and that he never even liked this other girl

he was just trying to convince himself he did bc he didn't want to ruin things between the two of you

you confess to liking him too

both of you kind of laugh off your stupid choices

after you're done laughing, you kinda just look into each-other's eyes

both of you are leaning in

until you hear someone coming, and percy just grabs you and jumps underwater

and you guys have your first kiss underwater

your arms are around his neck and his are on your waist

you're like pressed up against one-another

the kiss is kinda steamy bc let's be honest: you've wanted to kiss each-other for five years

but it's a sweet kiss

percy smells like vanilla

you can hear the person saying "i swear they were here a minute ago" and then walking off

you both come up to the surface undeniably blushing/hot and laughing

jason grace

listen, i love jason

that man is STIFF

like you could literally leave him a note that says "i want to kiss you"

and he'd find you and go "that was a pretty good song you suggested. i like this one-direction band"

LMAO

ok but anyways, you guys are frenemies

you guys started off as rivals

you thought being the son of jupiter would make him arrogant

and you thought he was, but he was really just reserved and serious

he didn't know how to be anything different

he didn't like you because you argued with him about everything

you challenged him constantly

and you weren't as nice to him as you were everyone else

but

throughout the years, you get to know each-other better

but that doesn't mean you get along

you guys occasionally unite and get along (and typically when you do, it's the best hours of your life)

but otherwise, you two have it out for each other

constant disagreements and fights

you just loose all of your patience when it comes to each other

so you have a love-hate relationship with him

yeah you'd kill for him but you would never lend him an extra pen on tests

yeah he'd die for you but he would never let you look at his notes

you get along when you need to and this exact mentality is what lands both of you together, as praetors

but let's be real: there is so much unspoken tension between the two of you

like yeah you hate each other but you lowkey wanna make out

and you can't lie and say you didn't trust him or didn't like him

he'd proved you wrong on hundreds of occasions

he was capable, kind, caring, smart, loyal

and he couldn't lie and say he hated you either

you were fun, kind, ambitious, intelligent, and loyal too

over the years, both of you projected an "i hate you."

when in reality, you'd grown quite fond of one-another

you've shown your worst selves to each-other, you've lied for each-other, you've told secrets to each-other, and you've just been each-other's constant

y'both know you like each other: that's what makes the hate even stronger

like jason has other feelings for you but he doesn't know what to call them

attraction? a small crush? love? sexual tension? is it getting hot in here?

first kiss happens before you guys head into a huge battle

yes. the possibility of never seeing you again is what makes the man realize he's in love with you

like you guys are standing on a hill, watching the army of monsters slowly march towards camp jupiter

you guys turn to look at each other

you two are thinking the same thing: if i die, it's an honor to have served with you

"you ready?" you'd ask

"always." he'd say (typical roman)

you'd turn to look at him, but he's already looking at you

he grabs you by your arm and pulls you in for a kiss

it's a long kiss

it's passionate, and it's needy, but it's sweet at the same time

he basically lifts you off your feet and you're holding onto neck and his hair

you're pulling him closer into and he's holding you so tightly

you want to remember this

jason smells like fresh clean sheets mixed w/ whiskey

when you guys finally pull away bc you know you have to lead an army, you rest your foreheads against one-anothers

"good luck y/n"

"i'm gonna see you when this is over jason."

"i know you will."

one of the rare times you guys use first names

and yes, you do see each other again :)

leo valdez

you and leo happens when you first get to camp

and instantly his mind short-circuits and he's like DAM

he knows you're probs gonna reject him

but hey you miss 100% of the chances you don't take

so he starts off, as always, making some bold flirty comment

and to his surprise, you return the banter

he has to pause for a second

he stutters and thinks of a witty response

you laugh at how flustered he is

and that's the start of a beautiful friendship

from that day on, you two are partners in crime

your guys' days consist of: making stupid things, playing stupid pranks, sneaking out to get fast food, and making vlogs of all of the stupid things you do (on an old vhs recorder leo rigged)

you guys are a two in one; if you went somewhere, he did too

soon, your friendship evolves into things that aren't just fun hangouts

you often catch him under cabin 9 and talk to him

you guys open up to each other in his little workshop, a lot

he tells you things he's never told anyone and you do the same

what's different about your relationship w/ leo is that you don't make fun of him

you barely argue with him, you respect him, you don't call him scrawny, you don't point out his insecurities, and you never make a joke at his expense

this makes him feel a lot more comfortable around you

and he puts down whatever he's doing if you come to him in an emotionally distressful state

you guys listen to each other, cry in front of each other, and help each other feel better

leo becomes the only person in your life you can rely on

and you're the same for him

so his thoughts evolve from DAM to i think i'm in love with you

and everyday he's around you, he finds himself falling more and more in love with you

and every late night you're with him under cabin 9, you start to like him more too

he's nervous to confess to you bc he doesn't want you to not feel the same way and you end up pushing him away or something

but he can't ignore how deeply he feels for you

he can't stand it when other guys try to hit on you bc all that's going through his head is that's my girl

so after a lot of contemplating, he decides he needs to tell you how he feels

he invites you to his workshop at a really specific time (which is weird bc he just says come whenever)

but you go and this man has cleaned the place up and dimmed the lights

he has a robot that he programmed

it sees you and starts playing some really corny love song

and he confesses that he really really likes you and that it kills him seeing other guys trying to flirt with you

he says the sweetest things ever about why he likes you and he just sounds like a fangirl tbh

he starts rambling abt how much he likes and how it's totally okay if you don't feel the same way and that he doesn't want this to affect your friendship if you don't and etc

you just go up to him and kiss him

the robot starts cheering and saying "da lady loves leo!!!!" (he would totally program that change my mind)

he short circuits (like the day you met him)

but he kisses you back, hands around your waist as yours are around his neck

leo smells like burning firewood mixed with cinammon

it's a long and sweet kiss, but you guys have to pull away bc you're laughing too much

why? bc the robot won't stop cheering and saying "da lady loves leo!!!!" so he has to take a minute to make it play your favorite song

"sorry." he'd chuckle. "where were we?"

and then you guys would kiss again

frank zhang

you and frank are best friends

you first met each other cleaning the weapons room

you were looking at archery equipment and you just kinda mindlessly said "i wish i knew how to use this"

and frank's ears shot up so fast

he offered to help you learn, and you guys came to a deal

you'd help him become a better swordsman and he would help you become a better archer

during your guys' training sessions, you'd talk a lot

frank finally felt like he had a real friend

you guys would share stories about your pasts and your interests

maybe a little bit of gossip too

frank was kinda surprised you hung out with him so much bc in his eyes, he was a loser

you reassured him that having different strengths didn't make him weak

you often traded shifts with other campers so you could spend more time with him

as time went on, frank became more confident in his ability as a swordsman

and you became more confident in your skills as an archer

so during the next war game

you two teamed up and actually led your group to victory

no one expected two kids from the fifth cohort to steal a victory like that but you guys did

you were diligent, effective, and cooperative

you guys were over the moon that night and frank thanked you for helping him become a better soldier

and you did the same

it was after that night you guys both realized you had a serious crush on one-another

after countless hours training, cleaning, and working

after having hundreds of deep conversations

after helping each-other reach their goals

you guys realize that you really liked one-another

so one day, some kid at camp makes fun of frank for being better at archery than sword fighting

he shakes it off now, ever since you told him the people who make fun of him probably miss the entire target during archery

but he got really pissed off when the kid said "i guess that's why you and y/n are friends. you exchange weaknesses"

it made him upset bc you aren't weak

you acknowledged you faltered in one spot and wanted to do better

that's brave, that's strong

so frank might've "accidentally" hit the kid with his arrow

it was nothing serious, but he was pinned up against the wall by an arrow

it was rlly funny

unfortunately, reyna didn't think so, and frank got sentenced with a bunch of chores

you didn't know this, so you switched your shift and visited him in the weapons room

you asked him what he'd done to miss all the camp activites

he wouldn't say at first, but then he'd admit he kinda shot an arrow and a kid ended up pinned against a wall

you'd ask why he did that bc you knew frank wasn't violent in the least

and it just comes out right there

he admits he went a little crazy bc he didn't like how this kid was talking about you

he talks about how incredible you are and it made him angry that some kid tried to minimize you to a weakness you were working on improving

"and i don't know, i guess i get heated when it comes to people i love" he'd say, before pausing and realizing what just came out of his mouth

obviously you're smiling bc you love him too

you tell him that you love him too, and that you didn't say anything bc you were scared of ruining your friendship

so yes, your first kiss is in the weapons room

you just kinda jump on him and kiss him

he bumps into the wall behind him and he wraps his arms around your mid-section

and yours are around his neck

it's a cute, sweet kiss

it lasts a few seconds more than it should

frank smells like sugar mixed with the irony-smell of the weaponry

but afterwards, you help frank with his chores so you guys can go train

[venuslarkspur]

Teen Hero Shenanigans

(The Prologue)

Fall Of Girl Wonder

Summary: Your Damian’s Twin Sister who arrived 3 years after your brother, because of your late arrival you’re never excepted to become Robin, until your brother runs away and you volunteer to take his place in his absence, things are going well until Damian returns and you are thrown under the bus completely by being told you can’t be Robin anymore, after bottling up your anger you decide to go solo by running away and stealing a Batgirl costume. But you’re not alone, your sort of boyfriend joins you; which would be okay if it wasn’t your brother’s best friend of all people.

Pairings: Batfam x Batsis (platonic), Jon Kent x reader (romantic). Very bittersweet tbh, you love your bf but you’re also proving your worth to your family.

Notes: Reader and Damian are very on and off but do love each other ofc. (they only really had one another growing up in the league) To clear things up Bruce has a genuine reason for discharging reader of the Robin mantle but that’s an epilogue thing I fear, Reader is 16 so is Jon. I’d give this series maybe a 15+ rating as there will be be some heavy topics involved and some “problematic” language icl. Reader also is closest with Cass and Jason specifically, all of this isn’t at all comic book accurate but does include elements from the comics. (Also very fanony when it’s comes to the Batfam and Superfam) (I don’t own any of the characters this is fan-fiction 💙)

Warnings: Mentions of panic attacks, Damian runs away from home for a bit. Unless count Bruce being a semi shitty father then not a lot of warnings tbh. This is just the epilogue we haven’t even got to the real drama yet. 👏

Words: 1.4k

6 months, 2 weeks and 3 days. That’s how long you’ve held the Robin mantle, you trained none stop before even having volunteered for it. You wondered what your plan even was, as long as Damian had it you couldn’t. Then he ran away and it was all too convenient, you got the mask, the gloves and the cute boy. Were you worried about Damian? Obviously, you had panic attacks about it mid patrol, which meant whatever member of your family that was unlucky enough to be awake at that time, had to take your shift. You knew Barbara and Tim would track him eventually and were doing everything in their power, but that didn’t ease your worry, you even considered alerting your mother but you knew if she got wind of this she would force you to come back with her for your own safety, and you didn’t feel like going to back the small, sad, isolated girl you were before.

You had also gotten closer to Jon Kent, a best friend of your brother. In truth, you are immediately lovesick, so was he. But it came as a bit of bittersweet shock to you both that over your course of searching for Damian you had given up along the way and became invested in one another. Eventually it become so much more than just a mutual love for Damian, soon the Damian questions become You questions. Things progressed quickly, it went from “Do you think my brother is close by?” to “My dad and siblings aren’t home, do you wanna come over?” He makes it over every time, Alfred knows and you know that he knows. You begged him not to tell your father or anyone for that matter, he respected your decision to wait for the right time but would occasionally come in asking if you wanted anything. (You know it’s a ploy to check on you two) Clark and Lois 100% know and they approve but have been sworn to secrecy by you, you weren’t ashamed; of course not. It’s just that if you told even just one of your siblings, knowing them they would spill and accidentally tell another one of your siblings until the cycle continues and eventually reaches Damian. Though you were sure Cass already knew and you suspected Jason was catching on, but you weren’t even surprised that he was beginning to find out. He knew you well, after a good three years spending time and training with him and his group of people it became hard to keep secrets, although your weird duo did start off as a result of you being upset and jealous of Damian’s close relationship with Dick, you’re sure you’d still pick being Jason’s dysfunctional- unofficial sidekick.

As for Cass you knew there was a mutual appreciation for the fact you were both less outnumbered in terms of Bruce’s female children, sure Barbara was like an older sister to you and she always supported you over the com line on missions. But it wasn’t the same as having an actual sister, but it was unusual to call any of them your siblings, not just Cass. It took a while but the first time you remember calling one of them your brother or sister was when Dick had to come all the way and pick you up from school because of a “skiing accident” with your father, you knew immediately something must of happened because Alfred was always on time to get you, So when Dick came along you told your teacher your brother was here to pick you up instead, she waved you goodbye and as you entered the car you noticed the slight grin of his face, looking like he wanted to tease you, but he knew you weren’t so like Damian and wouldn’t even deny accepting him as a brother. You adapted much quicker than Damian, even if you have to get used to having 5 more siblings from now. (Yes I included Duke. <3)

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It was the start of Christmas month and you were just doing your rounds with Stephanie and Barbara around the mall, Steph had gotten distracted a couple of times whilst window shopping but you and Barb managed to tug her along. You were nervous as your 16th birthday was also approaching, Jon had already turned 16 and you got to see him on his birthday; by masking it as going on patrol. It was fun but the question was popped at the party on when you were planning on telling your family about your relationship, you tensed up but luckily Lois took your side and encouraged you to tell Bruce and the rest when you were ready. This is why you like her. But right now you couldn’t think of that, you had to look for a present for Jon without being suspected.

Luckily Barbara had gone in the nearby cafe to get you guys some drinks, but that still left you with Steph. Maybe if you played it calm she wouldn’t even notice, so you started searching around looking at stuff and you thought that maybe you were safe. “Whatchu got there?” She bubbled, you took about a 5 foot jump backwards before blushing intensely. “Nothing.” You said calmly whilst shoving the item back on the shelf, she put her hand on her chin as if she was inspecting you. “Sooo who’s the lucky guy then? Or girl.” She smirked, “There’s no use lying is there?” You asked, “Absolutely not, so spill.” She leaned in and studied your face, “I can’t tell you who, but I’ve been seeing someone and before you ask I’m not in any trouble.” You confess, she shrugs as if wanting to ask more; but Barbara called out to you both drinks in hand, you swiftly looked back at Steph just for her to do a zipping motion with her lips, which satisfied you enough. “What have I missed?” Barb asked, you let out a sigh you didn’t know you were holding in and spoke up. “Well I was just wondering-“ You were cut of by a notification sound on Barbara’s phone, “We need to get back to the manor, now.” She said without a hint of warmth in her voice in order to calm you. What has happened now? You had quickly all changed into costume, excepting the worst.

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You hastily made you way through the manor, Steph and Barbara in tow. Tim was waiting at the entrance to the kitchen and he tried to stop you, “Hey-don’t go in yet-“ you shrugged him off and continued on and Barbara eyed him suspiciously. You wished that you had waited, you weren’t prepared to see your newly found twin brother sitting on one of the stools with an ice pack above his brow, deep cuts layered across his arms and bruises across his neck. He must of put up a good fight against which ever one of your siblings found him, you assumed it was Dick as he was in costume and had slashes of his own. Alfred sat next to him, tending to his wounds whilst your father was stood next to him; checking out the marks Alfred wasn’t attending to, the room had now fell silent as everyone had now realised how awkward it was for Damian to see his twin sister in a Robin get up, this is the worst. You simply only stared into each other’s matching green eyes until you made the first move, you ran over and collapsed into him, giving him a bone crushing hug, he sat all tensed up before slowly returning the hug. “I’m sorry brother-I-I just.” Tears welled down your face before you threw off your mask and let it land on the other side of the room, you had never felt so relieved and guilty at the same time.

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That night you stayed with your brother as long as possible, you had so many questions but right now you just wanted to embrace his return. Since it was an uncomfortable situation for everyone, most of the family decided to stay the night. You had crossed paths with Jason mid kitchen trip and he checked in on you first, but you couldn’t pin why it felt like he was holding something in. “You know you could forget all about this Girl Wonder thing and just join me, like old times.” He proposed, you looked at him puzzled. “By old times you mean a couple months ago? Also why are you asking me this? did something happen?” You questioned but watched as he couldn’t meet your gaze, “Bruce wants to see you downstairs, but you don’t have to go-“ “Okay fair enough, I’ll go see him now.” You interrupted and walked past him and ignored his muffled rejections, as you were now approaching the main office.

You should have listened to Jason, you should have gone with him. You’d regret not listening to him.

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“Good news, you can put away the Robin costume for good now.”

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Even though Damian had contacted Raven before lunch they had decided to wait until the next morning for her to actually come for a visit. The hemoperfusion treatment had gone well, there didn’t seem to be any complications that Leslie and Bruce hadn’t already planned for. As expected Danny’s platelet count, blood sugar, and a few other components of his blood had ended up slightly lower than desirable. But the half donation from Danielle had been more than enough to compensate for it. They had just opted to wait the rest of the day, and only carefully monitor Danny’s condition to be 100% sure the treatment had benefited him before they wanted to do any other kinds of exams.

So, it was only within an hour after breakfast that Raven was stepping up the stairs to the manor entrance, getting let in by Damian instead of Alfred.

“Good morning, Raven,” Damian offered as a short greeting.

“Good Morning Damian,” Raven returned, not quite over being pleasantly surprised when Damian was polite with them.

 “I appreciate your assistance with our guest. Danielle and the other two are with Jon in the barn, brushing Goliath and Batcow. But I will lead you to Danny,” Damian informed, closing the front door and pausing for a moment to allow Raven to choose whether to leave her jacket on the coat hanger or not. It was chilly outside, but her jacket seemed to be more for fashion than warmth. As proven when she didn’t move to take it off.

“It’s no problem. I’m happy to help,” Raven assured. “I didn’t know Jon was going to be here too. Did Superman send him as a way to keep an eye on everyone without ignoring Bruce’s wishes?”

“No,” Damian admitted, gesturing for Raven to follow him as he began to lead her towards Danny and Jazz. “We had a pre-established overnight appointment. I simply asked him to help keep the others entertained while we took care of business. Especially since Allen returned home and left only West to follow through with monitoring Grayson and Todd.”

Ah. Jon and Damian apparently had a sleep over scheduled for that weekend, and they didn’t feel the need to cancel it. That was good to know. “I see,” Raven acknowledged, getting distracted by the ever growing presence of a sensation she had noticed when she’d reached the house. It didn’t seem malicious. Just one that she was somewhat unfamiliar with. It distracted her enough that she didn’t have more to comment before they reached the bedroom. Dick and Jason were on monitoring duty since it was easier for them to stay at the house while the Justice League thought they were Deathstroke’s targets. And while they’d managed to get everyone to start the night in their own rooms, the Phantom kids had inevitably made their way back to Danny’s room for the latter half of the night. Jazz had returned there once again after breakfast, but the others hadn’t. Opting instead to keep themselves entertained as well as aware of what was going on in the rest of the house.

When they entered the room Raven briefly glanced at Jazz before her gaze was drawn to Danny’s form in the bed. Not because of how he looked, all the tubs and machines surrounding him, but because he was the strongest source of the sensation she had been picking up on. There was still a faint residue of sorts clinging to Jazz, but Danny felt like a source of the oddity. Even if he did seem more like a nearly empty power source, he still felt like the substance was part of him instead of it simply lingering on him.

“Jazz, this is Raven, a friend of mine. Raven, Jazz is Danny and Danielle’s older sister,” Damian’s introduction broke Raven out of her slight daze, gesturing to each of the girls in turn.

“Hey Raven, thanks for coming,” Dick greeted with a wave. Jason simply raised his hand wordlessly.

“...Hi,” Jazz responded after they were introduced directly. She was a little wary, but Damian couldn’t blame her. Raven had mentioned before that people didn’t think she was an easy person to get along with, and she might look a little intimidating to some.

“You’re uncomfortable with me being here?” Raven guessed, having easily noticed Jazz’s anxiety but not finding it anything to be upset over. “I understand. I wouldn’t want strangers near someone I cared about when they were in this state either.” For that reason Raven decided to remain where she was by the entrance instead of approaching anyone closer. “I promise I won’t intentionally hurt him further. I’m here to help.”

The bluntness with which she spoke was unexpected, and while Jazz wasn’t completely calmed by her words the openness did hold a certain amount of charm to it. She was apparently a bit like Damian and Jason, who just said what they meant and didn’t try to soften words to get their way. It made it so Jazz wasn’t sure how to respond, but Damian could see her shoulders fall just a little less tense than before.

“Like I told you last night, Raven is here to see if she can locate a better source for the ectoplasm we need. It’s just easier for her to get a reading from a source rather than a substitute,”  Damian further explained, not wanting a repeat of before when Jazz thought they wanted to experiment on Danny. 

“Ectoplasm?” Raven repeated, mildly curious. “Is this what you’re calling that?”

“It’s what they’ve been calling it,” Damian clarified, nodding towards Jazz.

“Is there another name for it?” Jazz asked, curiosity starting to win over the wariness.

“...Perhaps,” Raven admitted, remaining where she was until Jazz was just a little more at ease. “I can recognize something different about you two. It’s stronger in him, but you both radiate it. I noticed it when I got close to the manor, but I’ll need to take a moment to analyze it before I can say for sure I know what it is.”

“Analyze it how?” Jazz asked quickly, her hands lacing tightly on her lap as her lips pursed slightly. She hoped Raven would follow Bruce’s example and explain everything before she did it.

“It would take a long time to explain the exact details. My methods are not common to cultures like what predominates Earth,” Raven explained, apologetic but not wanting to delve into her personal skill set too much. She didn’t mind Jazz’s protectiveness though. She couldn’t feel any hostility from Jazz, just fear. And that was something Raven couldn’t fault her for. “I use magic, but for this you can think of it as a type of clairvoyance if that’s easier to understand. My readings are painless. I’ll only need to touch the sides of his head for a moment, and I should be able to tell if the substance in him is one that I’m familiar with,” she assured, giving Jazz a faint smile.

Jazz seemed confused  and skeptical about the process after Raven mentioned magic, but considering she lived with ghosts at home she figured she could give Raven the benefit of the doubt. She didn’t even seem to want to take anything from Danny either, so it didn’t seem like something she should decline. “...Okay…,” she finally agreed, gesturing towards Danny briefly to reinforce that she accepted.

“Thank you,” Raven nodded, finally entering the room fully, hedging towards Danny and carefully sitting on the edge of the bed. She could feel Jazz’s skepticism, but didn’t pay it any further attention. If she got them what they needed that would be proof enough that she wasn’t trying to hoax them. And even if she wasn’t of any help, she didn’t need Jazz to believe in her powers. 

Clearing her mind with a steadying breath Raven leaned forward just enough to rest her fingertips on Danny’s temples, closing her eyes. Once she had the contact it was easy to read Danny’s existence without trying to filter through the rest of the environment around them. A delicate state of being, held in perfect limbo between two sides. As she’d noticed before, while Jazz felt more like someone who was just exposed to a substance for a long time, Danny’s central being radiated it. But he definitely felt weak, and closed off. Energy burned too low and reduced to a survival mode, trying to salvage what was left to allow for him to continue to function at minimal health instead of restoring what was missing.

It was enough to confirm her suspicions, and Raven couldn’t help smiling a bit wider when she opened her eyes and pulled back. “You really are a lucky one, Damian,” she commented, her amusement just barely leaking through. “You’ve got quite the rarity in your home.”

“What do you mean?” Damian asked, brow scrunching mildly in confusion. He’d asked Raven to help locate a rare substance, but it seemed she was referring to Danny himself in her response.

“Do you recognize what he needs?” Dick asked, having remained quiet until now since Raven seemed to have been handling the situation well on her own. His curiosity about what she’d found won over his decision to let them handle it though.

“Yes,” Raven confirmed, answering Dick first since it was easier. “The term ‘ectoplasm’ has been used for other substances before, so I wasn’t certain I was thinking of the same thing you were. But, this is indeed true ectoplasm from the Liminal Realm.”

“The Liminal Realm?” Jason repeated, face scrunching in confusion at the unfamiliar name. He’d heard of liminal spaces before, and that made sense considering those were usually associated with being haunted. But he’d never heard of an entire realm before.

“That is the most common name I’ve heard used for it in my studies, but it’s known by many other names as well. The Realm Between. Infinite Realm. The Lingering Space. Median Realm,” Raven confirmed, adding further explanation.

No one missed how Jazz flinched and stiffened when Raven mentioned ‘Infinite Realm’, but they didn’t comment on it just yet.

“Can you access this realm and get what we need?” Damian asked, ready to get moving as soon as Raven confirmed she had a way to get them to the realm she mentioned. They could discuss realm studies at a later time, after they had a steady supply of the nutrient Danny needed to live.

“Perhaps,” Raven admitted, stilling Damian’s haste with a single word. “But it will be difficult, and I can’t guarantee what comes of it will be pure,” she persisted, continuing when the others remained quiet to allow her to explain further. “The Liminal Realm isn’t one that likes outsiders accessing it. Those who try to open a gateway to it without having a prior connection usually end up destroying themselves, or corrupting the outcome.”

“Excuse me?” Dick raised a brow, suddenly a lot more concerned about their next mission.

“I’m not joking,” Raven reinforced. “Throughout my time as a student we were allowed to travel between other realms at will once we learned how. But we were forbidden from attempting to access the Liminal Realm without adopting it as a lifetime study. Because no one I knew had ever successfully created a gateway to it, but there were plenty of records of potential gateways exploding, imploding, or more often simply failing. And those who attempted to pull something from the Liminal Realm instead of going there instead ended up with vile substances that caused people to go mad. It was only through studying these samples that people realized there was a pure form. And from that we were able to recognize certain beings who had close ties to the Liminal Realm.”

“Yeesh,” Dick grimaced.

“That sounds oddly coincidental considering these kids got in trouble for stealing Lazarus water because it was the closest thing they were looking for,” Jason pointed out, eyes narrowing in discomfort both about the topic and because it seemed this wasn’t going to be as easy as they thought. “Is that one of the ‘corrupted outcomes’ you know of?”

“I believe so, yes,” Raven confirmed with a nod.

“So… how do we get in there? Sounds like trying to just find ectoplasm floating around somewhere isn’t a promising idea,” Jason prodded, following Dick and Damian’s gaze to look at Jazz this time instead of Raven. It seemed they all agreed that now was a good time to address her reaction earlier.

Jazz did her best to act like she couldn’t understand why they were addressing her. “What are you looking at me for? I don't know anything about this interdimensional realm stuff,” she sputtered, waving her hand.

There wasn’t anyone in the room that couldn’t tell she was hiding something.

“What about the Infinite Realm then?” Jason prodded with a mildly amused smile.

Jazz flinched again at the call out, and one look between them was enough for her to realize they already knew she knew that particular name. Her demeanor stilled significantly, and her smile fell. But she maintained her stance of not answering. “...Nothing,” she openly lied.

“You do realize this may be the only way we have to help Danny,” Damian pointed out, folding his arms and falling more into an interrogation mode than maintaining friendship.

Jazz’s mood fell significantly, but her resolve remained. Even if it upset her to do so. “...I can’t.”

This time Dick held his hand up to stop his brothers from answering, realizing they were getting a little too aggressive with their questions. “...Why not?” his own voice came a lot more gently than the others. More concerned about the situation than irritated with the secrets being held. It caused Jazz to lower her gaze to her own hands, unable to answer, but trying to think of how to without telling them anything.

“Probably because that realm is arguably the most catastrophic one if damaged,” Raven spoke up in Jazz’s stead, raising her hand to pause questions while she continued to explain. “You’re familiar with the concept of realms almost like isolated spheres that certain people are able to draw power from, or travel between. If one of those spheres is destroyed the others may lose certain abilities or traits, but will continue to exist. But the Liminal Realm isn’t another one of those spheres, it’s the space between them. All realms are connected to the Liminal Realm, and all travel passes through it temporarily. It’s the structure that holds all realms together, and if it’s damaged, or even destroyed, then all realms will probably be lost as well. That’s most likely the main reason it’s so hard for people to access, and why so few people even know about it. It’s easier to protect something when everyone is oblivious of it… right?”

As Raven explained the risk tampering with the Infinite Realm had, and even accurately guessed the reason Jazz was being so adamant with her silence, Jazz’s mental barrier around the topic fell. Everything Raven had said was true as far as Jazz knew, so there probably wasn’t any reason to remain ignorant. And therefore, Jazz nodded when Raven spoke to her at the end of her explanation.

The revelation was enough to make the boys take time to reorient their minds back to being investigative instead of interrogative. Damian’s demeanor didn’t outwardly change other than a subtle relaxation of his brow. But Jason averted his gaze after a moment and breathed a calming breath. “Right… That makes sense,” he agreed, then added a quick ‘my bad’ in apology for his earlier intensity.

As the room calmed back to a more conversational tone, Dick brought them back to the question they still hadn’t been able to answer. “So… any ideas on how we get some ectoplasm from such a closed off realm?”

It seemed like a question that they would have to take some extensive time to answer, but to their surprise Raven spoke up easily enough. “Ask it for permission,” she said simply, the faint smile returning as she pointed at Danny.

“.... You lost me there, Raven,” Dick admitted with a slight huff chuckle. “Are you implying that Danny is some sort of personification of an entire realm?”

This time Raven gave a tiny laugh, and shook her head once. “No. But he is the perfect catalyst between the Liminal Realm and any other realm, being what he is.”

“.... Which iiiis…?” Dick prodded when Raven didn’t automatically continue this time.

It earned another small laugh from Raven before she obliged and continued. “Danny is what scholars from Azarath came to call a perfect liminal being. As you’re aware, different realms sometimes have entities that originate from or are otherwise tied to them, and the Liminal Realm is one of those realms. I think the most common names given to beings tied to the Liminal Realm are ghosts or spirits.”

“That’s what Dani and the others said they were. Or, more specifically they said she and Danny were ‘half ghost’,” Dick added, connecting the older information with what was just given to him. “So the Liminal Realm is the realm of the dead?”

“Somewhat. But not quite,” Raven shook her head once. “The Liminal Realm is where people go who, for one reason or another, did not want to die, and are unwilling to accept it. Most beings who die pass through the Liminal Realm and continue on to one of the afterlife realms. Hell, Heaven, Paradise, Field of Aaru, Valhalla, and the like. But those with a strong enough reason to refuse death, despite being unable to stay alive, end up in an in-between state stuck in the realm between realms.”

“Okay… I think I’m following,” Dick confirmed when Raven paused, and Jason and Damian nodded to agree. “So Danny and Danielle are… half dead people clinging to life?”

The question earned a slight smile from Raven. “Maybe,” she half agreed. “They are not fully like the beings that dwell in the Liminal Realm. But they are also not like anyone that is in the dead realms, or living realms. It helps if you remember that life is a spectrum, not a single state that switches into death. People on the living side of that spectrum are what you’re more used to; those who have bodies, age, physically grow, and such. But there are some people who are just closer to the side of death than others. Diseases, illness, critical injuries and other similar ailments are things that would be easy for most people to understand. Those who are dead no longer have those traits and, like I said before, most of them pass on to an afterlife realm with very few lingering in the Liminal Realm. All beings who are part of the Liminal realm or any of the dead realms are on the Death side of the life spectrum. In general, entities are usually on one side or the other, dead or alive to varying degrees,” she explained, raising one hand to one side, and then the other hand to the other side as she did so.

“But if there’s two sides, then there’s a middle point. And if people exist on either side of that point, then there’s the possibility of something existing exactly in the middle.” Dick added, following Raven’s lecture and also realizing where she was leading to.

“That’s right,” Raven nodded again, placing her hands together. “It’s an almost impossible feat. If a decimal number was naturally generated between zero and one hundred, the chances of it being exactly fifty is extremely small. And with Liminal Realm entities being rare already, a perfect fifty percent was something no one I knew had ever seen before…. Until now,” she finished by looking back at Danny, still smiling and wondering what the scholars back in Azarath would do if they met him. “Danny, and his sister, are rare beings that exist in that perfect state between realms, and therefore are more easily accepted by other realms when trying to travel between them. If one of them was present when I attempt to extract some ectoplasm, I believe I may be given some allowance, and obtain a pure sample.”

“..... Like bumming off your friend’s membership card to a club,” Jason commented, making his own connection to be able to understand what Raven was suggesting.

It earned a small snort from Jazz even as she was considering what Raven was saying. Raven appeared to know so much more about the Infinite Realm than Jazz did, and also held just as much concern over the safety of it and the others. Taking so much time to explain whatever they had questions to, and remaining patient with them when they had misunderstandings. So Jazz only had two more questions before she allowed Raven to have Danielle help her try to get some ectoplasm. “If I let Dani help you, she won’t be doing anything dangerous, right? You’ll keep her safe?”

“Of course,” Raven promised without hesitation. “I expect just her presence will be enough, and I would prefer for her and everyone else to remain at a safe distance.”

Even if it was a half lie, Jazz wouldn’t have been able to tell with the way Raven responded to her. She decided that she wanted to trust Raven though, both because of their time just now but also because she was the one Bruce and his family had called to help. So she nodded. “Okay. You can ask her to help you then.”

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Biiiig info dump of headcanons for this story that made sense in my brain based on the concepts I had been given and found. I'm also basing Raven off of the only movie I've seen of her X'D (Justice League vs Teen Titans) So I'm writing her as more of a subtle/reserved/subdued emotions girl and not a completely apathetic girl.

I also had to rewrite this part like 3 times before it had a coherent flow X'D

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[stormz369]

☕💖 Can I Get Your Number? ☕💖 Ch 3

Jason Todd x Chubby! Reader (fem)

written with a female reader in mind, first person pov, no use of Y/N, fluffy, mild angst, will probably get NSFW later, let me know if there's anything else I should tag this with!

warnings: reader character dealing with anxiety from previous chapter (non-descriptive),hinted at trauma from fatphobia, hints of Jason's self esteem and body image issues, otherwise it's fluff central

word count: 2.2k (oops? 😅)

Chapter Selection

Ding!

I looked over at my phone, briefly considering not picking it up. When I got through my front door I had ripped my jeans off, suddenly hating everything touching me. I showered, scrubbing the night off until my skin was raw and tingling, and now I was curled up on my bed sheets, having a good cry. I didn't really want to talk to anyone right now…

Ding! Ding! … Ding!

God, whoever it was was insistent though … I sighed softly and picked it up, checking the messages:

Jason: Good morning! I am so sorry for the sudden disappearance - my phone broke on my way to visit my brother! 

3:15am

Jason: Just got back into town, so I've finally got the sim card in an old one for now.

3:17am

Jason: I feel bad, I owe you a week of good mornings! 😭

3:17am

Jason: And sorry for spamming you - I just didn't want you to think the worst for a second longer than necessary…

3:18am

I stared at the screen for a long while. Jason was back … just like Red Hood said. Huh… 

Me: Don't worry about it, shit happens!

3:40am

Jason: … What are you still doing up? 

3:41am

I briefly considered telling him everything. Maybe it would feel good to tell someone … or maybe it would feel even worse. We didn't really know each other yet, who knew how he would react? Nausea gripped my stomach and I shook my head, taking a few deep breaths before replying.

Me: Just got home is all. Picked up a late shift tonight.

3:50am

Jason: That's a hell of a late shift, that must have sucked!

3:52am

Me: … Yeah, honestly it wasn't great… 😔

3:53am

Jason: What are you doing tomorrow?

3:54am

Me: Nothing in particular, y?

3:56am

Jason: That settles it then! No more excuses, come hell or high water I will see you tomorrow!

3:56am

I stared at the screen, not sure how to feel about that idea. I did want to see him again, but I also really just wanted to sleep for 48 hours straight…

Jason: Seriously, name a time and place. We'll do anything you want! 😁

3:59am

Me: You don't have to do that, Jason - you just got back! Don't you need to work?

4:00am

Jason: Nope! We came back a day early, so I am all yours!

4:02am

Me: … All mine, huh? 😏

4:05am

Jason: 100%! Anything you want, name it!

4:06am

Me: … Gotham City Mall, meet in front of the bookstore at … say 4?

4:08am

Jason: Perfect, see you in 12 hours! Good night

4:08am

Me: Good night Jason

4:09am

I was exhausted, but couldn't seem to sleep. I was still coming down from the anxiety and adrenaline from being attacked, and now I was also nervous and tentatively excited about seeing Jason. This was the step that usually proved someone was playing games with me. I sighed softly, sliding a hand down my soft tummy. I didn't mind the way I was shaped, but other people sure had a way of making it seem like the end of the world… I silently begged the universe; let this one be good. No more games, let it be real this time…

When I finally did sleep, my dreams were filled with red. Blood all over the pavement, staining everything. Red chrome staring me down as I cried. Large hands, so gentle against my cheeks, pulling me against a warm, broad chest…

I woke with a start and peered over at my discarded clothes in a heap from the night before. Red Hood's flannel peaked out from under my ruined pants, taunting me; I was about to go on a date and I was dreaming about another man? A man I was surely never going to see again no less? That's real healthy, well done Brain.

I stepped over the clothes on the floor, not wanting to deal with the mess left over from last night, and selected a cute but comfortable outfit. I ate a quick breakfast, spent longer than I'd care to admit on my hair and makeup, and headed downstairs to catch the bus to the mall.

My anxiety grew as I approached the front doors. It’s a trick, it must be a trick. The cold air conditioning hit me in the face, a welcome respite from the summer heat, and I made my way toward the bookstore. He's a hottie, and really sweet. Or at least knows how to play sweet. He's definitely not actually interested. I could see the sign for the bookstore on the other side of the mall. And he's a Wayne too! What could a Wayne want with me?? … Oh god, I threatened them, didn't I? I told the little one I'd stab them if they came back to the table. Why did I say that???

I blinked a bit, pausing. That was him, leaned against the wall right next to the bookstore. He had actually shown up. I watched him scroll on his phone for a minute before looking up and scanning the crowd. When his eyes landed on me I continued walking toward him. He pocketed his phone, kicked off the wall, and walked over to meet me, a little grin lighting up his face.

“You're actually here…” the words left my mouth before I could reconsider, my disbelief apparent in my tone. Jason looked a bit confused at that, awkwardly rubbing the back of his head.

“Well, yeah? … You said 4, right?”

“Sorry! Yes, I said 4. I just … I honestly wasn't sure this was … real…”

“Why wouldn't it be real?”

I blushed a bit, clearing my throat slightly; “n- never mind! Sorry, I had a weird week; my brain hasn't fully caught up.”

He nodded a little, smiling gently. “Well, I hope it's getting better at least.”

I nodded. “Yeah, it is. Thanks. … So, what should we do?”

“Like I said last night; anything you want.”

“Well, … we're right here, do you want to start at the bookstore?”

He nodded and fell into step beside me, smiling gently. I could feel his eyes on me as I walked into the store, browsing the aisles. It was odd how comfortable this was; he was a good half foot taller than me, and at least 200 pounds of pure muscle. If his arms and cheek were any gauge he was absolutely covered in old scars, and he had a bandage on one forearm so whatever gave him the scars probably wasn't confined to the past.

I should be terrified - everything about my upbringing told me this was a dangerous situation to be in. But when I saw the look in his eyes, like I was the most interesting thing in the world, all of my self-defense training fell out of my head. The voices urging me to get to safety quieted, all my instincts stilled, and there was peace. His eyes were so beautiful… 

“... Is there something on my face?” He blushed a bit, chuckling awkwardly.

I blinked, looking away. “Sorry! I wasn't staring, I just …”

“... Did you want to ask about this?” he pointed to the scar on his cheek.

“Huh? No! I have a policy of not asking people about stuff like that; you'll tell me or not on your own time. No, I just … I like your eyes is all …’’ I blushed brightly, staring at but not reading the back cover of a book.

“... My eyes?” I nodded, still pretending to read the back cover. “... You're really not going to ask about my scars?”

“Unless you want to talk about them, it's not any of my business.”

“... You're a very unusual girl.”

“Because I'm not going to pry about something you may or may not want to talk about, particularly on a first date?”

“Well, they're usually the first thing anyone wants to talk to me about. If they don't avoid me in the first place…”

I frowned a bit at that. If we met under any other circumstances, I would have taken one look at him and ducked my head to avoid an interaction. “... People suck…”

“It's not their fault; I'm intimidating…” I cautiously looked over at him. He was also staring at a book cover, a pensive little frown on his face.

“... I don't think you're intimidating.”

His eyes darted over and back to the book, and the corner of his mouth curled up ever so slightly. “... Thanks.”

I nodded, setting the book down. “.... So …”

“So? …”

“... Play a game?”

He chuckled, looking over at me. “A game?”

I nodded. “You tell me some of your favorite things in books, I'll tell you some of mine. We separate, select a few of our favorites that the other might like, and reconvene.”

“Alright. Is there a way to win this game?”

“Well I assume we'll each pick at least one book the other hasn't read, so we'll get to make each other read at least one of our favorites. That sounds like a win to me.”

He chuckled. “Alright. Meet back up at those comfy chairs in the back?”

I nodded, telling him some of my favorite tropes, genres, and settings. He did the same, and we darted in opposite directions. He beat me back there, but I eventually approached with a small stack, falling into the seat next to him.

He gestured toward my books; “ladies first.”

I tucked my feet under me, passing him each book in turn and making a case for it. He took each one, read the back cover, and listened intently. He had read one of them, and I figured he'd pick one of the others, if that, but he insisted he was going to get them all. When it was his turn, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, but Pride and Prejudice wasn't the first thing that came to mind. 

“I've seen a few movie adaptations, but I haven't gotten around to reading it.” I smiled softly, taking the book. It was a beautiful blue cover with swirling calligraphy font in gold.

“An unparalleled tragedy - I insist this is the one you're taking home!” I giggled at his determined tone and nodded.

“Yes, sir!” I made a little mock salute, trying not to smirk at the sudden wave of pink overtaking his face. “... Well, what else do you have for me?”

He cleared his throat awkwardly, looking at the books in his hands. “Ah, um …”

One by one he passed me Hamlet, the Three Musketeers, a book of Greek myths, and … a trashy romance?

“... Not gonna lie, this is an unexpected choice.” I read the back. It looked like your typical bodice ripper.

He chuckled, blushing a bit. “Look, it was the only book I had access to one day and I was losing my mind with boredom. But if you give it a chance, it's actually really well written, and the love interest isn't one of those creepy possessive guys the genre is known for, so …”

I nodded, taking a picture of the book covers. “I will give it a chance then!”

“... Why are you taking a picture of them?”

“... To get later? I'll start with this one, since you were so determined that I read it.” I held up Pride and Prejudice. Jason gathered up the others, putting them on his stack, then gently took Pride and Prejudice from me as well.

“Or I could just get them for you.” 

“What? Jason, no. I mean, that’s really sweet of you, but that's way too much!” Between the books he'd picked out for me and the ones I'd selected for him, he was holding at least $200 in his hands. And he'd picked the pretty hardcovers too! 

He shook his head. “I've had to cancel on you at least 5 times, and then I disappeared with no warning. You have been incredibly patient and understanding, and I will make today worth it.”

I blushed brightly, a bit surprised. “Jason, … you're worth waiting for. I enjoy talking to you, you don't have to spend money on me for today to be worth my time.”

He looked away uncomfortably, bright red, holding the stack of books to his chest. “... I … I like talking to you too … just let me do this, yeah? Call it a first date splurge.”

“... Alright, if you're sure. But I don't want you making a habit of this.”

He nodded, smiling softly. “Don't worry; I know you're a strong, independent woman.”

I nodded once, chuckling. “Damn right.”

Jason grinned, god he had an infectious grin, and led me to stand in line together. He held the stack of books in one hand, and we chatted a bit more while we waited for our turn. I was looking at a selection of little plushies in the impulse items when I felt something brush ever so slightly against my finger. I looked down; his trembling hand was next to mine, his pinky slightly extended toward me. I chuckled softly, extending mine toward him, and gently linked our fingers together. He stiffened ever so slightly before relaxing into it, gently squeezing back.

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[orchidsangel]

The holiday season with Jason would be the most comforting thing ever, no matter how you spend it. Thanksgiving through Christmas through New Year is basically you being reminded every day why you love him in the first place. He's so attentive and loving, always doing exactly what you need him to do without ever asking, including skipping out on the annual New Year's Wayne gala to spend the night in with you. It's not like he wanted to go anyway, but if you had, then he'd be rifling through his bedside drawer searching for cufflinks just as he had done many times before when you'd wanted to escape the mundaneness of regular civilian life. This year, however, you'd decided to ring in the new year at home, the illustrious and extravagant gala not seeming too appealing this time around. Now, you sit together on the couch, your legs thrown over his lap while he gently massages the muscle of your calf.

Remnants of dinner and dessert sit in empty bowls on the living room table, streaks of brown ganache on the back of a spoon you'd almost licked clean before Jason had pulled it out of your hand, a hearty laugh escaping the typically quiet man followed by a question of whether it was good or not; it was, he knew it was. They were just a couple of delicious experiments you'd helped him whip up as a last hoorah of sorts before settling down to watch the New Year's Eve performances. A star-studded brigade in sparkly costumes dances around your screen, the backing track of some Hot 100 hit playing loudly over the sound of people cheering, visible breaths appearing on the screen every time the camera pans to the audience. They must be freezing, you think, and pull your blanket over your shoulders at the thought of waiting for the ball to drop in this temperature. You feel Jason gently move your legs off of him, getting up to grab the bowls and plates off the table before putting them in the kitchen sink. The countdown on the TV catches your eye, twenty minutes till midnight, and you stand up from the couch, sliding your slippers on, and walking to the balcony door.

The squeaky sound of the sliding door is faint under the sound of the first fireworks going off. Dashes of gold and white paint the sky, the streams of hot light reflecting in your eyes as you watch night temporarily turn to day. You're not sure how much time passes, but pretty soon, the feeling of warmth surrounding you multiplies tenfold, and strong, muscular arms pull you flush against an equally strong and muscular body. Jason cages you in his arms, keeping you close to him as the last few minutes of the year pass, and his grip is tight, like he's scared he's going to lose you when the clock strikes twelve. The sound of crowds on the street counting down gets louder as the year comes to an end. You and Jason stand in silence, numbness settling into your fingers despite the layers of blanket and man wrapped around you. An eruption of screams breaks out, mixed in with some laughter and Happy New Year's, Jason's cue to turn you around by the waist and kiss you intently, swallowing your surprised gasp until it becomes a smile. New year, new me, they say, but you hoped to god Jason had picked a different resolution because the man in front of you was a man you never wanted to change.

(more than) inspired by this ask, and ik it's not new years anymore but i hope you still enjoy it !! it's a little rushed at the end, and for that i'm sorry but i wanted to post it before it got too far away from jan 1. wishing you all the best this year, and thank you for 300 followers <3

[thesuperiorrobin]

𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞~

Pairing: HockeyPlayer!Damian Wayne x Reader

Word count: 1.9k

Warning: mentions of blood, slight cursing, might not be accurate to real ice hockey so I apologize in advance.Damian being a demon on the ice, I wrote Damian OOC, mostly likely, he’s just in love

Damian looks flawless in ice, I’m just going to put that out there. I know he would.

He gets a bit carried away, ramming people up against the walls. That’s what he’s known for when he’s on the ice so the other team tries to stay far away from him, but also try to take the puck from him. Never really works out.

Always get penalized for it too and put in penalty for 2-5 minutes. Is pissed off at that for no reason.

The MAIN reason why his team wins. (Most of the time)

Really loyal to his team. If the opposite side ‘accidentally’ hurts his teammates he’s the first one to skate over to them. Might throw the first punch but it depends 🤷‍♀️ (100% will throw the punch no matter what :))

He gets hurt a lot. Whether it’s him digging with other or simply ramming into thing to hard , theres bound to be blood, a lots of it sometimes. But he always comes back with bandages around the wounds or maybe stitches.

If he does get hurt he puts out a little signal that only you know telling you he’s okay.

His signal in telling you that he’s going to make a goalie and dedicate it to you is literally stopping right in front of you and placing his gloved fist on the clear barricade, giving you a grin.

Buys you the tickets to go to his game. You never miss one. That’s because he says your his lucky charm during the games. That’s why his team wins all the time.

First row right next to his team where he can keep an eye one you and hold small conversations before it’s his time to go back on the ice

Likes to show off.

A lot. Only does it to impress you 

Gives you the puck he made a goalie and won with (is that allowed?)

The crowds get louder and louder as the seconds count down. You're anxious and you don't know why. Damian’s team and the opposing team are tied with points. You’ve noticed Damian’s actions get more violent as time goes on. The more violent he got the more penalties he got which is a time out on the benches. Which means the other team gets a chance at scoring a point without Damian roughly ramming them against the wall. You’re cheering him on as he glides against the ice, but soon find yourself taking a break from the yelling.

Your eyes follow his figure as he glides against the ice, hockey stick in hand as he moves the puck back and forth against the base of the stick. There’s another figure coming for him, one from the opposing team. You cringe, knowing what’s about to happen to the poor person.

Lucky it wasn’t another penalty, but you would hear the crowd gasp witnessing the sight for what seemed like the nth time in less than twenty minutes. But, every time he did get a penalty and put in the penalty box, or as you call it the time out box, you can’t help but laugh. Knowing that Damian was put out for being rough much like how a small toddler would be put in the corner for not listening at all. It was always such a funny sight. Damian rams into the person hard, knocking him down.

“OH!” Dick says from behind you “that’s gotta hurt!” You know he wasn’t talking to you but you hum and nod. Dick and the others know first hand how rough he can be, having been practicing with him last time it didn’t end will with. “I think he gave him a concussion” Tim was also behind you sitting next to Dick, while Jason was no where to be seen.

‘Probably went to go shove his face with food’

Despite being on the other team you feel bad for them and the bruises they’ll be getting the following day. Not to mention the sore body’s they’ll have to work through. You’ve been sitting in the same spot for more than an hour with each game period being at least twenty minutes long, with fifteen minute breaks. Maybe they were shorter but you really couldn’t tell.

Damian misses his shot by a few inches away from the goalie, not being able to stop in time he slams himself up against the wall, the people behind it cover their mouths out of shock and you slap your forehead, shaking your head as you watch him brush it off and continue to play. However, his coach calls him out to replace him with another teammate. He compiles but has a sour look on his face, once he reaches the dry ground he throws his stick. Clearly angry and frustrated all you could do is watch for a while as he takes off his helmet, hair slightly damp from the sweat—giving him helmet hair, all messy and pointing in different directions. It makes you laugh a little. But your sudden mood changes quickly as he sits down head in his hands—running over his sweaty black locks. You don’t think twice as you tap on the screen that keeps his and your row apart.

Damian has good hearing with a small sound so it wasn’t hard to hear you tapping away. He turns to your directions, giving you a small nod. You frown and tilt your head down a little and he rolls his eyes knowing what you're implying and gives you a forced smile. You give him a thumbs up as he scoffs, he watches carefully as you pull out your phone and type away. His eyes never leave you until you place your phone, screen side up against the clear glass divider. Green eyes squinting as he reads away:

‘don’t worry. You got the next goal. I know it!’

That sentence alone makes his heart swell. Damian takes off his right gloves and pats his chest—right where his heart would be two times. A way of saying he appreciate the small gesture.

You take your phone off the glass and erase the previous sentence replacing it with a new one—placing it back on the glass: ‘Have a plan for when you get back on the ice? He quickly reads and nods his head. At least he has a plan, you thought and place your phone back in your pocket. Hands shaking for the cold and lack of warmth you had for them considering the fact that you had forgotten your mittens at home. You focus your attention back on the game. The opposite team ahead by one point— but Damian’s team can do good without him for a while.

He’s out for about half of the game until his coach decides to replace him with another one of his teammates. He taps on the glass to get your attention and once he has it, he Winks at you before making his way back on the ice.

“So are they losing or what?” A familiar voice says beside you and you turn your head, Jason takes his seat next to you with two cups in his hand. “Where the hell have you been?”

“The line for hot chocolate got long” he hands you one “I got you one too, know you stressing over the Demon playing Disney on ice right now” the warm drink warms up your hands a little.

“Thanks. That’s nice of you Jason” You ignore the comment and he hums before he takes a sip of his one drink, eyes scanning the ice before he yells out with the audience. Someone from the Damian team made a shot and they’re tied with the other team.

You go back to cheering him on, the warm drink soothing your throat from all the yelling earlier. It’s later forgotten as you place the half empty cup on the ground right beside your foot— watching the minutes pass by quickly like seconds.

Your heart skips a beat, and not in a good way when the other team shoots their shot but thankfully they fail. With time becoming shorter and shorter it was only a matter of time before Damian took matters into his own hands and his teammates are quick to learn to stay out of it when the time was cutting short and they were off by a point or two, or in this case tied, They had faith in him and so did you.

The seat is now cold from your absence, you’re up on your feet cheering and screaming right along with his brothers who seem to be cheering louder than you. Your eyes glued to Damian as you try to keep up with his figure. He has the puck, sliding it back and forth against the curve of his stick once more.

You don’t have time to think—especially when his helmet makes a horrible sound right up against the clear barrier as one of the players from the opposite team slams into him harshly. Right in front of you as you flinch back. Cheering can be heard from the opposite side of the ice rink which is where the other team supporters were.

Your side falls silent, few gasps and murmurs could be heard. Damian’s back up on his feet, his gloved fist pressed up against the clear barrier. His eyes locked on yours with a glint of mischief and something else. One of those grins grace his lips, one that makes you smile as he waved at you before he leaves.

He’s much faster this time and it makes you think if he was slacking off all this time—or maybe it was the adrenaline that runs high in his veins with these last few minutes. He was going to make a goal, dedicating it to you. Your body feels warm and your heart skips.

“ Ohh~ I know that look” Jason teases from beside you, Dick and Tim are leaning down giving you cheeky grins.

You roll your eyes trying to hide the smile that tries to form itself on your lips “I don’t know what you mean.” You play stupid as you glance back at the game.

fifty seconds left of the last game, everyone seemed to be cheering and calling out those who were on the ice. Damian pays no mind to his teammates as they let him do what he needs to do. You cheer for him, calling out his name. Despite there being hundreds of others yelling out at the same time his mind blocks them out, every single one of them but you. they get louder the minute he gets ahold of the puck swiftly, quickly making his way to the goalie.

His main priority was to get the puck around the goaltender and into the net. He was doing this all for you and you knew that. Those fifty seconds go by quickly, as if you’ve blinked and when you open your eyes ten seconds we’re now left. Everyone counted down, even you. It felt like time went slower once it hit that five second mark, you’ve quiet yourself down and the only thing you can hear is the sound of your heartbeat in your ears. You watch Damian has he left up his stick and takes a hit.

Pointing and loud gasp could be seen and heard, half of the ice rink goes quiet—as if the loudness would mess up his plan. Right as the Puck glides under the goaltender and into the net the timer makes a sound—indicating that the game is now over and Damian scores a point, officially breaking the tie. Relief washes over you, hands thrown in the air as a yell of excitement leaves you as Damian’s brothers cheer alongside you. The other side slouches, defeated as your side basically rubs it in their fasts by how loud they were being, but you didn’t care.

A win is a win.

You can see Damian, as he is pulled into a group hug by the rest of his team, some patting his pack and some patting his helmet and shoving it gently as a gesture. The part you don’t notice is him escaping from the group and skating to the Net where he had thrown the puck before he picked it up, waving it in the air like some sort of trophy—however, in this context, it was. He shows it off with pride, making his way towards you.

With a loud yelp you’re picked up by the others, Jason, Dick, and Tim, as they lift you up until you're basically above the spectating glass. Your lover stands below on the other side with his arm stretched out high, he waits. With the help of the others, they hold on to you as you lean done and over the glass.

Your own arm stretches down as you grasp the puck in your hand. His gloves are now off and so is his helmet, his hair pointing in all directions much like earlier when he was away on a penalty, his warm hand grasping yours with the puck still in your hand

“I did that just for you, habibti!” Eyes glistening, you Can’t really tell if it’s from his sweat or his love for you.

“I know!” You laugh “I love you!”

“And I too, love you!” The crowd fills itself with loud cheers and small ‘awes’, watching the sight of the son that belonged to billionaire Bruce Wayne was a rare sight to see, considering how he would rather keep private about his relationship with you.

His warm lips connected to the coldness of your knuckles , making a mental note to bring an extra pair of gloves just for you in the future.

“If you lean down further you’re going to eat shit”

“shush I’m having a moment here”

“just saying”

Tried to make it as accurate as possible bc, again I know nothing about ice hockey. I had googled the rules and watched videos

And god knows how many references pictures I tried to find about hockey. Probably spend like an hour trying to find them just to draw Damian :|

I will be taking a short break from writing requests just bc school is starting in like a few days or so. So I can get my life together and actually have time to mentally prepare myself and fix my schedule seeing as I’ve been up most night until 6 am and waking up at 2pm.

[rapz-rites]

Ma Belle Chérie

Damian Wayne x influencer!book lover!Reader

If someone was to look up a bookworm a picture of you would appear. 3 times you chose your books over Damian. 1 time Damian was your only priority (yes Damian is a priority, but not without a good book in hand)

A/N: Requested by @vivi-iiis-blog

The title is French and it translates to “my beautiful darling”. At first, it was supposed to be “ma belle fille” but if you put it in a translator it might give you my daughter in law…

Word Count: 1.9K

Warning(s): Reader not putting Damian first, kissing, flirting in public

You were a popular influencer. All your followers knew you loved books. They would often say “If Y/N was a Disney princess, she’d be Belle”

1st time

You were extremely into the book you were currently reading. It was a popular romance book you saw on BookTok, so you obviously had to get it and read it.

You were reading your book in Damian’s bed as you waited for Damian to get home from patrol. You hadn’t even noticed Damian coming in and changing out of his uniform. Usually, he would change in the locker room in the BatCave, but whenever you would spend the night he’d change in his bathroom.

Damian entered his room calling your name several times, but no response. He noticed you immersed in your book on his bed, so he decided to continue his nightly routine and then return to you.

You didn’t realize Damian was even back from patrol until you felt an arm around your waist. You looked down from your book to Damian trying to cuddle into you.

“Why don’t you put your book down and cuddle with me Beloved,” Damian said softly as he brought himself closer to you.

“Let me finish this page first,” you replied to his offer. Damian hummed in response knowing it was going to take more than one page.

After several pleas and several ‘one more page’s, Damian gave up. When you were done you would cuddle with him, awake or not.

“Ok, I’m done. I’m ready to-” you stopped at the site of your boyfriend sleeping peacefully. You smiled at him softly. Putting your book on the nightstand, you cuddle back into Damian as you drift to sleep.

2nd time

You and Jason connect over your interests in books. Often when you would come over and Damian wasn’t there you and Jason would have discussions based on books you’ve both read.

Sometimes you two would pick a book and after about 2 weeks you two would meet up again and talk about it. Sometimes you two would read a book and watch the show/movie based on it.

“Elena and Katherine are blonde in the books though,” Jason started. He was pacing back and forth, running his hand through his hair.

“I know that Jason. I read the book too. But let’s be honest Katherine is better as a brunette than a blonde. It fits her personality in the show way more.”

Neither of you realized that Damian was leaning against the doorway until you turned around in frustration at Jason’s stubbornness. You smiled at him, but Jason spoke before you could greet him.

“You’re right,” he stated. You turned to look at him

“Of course she’s right,” Damian said, drawing attention to himself. “Now if you’re both done I’d like to spend time with my girlfriend.”

You smiled sweetly at him. You loved it when he called you his girl or girlfriend to other people. You didn’t know why but it always brought butterflies to your stomach.

“I think it’s Nina Dobrev,” Jason continued, completely ignoring Damian’s request.

“After this, I promise,” you whispered as you kissed Damian on his cheek. Even though he didn’t show it, he couldn’t believe it. You were choosing to talk to Jason over spending time with him.

“It has to be,” Jason whispered to himself, still pacing back and forth.

“I would have liked to see angel Elena though.”

“ME TOO!”

3rd time

You didn’t go live all that often but when you did, your fans went crazy. So crazy, sometimes after the time was up, you started a new live immediately after. This time was no different. People were checking in 100 at a time. After 5 minutes there were about 11.7k watching.

“Oh my gosh. I haven’t been on live in a fat minute. But guys you have to understand I started reading this series and I haven’t been able to put it down,” you say walking around your kitchen. You walked away to get your supplies for baking. Once you returned you saw tons of comments coming through.

“Where’s Marshmallow?” You whispered as you read the comments.

“YOU KNOW WHAT” you started to yell, waving the spatula in your hand around. You had this serious demeanor to you. “That dog is SO FAKE. I took her with me when I went to see Damian yesterday, and when it was time to go she didn’t want to leave and acted like she didn’t know me. LIKE I'M YOUR MOM”

“I am your mother, you listen to me,” Stephanie started to sing in the background. You laughed at her and your viewers found it funny too.

“Curly fries or waffle fries?” Steph asked, reading a comment someone sent. “Waffles of course. They’re just so much better”

You continued talking to your fans and replying to their comments. Eventually, you ended up playing ‘this or that’ with them. Stephanie read the comments so you could answer as you continued to bake. Some were a simple choice and others had you stumped.

“OMG here’s a good one,” Steph started. “Read the twisted series again for the first time or marry Damian”

You let out a gasp as you froze in place. You place the bowl of icing down on the counter and put your hands to your face.

“Oh my gosh. You guys can’t ask me things like that. ” Now you were pacing back and forth. “I’m about to say something you guys can NEVER repeat. Not even to your pastor in confessionals.”

Once you said that people were going crazy in the comments.

Y/nsbooks: oh this is gonna be good

GingerJT: I can’t wait to hear what he’s gonna say

Emswrld: I think we all should already know her answer 😭😭

“I love Damian, I really do but I’m gonna have to pick the Twisted Series. YOU GUYS BETTER NOT TELL HIM.”

Well, you didn’t have to worry about someone telling Damian. Especially if he was watching your live the entire time off of Jason’s secret Instagram, GingerJT.

Damian 1st

You wanted everything to be perfect for Damian’s birthday. Every year, since living in Gotham, he’s had a birthday gala. This year you wanted to plan a nice intimate surprise party for him the night before.

The week of the surprise party you were extremely busy making sure everything was perfect. You invited everyone in advance(minus Bart or else he would spoil it, so you told him the day of), booked the venue, ordered decorations, and got him a gift you thought he would love.

That same week Damian thought something was wrong and you were sick. He didn’t see you with a single book once. He even took a peek into your bag and saw not one book, you usually have at least 2.

“Are you feeling ok Beloved?” Damian asked, touching your face. He was checking if you had a fever.

“I’m fine,” you chuckle, removing his hands from your face. You kiss his cheek before you get ready to leave. “I have to go to my appointment. I’ll text you later.”

Damian had a feeling something was up but couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

It was currently the day before Damian’s birthday. You had asked him to hang out, and of course, he couldn’t say no. He would never say no to spending time with you. You even managed to convince him to spend the night so you guys could head to the gala together. Little did he know he was falling into a trap. A trap called a surprise party.

You took Damian out for most of the day, doing the majority of his favorite things. You need to give everyone enough time to set the place up. If you and Damian ran into someone, that would mess things up.

The town you took Damian to was about an hour away. There was this animal reserve you thought Damian would love. You learned after your 3rd date that he hated zoos. Though he loved animals, he absolutely hated zoos. He thought them to be prisons for the animals.

Afterward, you two went out and did other things that Damian enjoyed. Now, you both were sitting in the car in a comfortable silence. Damian was following the GPS to his final “surprise”. You secretly messaged everyone to check to make sure everything was in place. Everything was and they were just waiting for you guys to arrive. It took less than an hour to arrive.

Once Damian stopped the car you hopped out to take the lead. Leading Damian into the building, it was dark. Neither of you could see.

“Beloved it’s dark. You should turn on the lights.”

“Right,” you said as you reached for the light switch. Once you flicked the lights everyone jumped out and yelled SURPRISE. You looked over to see your boyfriend smiling as people crowded around him wishing him happy birthday.

You watched happily as Damian interacted with everyone. His siblings and other hero’s his age were here. Even his friends from GA. Damian would never admit it because “they’re just the most tolerable people in his life”.

The party ended around 12 and you and Damian arrived at your place around 12:30. After getting ready for bed, you and Damian got comfortable and cuddled in your room.

“OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE I ALMOST FORGOT,” you yelled hopping out of Damian’s embrace. He was confused as you hurried out of the room and returned not even a minute later. Now there was a box in your hand, wrapped in a dark green paper with a black bow on top. You got back into bed and handed the box to him.

“I told you you didn’t have to get me anything Beloved”

“I know but I wanted to,” you responded, ushering him to open the gift. You watched excitedly as he gently opened the gift. After opening the box, Damian picked up the book that was in it. It looked like any other classical literature, minus the two swords embedded on the front cover. Damian turned the box over to look at the spine. And there it was, his name, in Arabic.

Damian turned to look at you. All you did was nod at the book signaling him to open it. After silently reading a few pages, he stopped and hugged you, tackling you on the bed and peppering your face with kisses.

“So you like it?”

“You wrote me a book. Of course I love it!” He said and he continued kissing your face. You laughed. You held Damian’s face in your hands before giving him a kiss on the lips.

~

Damian held your hand as you stepped out of the black vehicle. A gorgeous dress clung to your body. Emerald matching the accents in Damian’s suit.

“Is it too late to go back? We can watch whatever movie you pick” you whispered as you and Damian walked down the red carpet. You both stopped for a picture. Instinctively, you both smile and Damian puts a hand on your waist.

“You say that every time. You need to come up with something more convincing” Damian smirks at you. You open your mouth to respond, but before you can, a photographer interrupts, “Damian, are you enjoying your birthday this year?”

“How can I not? Have the most amazing girlfriend.”

“Not as amazing as what’s underneath this dress,” you whisper into Damian's ear. He visibly goes red and you just smile at the photographers unfazed at what you just said.

“We’re leaving after an hour” Damian whispers back into your ear after processing what you just said. And with that he takes your hand, walking you inside the building. Smiling ear to ear, you bid the photographers goodbye.

WOOO! What was something alright. In so sorry for not posting in months but school comes first 😭 But I hope you guys enjoy this as I’m now going to try to write more often and in working on requests now.

[orions-choker]

Warnings: Oral Sex (F Receiving)

Word Count: 3,253

A/N:( This is the start of A Metallica Christmas Fic Series im doing! I'll be doing all the boys I write for <3 , this is straight up tooth rotting fluff and smut and completely self indulgent)

“Did you want sugar cookies, or chocolate chip?” The sound of her voice twinkled across the small apartment, cutting through the sound of smooth jazz crackling over the speakers. The gentle scratch of the needle against the vinyl making everything sound warm and fuzzy. Her head poked out from around the wall separating the kitchen from the main living area. There, surrounded by an impressive tangle of string lights, was Jason. In all his soft curly haired auburn gorgeousness. His brows furrowed in concentration and his strong jaw locked in place as he maneuvered his fingers through the wires in a less than productive way. “Oh you are making that so much worse.” She laughed

In a few soft strides Y/N was kneeling down in front of him. Her hands moving behind her back to undo the bow holding her apron in place. Gently she reached for the tangle in his hands. He let out a soft groan. “I’m trying my best,” He mumbled as he ran his hands across his face. “Listen when I did this crap as a kid I'm pretty sure the lights were never this tangled.” He complained gently.

Y/N giggled as she settled back on her heels, her fingers working diligently to de-tangle the lights. “I can assure you they were, your parents just dealt with it.” She teased him softly. Her eyes flitted up to take in the cute way his face screwed up in a laugh. “You’re taking it too seriously, if you can't get it it’s not the end of the world Jase” She was more successful in removing the first length of bulbs from the pile.

There was an incredulous look in his eyes, like she had just performed witchcraft right in front of him. “Are you kidding me, I totally like…loosened those up for you.” He huffed as he very gently gathered the lights in his hands, like he was afraid he might tangle them again just from touching them. He leaned forward to press a gentle kiss to her cheek. “Thanks' baby,” He whispered against her skin.

Playfully Y/N twisted her head to catch his lips briefly. “Of course,” She whispered. “Now if I leave you along with the rest of these, are you going to have another breakdown?” She giggled softly as she pushed herself back up onto her feet. She pulled the apron back over her head to protect his soft oversized sweater, one of Jason’s. “You never answered my question either.”

“I was not having a breakdown,” He said, his voice soft and crackling like a crisp fire. It enveloped her completely, sending tingles down her spine. “Chocolate chip,” He hummed in response. She nodded and leaned down, gently pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose and running her hands over his hair to smooth out where he had tied it back out of his face.

With a gentle kiss to his forehead and a promise of, “you got this baby,” She returned back to the small kitchen of Jason’s apartment. Well…it was hardly Jason’s anymore, she had practically moved in at this point, that much was evident by the way her things were scattered across the house, including her various baking utensils that had found their home on Jason’s countertops. She pushed the sleeves of her sweater up as she got to work on her task of cookies.

It had actually been 100 percent Jason’s idea to get festive Not that Y/N was opposed by any means. It was going to be their first Christmas since they started dating, that meant a surprising amount to both of them. So when he asked her to come over and decorate and bake with him, she had immediately taken a trip down to the grocery store to grab all the supplies needed for a full night of baking. Gingerbread and whipped shortbread were already cooling on the kitchen table, filling this house with warm scents of Christmas spice and vanilla.

The tree had already been put up, after about an hour and half of both of them struggling to follow the instructions on where to place each branch. She was pretty sure it was lopsided but Jason told her she was just looking at it wrong. She would ignore the way the angel on the top looked about two seconds away from falling off. It was perfect really.

All that was left to be done was this final batch of cookies. There was flour and dough already caked beneath her nails and living in the soft tresses of her hair, decorating her cheeks in a thin layer. The mess didn’t deter her from the mission of making Jason the best damn chocolate chip cookies he had ever eaten in his life. Yes the recipe was from the back of a Pillsbury package, but they advertised those recipes for a reason, they were good. Plus the secret was to add far more chocolate chips than recommended, by that she meant a whole damn bag.

The soft clinking sounds of her spatula against the metal mixing bowl filled the kitchen. In the living room she could hear the groans of her boyfriend as he dealt with the final decorations, the lights. After that it would be complete, a perfect Christmas scene to live in his house for about two weeks before they would have to take it all down again. That's okay, they would do it together. “You okay Jase?” She called out as she scooped her batter onto the baking sheet.

“I'm fine!” Was the short and strained reply she got. “Love you!” He quickly tacked on at the end, and she couldn’t help but laugh. He never failed to remind her, even when he was knee deep in the most frustrating of tasks. She quickly pushed the baking tray into the oven, bumping the door closed with her hip as dusting her hands off on her apron.

Y/N walked back out to the living room and gasped in soft surprise. He had sure figured it out. Strings of pretty multicolored lights hung from the roof, enveloping the space completely. Jason was standing precariously on the back of the couch with the last set in his hands. A nail sticking out from the corner of his mouth as he finished up his work. “Oh wow…” Y/N gasped softly, her eyes twinkling under the blinking red and green lights. “Jason, it's so pretty.”

He turned to look at her with a dopey grin. “You like it?” he asked, his words slurred slightly by the nail still peeking between his lips. He quickly turned and hammered it into the wall to finish hanging up the lights before he was jumping down to the floor again. “I did a pretty good job I think,” He hummed as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder, tugging her into his side.

It was perfect, in the most imperfect way. The wonky Christmas tree, the way the lights hung down at different lengths, two mismatched stockings laid beneath his tv in place of a fireplace. Y/N hooked her arms around his middle as she nuzzled into his side. “You did a wonderful job, babe.” She whispered into his chest. Her hands curled into the fabric of his sweater as he pulled her even closer. Just them,, in the middle of the living room, wrapped in the warm glow of Christmas lights and the soft crackling of old songs. “I love you.”

Jason chuckled gently into the top of her head, burying his face into her hair. “You smell really good,” He mumbled. He pressed a kiss to her scalp. “Those cookies almost done? I'm getting impatient I might have to eat you,” He teased as he leaned in to nip at her ear playfully. His face brightened at the soft giggles she let out, like bright church bells.

“Oh god you are a dork,” She breathed out, shaking her head as she pulled back to look at him. He was…perfect. Her heart swelled at the sight of him. She reached up to tug his glasses off gently, folding them neatly into her hand. “Five minutes, think you can wait that long?” She teased with a kiss to his cheek.

He carefully took his glasses back from her and moved to place them on the coffee table. With a playful groan he conceded. “Yeah, I guess I can wait the eternity of five minutes.” He sighed and sank down into the old worn couch. “I do think I would rather just eat you though,” He hummed thoughtfully before sending a playful wink at her.

A year later and his flirting still had her feeling nervous, he was rarely so forward and she often didn’t know how to handle the attention. Her cheeks flushed and she looked away from him. “Well you can have that too but you have to wait until the oven is off before I burn down your apartment.” She huffed in embarrassment. “Greedy,” She mumbled with a small grin. Quickly before she combusted on the spot she bustled back to the kitchen.

She tidied up the flour that coated about every surface in the kitchen as she waited for the timer to go off with a sudden impatience. She would be lying if she said she wasn't just about ready to jump Jason's bones. Who could blame her, he was so sweet and thoughtful…and probably the prettiest boy she had ever seen. She jumped as the soft ringing pulled her from her thoughts. She was so eager to pull them out she nearly grabbed the pan bare handed. “Shit,” She hissed softly as her fingers barely grazed the hot pan. Quickly she slipped an oven mitt on and ripped them from the oven, tossing them on to the counter and quickly turning off the appliance.

“You okay babe?” Jason asked from behind her, concern evident on his features as he heard her screaming from the other room. His eyes glazed over where she was sucking her thumb into her mouth to soothe the mild burn she had inflicted on herself. “What did you do?” he frowned.

Y/N smiled sheepishly at him. “Forgot that pans right out of the oven are hot,” She joked as she pulled her thumb from her mouth. It wasn’t so bad, just a dull pain beneath her skin. “I may have gotten too excited.” she shrugged. She fumbled for a moment with the tie on her apron before she was tugging it off and throwing it onto the counter. “Now…you said something about eating me?”

A sweet honeyed laugh came from her boyfriend. “Oh, I see what you were excited about, and here I thought you were just enthusiastic about chocolate chip cookies.” He teased. He reached forward, scooping her hips into his hands and tugging her closer. His lips found hers gently, unhurried and lazy as he slipped his tongue into her mouth. A soft content sigh leaving the both of them. With a guiding touch Jason stepped backwards, Y/N nearly stumbling over her feet to chase him. Walking her backwards down the hall to their room. Unable to break apart even for a second.

The sheets were soft against her back as Jason’s heavy hands pushed her down with a delicate tenderness. Her legs hung over the edge of the bed as he dropped down to his knees before her. His head came to rest on her thigh as he stared up at her through his lashes. Slowly Y/N leaned up onto her elbows to look down at him. The soft lighting pouring in from the hall danced across his strong features, softening him. “You’re so pretty between my legs,” She whispered softly.

Jason smiled and nudged his nose into the flesh of her inner thigh, his fingers pushing up underneath the hem of her skirt to bunch it around her waist. “Glad you think so, it’s my favorite place to be.” He mumbled, his lips brushing against her skin sending a sharp chill traveling up each vertebrae of her spine. He inhaled deeply, his hands shifting and pushing her thighs up slightly. Her legs hooked around his shoulders, the backs of her knees resting comfortably against his shoulders. “Can I?” He hummed.

A tender smile crossed Y/N;s face. She shifted her weight onto one of her arms to free her other hand. She reached down and tugged his hair from the tie holding it back from his face. She ran her fingers through the flattened curls appreciatively, tangling in tight against his scalp as she tugged him closer to her heat. “Please,” She whispered breathily in response.

The movement elicited a soft groan from Jason. He leaned in and pressed his nose against the dampening fabric of her panties, his tongue coming out to press flat against her. She sucked in a sharp breath at the contact. Her head fell back, tossing the tresses of her hair down her back, pooling against the bed. “You always smell so good, baby,” He mumbled against her.

She winced in embarrassment. She knew there was no reason to be, he was obsessed with her, still she couldn’t help the soft curling of self consciousness that took hold of her brain. “God, Jase’ don’t say shit like that.” She whined, her nails scratching light against his skull. He nuzzled into her a little more aggressively. His fingers slid up across her thighs before grabbing at the elastic of her underwear, playfully pulling them back to snap against her skin.

“Why not,” He hummed, grinning against her as her breath hitched at the sharp sting against her skin. Her hands tugged rougher at his hair in retaliation, a cute pout pulling at her lips. “I mean it, I’d fucking live right here if I could…forever.” He groaned. He hooked his fingers underneath the fabric and pulled away from her just long enough to tug the offending barrier away. She was already dripping wet, sticky as he peeled her panties off her.

As his thick calloused fingers fell against her folds, her arm gave out holding her up. She fell back against the bed once more with a soft sound as he spread her slickness across her skin. He always liked getting a bit too messy. “Oh god, Jase.” Her head tossed to the side as her breathing got heavier, ragged deep breaths forcing her chest to rise and fall in uneven motions. “Quit teasing please, put your mouth on me.” She pleaded.

His laugh was gentle and sweet against her. “I'm getting to it sweet girl.” He huffed, leaning in to blow cool hair across the unbearable heat. Y/N squirmed gently, held only in place by his hands curling around her thighs, resting on the dip between her hips and legs. “Have I ever not given you what you wanted?” He clicked his tongue chastising her playfully.

Y/N parted her lips to clap back at him, but all that left was a needy breathless sigh. Her hands went lax in his hair as he finally closed his mouth around her clit. Sucking it into his mouth gently as his tongue flicked out against her. “Fuck,” She managed out between strangled moans. Fast rough flicks of his tongue just like she liked. Her hips twitched to buck up against him but he pressed her down. This was as much for him as it was for her, he was going to do this how he wanted.

Slowly he tilted his head down further, his tongue moving to press into her hole as he nudged at her clit with his nose. It left his whole face wet, covered in her as he dove in like a man starved. His blunt nails dug into her skin as he groaned against her. It was near impressive how far his tongue could reach inside her. She could feel the combination of his spit and her wetness dripping down her, cooling against her skin and forcing another shiver from her body. Twitching against the sheets with a gasp.

“Jason, god,” She could hardly form a coherent thought let alone sentence. Jason and god, yeah they were the same person right now. She could worship him the way he was lapping at her cunt. Her hands felt weak as she tried to grip onto his curls to steady herself again, but each needy movement of his tongue curling inside her had her melting. “If you keep going I’m gonna come.” She warned him in a soft squeak.

When he pulled back to look up at her she nearly fainted. His face glistened in the low light with her juices, his usually soft eyes dark with something a touch more feral than she was used to. He was breathing heavily, looking almost annoyed that he had to stop. “That's the point,” He managed to force out. “Want you on my tongue, gotta taste you.” With that he was back to needly sucking at her entrance.

How could she possibly argue with that? Her back arched in a shaky movement, less than graceful as he tugged her hips down to press her harder against his face. She wanted to hold him down and grind against his face, but his hands were a constant steady pressure on her hips holding her in place. “Oh, oh, fuck,” She gasped. “Jason I'm so- oh god I'm close.” Her desperate attempts to take in air grew shallow and faster. The hot coil in her stomach wound up painfully tight, threatening to snap at any moment.

Then her thighs snapped closed, bracketing his head between them as she let out a strangled cry of his name. In waves warmth washed over her, full body convulsions forcing her to writhe pathetically on the bed as she came across his needy tongue. His low moan into her sent another spike of overstimulating pleasure to blanket her. She squeezed her eyes shut as he struggled to force air back into her lungs. Finally his movements against her grew nearly painful, tears pricking at the inner corners of her eyes. Gently she pushed against his head to push him away.

Jason took the hint and pulled away, sitting back on his heels. He was panting, a grin on his lips. He swiped her wetness from the corners of his mouth onto his thumb before sucking it into his mouth. “I think you might be sweeter than any cookies,” He hummed as he moved up off his knees to lean over her. His lips pressed against hers so she could taste herself on his lips.

She pulled back with a bright laugh, breathless as she still struggled to catch her breath. “God that was really bad Jason.” She shook her head at his cheesy line. “You’re so lucky I already came because that wouldn’t have done you any favors.” Her arms came up to weakly wrap around his neck, pulling his body on top her her, his full weight like a comforting blanket to steady herself.

He laughed with her, gently easing himself to lay on top of her, pressing his face in between her neck and shoulder. She didn’t care that it was wet and sticky, they could shower later. “Oh come on,” He huffed playfully against her skin, peppering soft wet kisses there. “You love me.”

“Yeah, I do.”

[tenpintsofsundrop]

Emergency Contact

Jason Todd x Gender Neutral Reader

Leave me something - or let me out. I'm starving. Push me, pull me. Waiting for the start of:

Things that I want, this happily ever after. You choke on your words, but you swallow them faster. Just want you to be my Emergency Contact.

Summary:

After Jason miraculously comes home from his brush with Deathstroke, you're both feeling it in very different ways. You have an unexpected physical wound from the battle, and he has many (very expected) emotional wounds. You help each other heal. Even if it's very stubborn on both your parts.

Jason Todd x GN!Powered!Reader. Enemies/FWB to Lovers. Angst and Hurt/Comfort. (Slight Smut). Set during Season 2, Episode 5.

Word Count: 10,400

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List of detailed warnings and author's notes below the cut.

Warnings: general emotional angst, Jason has a self deprecating inner dialogue, (kind of) enemies to lovers - more like annoyances to fuck buddies to lovers, friends with benefits to lovers, the reader and Jason have a bantering/argumentative nature to their relationship, the reader is meant to be 100% gender neutral (the reader is never referred to in the third person, so there is no need to use they/them pronouns, but the reader is not called she/her or he/him), Jason calls the reader ‘babe’ (imo, a completely gender neutral term and he would call anybody that), mentions of alcohol (Jason drinking a beer), the reader character has ice powers (not entirely relevant to the plot but I couldn’t help myself lmao).

sexual themes throughout, mentions of sexting (no detailed descriptions), mentions of sexting in public, mentions of the reader character sending nudes to Jason (no detailed descriptions of the photos), one scene with detailed smut (but it is not the primary focus of the fic), the reader’s genitals are not described in any specific way, some dirty talk, Jason is more dominant and the reader is more submissive, penetrative sex, Jason is annoying even during sex, Jason has a pain kink (even when he’s a dom, he’s a painslut, I don’t make the rules), scratching/marking (Jason receiving), slight humiliation kink.

mentions of canon level violence, mentions of kidnapping (in alignment with canon), mentions of Jason being beaten by Deathstroke, mentions of Jason’s near-death experience (being dropped off the building), gun violence, the reader is injured - has a bullet wound/bullet fragment in their stomach, mentions of blood, descriptions of first-aid, mentions of puss from an infected wound (theoretically, not something that happens in the fic). That should be everything.

A/N: The title for the fic comes from a song by Pierce the Veil of the same name. It's a newer song, and it's one that I absolutely went to when looking for a title for this fic. The concept of becoming someone's emergency contact is about upgrading the relationship from casual to much more serious, and just the whole song, and specific lyrics in it suit this fic so well. I highly recommend listening to it paired with this fic.

This was based on a request from my old blog, but obvi I don't have that ask anymore - the request was about Jason getting shot and having his wound attended to by the reader, but I changed it to the reader getting shot cause I thought that was more interesting and less common. If the person who made that request sees this and finds my new blog, I hope you enjoy it! And in general, I hope everyone who reads this enjoys it.

...

If asked, you would be hard pressed to explain your relationship with Jason Todd. 

The best way you could describe it would probably be - friends with benefits? 

But most of the time, the two of you weren’t even friends. You weren’t the type to hang out casually, or spend time alone together if it didn’t involve ripping each other’s clothes off. 

If you ever exchanged secrets or those precious bits of your most raw selves, it was by mistake. It was through sarcasm, or coming off the tired lips of someone who had just been exhausted by a few orgasms. The two of you knew each other well, quite literally inside and out. But you always made a deep, concerted effort to hold each other at arm’s length. And maybe that’s part of what all the snark and harsh words were for. 

It wasn’t all arguing. You were friendly. You could be civil, at the very least. 

Right from the moment you had first met Jason, you had found him to be so damn annoying, a shitstain on the earth - yet, someone you couldn’t stay away from. The line between flirtatious banter and a truly grinding argument was always so thin with the two of you. 

… 

You hadn’t expected that your life would be truly changed when you walked into that safehouse in Chicago that day. You truly thought nothing of him when his eyes landed on you - in those moments, a completely anonymous stranger, raking his eyes over you like you were a piece of meat. It was a gaze that immediately made you feel naked, something that made you want to smack him. You told yourself it was because he was being a pervert, not because of the heat that curled in your gut at feeling so intensely desired by him. 

He had been sitting on the couch sipping a beer like he owned the place, his thighs spread wide in a way you immediately decided was arrogant and annoying rather than hot - showing off his muscle tone as if it was trying to break through his jeans. Definitely annoying. Definitely the stance of a fuckboy trying to look bigger and badder than he was. He definitely was not attractive. 

When Dick led you, Rachel, Gar, and Kory further into the condo that seemed far too conspicuous to be a safehouse, the stranger you would later come to know as Jason quickly spoke up. 

“Who are your friends?” He asked. 

As he rose from the couch, his eyes lingered on you. Though his words seemed more out of curiosity, you couldn’t help but feel that bite of something more salacious lingering in his voice. 

It caused you to scoff and roll your eyes. 

“Not important.” Dick declared, his voice snippy. He was clearly annoyed with this new guy, and you could tell that your perceptions of him were definitely not ill-informed. 

“Who’s he?” Kory asked, going for the obvious question. 

“Not important.” Dick parroted out the words again, sounding much shorter with his patience. 

“Anybody want a brew?” Jason asked, motioning with the beer bottle in his hand. 

“Brew?” You twisted your eyebrows with disgust, staring him down as you commented on his odd choice of slang. 

He didn’t get to reply, as you were trampled over by Gar’s enthusiastic voice in your ear. 

“I do!” He said, raising his hand with excitement. 

“No, you don’t.” You quickly told him, reaching out to grab his hand and put it back down. “It’s disgusting.” 

You had a grand suspicion that Gar had never drank beer before, and he had no idea what he was truly asking for. Rather, he was simply taking advantage of trying new things because Dick and Kory were incredibly slack parental figures and he was away from home for the first time. 

“No, no one wants a brew.” Dick sighed, shaking his head. He threw Jason a small glare and you resisted the urge to laugh. 

“That can’t be Adamson.” Kory said, motioning toward Jason. 

This left you confused. But you didn’t question it. 

“He’s not Adamson. Adamson’s in the bathroom. Unconscious.” Dick explained. 

“Hi, I’m Rachel.” Rachel told Jason, offering him a sweet smile - being her usual sweet self. 

“Jason.” He introduced himself, in that moment, finally giving you a name to that obnoxious face. 

“I’m Gar!” Gar said with a grin, to which Jason nodded. 

Jason caught you glaring at him, and looked you up and down again, as if trying to willfully tear off your clothes with his eyes. It made your skin itch with heat and you would forever deny that it was a feeling you liked. 

“What can I call you, babe?” He asked, his voice entirely slimy, the kind of tone he would have used to recite cheesy lines to Tinder dates, you were entirely sure of. 

Before you could come up with some clever reply, Dick sighed in frustration and started balking again. 

“Okay, who we all are doesn’t matter right now.” He pressed, his neck so entirely tense that veins began to pop from the skin. “Can we just chill out, relax, sit on the couch and watch TV or something?” 

It seemed that he wouldn’t get his wish. 

Gar quickly charged around the table, finding something else to get strung up about. 

“Yo, when did you get another one?” He asked, putting his hands on both of the expensive cases on the long dining table - a copy identical to the one you knew to be containing Dick’s Robin outfit. 

It made you curious, and the answer that followed certainly surprised you. 

“That one’s mine.” Jason said, his chest literally puffing out with pride as he stated the fact. 

“No way.” You scoffed. 

“Yes way.” He quickly argued back, the whole exchange sounding entirely juvenile.

“This one’s yours? Wait, you’re Robin too?” Gar quickly put the pieces together. 

“I thought you were Robin?” Rachel commented, tilting her head toward Dick with curiosity. 

“I am.” Dick said firmly. 

“He was.” Jason corrected, a cocky smirk forming across his lips. 

“Batman really lowered the height requirement, huh.” You said. 

The words flew from your mouth before you could stop them, seeing as it was likely the only thing you could nitpick about Jason’s appearance. Between his stunning sharp jaw, his piercing blue eyes, his oddly appealing wild hair, his muscle tone being somehow visible beneath his baggy clothing - all of it made you equally frustrated and annoyed with him, and your baser urges couldn’t resist the low-hanging fruit. 

You felt victory and a slight pang of guilt when Jason deflated because of your comment, shrinking back into himself at your words. 

He didn’t have anything to say in return, he simply sipped his beer. 

“Wait, how many Robins are there?” Gar said, beginning to excitedly ramble at the thought. “Are there a lot? Cause I would love to-” 

“Okay, quiet.” Kory cut him off, clearly becoming annoyed with all of this dancing around the point as much as Dick was. “Sit.” 

Her words were firm, and you couldn’t help but to listen. You found yourself collapsing to sit on the couch while Rachel and Gar took seats at the dining table. Jason continued to linger in the middle of the room, staring at Kory and Dick as their frustration filled the air. 

“Bathroom.” Kory told Dick, and then they left to deal with whoever - or whatever - Adamson was. 

Jason sighed and took a seat beside you. When his eyes fell on you, you set your jaw and glared at him. You didn’t give away a single ounce of the heat you were feeling as his eyes locked with yours. 

“Even if I am the shorter Robin, I can assure you that everything else about me is… very long.” He lowered his voice and whispered those last words, crowding into your personal space as he did so. 

It sent shivers down your spine, his silken voice making the words sound too tempting. Even if you twisted your face and said ‘gross!’ causing him to dissolve into laughter, you didn’t make an effort to move away from him or put any space between your two bodies on the very large couch. You told yourself it was because you were tired from a very long day of travel, not because you were enjoying the smell of his strangely expensive cologne from this close by. 

His grin was still entirely smug, and you couldn’t stand it. 

When he raised the beer bottle up to his mouth again, you reached over and put a hand on his forearm, forcefully dragging his arm down as you made a snide comment. 

“That shit is disgusting, why the hell do you drink it?” You asked. 

You found your face drifting toward his again and if asked, you would say it was a form of intimidation - not that you were being drawn in by an unconscious attraction to him. 

“Because I can.” He replied, just as snide as he slipped your grip and sipped on the drink. 

You mocked his words in an entirely childish voice, and then you raised a single finger up to it and skimmed along the neck of the bottle. It took only a single moment of concentration with your skilled powers to freeze the beer inside solid. He thought he felt an extra chill coming off his hand, but convinced himself that he imagined it. But when he kept it tilted and nothing came out to meet his lips, he shook it and then stuck an inquiring eye inside the bottle. 

When he saw that it was completely frozen, he looked over and saw you grinning, and little did you know - that was the moment he became completely taken with you. You were one of the most annoying people he had ever met, and he found himself so intensely attracted to you. 

Even if it was getting under your skin by arguing with you or fucking your brains out, he knew in that moment - he had to get inside you and drive you insane the same way that he knew you would for him. 

… 

When Dick left to go check on his old circus friend Clay, Jason winked at you and said ‘don’t miss me too much’. You made a show of putting a finger near your mouth and audibly gagging. 

Later that night, when Jason didn’t return, you hated the curl of disappointment that panged in your stomach. You wanted to hit yourself for staring at the door, waiting for the second Robin to come in behind Dick. 

You hated yourself even more for replying to Jason’s texts. 

Apparently he had taken your phone out of your jacket pocket when you went to the bathroom (not to see Adamson - a different bathroom, to pee). And he had put himself in your contacts as ‘Hot Guy’. He had also sent himself a text from your phone that read ‘omg Jason you’re so hot, will you fuck me?’. And then replied to it from his own phone with a picture of his cock. 

Unfortunately, the only thing you could mock about the picture was poor lighting. 

When you told him as much, he quickly remedied that with several more pictures - ones with better lighting. He sent a video with very distinct audio. You would deny that you rushed to put your headphones in to listen to it while you sat on the train with Kory and Gar. You would deny that it drove a hard, hot pain between your thighs. 

You dug through a folder and sent some pictures of your own. You told yourself it was to prove to him that you were too good for him - to show off something he could never actually have. To tease him. 

You would deny that you loved the compliments he gave you, that you ate up the affection like a plant lovingly soaking up the sun. 

When you were sexting him, you had no clue that you were ever going to see him again. It was almost mindless, something for a dopamine hit to distract yourself from all the chaos going on around you. You weren’t doing it because you actually liked Jason. You didn’t have any real attractions toward him, or any real plans to carry out all of the bold things you said in those messages. 

You had no clue that you’d end up living together. 

When you did find out that Dick would be taking Jason into the newly reopened Titans Tower along with you, Gar, and Rachel, you didn’t make a big deal of it in your mind. When Jason made flirtatious remarks toward you in person, you brushed him off. You put up a wall. 

You told yourself that he was nothing more than a cocky, shallow guy who would use you for sex and then throw you away - something you could never actually build a proper relationship with. And if you were supposed to live together, be some kind of team like Dick expected you to be, then you couldn’t be messy. You couldn’t get emotional. 

You had no clue that on one of those first nights living together, your self assured discipline not to give into your lust for him would break like a wafer cookie, and you would be in his bed faster than a sea turtle running into ocean. 

… 

“Fuck, babe, you feel so good on my cock.” Jason grunted, his face buried in your neck as he thrusted deep inside of you. The loud squelch of artificial wetness coming from between your thighs as he worked his hips, working you open with a needy, demanding pace. “Bet you love this cock, huh? Tell me how fuckin’ much you love it.” 

“Shut up.” 

The words came from your throat as a weak whimper, much less powerful than you had intended. 

You didn’t want to give him any more power than he already held over you - he had you weak and willing on his cock, something you would have never admitted could be true until it was happening in these moments. 

Though you would never admit it aloud, you loved the way he handled you. Having you pinned against the bed with his fingers digging into the flesh of your hips, having you breathless and moaning as he fucked into you with fast, obviously skilled strokes. Your nails cut into the flesh of his back, and he let out a low rumble from his gut as the sharp sting sent a wave of pleasure through him. 

You hated the twinge of lustful embarrassment that curled in your gut when he chuckled at your words. 

“Oh, you want me to shut up?” He asked, slightly breathless from the act himself, moving one hand beside your head to raise himself up slightly to look in your eyes. 

He was sweaty, disheveled, his hair a mess, his muscles taught with the effort as he continued to pound into you. You hated that you had imagined him much like this before, and that this outlived all of your fantasies. 

“Yes.” You fired back. “Just shut up and fuck me.” 

He bit his lip - something you didn’t know was him trying to hold back his orgasm, so utterly turned on by your bratty defiance, the twinge of a whimper in your voice as you said those words. 

“You weren’t tellin’ me to shut up when I was texting you.” 

He said, all hot breath fanning across your chin, his hips spearing forward in sharp, hard hits that made your skin smack loudly together. It made you work hard to suppress moans deep in your chest in a way that was painful, like venom inside your lungs. You wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of your sounds, of knowing just how good he was fucking you - even if he could see it written all over your pleasure twisted face. 

“You only begged for more when I was tellin’ you how I was gonna lay you on my bed. Take you apart… make you scream my name.” 

He reached his other hand from your hip to the point where you were joined. He began touching that tender place, making sharp, vicious strokes that were almost vengeful. Tears easily gathered in your eyes and he let out another chuckle when you choked on a deep, pleasurable wail. 

“Tell me, how many times did you touch yourself reading what I wrote?” 

He asked, leaning down to whisper the words right in your ear. 

“How many times did you cum thinking about me?” 

“I didn’t.” You choked out, digging your nails deeper into the skin of his back, causing him to grunt as the pain mixed with the pleasure flowing through him. 

“Sure, babe.” He smirked down at you, turning that look into something absolutely pavlovian that would forever make you feel his cock deep inside of you when you saw it, rather than feeling annoyed. 

Maybe from that point on, it was a bit of both. 

In an effort to shut him up, you reached up and claimed his lips. It was supposed to be a kiss, but it was mostly teeth. When you bit down on his bottom lip, snarling, he tasted blood and the way he moaned at the pain was absolutely unmistakable. It was something you remembered and used against him many times after that. 

… 

You wouldn’t allow yourself any room for self hatred when it came to that break in your self control. When it became an ongoing thing, you spun it as positive in your mind. 

It was just sexual release. You and Jason both needed it. It paired well with intense training and the heavy studying that Dick made you do. It lowered your stress levels a lot, and it helped you get through the day. 

The more time you spent around Jason, the more you got to know him, and the more you came to realize that he was nowhere near shallow. You easily saw that he was caring, deep, complex, troubled. The more time passed, you found yourself falling for him and the more you deeply denied it. Because it was just sex. 

Things were good between the two of you, and you knew that if you added anything else to the mix - any complicated, mushy feelings - you would fuck it up. 

You were especially reminded of this - how important it was not to fuck things up - just a day or so before every other force aside from you railed Titans Tower and began royally fucking things up. 

… 

It was a morning just like any other at Titans Tower. It was delightfully quiet - even though Dick demanded that everyone get up at ungodly early hours to begin training, you had somehow managed to wake up before everyone else and you were enjoying the peace it brought you. 

When you got up to see that Jason was already in the kitchen, standing at the counter as he munched on a bowl of cereal, you wanted to scorn the idea that your peace would be interrupted. But instead, you found yourself willfully suppressing a smile. 

You yawned and walked over to the counter, grabbing a bowl from one of the cupboards, thinking that cereal was just the right idea on his part. A deep frown cut through your face when you poured out the rest of the cereal box he had left on the counter, and a very measly amount fell into your bowl. 

“What kind of asshole only leaves three fucking cornflakes in the bottom of the box?” You scoffed, causing him to chuckle. 

“Learn to count, babe.” He told you, speaking with his mouth half-full. “That’s more than three.” 

You rolled your eyes. You were likely exaggerating - but still, it seemed rude to you to leave such a small portion, barely a handful, in the bottom of the box. 

“Or did I make you cum so hard last night that I knocked the common sense out of your head?” He added on, throwing you that signature smirk that made heat bloom between your thighs. 

You let out a sarcastic snort, giving him a purposefully disgusted grimace as you lifted the bowl up and dumped the remaining cereal into his portion instead. 

“You might as well take these.” You told him. “And don’t flatter yourself, you’re not that good.” 

You moved behind them, distracting yourself from the conversation by making a cup of coffee. 

“Oh really?” He perked up, rising to his full height, pure mischief in his voice. “It didn’t sound like it last night.” 

Much to your horror, he then began imitating your moans. 

“‘Oh, Jason! Oh, fuck me! More!’” 

It was a cartoonish, pornographic imitation, something he likely wouldn’t have done if the others were anywhere within earshot. Oddly enough, even though your relationship was casual, you still kept it guarded and private, as though it were some precious secret that needed to be kept from the others. 

“‘Jason, please, your dick is the best! Oh, make me cum!’” 

But that was the farthest thing from your mind as embarrassment curled in your stomach, the reaction he likely wanted to draw out of you. You hated that you didn’t truly know if it was accurate or not, because sometimes - yes, he did fuck your brains out and make you completely mindless on his cock. 

But you would never admit that he was right. 

“Shut up.” You sighed, causing him to dissolve into laughter, feeling as though he had won. 

But you wouldn’t simply leave it at that. 

Instead, as you pushed the button on the machine and your coffee began to drip, you turned around and gently placed your fingers on the side of his cereal bowl. You froze all the milk inside of it solid, making it into one large frozen chunk with the spoon stuck inside when he wasn’t looking - distracted, staring at your face, looking for any trace of the reaction that he had drawn out of you. 

You just glared, and he smirked once more. 

When he picked up the spoon again and went to take another bite, the entire bowl came with it. He sighed in defeat when he realized what you had done. 

“You know, it’s so damn annoying when you do that.” He sighed. 

“I know.” You grinned at him. 

He couldn’t help the butterflies that fluttered in his stomach at this. He resisted the urge to grab you by the sides of your head and steal the grin of your mouth with his own. He told you that it was out of annoyance, and not affection. He told himself those lines were most definitely not blurred when it came to you. 

… 

Confessing your feelings to Jason would not have been your choice. 

Given the choice, you would have let your feelings quietly live and die inside of you. You would have just kept Jason as a friend. You would have even dropped the amazing sex if it meant staying on good terms with him. 

But the stakes rose pretty quickly, and things were taken out of your hands. The choice was stolen from you and Jason entirely against your will. 

When you found out he was missing, supposedly kidnapped by Doctor Light on the heels of some misguided plan - something inside of you shattered. Up until that moment, if you thought it was just a stupid crush, or an infatuation inside of you that would easily fade with time - you quickly found out that you were wrong. 

You went through the stages of grief like a rocket. 

Denial. Staring at the door, waiting for him to walk inside at any moment. Just like you had back at the safehouse.

Anger. Being so pissed at Dick at the other older Titans that you could barely breathe. How had they let this happen to him? How could they make him feel so inadequate that he felt the need to go out on his own, half-cocked, clearly doing something in the name of looking for their approval? 

Bargaining. You would have traded places with him. You would have been the one, alone and scared and stranded if it meant that he got to be at home safe. You would have gone with him to carry out the stupid plan if he had only asked. Why hadn’t he asked you? 

Depression. You wept in your room, hands clasped over your face, letting out chest-shaking sobs as you thought of the possibility of him never returning home again. You realized the possibility of him dying was very real and it made your lungs burn. 

And then finally - Acceptance. You finally accepted that your feelings for him were something bigger, and if it meant that you were the only person in the Tower who truly cared about him (probably aside from Gar) - the only person who didn’t just see him as a pawn to be used against Deathstroke - then you had to do something about it. 

So you laid out your love for Jason. You put it all on the line for him. You accidentally confessed to him, showed your feelings in a gesture so quiet it screamed. 

You knew that for someone who stepped up to become Robin, someone who scorned cops for pummeling down on the innocent when they were supposed to be protectors - stepping up to try and save his life meant a love bigger than anything else you could have done. 

And he was terrified of it. There was a big justice in your love for him. And to him, there was an even bigger justice in giving you an out to escape it - to escape loving him.  

… 

Hectic. 

That was easily how you would describe the last few days at Titans Tower. 

Between the unexpected arrival of Rose - Dick taking on another stray because, like Rachel said, he couldn’t resist a bird with a broken wing. Finding out that she was related to one of the deadliest men on earth that the Titans apparently had previous history with. And then Jason going off on his own without telling you, some botched hostage trade, and the group picking up yet another stray - a strange boy who had saved Jason’s life. It was all a blur of hectic chaos that had you snapping your neck to keep up. 

Sleep was scarce and you couldn’t remember the last time you’d had a proper meal. 

But you weren’t truly worried about any of that. 

Dust had been kicked up around your life, and you couldn’t wait for it to settle before you made your next important decision. 

Even though the wounds were still tender, you knew that things were safe for now, and your number one concern was Jason. 

The minute he had gotten in the door, even though he was slightly hobbled and clearly sore from whatever Deathstroke had done to him, he rushed out of your sight. He was clearly eager to get away from everyone like a wounded animal sulking away to lick his wounds in peace. And when you had chased him, ignoring a nagging pain in your own side from the fight, he had slammed his bedroom door in your face, entirely uncaring of the fact that you called out his name, concerned for him. 

The rest of the group was distracted with Conner - not knowing what he had been shot with or how to fix it. You hated it, but in the eyes of the group, yet again, Jason and any of his problems fell to the back burner. 

After you had taken a short shower and changed your clothes, you found yourself here. Standing in front of Jason’s closed bedroom door, hoping not to face another cold rejection. 

You wondered if he would be sleeping, wondered if you should interrupt his peace. But you knew that sleep was unlikely after everything that had happened. 

So you took the leap. 

You raised a fist, once again pushing down that stinging pain coming from the right side of your stomach. You reasoned that it was probably nothing more than a bruise forming there. And you knocked on the door. 

A few moments later, the door was jerked open, and Jason glared at you. 

His eyes were dull and tired, and there was a large bruise forming on the side of his mouth. Probably one of many others that you couldn’t see, from the way he had been walking earlier. He likely hadn’t been sleeping, but you had disturbed him. 

“What the hell do you want?” He grumbled out, his voice dull, lacking any true fight. 

“I wanted to check on you.” You told him, entirely honest. “I know it might seem stupid, but I wanna see how you’re doing.” 

Jason scoffed and rolled his eyes. 

He wanted to agree that - yes, it was stupid. It should have been obvious how he was doing after being kidnapped, beaten, and dropped off a building. But he was an idiot who had gotten himself thrown headfirst into that mess, thinking he could handle it. And he didn’t need to go crying to you about how badly he had fucked up. He had made a poor choice and he deserved all of the consequences. It was a simple fact of life. 

“I’m doing just fine, thanks.” Jason said, entirely snide and sarcastic. “Look, I don’t need your help, okay? So fuck off.” 

It was a set of harsh, cutting words. But he thought getting distance from you would be best. This whole thing had woken him up from the sweet little fantasy the two of you had been participating in. He was a natural born fuck-up. And sure, he could have you for a while, play around a bit - but he could never truly make you happy. Eventually, he would fuck you up too. He was a harsh poison and it would be better if he got out of your life before you felt the full effects. 

He moved to shove the door closed and upon instinct, you reached up and fought him on it. Unconsciously, you winced as a sharp pain came from the injury in your stomach, reaching for it with your free hand as you held the door open with the other. It should have been no big deal. With your meta abilities, you usually healed quicker. You weren’t even used to feeling it when you got hurt. You were probably just feeling it worse because you were tired. 

You tried to ignore the pain. But in a moment, Jason’s eyes went wide with worry as his gaze darted from your face, knit with pain, to where your hand was nursing the injury. Any sense of smarmy discontent dropped from his features, immediately being replaced with a softness and worry for you. 

“You’re hurt.” He said quietly. 

He let the door fall open again, reaching for your hand to inspect the injury himself. 

“I’m fine.” You played the card this time, exchanging his lie for your own. 

It was an odd play. He had lied about not being so torn up inside, emotionally devastated as he was, and now you were lying about not being physically injured from the fight. The two of you made an odd, but perfectly matched pair. 

Jason barreled right past your words, and you were easily pliant to his touch as he removed your hand from the injury. You certainly were not expecting for him to find anything incriminating under your hand. But he glared at you when he found bright red spread across your palm, a glossy wetness leaking through your shirt. 

“You’re bleeding.” He grunted at you. 

Clearly, he was disappointed in the fact that you had neglected to bring this injury to the group’s attention. Pissed off at the fact that you weren’t in the medbay with Conner receiving some treatment right now. 

Maybe you could blame it on the chaos. Maybe you could blame it on the fact that with everyone so emotionally distraught, you didn’t want to be just another problem for everyone to fuss over. 

“Whoops.” You breathed out sarcastically. “I didn’t even notice.” 

That last part was honest. In all the adrenaline, all your worrying over whether or not Jason was going to live as you watched him dangle so high off the ground - you truly hadn’t paid any mind to the injury. 

“You didn’t-?” Jason huffed out in anger, but didn’t bother finishing the sentence. 

Perhaps he partially understood himself, knowing how the adrenaline from a fight could stamp out pain. Or perhaps he knew how truly stubborn you were and he didn’t want to waste his energy arguing with you. 

“You need this treated.” He added on. 

No matter how fucked in the head he was, he never wanted to see you hurt. That was something he would definitely waste his energy on - wearing down your stubbornness until you let him or someone else in the house take care of the injury properly. 

“Conner is worse off than I am.” You shrugged. “He needs the attention more.” 

“Then let me help you.” He said, an impatient nagging rising up in his throat. “Bruce gave me some first aid training. One thing that means I’m not totally useless.” 

The words made your chest ache for him, a pain that easily competed with the bleeding wound. 

“Jason-” 

You wanted to argue with him. You wanted to tell him he had infinite worth to you. 

But of course, he cut you off. 

“Just go sit on the bed.” He told you, quiet, but a firm command that you couldn’t ignore. 

He gently pushed past you, on a quest for some supplies to patch you up with. You then found yourself drifting into his room almost mindlessly, your hand clutching the wound again upon instinct. It was a place that you felt oddly at home. The nights you had spent in that bed since coming to Titans Tower, your head delightfully empty as he had fucked you hard and fast - they were by far your favourites. 

You would say it was because of the sex, and not just because you got to be wrapped up in Jason’s arms. Maybe everything had changed. Maybe your answers were different now. Maybe you were raw and tender and Jason wasn’t prepared to chase you in that devotion. 

But that was just the thing. With you and Jason, there was never any sense of devotion. You and Jason were always hard and fast. Teasing each other, verging on the edge of vengeful. It was a flame that burned intensely hot - but it was never anything soft. It was never anything that prompted you to knock on his door so late, wanting to check on his well being. It was nothing that prompted you to make chase to put your life on the line for him. 

Even just knowing that he had the intent to attend to your injury, called himself useful because of it - the thought cradled you like a warm blanket. It had you balancing on the edge of a dam holding back a barrage of feelings that you had been quelling down since the moment you had first put your lips on his.

“I told you to sit.” Jason’s voice came from behind you. 

He had raided the infirmary and now had a handful of supplies - luckily without anyone seeing him or questioning why. When you turned to him, he was closing the bedroom door behind him, sealing you both in with this newfound soft intensity, the tired lull of two people unwilling to hold back that softness anymore. It was entirely dangerous, and entirely life-saving at the same time; and neither of you realized it. 

“Since when do you get to boss me around?” You told him, your voice low and lacking any true spirit or sarcasm. 

It was in the same vein as the banter the two of you usually threw around - bickering about who was a bigger asshole, who was more stubborn, who was better in bed. 

You expected some kind of sexual comment in return. You could almost hear it now - he was the boss of you because he made you melt on his cock, made you mindless and dumb with it. 

But, no dice. 

The longer you stared at him, catching bits of the fresh pain swimming through those gorgeous blue eyes, you wished so badly for the mischief and sarcasm and light to come back and bite you the way that it used to. 

It only made your stomach churn harder at the whole situation. Things had officially changed between you and Jason. You had yet to find out if it was for the better, or for the painstakingly worse. 

Jason sighed through his nose. 

“You can be such an asshole sometimes.” He told you. Coming from him, and given the nature of your relationship, you knew it was almost a compliment. “Will you just sit down and let me help you?” 

Even though you were utterly terrified of the swelling of emotions you felt, bound to come to a head - you did. 

You sat on the edge of the bed and he placed the supplies beside you. 

When he mumbled out a quiet ‘lay back’, and you did, his cool fingertips at the hem of your shirt pulling it upward felt strangely more intimate than any other time you had been in this same position. It wasn’t heady, you weren’t granted the distraction of his mouth on yours and his tongue shoved between your lips while a harsh throbbing nagged between your legs.

This was quiet, and calm, and gentle. 

When you caught his eye above you as he wiped away the blood with some clean gauze, you saw nothing but pity and worry and sparkling affection for you. You almost dared to call it something as epic and dangerous as love, buried deep in his eyes. He worked with the most delicate touch, almost as if he was afraid to break you, before he glanced down and inspected the wound. 

His brow furrowed with even more intense worry, guilt nipping at his insides when he got a good look at it. 

“I think I see a bullet in here.” He told you, and then he moved around the bed and grabbed his phone, turning on the flashlight to have a better light to inspect it. You felt intensely naked, intensely caught when he began shining the light on your stomach with a harshly inquisitive look across his face. “Definitely something shiny. You got shot and you didn’t fucking tell anyone?” 

It was only then that you realized when you had gotten the wound - the exact moment clicking into place in your mind. 

“It was only a ricochet.” You argued quietly. “It’s not that bad.” 

Jason scoffed and rolled his eyes, and began sorting out his supplies, preparing to pull out whatever was lodged inside of you. 

… 

Dick explicitly told you to stay put. 

They only wanted the more experienced Titans, the Varsity squad on the case when dealing with Deathstroke. He blamed young naive incompetence as the reason Jason had gotten captured in the first place. You blamed him and Bruce pushing Jason out, making him feel like he needed so desperately to prove himself. But it was something Dick wasn’t ready to hear - an argument you weren’t going to have with the very stubborn team leader. 

Instead, you went for the silent route. You trailed the rest of them out of Tower, and when Dick strayed away from the rest of the group, his head on a swivel as he glanced back and forth, seemingly wanting to assure that none of the others were following him - you followed your gut instincts and went after him. 

You hid in the shadows and the moment that Deathstroke hit the button and those panels scrolled up, revealing Jason stranded on that scaffolding - you couldn’t help yourself. 

“Jason!” 

You screamed out his name, you leapt forward. 

Dick didn’t have time to scold you, not before the gunfire started. 

Kory came out of nowhere - seemingly, she had the same idea as you. Putting her life on the line for an emotionally repressed man that she hadn’t admitted her feelings for. But she was there because she was in love with the other Robin. (Or rather, a man who claimed over and over again that he wasn’t Robin.) 

Things quickly became a blur - flashes of flame as Kory fought, battling with the muzzle flashes from Deathstroke’s guns, limbs flying as they fought each other. You didn’t see it, but Deathstroke raised and aimed at you as you rushed toward the window, blindly going after Jason. In response, Dick charged forward, redirecting the gun as he pulled the trigger. You heard the sharp ‘ping’ sound of metal on metal - what you couldn’t see was the bullet hitting one of the metal beams in the ceiling. But you certainly felt it when it sliced into your side. 

At the time, it was nothing compared to the fear you felt for Jason. 

His eyes were wide with terror, and you could only focus on getting him to safety. You had no idea that a large part of his panic came from seeing you in the building. He had hoped that Dick would keep you away from all of this. But there you were, standing a few feet away from a man with a gun who was shooting around wildly. Jason would have delighted in being dropped off the building to his death if he had to see you get fatally shot when he could do nothing but squirm on the other side of the glass. 

You put two hands on the glass, banging on it - of course, it was no use. It was inches thick, meant to keep people from going through it at this height. Working entirely on instinct, you put your palms flat across it and began forming ice crystals over it, hoping to make it rigid and breakable if it was frozen. 

Once there was enough ice, you quickly looked around and spotted a metal pipe there for the in-progress construction of the building, so you grabbed it and rushed to smash the glass with it. You felt victorious as it shattered, and Jason flinched away from the shards, putting you one step closer to freeing him. 

Though the moment the glass was cleared, leaving the wind whipping around you, his first words of greeting to you were not celebratory. 

“What the hell are you doing here?” He barked at you, clearly angry with you. 

You felt a dull ache in your chest at this. You thought he might be relieved, happy, pleased. At the time, you couldn’t interpret his harsh reaction as worry for you possibly getting hurt. 

Nonetheless, you ignored his harshness. You would save him, whether he wanted to be saved or not. You draped your body through the window, reaching out to him. You made an effort to keep most of your weight planted on the floor of the building, in case the scaffolding wasn’t stable enough to hold two people at once. 

“What do you think?” You replied, pure sarcasm dripping through your voice as you reached behind Jason and began fiddling with the rope around his wrists. 

The position put the two of you in intensely close proximity. Jason caught a whiff of your unique scent, the shower gel you used that mingled with your body’s natural oils; and he felt so painfully at home. For the first time that night, he held back tears. He couldn’t help but to lean his forehead on your shoulder, taking comfort in having you so near after being on edge and terrified for so many hours. You resisted the urge to run a hand through his hair, to cradle him and give him further comfort. You forced yourself to focus on the task at hand - getting him to safety. 

Behind you, at the very back of the room, Dick and Deathstroke wrestled with the remote for the explosives attached to the scaffolding. 

Just as you managed to get Jason’s wrists freed, Deathstroke hit the switch, and the bombs went off. 

… 

You winced loudly as Jason dabbed at the wound with disinfectant. 

“I would say sorry… but, you’ll thank me later when this isn’t swollen and leaking puss.” He told you, throwing you a small smirk. 

It was smug. It was the usual kind of humor that he gave you. 

It was comforting to know that every trace of the Jason you knew hadn’t been stolen by Deathstroke. 

You held your breath as he pressed down with the medicine-covered gauze again, drawing much less of a reaction out of you this time. 

“Great mental image, Jay.” You replied, your voice dull. It lacked any of the true bite you wanted to deliver in response to him. “I’m sure it’s such a turn-on thinking about my puss.” 

It was meant to be a joke. But even unconsciously, it was an acknowledgement of that dangerous line - the line between truly caring and just using someone for sex. The line between having someone in your life as a body to get off with, and being so… homely with them. 

You and Jason were towing that line dangerously. It was a thread that you were balancing on, and it would either break, or you would cross to the other side and be forever bonded to him. 

Jason shrugged. “Maybe I don’t have to be turned on by you all the time.” 

There was more stuck in his throat. Another dangerous acknowledgement of that line. 

‘Maybe I just have to care.’ 

Both of you lulled into silence because neither of you dared to say it. 

After a few moments, Jason put down the gauze and hesitated to reach for the tweezers. He knew that pulling the bullet out would be painful, but inevitable. It was a lot like the state of your relationship with him. Break it off, and find happiness elsewhere, or acknowledge this big thing swelling to fruition between the two of you. Have Jason fuck it up eventually. Painful, but inevitable. 

“You shouldn’t have to be hurt like this.” Jason said quietly. “You shouldn’t have gotten hurt for my sake.” 

There it was again - words with a dangerous double meaning. 

You looked up at him, pure pain knit across his face, and for a moment he looked from the tweezers to you and he could hardly stand holding your gaze. 

‘It’s worth it.’ You wanted to say. ‘For you, I’d bear any pain.’ 

The words lived and died behind your eyes, and your tongue decided on something else entirely. 

“It’s nothing.” You told him. 

You downplayed the pain, pretending that the injury was only a minor inconvenience for you. And in the grand scheme of life, it was. With time, it would heal. Losing Jason would be something you’d never heal from. 

Jason shook his head at this statement. 

He forced himself to reach for the tweezers then. He handed you his phone, a silent agreement that you would hold the light as steady as you could. He knew you well, too well, and he knew that you needed something else to focus on to push away the pain. He put his free hand on the plush of your stomach, pulling back slightly to hold the wound open while you held the light on it. 

When the sharp metal of the tweezers breached your wound, you wanted to swear. You wanted to call him an asshole as the pain shot through you. You wanted to scold him for leaving the Tower and being kidnapped in the first place. But you knew that even if it was playful or sarcastic, fueled by the bite of your pain, it was not what he needed to hear right now. So instead, you held your breath, and gripped his phone hard, keeping the light steady as you bared the sharp shocks of pain. 

After a moment of digging around that felt like an eternity, he pulled out the fragment and held it up to show you as you collapsed back against the bed, panting with tears stinging the edges of your eyes. 

“It’s not nothing.” He declared sharply. 

You couldn’t conjure a response. You knew he was right. And you didn’t want to be forced to admit it. 

Instead, you turned off the light from his phone and relaxed into the bed, closing your eyes as he walked around to the trashcan and threw out the bullet fragment. It fell into the bottom of the plastic wastebasket with a very small ‘ping’ - making you wonder how something so small could cause so much trouble. 

Jason quickly returned to you, dabbing more disinfectant into the wound in a way that made you groan and flex away from the touch. Once again, he did not apologize. 

There were a few moments of muddy silence with nothing but your slightly labored breathing, trying to contain your sounds of pain so as to not make him feel any further guilt about the whole incident. 

Your mind churned, and you couldn’t help the next words that came from your mouth. 

“I meant what I said.” You told him. 

At the sound of this, his hands immediately stilled. You felt his eyes on you, and you forced yourself to open your own and look up at him once again. He stared you down with intense examination. He looked for any ounce of falsity, any sign that you were lying, even posturing to make him feel better after everything that had happened. 

He didn’t find any. 

You thought he might acknowledge you, that he might say something back to return your mighty words. Instead, he simply reached for more gauze, and began putting a final bandage on your wound. 

… 

The explosion caused a sharp rattle through your ears. It shocked you and made you dizzy and put the whole world off-kilter. The only thing you could perceive past the mind-numbing hum in your brain was the feeling of Jason’s rough glove gripping tightly onto your wrist, so you gripped back as hard as you could. 

When you blinked open your eyes, you were half-hanging out of the open window, the edge of the floor cutting into your waist as you held onto Jason by nothing but his wrist. His whole body weight created a harsh burn, straining on the muscles in your shoulder as you watched him dangle hundreds of feet above the street. 

Panic flooded you. 

You scrambled to reach out with your other hand, and the moment you moved, your shirt slipped against the sleek, polished material of the floor and you began sliding out the window. You gasped and Jason stilled his panicked flailing immediately. 

“Don’t move!” He shouted. 

“Give me your other hand so I can pull you up!” You shouted back. 

Beyond the unpleasant hum of your eardrums rattling, you still heard chaos behind you. Gunshots, the grunts of fighting, Kory and Dick’s voices yelling. They were busy with Deathstroke, they couldn’t help you or Jason. 

Jason looked up at you with glassy eyes. 

He knew that with all his gear weighing him down, even with the training you had been doing, you wouldn’t be able to pull him up. Not by yourself. And if you weren’t careful, his body weight would just pull you out of the window and cause you to go tumbling down to your death along with him. 

When you saw that frown etch across his lips, that filthy look of dawning - you glared at him. 

“Give me your other hand!” You screamed, your voice raking across your throat like hot coals. A hot boiling rage at the fact that he seemed almost determined to die. 

There was one thing he was determined about. If he was going to die, he wasn’t going to take you down with him. 

His gloved wrist started to slip from your nervous, sweaty palm, and you tried hard to hold on tight. You formed large shards of ice, hoping you could create some kind of bond there by freezing your hand to his. But it would only be temporary with gravity trying to tear the two of you apart. 

“You have to drop me, Y/N.” He said, nothing but pure mourning on his lips. “I’m dead weight.” 

You both knew it was a horrendous double meaning. 

He thought he was a dead weight to your life. 

“No!” You immediately defied this thought, that feral rage ripping at your throat once again. “I’m gonna pull you up. I’m gonna pull you up!” 

You reached your other hand down and tightly wrapped both of your hands around his wrist, yanking upward. The harsh movement caused you to slide even further out the window. You were now dangling dangerously over San Francisco with only the thickness of your thighs giving you any real stability on the intensely high up floor. It made you dizzy, and the only thing you had to focus on were the wet wells of Jason’s eyes staring up at you. 

“It’s no use!” Jason said tearfully. 

You ignored him. 

You cast your chin over your shoulder, and began shouting. 

“Help me!” You screamed, trying desperately to get the attention of Dick or Kory. “Help me! Fuck!” 

“You have to let go.”

Jason’s words immediately shifted your focus back to him. 

But of course, you refused. 

“I’m not letting go of you!” You declared sharply. “Not that easily.” 

As he stared up at your tearful eyes, he knew that you meant it as more. 

Unfortunately, it was the one thing he was terrified of. 

He thought that you saw him as some shiny perfect thing, something good and worth having in your life. He thought that you were incapable of seeing the poison, the true fuck-up that he was. If you didn’t let go of him, sooner or later, just like everyone else in his life, you were going to get burned. 

So Jason did what he had to do. 

He began prying your fingers off his wrist, trying his best to keep you stable while he forced himself from your grip. 

“No!” You shrieked. “No, no, no-” 

You didn’t have much room to fight him about it without falling out of the window yourself. 

You made a move to readjust, to get a tighter grip on him - and it was the one deadly move that caused him to slip out of your touch completely. 

You were forced to watch on in chest clenching horror, blinking through heavy tears as he began hurtling toward the ground. 

… 

If not for Conner - a literal miracle - swooping in and saving Jason at the last second, then you would have spent the rest of your life regretting those moments, wondering what you could have done differently to save him. 

When Jason finished taping down the bandages, making sure the wound was clean and secure, he laid his palm flat on top of it. It was a kind of ‘kissing it better’ that instantly spread warmth curling through your gut. It was a touch so incredibly tender - especially compared to the heated, aggressive groping you were used to from him - that it caused a whimper from the back of your throat. 

You knew it was unlikely, but you hoped that he hadn’t heard it. 

“All done.” He said quietly. 

You instantly felt regret when he took his hand away and began tidying up the medical supplies. But you forced yourself to sit upright, now feeling only muscle soreness and a much duller pain coming from the area. You felt intensely thankful for his care as you pulled your shirt back down, righting your clothes back into place. 

“You’re free to go now.” Jason told you, his voice still low, as though a single decibel would shatter the delicate peace between the two of you. 

You felt your heart sink. 

In an instant, you understood what it was - he was concerned about your physical wellbeing, but he didn’t actually want to have you around. Just like his reaction to you showing up at the hostage exchange - he didn’t want your presence there. 

You heaved a sigh and got off the bed as Jason busied himself with gathering up the used gauze to throw it away. As you put your hand on the doorknob, you couldn’t quite bring yourself to leave. 

It was something else. 

It had to be something else. 

Jason hadn’t let himself drop off a building in some desperate ploy just to get away from you. He had been trying to save you. 

He was so utterly willing to give his life for yours. 

And now he was trying to back down from that. 

You turned and faced him, leaving the door closed. When he turned from ditching things in the wastebasket, he froze. He was entirely surprised that you were still there.

The two of you locked eyes, both staying still - like a predator and prey locked in a stalemate, wondering who would run first. 

In this situation, you weren’t sure who was the prey. 

You were both so vulnerable. 

Jason thought it would be selfish to get caught up in all of this, to finally admit those dangerous feelings he had for you. When he cared for things, he usually ended up breaking them. Of course, it was never on purpose - he was an idiot. Everything he touched, he fucked up. He had made that more than evident with his last braindead plan, the outing to prove that he was worthy of being Robin. Something that had gotten you shot, probably could have gotten you killed. 

If you stuck with him any longer, you probably would end up being killed. And he would never forgive himself for that. 

He would be better off ripping himself from your hold, as much as it hurt. Giving you a dose of that heartbreak now so that you could get over him and go after better things. 

As you stared at Jason, you could see all the pain boiling underneath his surface. You wondered what he was thinking, what the hell he was churning over in that intense brain of his - but you didn’t dare to ask. 

You knew that he needed to be held right now - in every sense of the word. You knew that he needed to be cared for the way he had cared for your wound, pushing past the pain in order to heal. You wondered if he would lay down and bear it or if he would continue to fight you. 

You were the one to bravely step forward. Though Jason was tempted to ask you to leave, that thing inside of him yearning to marinate in his isolation because he deserved it, he pushed it down. He let his hands naturally come to sit on the plush comfort of your waist as you put a gentle touch on both his shoulders, leaning into his body ever so slightly. 

You laid your forehead on his cheek, right next to that ugly bruise that had been left on him, and he let out a contented sigh as he felt your warmth envelope him. For the first time since his feet had touched the ground, he felt calm. He felt safe. 

You smoothed a hand across his shoulder, and raised your head, using your touch to gently tip his face toward yours. He quickly realized that your intention was to kiss him. And something ached in his heart - something painful and longing. He knew that it would not be needy and haste with the intention of pile-driving toward sex like your other kisses had been. He knew that it would be the metamorphosis of your relationship that he was not prepared to go through. 

He nuzzled along your forehead, gently stopping you. 

“Please don’t do this.” He murmured quietly into your skin. 

He knew that it would break him. 

He knew that this was the moment - like Gatsby reaching up toward the stars - this would be the moment that he was tied to you forever, damned by his love for you. Only, much different than Gatsby, he wasn’t destined for some grant fate if he didn’t have you. He was on a one way path to a messy death, and he was determined not to take you down with him. 

Tears pricked the edges of his eyes at the thought. 

You pulled back, just enough to properly look him in the eyes, and your own tears formed when you saw that pathetic puppy dog looking back at you. 

“Why not?” You demanded, much sharper than you intended. You knew he was fragile and you didn’t want to upset him any further than he already was. 

“You know why.” He replied, his voice barely scraping above a whisper as the emotion clutched at his throat. 

Jason wanted to hold onto you forever, but he was also a realistic person. He expected that any minute now, you would rip away from his arms and charge out the door, entirely angry with him, and this would finally be over. You would finally be safe from him - safe from any nasty fate his life could conjure up for you. 

You hated what he was asking of you - asking you not to care for him anymore. As if you could somehow switch it off. Impossible. 

“I meant what I said.” You repeated yourself, still entirely firm in this conviction. “I’m not gonna let you go that easily.” 

You leaned in, planting your lips on his in a light kiss. A pained sigh ripped through you when he didn’t make any moves to kiss you back. 

“Jason, please.” You whimpered out desperately. “If you get to bandage my bullet wound, then I get to do this.” 

Jason wanted to spell it all out for you, plain and dirty. He wanted to get angry, he wanted to scream. He wanted to rush along the inevitable. He wanted to tell you what a poison he was to the world, that he deserved to die and you deserved better things. But he had the utmost feeling that you wouldn’t listen. 

“Please, stop pushing me away.” You whispered against his lips. 

Instead, he listened to your plea. He let himself indulge in this selfish softness for once. 

He reached up and grabbed your jaw, pulling you into a firmer kiss, declaring every ounce of passion and terror that he was feeling in those moments. You answered it all right back - digging your fingers into the shoulders of his shirt, letting out a hot huff against his cheek as you leaned into his body. 

He would never be perfect - but he was yours.

...

Final note: yes, I used to be @/pinkchubbiebunnie. That is still my username on AO3, so if you saw this fic posted on there, it is my fic. Please do not accusing me of plagiarising fics if you see this, because this is my own fic. This is my new blog. Feel free to follow me if you’re interested in my fanfiction and thoughtful discussions of the media that I enjoy.

[guilty-ff]

𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐭. 𝟑

ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ່࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏 ˚⁎⁺˳ .

This story takes place after Jason's death (warning: not 100% Comic accurate)

Pairings: Dick Grayson/Nightwing x (fem!Reader), Slight Jason Todd/Red hood x (fem!Reader)

Genre: Action, Angst, Revenge, Violence, DC

Warnings: Comic Spoilers!, Explicit content, Child abuse, swearing, torture, mental health, weapons

Word count: 3855

The room is quiet, too quiet for the intensity of the sparring session that had been going on for what seemed like hours. Sweat beads on her forehead, dripping down her face, her movements become sloppy. She is exhausted, physically and emotionally drained, but she does not stop. She cannot stop. Not yet.

Jason's strikes are relentless, but controlled. He does not give her any space to breathe, forcing her to respond, forcing her to push through the pain, the exhaustion.

It's nothing like Ra's training, nothing like the harsh, brutal sessions under her grandfather's command. Yet, as Jason's fist connects with her side, the pain is sharp, shaking her, and her mind flashes back.

Her grandfather's voice echoes in her ears, harsh and demanding. "Behave, or you will never survive this world"

Suddenly, it is like she is no longer in the present. She is back there, back in the cold, dim-lit training chambers under Ra's al Ghul's eye, pinned against the stone floor with his hands forcing her to stay down, her body aching from countless hours of torture disguised as training. "You will learn to endure. You will learn to obey." Ra's voice echoes in her mind. "Obey."

Her breathing quickens. Jason's figure blurs before her eyes, moving into her grandfather's form, his dark eyes cold with that same ruthless command. He is there again, towering over her, forcing her to submit, telling her that her pain meant nothing, that her will did not matter. "You will learn to follow orders, or you will be destroyed."

No.

She shakes her head, trying to snap out of it. But the more she fights it, the more the memories hold her down, suffocating her.

"Behave."

The words drill into her head like a hammer against an anvil.

Suddenly, the world around her blurs, becoming distant, distorted, and then- snap.

A primal surge erupts from deep within her chest, her hands trembling violently as she moves. Anger. Fear. Pain. They mix, boiling up in a violent wave, and in that instant, the dagger forms in her hand. It is an instinct she did not even know she had, a violent force she had not learned to control, and she does not think, does not hesitate. She throws it.

The blade cuts through the air in a blur of black, shimmering in the dim light of the room. Jason sees it coming too late, his body reacting out of reflex. He jerks to the side, barely avoiding the deadly strike, but the dagger slices across his hand, blood spilling from the wound.

He stumbles back, looking down at the cut that is quickly staining his gloves and then back at her. His face is frozen in a mixture of disbelief and shock, but more than that, there is something else- concern.

"Jesus, what the hell, Y/n?"

She does not hear him. She cannot hear anything anymore. She is barely aware of her surroundings, only aware of what just happened. What she just did.

The cold weight of the dagger still lingers in her hand, and she drops it. The cold, unfamiliar feeling of control lost rattles her to her core.

Her body trembles violently as she stares at the floor in front of her, the air around her thick with the silence that follows the chaos. What the hell is wrong with me?

Jason takes a cautious step forward, his eyes flickering between the dagger and her. He does not rush to attack, does not yell. Instead, his movements are slow, deliberate, and when he speaks again, his voice is softer, gentler, but still edged with an undertone of concern.

"Y/n..." he starts, his voice trembling a little with the same unspoken tension that is settling in her chest. "You didn't-"

But she cannot hear him. She cannot hear anything except her own mind, screaming at her.

Her body goes limp. I did this. She did this. She is no better than the monsters who turned her into this. The power she never asked for. The power that came to life in the middle of her panic, of her brokenness.

Her mind swirls with guilt, self-hatred, and confusion. I'm just like them.

Tears burn in her eyes as she collapses to her knees, her hands clutching her chest. "I'm a monster... I'm a monster..." Her sobs are ragged, uncontrollable, and she feels as though her entire body is trembling, the weight of everything coming crashing down on her at once.

She hears Jason's footsteps as he approaches, but she does not look up. Does not want to see his face. Does not want to face the truth. Does not want to know what he thinks of her.

Jason kneels beside her. She can feel his presence next to her, but she does not acknowledge it at first. Not until he places a hand on her shoulder, a gentle touch that feels like a lifeline in the storm inside her.

"Hey." His voice is quieter now, softer. "You're not a monster. You're not. What happened wasn't your fault."

The words are there, but they feel hollow, meaningless. Of course it's my fault. I just- Her thoughts break off as she looks up at him, eyes blurred with tears. His hand still rests on her shoulder, warm and steady, and his voice is not angry, is not accusing her. It is calm. It is... almost soothing.

Jason looks at her, his expression serious but not harsh. "You didn't mean to hurt me. You were just-" He cuts himself off and looks down at his hand, the blood still dripping steadily. His gaze lifts back to her, not in anger, but in something else- something like understanding.

"I've been there," he says softly. "Hell, I've been a weapon, too. I know what it feels like to be pushed, broken down until you don't know who you are anymore. You're not a monster. You're just... trying to survive."

His words settle into her chest, but the storm still rages. Her body still shakes, still shudders with the weight of what she is just done. She clutches her hands together, digging her nails into her skin to feel anything other than this overwhelming guilt.

"I don't know what's happening to me," she whispers, her voice barely audible. "I'm scared, Jason. I don't know how to stop."

The words come out in a broken, uneven rush, and she feels her chest constrict as the weight of everything crushes her from all sides. She feels small, like a child again, like the girl who used to hide under her blankets, praying for the nightmares to stop.

Jason does not flinch. He does not pull away. Instead, he pulls her closer, his arms wrapping around her in a way that is surprising- gentle, steady. He is there, a solid anchor in the storm she is drowning in.

"Hey," he murmurs softly. "I've been there, okay? I know what it's like to feel lost, to feel like you're broken beyond repair. But you're not alone in this. You've got me. And I know you think that's not enough, but trust me, it is. You don't have to go through this alone. Not anymore."

The warmth of his embrace is like a lifeline she did not even know she needed. And for the first time in a long time, she feels safe. For the first time in a long time, she lets herself fall into the comfort of someone who does not want to fix her. Someone who does not want to make her a weapon.

Jason holds her as she lets go, her sobs shaking her entire body. She does not know how long they stay like that, the only sound the faint hum of the city in the distance and the quiet rasp of her breath. But in that moment, she does not care. For once, she does not feel like she has to be strong. For once, she is allowed to just feel.

And Jason lets her.

─────────────────────────────────── The sound of heavy, hurried footsteps echoed through the corridors, growing louder with each passing second. Y/n's trembling body was still pressed against Jason's chest, her sobs shaking her to the core.

Jason's hand gently rubbed her back, trying to calm her down, but the intensity of the moment was overwhelming. She could not escape the memory of what she had just done. The power-her power- had terrified her, and now all she could feel was guilt.

But then, the door to the training room slammed open with a violent force.

Ra's al Ghul stood in the doorway, his dark eyes locked onto Y/n, and his cold, calculating expression never faltered. His voice, when it came, was a sharp command that cut through the air.

"Y/n," he spat, his tone dripping with fury. "Get up."

Y/n froze. Her heart clenched in terror. She could not look at him- could not bear to face the man who had made her this way. The man who had shaped her into nothing more than a tool for his twisted goals.

Ra's al Ghul took in the scene before him, his gaze quickly flickering over the blood pooling around Jason's hand and the uncontrollable sobs wracking Y/n's body. But his anger only deepened. He did not care about her broken state. He did not care that she was crumbling.

"Now." His voice was low, dangerous.

Y/n flinched, her body tensing in Jason's arms. She wanted to run. She wanted to scream. But she could not. Not now. Not in front of him. Not when her grandfather's grip on her was already suffocating enough. She knew better than anyone that if she did not go now, Jason would suffer.

Jason's grip on her tightened as he saw the way she struggled with the idea of leaving. "Don't listen to him," Jason growled, his voice harsh but protective. He did not want to let her go, not now, not like this. He had already seen enough of her suffering. "Stay, we'll deal with this- together."

But Y/n's heart was sinking. She knew her grandfather. She knew what would happen if she did not comply. Ra's al Ghul did not give second chances.

With a deep, shuddering breath, she tried to push away from Jason's arms. Her hands shook as she stood unsteadily on her feet. Her vision blurred from the tears and the terror building in her chest. She had to do this.

Jason reached out to grab her arm, his touch soft yet insistent. "Y/n, no. Don't-"

"I have to," she whispered, her voice barely audible, her eyes locking with his. "It's the only way. I can't let him hurt you, Jason. I won't let him hurt you because of me."

Her words hit him like a slap in the face. His grip tightened, but it was not to hold her back- it was to keep her close. "Don't make me do this," he snarled, his own voice cracking with frustration.

But it was too late.

Y/n pulled away from him with as much force as she could muster. Her body trembled from the emotional storm inside her, but her mind was sharp. She did not want to leave him. She couldn't leave him. But if she did not, there would be consequences. She could not put Jason in more danger. Not like this. Not because of her.

Ra's al Ghul's hand shot out like a snake, grabbing her wrist with a bone-crushing grip. Y/n winced as he yanked her towards him, the force of his pull almost knocking her off balance. She could hear Jason's angry shout, his frustration and fear echoing behind her.

"No!" Jason screamed, his voice raw. He tried to rush toward them, but Ra's al Ghul moved with terrifying speed, placing himself between Y/n and Jason.

"Step away," Ra's growled at Jason, his voice laced with malice. "This doesn't concern you. I'm dealing with my granddaughter. You, on the other hand-" He glared at Jason, his face twisted with cold disdain. "I will deal with you later."

Y/n's heart skipped a beat, her stomach dropping as the words rang in her ears. She felt like a weight was being forced onto her chest. She wanted to scream, to fight, but her grandfather's iron grip on her arm made it impossible to move.

Jason's eyes were wide with fury, his body rigid as he stared at the two of them, unwilling to back down. "You're a monster," he spat at Ra's, his voice thick with venom.

Ra's did not even blink. His expression was unreadable, a mask of cold superiority as he dragged Y/n toward the door. She stumbled, her legs barely holding her up as he pulled her through the doorway, his fingers digging deeper into her skin.

"I said, step aside," Ra's snarled at Jason, not even giving him a second thought as he began to drag Y/n away.

Y/n did not look back. She could not. Her body felt numb, but her mind screamed in terror, telling her to break free, to fight back. But the cruel reality of her grandfather's hold on her was too much to bear. She felt a cold emptiness in her chest as he dragged her down the hall, her thoughts spinning out of control.

Jason's voice echoed behind her, his last attempt to reach her. "Y/n, don't let him—!"

But it was too late.

The door slammed shut behind her as Ra's al Ghul threw it open, his grip tightening on her arm, dragging her toward the depths of the mansion. His voice was cold and final, as if nothing could break his will.

"You've disobeyed me," he murmured, his words a deadly whisper. "You will learn the consequences of disobedience."

Y/n's heart thudded painfully in her chest. She was too weak to fight. Too broken. But she had to keep going. She had to keep fighting for Jason's sake.

She had to survive.

But as her grandfather's cold laughter echoed in the hallway, she could not shake the feeling that everything was slipping away. And Jason? He was left behind, a fading voice in the distance. She had no choice.

Y/n stumbled as her grandfather dragged her from the training room. The sound of Jason's voice faded behind her, a mix of anger, confusion, and pain that cut through her heart like a dagger. His blood was on her hands, but the weight of it was nothing compared to the crushing guilt and fear she felt as Ra's al Ghul pulled her away.

"Grandfather, please," she gasped, trying to pull free. But Ra's' grip was powerful. His hand on her arm felt like it would snap her bones if she did not comply. She could not see Jason anymore, could not hear him, but she could still feel the weight of his pain.

He had fought for her, for something between them. Yet, in that moment, she had betrayed him, not by choice but by the rage and control her grandfather had always instilled in her.

With one final, forceful tug, Ra's yanked her into her room and shoved her inside. He did not say anything more- just locked the door behind her, leaving her to drown in her thoughts. The room was suffocating, her chest tight with the crushing weight of everything that had just transpired.

Y/n collapsed on the bed, her hands trembling as she ran them through her hair, trying to steady herself. Jason's blood stained her hands, her arms, her very soul. It was her fault. All of it. She had let the darkness consume her, and now there was no way back.

She tried to think, tried to focus on a way out. But there was none. She was trapped in this gilded cage, with nothing but guilt and despair to keep her company. The pounding against the door did not stop- her desperate fists slamming into the wood, shouting for someone to let her out. But no one came.

Meanwhile, back in the training room, Jason was still struggling to regain his bearings. The pain in his hand had dulled, but the ache in his chest- where his heart used to beat was more consuming than any physical injury. Ra's had taken Y/n. He had dragged her away, like she was just some possession, and Jason was not going to stand for it.

Ra's' words haunted him. "She's mine," the man had said. And Jason had known deep down that he had no place in Ra's world. But he could not- he would not- just let Y/n be controlled by him any longer.

With his bloodied hand still clutching a nearby weapon, Jason stalked out of the room, his eyes full of fury. He needed to confront Ra's. The man had to understand that Y/n was not his property. He would fight for her, even if it killed him.

Jason found Ra's al Ghul standing in the large, quiet hallway, his back turned, staring at some distant point down the corridor. The moment Jason's steps echoed through the stone, Ra's did not flinch. He did not even look back.

"Do you know what you've done?" Ra's' voice was cold, carrying an edge of disappointment, like a father scolding a misbehaving child.

Jason stopped a few feet behind him, his fists clenched, his breath heavy. "You think I'm the one who's messed up here? You've taken everything from me. From her."

Ra's al Ghul turned slowly, finally locking eyes with Jason. His expression was unreadable, like stone. "She doesn't belong to you. She never has." His voice was like ice, cutting through the air. "She is mine. My creation. My heir."

Jason's jaw clenched, the anger rising up inside him like a storm. "She's not your possession," he spat, his voice thick with frustration. "She's a person, not some weapon you can control."

Ra's al Ghul let out a low, humourless laugh, the sound chilling in the silence between them. "You think she's better off with you, a broken boy in a mask? A shadow of what Bruce Wayne failed to save?" He stepped forward, his voice lowering to a dangerous whisper. "You should be grateful that I gave you a second chance at life. But it seems you're too blind to see that I gave you that gift, only for you to squander it on her."

Jason's blood ran cold. Ra's had just mentioned Bruce Wayne, the name that always triggered something deep inside him- something raw, something painful. Bruce had been his saviour, his mentor, but he had also abandoned him.

Ra's noticed the shift in Jason's expression. His lips curled into a smile, knowing he had struck a nerve. "You're just like him, aren't you?" Ra's continued, his voice taunting. "Bruce's broken little Robin. His failure. The boy he didn't know how to save."

Jason's breath hitched. The words Robin and failure echoed in his mind like a bang. They made the rage inside him surge again, stronger than ever.

"Don't you dare bring Bruce into this," Jason hissed, stepping closer, his voice full of venom. "I'm not his failure. I'm not anyone's failure."

Ra's took a slow step forward, his eyes gleaming with malicious intent. "Oh, but you are," he murmured, as if savouring every word. "Just like Bruce, you were meant to be his partner. His tool. His protector. But you couldn't handle it, could you? That's why you failed him. That's why you ended up dead."

The words cut deeper than anything Jason had ever felt. The pain of being discarded by Bruce, of being cast aside, flooded his mind, and his anger flared. He was done being the boy who lived in Bruce's shadow, done being the Robin who was not good enough.

With a shout, Jason launched himself at Ra's, his fists flying. The older man blocked the first strike, his movements fluid and precise, but Jason's fury made him unpredictable. Every punch he threw came from years of pain and abandonment, from the grief of losing his family- first to crime, then to betrayal.

Ra's fought back with his usual poise, his calm demeanour never faltering. His strikes were sharp, and he moved with the deadly elegance of someone who had fought for centuries. But Jason was faster now, driven by sheer determination and rage.

Jason's mind was in overdrive, his body almost moving without thought. He was fighting for Y/n, fighting for himself, and for everything he had lost. But most of all, he was fighting for control over his own fate.

Ra's managed to sidestep another of Jason's wild blows, but Jason was already on him, landing a heavy strike to his ribs that sent the older man stumbling back. Ra's steadied himself, but Jason pressed forward. The blows came faster, harder, each one hitting with the weight of a lifetime of suffering.

"You think you can stand in my way?" Ra's sneered, launching a punch toward Jason's face.

"You're nothing but a broken toy. I taught Bruce everything he knows. He was my finest student, and yet, you think you can compare to him?"

The mention of Bruce's name, the reminder of the rejection he had felt, almost drove Jason mad with rage. His heart pounded, and without thinking, he shoved Ra's back, using his weight to slam the man against the stone wall.

"Bruce was never my father!" Jason yelled, his voice ragged. "And you're not my damn master!"

With one final surge of strength, Jason sent a fist into Ra's' stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Ra's staggered back, eyes narrowing with growing frustration.

"You will be my downfall," Ra's hissed, but Jason was not listening anymore.

Jason surged forward again, using every ounce of his pain and anger to fuel the final blow. His fist landed with a sickening crack against Ra's' throat, the sound echoing through the room.

Ra's gasped, his hands flying to his throat, his eyes wide with disbelief. His body crumpled to the floor, but Jason did not stop. The weight of everything- the years of pain, of being abandoned, of being used- drove him to finish it.

"I'm not like Bruce," Jason said again, his voice cold, filled with finality. "He won't kill. But I will."

He drove his knee into Ra's chest, pinning him to the ground, his breath ragged.

The older man's body stilled beneath him, his eyes glazing over. Jason stood over him, his chest heaving, his body covered in sweat and blood. He had done it. He had killed Ra's al Ghul.

Jason stood over Ra's body, breathing hard, the room thick with the weight of what he had just done. The air was thick with sweat and blood. He had won, but it did not feel like victory. It felt hollow, empty.

In his heart, Jason knew there would be no going back. He had killed Ra's al Ghul, the man who had controlled Y/n's life for so long, and the man who had once been his mentor's greatest adversary. Jason had crossed a line, a line that Batman never would have crossed. But in that moment, it had felt necessary.

He had done it to protect Y/n and his own codex. He had done it to make sure she never became a tool of Ra's, a weapon of his creation.

But now, with Ra's dead, Jason knew the real battle was just beginning. Y/n was still out there, and he had to find her. Had to make sure she was safe.

And when he did, they would finally be free. Together.

Part 4

[starryaugust]

100 au!Dick Grayson - Backstory

Dick’s parents were murdered when he was just a kid, their killer was never found. After their death, Dick was sent to the orphanage.

Very quickly, he noticed how the kids never got enough food. The system was corrupted, their care takers didn’t really care about the kids. The kids were always hungry, including Dick himself.

So, at only 8 year old, he begun stealing food.

He never took anything for himself, everything went to the younger kids.

He managed to not get catched for 8 years. But when he was 16 one of the younger kids was sick and didn’t get enough medicine. So Dick decided to steal them more medicine.

But it wasn’t as easy as stealing food, Dick was arrested and the kid ended up dying.

Not only Dick was locked up, he also felt like it was his fault the kid died.

He spent the next 2 years in the sky box.

A few days before his 18th birthday the guards come to take him, Dick thought he just lost count of time and they were there for his trail. He didn’t even fight, thinking that’s it, it’s his last day.

Instead, he got to the ground.

On the ground, he becomes the leader of the group. Taking care of the rest of the kids.

When they found out people survived to bombs, he tried to negotiate for peace, not wanting to start a war. He didn’t succeed. The 100 ended up going to war with the grounders anyway. And he ended up almost losing everyone he cared about.

When most of the 100 got to mount weather, he was suspicious of their president, Lex Luther. But Luther offered safety, so he and the 100 stayed, even tho some of them didn’t share the same opinion as Dick.

But when Jason disappeared, he decided to investigate.

He found out what mount weather does to the grounders, he was horrified.

He knew they had to escape, for Jason.

[suzy-queued]

DVD Commentary: These Foolish Games

@stocious asked if I could share behind-the-scenes commentary from These Foolish Games. @shamelessdvdcommentary

Give us some stats - (when you wrote it, word count, how long it took to finish, is it a one-shot/multi-chapter, etc) I wrote it from March through November of 2022. It's a 15-chapter fic, 96,884 words.

What was the initial inspiration for your story? I love the "Shop around the Corner" scenario where people fall in love via text but hate each other in person. I've only seen versions of that trope where the love portion happens via letters but they remain enemies in real life. I wanted to see what would happen if they were chasing each other in a huge love square. Picture me giggling and saying, "All we want out of Gallavich stories is to see them fall in love over and over again. What if every major character in this story is either Ian or Mickey in alternate forms?!"

What was your favorite scene to write? Hands down, it was chapter 4, when they watched the training video. This Mickey is based on a friend I had in high school named Jason. He and I had health class together, and we'd chat and joke around during class. But two strange things happened: (1) when we were OUT of class, he wouldn't even make eye contact with me. It was like I didn't exist. (2) when we watched videos IN class and the lights would go down, it was like we were dating. He'd hold my hand and lock our feet together and trace shapes on each other's arms. I never knew anyone who could Jekyll and Hyde so quickly between three different dynamics. Were we friends, strangers, or crushes? That history with him churns in my brain, and I wanted to capture how that felt in this story.

How did you come up with the title? I took the title from Jewel's song.

Other working titles included: This Bitter Chase Addicted to that Rush Shock + Awe Rules of Engagement Cock it and Pull it Locked and Loaded Brace for Impact A Shot in the Dark Caught in the Crossfire Come Out and Play Mark and Misfire

Are there any little moments or references you hope readers will notice? That every chapter (except one) had a two-word title. I like coming up with chapter titles, and I thought that was fun.

Was there anything you struggled to write? If so, how did you overcome this? I painted myself into a corner with the criminal aspect. My notes said something like, "Hector is doing something related to theft in the facility. This theft leads to unsafe circumstances. These unsafe circumstances are serious enough for his franchise to be threatened." I know nothing about trampoline engineering. I know very little about underground markets and precious metals. You don't hear a lot of media coverage of trampoline parks as mob fronts. I visited soooo many sketchy websites and researched what could possibly net Hector a decent enough chunk of change. I read documents about safety liability and franchise law. The takeaway is, anything can be solved with the right amount of research.

You know what was really fun to research? Videos of people doing wall runs.

Did the storyline change in any way as you wrote the story? I started with a more dramatic rivalry between the laser tag staff and the bounce center. It was a blood feud, and if you crossed those lines, you'd be dead. It was a life-threatening and tense dynamic, which we as the readers would see as parody but the characters would take 100% seriously. Total noir, Quentin Tarantino vibes. The more I wrote, I couldn't sustain that intensity with a straight face.

Jett was originally "Finn," but I didn't want "NotFinn" to have the same initials as "Noel Fisher." Chara was originally "Samantha."

If you are writing a particular trope or genre, was it your first time writing this? I never put so much texting into a story! Whew! It was cool to figure out how to do AO3 skins for this story. I set it up so that Ian's texts were always orange and Mickey's texts were always blue. That was done with a skin, so I didn't have to code it fresh for every chapter.

What are you most proud about in the story? (plot, characterization, dialogue, twist/cliffhanger, etc) I'm most proud of keeping the identities straight. It was … a lot. With all the Shakespearean name swapping, the reader could still follow who was who (I hope).

Are there any ‘behind the scenes’ info you’d like to share - e.g. what’s going on in a characters head in a certain scene or how you came to write a certain line? I can share a little about the process of keeping a long story straight. I made a dossier of all the characters, locations, and scenes as I was going. That way, I could glance at the notes instead of having to re-read entire chapters to find details.

As with all my stories, I hand-wrote this one. I filled three notebooks.

Are there any ‘easter eggs’ in your story - e.g. references to other stories you’ve written, a trope you often use etc? One trope is that I create art for each chapter. I also like to create logos for each story I make. Here is the full TigerZone logo:

I also create Spotify playlists for all my stories. Here is the one for These Foolish Games.

If you’ve chosen your most popular story, are you surprised by the popularity? This is my most commented-on and kudoed fic, which makes me so happy. I think it's well-deserved.

Were you nervous or excited to post this story? Yes. The nerves never go away, no matter how much you've written.

Anything else you’d like the readers to know about the story? Here are a few images that show the inspiration as well as what was happening in my life as I wrote it.

Our family (pre-covid) enjoyed laser tagging and trampolining.

We had a tornado and major power outage in 2022, which didn't stop me from writing. We took a trip to Chicago, and I was poking my head into every laser tag arena we saw.

That summer, as I was writing, Noel was in Brooklyn filming The Calling. I also went to Brooklyn, a few weeks later.

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Bird & Fox

Chapter 9

Fox's new friend?

Last night, you had a passionate feeling. You and little Robin had a wonderful date and adventure. In fact, neither of them counted. You just passed by to do a heroic act, flirted and played with little Robin, then went home. That's all.

The first thing you did when got home was check your body and equipment. Although you were unscathed by the two grenades, but still checked equipment just in case. You simply adjusted the equipment to its state and added some new functions.

Basic inspection and adjustment of equipment is something you must know. You fight alone and cannot expect others to share this responsibility for you. The structure and performance are confidential, you don't want others to know the structure of the equipment. After all, this is in your own interest.

You put the equipment on the table, turn on the lights in the room, sit on the chair, put on glasses make yourself see more clearly, turn on the music player to reduce the noise outside to disturb you, you repeat confirm check carefully again and again.

Equipped with advanced electronic technology, all data will be transmitted to the computer and then obtained. For example, grenade explosion just now, you can find out from the computer that the defense of the equipment is 100%, which only reduces the damage value by 10%. High-tech durable equipment is matched with physical ability.

You are good at fighting and tricks. It is simple to react and move with your body, but as long as you encounter equipment problems, it will make you so brain-burning. No matter how many books you read and absorb the essence of various knowledge, you have to rely on own experience and technology to support you to reach your level.

You make some changes to equipment, doubling defense to minimizing damage to your body. You can do this because you have a special physique, and you can adapt to changes with advanced equipment. After you are done, you take off your glasses, gently cover your forehead with your palm, and rub the acupuncture points on your temples to relieve fatigue.

Don’t know if your physical strength has been consumed, but a sense of sleepiness surges into your heart. Your tired eyes begin to close gradually, and then you fall asleep on the table.

It’s already afternoon when you wake up. You leave the table, raise your hands and stretch, then lean back in a chair in a daze. The clock on the wall shows three o’clock in the afternoon.

It’s almost time to wake up. You put away all your equipment and leave the room. You see Kirin playing in the living room. You go into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, and then fill Kirin’s dog bowl with food.

You sit on the sofa with your legs crossed, watching the drama on TV. You switch to the news channel broadcasting the news about little Robin fighting criminals with you. The title is Batman's newest partner Gotham Runner.

However, didn't expect your appearance would make you more famous. You can see your figure appearing on the screen few days. You have never played the role of a hero. Before, you were known as Kitsune when you were on missions, and now you have the bad name Gotham Runner.

You are very annoyed when see the name Gotham Runner. You throw a pillow on the ground, jump off the sofa, stomp your foot. Fighting criminals not a bad thing, but can you come up with a good name? It feels so bad after seeing it several times.

"Batman's partner..." you muttered to yourself.

You picked up Kirin took him to the bathtub. You squeezed some soap and rubbed it on him. Dogs not like humans, wash him gently, not wanting to use force and strip all his fur. You turned on the shower rinse off the soap on his body, then stepped back to let him shake off the water, then you wrapped him up with a towel.

You took a photo with Kirin wrapped in a towel and sent it to Jason, hoping he could see Kirin's face while he was working. At least animals can heal people's hearts. You were also worried about his safety. Although you knew it was work, still hoped that he would reply you and would feel at ease. Ten minutes later, you received a reply from Jason, and you opened it excitedly.

🏍️：Kirin yo…

🏍️：I miss him, the furry one.

🐶：Only Kirin?

🏍️：I miss you the most.

🏍️：I will come back as soon as possible.

🏍️：Wait for me.

🐶：We play together again when you come back.

🏍️：I will, I promise.

🐶：Not disturb you first, bye~

🏍️：Hey…

🐶：？

🏍️：I really miss you.

🐶：😆

You very happy to receive his reply, and felt he was by your side. You hoped his work would go smoothly and return safely. You noticed it was already evening, you quickly wiped Kirin clean to prevent him from catching a cold, and hung his towel on the balcony to dry.

It was dinner time, you went to the street see if there were any good places to eat and have fun. You walked to an unfamiliar street and saw a group of people gathered together. You could hear their noise and the sound of breaking things, you followed them to see what was going on.

It was a group of thugs beating up a girl, but it was the thugs who were beaten up. You noticed the girl who fought back was wearing red and black clothes, had playful twin ponytails, one pink on left and the other blue on right, like the color of poker, and the makeup on her face made her look crazy.

There were only onlookers around, no one even called the police. You watched a group of thugs beat up a girl. Pay attention, the girl's muscles are really strong, the proportion of her hands and legs is obviously advantageous. Her sexy and exaggerated dress and playful twin ponytails make you look familiar.

Your mind turned, remembered who she was. You had seen her on TV. This crazy girl is the most famous crazy queen in Gotham City, Harley Quinn. You curiously asked the onlookers nearby, saying that a group of thugs harassed her, soiled her clothes, and knocked the food out of her hands, which led to the current situation.

They deserved it. They were lustful and suffered the consequences. They had to provoke such troublesome people. However, her movements were really big. She rode on the shoulders of a thug, pinched his head with her legs, and punched other people in the face with her hands. Her strong body and strength, and her ruthless fighting style, would kill them if they were careless.

One of the fallen thugs quietly crawled away while the chaos was still going on. He took a breath and stood up with all his strength to escape. Harley Quinn now was busy fighting with other and hadn't noticed someone else had slipped away.

The thug wiped the blood off his face and passed behind you. "Damn crazy bitch."

You feel unhappy when hear his tone. This kind of person is the most boring. He dares to stir up trouble but doesn't have courage to deal with it. He doesn't even know where his bottom line is and not back down until he is beaten to a pulp. You take a step back stretch out your right foot trip him.

She beat the other thugs to the ground. The onlookers looked at the thugs who fell to the ground. The sound of the crowd reached Harley Quinn's ears. She turned around saw the thugs fell to the ground. She licked her lips walked over excitedly to step on.

"Wow~ Look who is the little cutie who escaped."

She grabbed the thug with one hand and punched him in the face with the other hand. These punches really broke his face. You don't want to be messed with her, you choose to leave. Continue to watch the fun, even you will be unnecessarily implicated.

You leave the bustling place go to a nearby restaurant for dinner. You find a seat sit down, order a plate of red sauce pasta and a glass of iced lemon tea. While waiting, many people having dinner and chatting in the restaurant, some drinking, and an old man sitting at the bar telling stories. The atmosphere of the whole restaurant is very lively and interesting.

As you are immersed in the current atmosphere, the door of the restaurant is kicked open by someone, everyone in the restaurant focuses their attention on the door. The girl with playful twin ponytails and exaggerated sexy clothes is standing there. It is Harley Quinn. She looks around as she is looking for something.

She raised her hand waved in the air, "Hello! Don't mind me, I'm looking for someone~"

She swaggered into the restaurant, no one dared to look at her face. After all, she was a famous crazy woman and no one wanted to provoke her. She walked to each table, pinching people's cheeks for a long time, but they were not the people she was looking for, she let go and go to another table.

Until finally she walked to your side, tilted her head to look at you, you raised your head looked at her with a smile, from a close distance, her face still retained the scars of the fight just now. She put her hands on your table, her eyes widened and her face came over to smile at you, you looked at her with a confused expression.

She whispered in your ear, "It was you who tripped him just now, right?", she left your ear and laughed, you didn't answer any of her questions, just kept silent as usual. She stretched out her scarred hand to touch your hair, then brought your hair to her lips and kissed it.

After she finished these strange actions, she sat down in front of you with her sexy buttocks. She showed you a naughty smile and held her own cheeks with both hands. She was as difficult to deal with as the rumors said, a smart, crazy and sexy girl.

You reached out to drink lemonade, and she poured the water into her mouth first. She licked her lips and pushed the cup in front of you. You looked at the remaining drink in the cup, poured the drink into your mouth. After swallowing the drink, you put the cup aside.

Under the table, she slightly raised her feet and playfully crossed your feet with her irresistible toes. She put two fingers on the table and moved towards you little by little until her fingers reached in front of your hand. She drew a heart on your palm with her index finger.

"So! It's you, right?" she said loudly, then asked softly.

You couldn't hide it from her, you just nodded to indicate that she guessed right.

She couldn't stop smiling, raised her hands and clapped non-stop, the applause continued, and then she stood up excitedly and left seat, she sat on the table with her sexy ass, her feet swinging back and forth freely, and lifted your chin with a finger to make your eyes look at her face, she bit and licked her lips "What's your name?"

"Y/N."

When she heard your name, she was full of excitement and joy. She extended hand to shake your hand in a friendly way. She didn't give you a chance to take it back and pulled your hand shook it tightly without any hesitation. "Hello, Harley Quinn, you can call me Harley."

"Hello." After you greeted her, you saw her laughing excitedly and shaking your hand up and down.

She sat back in the chair and crossed her feet, leaning her hands on the chair next to her. "So... why did you trip him?"

"Accident."

She laughed and slapped the table. "Hahaha, jeez,it was him."

You nodded, your feet were shaking under the table. "Yes, it was him."

She grabbed your hand pulled it in front of her, staring the watch on your wrist with a serious look. Although your watch looks like an ordinary watch, it is also one of the equipment. At least there is an electric shock device inside to prevent situations like Nightwing.

Harley's ignorant expression is so funny, her eyes are wide open as she saw a treasure, she gently strokes with her fingers, her eyes keep blinking and mouth makes different movements. Rumor she is a crazy beauty, and her boyfriend is a crazier person in Gotham City, everyone's fear, Batman's nemesis, Joker.

"Your watch is so cool!" She held your hand tightly and didn't let go.

"Thank you."

She let go of your hand and smiled, "You are so bad."

It's so strange to hear her say that. She is indeed worse and crazier than you. She is one of the most famous people in Gotham City for her craziness. She and Joker teamed up bomb the entire Gotham City. You still remember it vividly. "How is it possible? You are worse than me."

She kept shaking her head to indicate that you were wrong. Her playful twin ponytails swayed, her index finger placed in front of you swung left and right. "No, No, No. You are wrong. I am not bad, I am crazy."

You put your chin back, your mouth slightly raised, your left eyebrow raised, and nodded slightly. "Since you said so."

She swiped her fingers left and right on the table, her eyes with two-tone eye makeup never left your sight, she smiled that you could see her teeth. "Don't just talk about me. What about you? Are you bad? Are you crazy? You don't look as crazy as I do."

You moved closer to her "I don't know myself."

She also leaned forward, the smile on her lips gradually revealed. "You, you are so hidden."

No matter how crazy she became, she still had a smart mind. She once worked as a psychiatrist in Arkham Asylum and was assigned to try to treat Joker. In the process of getting along, she was attracted by Joker's crazy personality. To sum up these things, don't know whether to say she is love-brained or smart.

Love is terrible. Fall in love with a madman and become addicted to him. She helped Joker escape from prison, arrested and imprisoned. Her medical license was revoked and she was considered a mental patient. She had a bright future, but started a criminal career and ruined her glory.

She was an Olympic-level gymnast and acrobat, with above-average agility and fighting skills. Unlike Joker, she can also act rationally and pretend to be a normal person. She can even deceive Arkham's psychologist and be discharged directly.

You are wondering who will win if the two of you fight. After all, you have never come into contact with or fought with such a person, you have not yet fully grasped her level, but you can feel her strength.

"Harley Quinn!" Suddenly a loud shout came.

A stone came from nowhere hit the window of the restaurant. The sound of glass breaking into pieces woke you up. Everyone was frightened by the loud sound. You looked at the broken window saw it was the thugs who came to seek revenge.

You looked back at your seat. Harley, who was sitting in front of you disappeared. Some customers afraid and hid under the table. The situation is even worse now. The thugs have walked in. It is obvious the target is Harley Quinn. What should you do now?

It is a wise choice for Harley to run away in the face of sudden threats. It is very disadvantageous for those who are implicated and you. You want to run away directly, but can't reveal identity directly. Now you can only try "that".

You hide hands under the table make a ninjutsu seal. With the help of seals, you can transform what you have refined into a "jutsu" and release it. Need a calm mind to ensure the correctness of the seal, and need skilled techniques to ensure that there are no mistakes in the seal. Any negligence will cause the failure of the jutsu reduce its power and waste.

After you perform the "jutsu", black fog begins to emerge and covers the surroundings. You stand up hide in the darkness as the black fog spreads. Your figure gradually disappears. Even disappear, you can still see the thugs and innocent people. You activate the device to automatically put the hidden equipment on you, and transform into Kitsune.

"Damn it! What's going on!"

"What the hell is this black fog? Where is that crazy woman?!"

"Help!"

The chaotic voices are so fucking annoying. People only scream for help and complain all the time, you have heard this kind of voice too many times, so boring that you are numb to it, even memorized it by heart, but now all can do is beat them down, otherwise will become a sea of ​​blood.

Someone pulls out a pistol, you rush and grab his wrist, he is about to pull the trigger, you grab his wrist twist it upwards so that he fires two shots on the ceiling , you step on his foot snatch the gun from his hand, aim at his neck and transmit electricity to shock him, he falls to the ground, you dismantle the gun throw it on the ground and blend into the black fog.

"Damn! What was that just now!"

"That mask! It's Gotham Runner!"

Someone attacked you from behind, he was holding a long stick about to hit you hard, you split your legs to quickly dodge, you backflipped and retreated to the bar, you took a bottle of wine threw it at them, the bottle broke the wine spilled on them, you snapped fingers and let the flames burn at your fingertips.

A thug attacked from front, someone hit him in the face with a stick, it was Harley Quinn who came out of nowhere, she leaned behind you, winked at you "I'm here to help~", you didn't completely trust her, but at least she helped you reduce the number of thugs.

The thugs in front of you who were splashed with wine were about to rush over. You pointed flaming fingertips at them, "If you dare to mess with me again, don't blame me turning you into ashes." Your words and fire scared them back. You flicked your hand extinguish the fire on your fingertips. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the thugs were in chaos, you defeated the remaining ones with the fastest speed and non-lethal damage.

After about fifteen minutes, you raised your finger to contact the "jutsu" to disperse the black fog. The thugs just knocked down and some frightened customers were on the ground around you. The sound of several police cars sounded, they stepped into with guns and saw the chaos had been calmed down.

One of the police pointed a gun at you, "Don't move! Put your hands up!"

In a blink of an eye, Harley disappeared again, but you roughly knew where she was. You walked up to the policeman, his gun pointed at your chest, "You're too slow." You left this sentence and disappeared. Some of them even took their phones to record the clip. This was the first time you appeared in such a conspicuous moment.

You went to a silent place, you jump high reach the roof, someone was waiting for you there. The elegant and playful twin ponytails, the sexy and charming buttocks, the perfect muscle contours, you know who she is, she is Harley Quinn.

She greeted you with applause, "Hello~"

"Aren't you going home? Hot girl."

Her eyes widened, face full of joy, hands covering her surprised mouth, and enthusiastically rushed over to hug you, subconsciously you stretched out your hands push her face away "How do you light the fire! How do you turn into mist! Teach me!"

You can't honestly share with her, just give her a perfunctory answer to shut her big mouth, you raise your hands and wave them around pretending nothing happened "Just let it go and you can do it."

She shook her hair then stood in front of you, very close, her chest pressed against yours, she trying to attract your attention "I thought you would teach me, by hand, hahahaha!"

"What do you want from me?" you asked.

"How do you transform? How do you use those weird moves?" She shook her head left and right.

"Secret, I didn't transform, I just came to help when I passed by the restaurant."

She let go of you and pointed at your chest, "No, No! You're lying! You've been in the restaurant and chatting with me!"

Seeing that the matter has been exposed, you can't hide your secrets, just let her see how strong your murderous intention is. You pinched her fingers hard, and before you broke her fingers, "I have cleaned up the mess for you. I also concealed for you when you hid. If you dare to expose my identity, you can try it."

A pressure came over her, and she wanted to retract her fingers but couldn't. To be honest, you are not afraid of losing in terms of brute force. Although your muscles are not very strong, you still have strength. "Do you know where I'm hiding?!"

You pinch her fingers pull them over to smell, with more force than before. "Toilet. Your hands smell like soap. It's from the restaurant bathroom."

She faces you with admiring eyes and a smile, because you pinched her so hard, her expression is still a little awkward. She pulls her fingers tries to get out. "Fuck! It hurts!"

Suddenly, you release her fingers she falls back and sits on the ground. She rubs her sore butt with her hands. You don't understand why she wants to pester you, and it doesn't seem like she's looking for trouble. You should ignore her and go home to rest. You are about to leave but you realize something is wrong.

You dodge a flying kick. Harley puts down her foot and gives you a clapping "Wow wow wow! Do you have eyes behind you?! How did you know my flying kick is coming?!"

"It's a natural reaction." You said to her casually.

She whistled, slowly stopped clapping, "You're really good, I like you! Be my friend!" She stretched out her hand.

You looked at her scarred hands. "Why?"

"I think you're interesting!"

"If you want to recruit me work with Joker, I'm not interested." You gave a cold answer.

Suddenly she became quiet, realized something was wrong while looking at her. Her expression was no longer smiling, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes, but you can't take it lightly. Harley is also a famous liar. She mixed in the prison and helped Joker a lot to let him leave the prison smoothly. But you heard that Joker has disappeared, why didn't Harley disappear with him, and her dress is not like the clown costume before.

"He doesn't want me anymore, he has a new one." You heard this.

"Huh?" You were confused.

She suddenly started crying and wiped her nose with her sleeve. "Puddin broke up with me! He found a new love, they disappeared together!"

You felt sorry for her. You knew she was obsessed with Joker. They had been together for so many dangerous and crazy things. Harley gave up her future for Joker and fell into such a state. She even had a life-and-death battle. Even if Joker wanted her to die, Harley would willingly obey any of his crazy behaviors. It's not false that love can kill people.

"Joker's new love?" You asked curiously. Who is luckier than Harley?

"Punchy... Punch bag... Punchline" She sniffed.

What nickname did she give her? So who is she? "Hahaha, wow, ermmm... What a bad name."

She grabbed your shoulders, suddenly her strength increased. "You think she's bad too, right? Why did Puddin choose her instead of me? At least..." You saw something you shouldn't have seen. She burst into tears again. Joker's and his new love really hit her hard. Poor and terrible person.

"At least what?" you asked.

"I wouldn't be sad if he chose Batsy..." she muttered.

"Batsy? Who?" You were confused.

"Batman." You were so surprised to hear that. You knew that Batman and Joker were mortal enemies, but this was the first time you heard different news. If Joker and Batman ran away together, at least Harley wouldn't be angry. You really didn't know what kind of relationship Batman and Joker had.

You think about it again and again. Not strange for two men to be in love, one is the embodiment of justice in Gotham City, and the other is a terrifying madman. It would be amazing if the two of them had a spark. Something more exciting than gossip happened. Batman also has this hobby. What will happen in bed... You can't help but imagine various scenes in your mind.

You curious "Harley, what kind of relationship Batman and Joker have?"

She looked at your face with a lost expression "If….one of me and Batsy has to die, Puddin will definitely choose me..."

You don't quite understand relationship between the four of them, you see with your own eyes that Harley is now in such a state of decline. No one could touch Harley before, but now even the thugs on the street can beat her up. You sure her story with Joker is over. Her status is gone.

"Hey, why aren't you talking?" Harley called you.

"I was thinking, ummmm... I hope you can meet someone who can make you happy for the rest of your life, at least that person is not someone who uses you or wants to kill you." You are not very good at comforting people, you know very well wounds cannot be healed directly with a comforting word.

When she heard this, tears could not stop flowing, she flew over to you and you fell to the ground, her face buried in your chest rubbed tightly, you didn't know what to do with your hands that had nowhere to go, you put on her messy hair gently combed it, you couldn't comfort her with words, hoping that you could give her a little comfort.

For a while, she still hugged you tightly, not wanting to let go, she complained and cried in your arms, you let her vent as much as she wanted, at least it was better than fighting with her, enemies can also be friends, at least now is a peaceful day.

"You're a good person, you didn't leave me." Harley whispered.

"You hugged me with all your strength, I couldn't get rid of you, what can I do?"

"You can beat me..."

"I'm not that cruel."

Her face left your chest, raised up look at you, her makeup was smudged by her tears, her makeup was really thick and exaggerated, it faded so much when she cried. What if Joker cried, don't know he would be like her, you dare not imagine.

She no longer has that much strength, you start to move back away from her. She kneels on the ground wipes her tears with sleeves. Should you say she has it all to herself or that she doesn't understand love yet? You don't understand either. You have never tried to chase others for love without caring about your own life. Now seeing her so miserable is also a kind of relief for her.

You stand up to leave, and she calls you "Hey! What's your name?!"

You point yourself "My name is Kitsune, or you can call me Fox."

She quickly stands up from the ground and pulls your arm to bury it between her chest. You are shorter and she is taller. The distance between you is so close that you can feel each other's breathing, "Aren't you called Gotham Runner or Runny,that idiot name?"

"By the media, not my own will."

"Then I'll call you Batty!"

You tilt your head "Why!?"

She smiled, "Because you're cute! And you look like someone I know!"

It's indeed much better than Gotham Runner. "It's up to you, as long as you're happy."

She was so excited that you could feel her chest clamping your arm. "It's settled! Batty!"

In fact, when she wasn't crazy, she was still a cute girl. She just took the wrong direction and ruined by Joker. Hope she can heal the damage, pray that Joker will not come back, and the lucky girl named Punchy will not appear in front of her, so the damage to her can be reduced.

"Batty, are you Batman's side or Puddin's side?" Her question is not about right or wrong, the difference between the two is between justice and evil.

You shook your head, "I don't belong to anyone."

She let go and walked to your side, "You are a good person. I hope one day I won't receive news of your death or I will kill you myself."

You glanced at her and laughed, "Just think of it as bad luck."

Harley POV

After she turned into mist and disappeared from my sight, I was left alone wandering. The streets were quiet and comfortable. I could hear the sound of my high heels stepping on the ground. A crazy and cute girl was abandoned by her beloved Puddin. I missed Puddin's crazy smile and the tenderness brought by Batty.

I hugged myself closed my eyes to recall the time. She gestured with her hands like she was casting magic, turning the restaurant into a field of black mist, then transformed into a fox to beat the thugs to a pulp. She not like a fox, more like a bat, charming and blood-sucking.

She could have told them I was hiding in the toilet, but she didn't do it. After solving the problem, she didn't yell at me when she saw me again. She listened to my complaints patiently. She didn't find me annoying like Puddin. If we have the chance to meet again, I hope we will have a relationship like friends at that time.

"What are you doing here?" A rough and steady voice came.

It's the Dark Knight Batman! My friend Batsy! Actually, I just thought so. I jumped in front of him and said, "Nothing! Just a feast for the eyes."

Batsy asked me calmly, "Did you do that in the restaurant?"

I glared at him, holding my waist with both hands, "I was bullied by them, and there's nothing wrong with fighting back. But..."

"But?"

"I know someone who looks like you." I smiled.

"Really? Who is it?"

I nodded happily, "Gotham Runner! She's a good person! She feels like a mini Batman!"

After listening to what I said, Batsy turned away coldly and sternly as usual. I was wondering if Batsy and Batty would fight in the future. Would it be a fight of bites or a war of peace? The more I thought about it, the more curious I became about which side would win, and which side would become each other's food.

Chapter 9 End.

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What happened at world's??? I'm not up to date 😭

LMAOOO WHAT DIDN'T????

Ok brief summary of every disciplinne which will end up long so

MEN:

Boyang messed up so much in the SP he didn't even get to the free. To quote his coach Brian "I don't even know what that was." My boy obviously thinks that the men need to flop in every city starting with M... Milano 2018, Montreal 2024.... let's hope he keeps that mindset for worlds and olympics because they are also in Milano

Junhwan also flopped in the SP, but not as much thank skating gods! He did better in the fs but I really didn't get anything from his programs this season anyways so I wasn't as devastated as I would be let's say with any prev season's fuck up

Kao also flopped SP missing the combo because of the 4T attempt. Absolutely magnificent opening 4S, best of the SP event! He attacked some titans in the FS but got eaten immediately by 4Lo and 4S

Shoma finally listened to me telepathically and flopped the free

Jason was overscored as fuck, he should not have been above Deniss in any segment but he has the american money. However, he did serve.

Have to mention Nikolaj Memola having a very solid senior worlds debut!!!

Ilia uuuh got the world record in the FS, 227 something and now he's going viral and how I feel about it is 😐 The 4A was magnificent, and yeah yeah he can jump and yeah it's a Succession program but PLEASE WATCH SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY DOING FIGURE SKATING! One can only wonder what's next? A quint? A quad-quad combo? Because he did everything else and I doubt he'll decide to get some skating skills

Donovan was absolutely stellar! And the audience loved him!

The epic highs (Romsky SP) and epic lows (Romsky FS) - as usual

Deniss went clean (if we don't count popping the opening quad in the FS) in both SP and FS. His SP is a religious experience, and he's skating to Hallelujah exactly how Leonard Cohen would have wanted. 100% worth watching (costume deduction for showing tits is soooo funny). He also did a mad thing and debuted a new free st worlds. I was sad to see Blues Deluxe go and very sceptic about Lion King, that's junior music to me but IT WAS STUNNING and I hope he keeps it for the next season so I can see it live in Zagreb

Yuma... GOD!!!!!! He is right now THE best skater we have in this disciplinne. Carolina Costner is doing wonders for his skating skills. And somehow this was meant to be a recovery season. Meanwhile he blew everyone else out of the water. Yuma is definitely worth getting into figure skating. Two stunning programs, some textbook jumps, mind-blowing performance ability and just lovely skating skills

Adam was probably the definition of men singles skating event. 19th in the sp, everyone despaired about him... because you know, there's no hope for Boyang but there is some for Adam? And boy was there hope!!! He goes clean in the FS, does a fucking banned backflip which I am not a fan of, probably thinking "fuck it I did an amazing program but from 19th I have no chance to medal anyways so I'll just do this instead" so he takes 2 deductions. And medals. Biggest jump placement wise in history of the sport. Sooo then fucking Benoit who is already delusional about his choreo skills goes and says how he wants to create choreo so revolutionary that could potentially get him banned. My dude, you should have been banned a long time ago for Kaori's I love being a woman free at least...

WOMEN:

Tbh they were in the middle of the night for me and since men singles is my fave disciplinne it's also the only one I'd stay awake for so... not much to say here. Sorry. But there wasn't any insane drama I think, the results did take me out in the SP, but it ended up pretty nice in the end

I did see Kaori and while her programs are far from my favourites this season I am 100% convinced that girl could sell me anything. The highlight of both her performances, apart from how insanely well she did to come back from 4th to win overall in the FS, was her reaction to a botched Lutz landing in the SP. Her SP is also dedicated to her niece and nephew and it's so soft. Also imagine in a few years a teacher asks kids to say a fun fact about themselves in the first class and this kid gets up and says uuuh my aunt won her 3rd consecutive world title with one of the programs being about me being born. THE FLEX!

I only got to see Hana's FS in real time and I have made an entire post about Shakuhachi so please go watch that if you haven't, it's a masterpiece. Koo Koo Fun is also a masterpiece in some other aspects! Also go watch that! I think she did an amazing job for a kid at her first worlds in her first senior season.

Mone WHAT A COME BACK IN THE FREE!!! Which rip... I like her SP more, but definitely also chek out the Sendai baby Mone if you haven't

I've seen Amber's FS, the only clean 3A of the evening. I really hope she can one day pull off a completely clean free one day

Young had an epic performance in the SP, that StSq is just cheff's kiss. I didn't catch her FS but uhhh I also don't really want to hurt myself so I won't even try to look for it

Chaeyeon sadly has a Benoit abomination for her FS, her SP is also by Benoit but she sells it so well. I say this about her FS because quite frankly it's the FS that got her the medal.

PAIRS:

Deanna and Maxime. That's it that's what you need to know about pairs. She is a superstar, they did an Interview With the Vampire free with stunning costumes. Their SP was a firecracker! Deanna is the oldest woman ever to win the gold in figure skating, and she should be THE inspiration to all little girls trying out the sport thinking that it's just a few years of fame. You can be 40 and winning gold in your home city!

Riku and Ryuichi did so well considering they are coming back from an injury and they brought back Woman (2020-21 and 2021-22 FS). Silver was very much very well deserved

I think the only other team I remember leaving an insane impression on me were Hocke/Kunkel in the SP, absolutely fucking robbed.

Pairs was overall the best disciplinne and you should watch it, I didn't have time to see any free skates except for SD/D and M/K so that's about what I can say about the event

ICE DANCE:

Head in hands, this used to be a disciplinne where you go to therapy (skating skills) after the horrors (jump fests)

Chock/Bates won which is a fucking joke because the only thing they have going for them is the fact that Madison is hot and that can be a distraction once or twice, but not at every fucking competition and not at worlds. When will they retire?

Piper and Paul were stunning, their programs are always either a hit or a miss no inbetween and this season they are a HIT! Especially the Wuthering Heights FD you should see it! They won the free, but Skate Canada forgot to homecook in the RD so they got silver overall

Charlene and Marco have the campiest RD this season but it works!!! The only superheros I am willing to watch on my screen, marvel wishes it's characters had what these two do. Their FD is also really nice. LOVED Barb's interview where she said Madison and Evan are slow af lol, but rip she was so confident about G/F placing above G/P and then bam bronze

LALA THE TRUE WORLD CHAMPIONS! Absolutely stunning and fun RD to Thriller with Zachary actually being the main character. It's also my mom's favourite ice dance program of the season overall! And then you have a complete change of emotion and tone in their Roses FD which is just soft and elegant and she is literally dressed in flower petals. They showed so much variety and growth this season. It's a program made to be adored, and their skating offers so much quality. RD is passionate and mindblowing, FD is enchanting seamless. If ice dance was a real sport they would be the world champions!

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko in strong contention for my fave RD this season. I am probably a bit biased becasue it's Stevie Nicks. They had an amazing glo up this season imo. Their FD offers a lot of intense character projections: obsession, possessiveness. Choreo is intricate, it's a very tasteful program. Someone on here said we should have more programs about murder after their performance and I couldn't agree more. ALSO Scott and Madison in the K&C!!!!!!

You can barely guess that Lim/Quan are a first season senior couple. They managed to make me watch Let's Go Crazy without sighing about how much I miss Yuzuru. Insanely hot in that program. Their Umbrellas are also in my top 3 free dances this season. Amazing performances at their first senior worlds

Ok I'm only gonna mention absolute delight and theatrics that Pirihara bring on the ice. Such a unique Chicago presentation! I can't wait to see what they plan to do next season.

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Hello, trick or treat! Thank you!

Still have no clue where this is going. Continued from part 4.

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Dick pushed himself as hard as he could, his bike zooming down the highway at as high a speed as it would go. His mind was whirring over everything he'd need, everything he'd have to do if Jason's whispered words were true.

"I didn't mean to." "I killed someone." "I didn't mean to."

Dick believed him. On both counts.

He'd turned off his access to Oracle, determined to complete the trip under a blackout. He had no idea what--who he'd find. It hadn't been Hood that had called him, it was Jason, so he was a civilian. Even as a civilian, Jason could handle himself just fine, so for there to have been a threat great enough that Jason had ended up resorting to murder...

It was Halloween. It wasn't impossible.

Clown. Dick couldn't swear he'd heard it, but if it was true--if Jason was telling the truth--

Dick gritted his teeth. As much as he'd like to gun the throttle, the turn off to Gotham was coming up and he couldn't be of much help to his little brother as a smear on the side of the road. Impatience and worry battled as he was forced to lower speeds while driving through the city proper, heading straight for Jason's apartment.

He saw the flashing lights before he got there. A whole swarm of them, plus SWAT teams in riot gear. Crying children, several still dressed in costume.

Dick stashed his bike in a nearby alley and took to the rooftops. It looked like half a precinct was filtering in and out of the building, wearing looks of shock. He even caught sight of Commissioner Gordon, looking wearier than normal as he listened to a report.

Oh, Little Wing, Dick thought, heart aching, what happened?

There was no way to get inside the building without being seen, so Dick didn't bother. The first cop to spot him jumped and let out a little shriek and Dick immediately found himself the target of several weapons.

Dick slowly raised his arms. This was trigger happy, even for the GCPD. "I come in peace," Dick said lightly, fingers wrapped around a flashbang as he idly scanned the stairwell for cover.

The cops exhaled and lowered their weapons. "Good, you're here," one of them said, surprise turning swiftly to annoyance. "The Commish's been trying to get ahold of one of you for a good fifteen minutes."

That was strange. As far as Dick was aware, the Bats should still be on patrol. He was tempted to reopen his line to Oracle. "What happened?" he asked, antsy and disliking it.

The cop maneuvered him through the mess of people--most of whom seemed to be gawking rather than doing anything else, several whispering excitedly to their companions. Dick saw more looks of dark relief and celebration than the horror and grief he was expecting.

"Well," the cop led him straight to Jason's apartment door, swung open into a well-lit apartment that the cops were crawling through. Dick was so preoccupied staring at the apartment, heart stuck in his throat, that it took him a moment to spot the dead body.

It was faceup, most of its face obliterated by what looked like a gunshot to the head, but what looked like clown makeup underneath it. Purple suit. Green hair.

On any other day of the year, Dick would be 100% sure who the dead body was. On Halloween?

"We got the lab techs on rush job to ID the body, but we figured you guys would want a look at it too," the cop explained. There was crime scene tape set up but it kept being jostled as people came up for a look.

"And the apartment?" Dick asked, keeping his voice even from sheer force of will.

"Abandoned," the cop shrugged. "No gun, and no one there. They're trying to dig up the records to figure out who lives there."

Dick had to close his eyes.

Oh, Little Wing, what happened?