#this letter from Batman would maybe cure my depression

[everwalldigan]

Bruce Wayne they can never make me hate you

[batfam-imagines]

Stray - Part 3

Here’s part 3!!!

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Waking up in a hospital bed was not a new experience, so thankfully you didn’t completely freak out and try to escape. Last night was nothing but a huge blur. You remember running into Poison Ivy on your way back to your apartment, Dick showing up and crying then telling you that he had a date, and then nothing.

“What the hell happened last night?”

“You tried to kill yourself is what happened”

You startle, not having noticed the other person in the room. Dick was sitting in a plastic hospital chair a few feet away from your bed. He was glaring at you, “No I didn’t, I wouldn’t do something like that. Now what really happened to me?”

Dick looked at you warily, his glare fading, “You really don’t remember what happened?”

“The last think I remember is you leaving to go on your date”

Suddenly Dick sat up straighter, “Other than me, who else did you come in contact with last night?”

“Um, a few thugs in Crime Alley, the new Robin, Ivy …”

“Ivy?”

“Yeah, she started bragging about a new pollen of hers, I wasn’t really paying attention, but then she blew some right in my face. Nothing happened so I just assumed that it didn’t work” You shrug and sit up a little more on the hospital bed.

“Well it did. There was a slew of suicides all throughout Gotham last night, Batman managed to isolate the cause of it. It was Ivy’s pollen, it causes depression, black outs, and several people tried to kill themselves. Only a few succeeded, and we manages to create a cure. I assume that’s what she gave you”

“But why did it take so long for me to react to it?”

“There had to be some kind of trigger, whether that was a fight, or bad news, and then the pollen in the system would amplify the hormones that the body secreted”

You flop back onto the bed, “Damn, that’s one fucked up drug”

“You’re lucky you called me. The ambulance got there just in time” Dick shuddered, “They had to pump your stomach, Y/N. They didn’t know if you were going to make if, if you would have permanent brain damage.”

You reach out the hand that isn’t riddled with IV’s, “I’m so sorry, Dick. I would never do something like that normally, you have to know that”

Instead of taking your hand, Dick takes another step away, “I read your note, do you remember writing it?”

“I really don’t, Dick”

Dick reaches into his pocket and pulls out a piece of paper. It looks like the paper has been opened and closed several times, like it was crumpled up and then smoothed out. “Read it”

You quickly take the paper and read through the letter, as you read you can feel the blood drain from your face. “Dick …”

“I just stayed to make sure you’re alright.” He turns to face you, “I’m sorry Y/N, I think I’m in love with Babs. I can’t return your feelings”

“Dick, please …”

“I think I’m gonna go”

“Damnit, Dick, talk to me for a minute …”

Suddenly he slammed his hand down on the table, “I don’t want to talk about it! I just want to go back to being friends!” He raked his fingers through his hair, “I don’t know what I want! I’m so confused! I just need to go; I’ll see you later”

“Dick!” You call out even though he is already gone. “Damnit”

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By the time you get out of the hospital the city is in chaos. Apparently the city had been taken over by a new crime lord who went by the name Red Hood. He was killing of gang leaders and was now working his way up to Black Mask. You had only been away for a week, kept under observation to make sure that the pollen was completely out of your system.

“Yeah, Mama, I’m checking out now, are you downstairs?”

“Of course I am, Kitten. I’m so glad that you are alright. The hospital wouldn’t allow visitors and Nightwing wouldn’t tell he how he managed to sneak in”

“It’s alright, I’m just glad that it’s over”

Unfortunately, you have to be wheeled downstairs, something about hospital policy, even though you can walk perfectly fine.

“Y/N!” Selina ran up to you, wrapping you in a tight hug. You really had missed her.

“Come on, we have to have a meeting about what’s been going on while you were in there”

“I’ve heard a few things on the news, I think I want to meet this ‘Red Hood’”

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That night, after you are briefed about the Red Hood, you decide to take to the rooftops and meet the newest cape in Gotham.

“Come out, come out wherever you are!!” You call, springing from one rooftop to the next, “Come on Mr. Hood! I just wanna chat! I feel like everyone’s gotten to know you but me!”

There was a deep chuckle from behind you, “Actually, I think you know me the best out of everyone, Stray”

You twirl around, putting your hands on your hips, “Unless we’ve met before, I think you’re lying”

“We’ve met quite a few times, we knew each other, even considered each other family” Red Hood was slowly getting closer to you, you were circling each other.

“I only call a very small amount of people my family, Hoddie, and most of them are dead.”

“Less than you think” He whispered, you two were within touching distance now.

“Why don’t you stop talking in riddles, and tell me what you mean”

“What would be the fun in that? I mean, come on, Y/N, you should know me better than that”

“See that isn’t fair” Hood cocks his head, confused, “You know my name, but I don’t know yours. And everyone else said that you attacked them immediately, but you haven’t even tried with me”

“You’re one of the few people I don’t blame for what happened. I know what you did to the Joker, I know you tried to avenge me, and that’s all I wanted”

“Wait a minute …” you step closer, reaching up you gently touch the bright red helmet, “Jason?” you whisper

With a soft snick the helmet comes off, only revealing a domino mask, but even with that in the way it was easy to tell who it was, “Yeah, Y/N, it’s me”

You flung yourself forward, clinging to the boy, now a man, who you considered to be your younger brother, “I missed you so much” you sob, “You were dead! You left me!”

“I know, I’m so sorry.”

Jason is no much bigger now, it’s almost like he suddenly grew up in the 6 months that he was gone. He’s taller than you now, and his shoulders are much broader than the last time you saw him. “You grew up so much, Littlewing, I missed all of it”

“I missed growing up myself, it all happened as soon as Ra al Ghul put me in the Pit. The Pit was what brought me back, but my mind isn’t the same, Y/N. Sometimes I can’t think, I get angry really easily, control is a lot harder than it was.”

You drop back down onto the ground, “It’s alright, little brother, I can help you. We can get you into therapy, they can give you tips on how to control your anger. We can give you your life back”

You can see that you said something wrong when Jason snarls at you, “I don’t fucking need to be fixed! I’m not some damn charity case!”

Jason’s head snaps sideways from your slap, and your voice drop into a low growl, “You should know better than to pull that shit with me. I didn’t fucking say that you needed to be fixed, I said that you needed some help. And when have you ever been a charity case?! You’re family!” You step closer, standing toe to toe with the younger man, “You listen to me, little brother, and you listen good. I love you. You are one of the last family members that I have, and I am not going to let Pit Madness consume you. Do you understand?”

Jason nods silently, hesitantly reaching for another hug. You gently tuck his into the side of your neck, it’s almost like old times, when he would find you after a fight with Bruce and curl up with you on your couch.

“I’m sorry I yelled at you, Y/N”

“Me too, kitten, me too”

“’m not a kitten anymore”

“You’ll always be my kitten. Now how about you come back to my apartment and we cook up some dinner, like old times?”

“That … sounds really good. I’ve missed a lot. You have to update me on your crush on Dick!”

You pale, and of course Jason notices, “There isn’t anything between up, and I don’t know if there ever will be, not with what Dick said to be last week”

Jason nods solemnly, “Well, Mama Cat, I’m starving, and we need to catch up … maybe in a few days we can visit that psychologist”

You grin up at Jason, “That sounds like a plan!”

“Oh and I’m gonna kick Dicks ass later”

“Jason …”

“Nope, you don’t get to stop me, he deserves it, he obviously made you cry!”

“I was just gonna ask if I could watch”

Jason throws his head back and laughs, “That sounds like a plan”

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