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"Damian I... I'm sorry..."
Jon muttered, chin resting on his friend's shoulder as the younger's arms wrapped him in a tight hug. As tight as someone can hold a Kryptonian, at least.
"Why are you apologizing?"
Damian was quick to question, narrow eyes siding to the teenager, even if he couldn't see his face.
"I shouldn't... I shouldn't be the one in this position. I- You- I mean... I'm older now and... And it's not-"
"That's not true."
Jonathan lifted his head, taking some distance to face the young Wayne. How old was he now? Was he still 13? 14? 15? His sense of timing had been severely damaged after spending so much time travelling between time and space.
"What do you mean?"
"You're not older."
A confused face, followed by a chuckle from the light skinned boy let Damian know his friend still had no idea what he was talking about. He stopped himself from eye rolling, putting into practice his patience.
"Jonathan. For how long were you gone?"
Jon's body tensed up. Fact which did not escape Damian's attention.
"I... Uhm. I'm not sure. I'm 17 now so I guess... 5 years?" 
Damian took a moment to continue, focusing his senses into Jonathan's expressions. His body language; curved, head down, avoiding eye contact, playing with his own hands. Bitten lips and fingers. His voice; slightly shaky, but enough for him to notice, soft, shy. Uncomfortable, with no doubt. And rightfully so.
"And during those 5 years, when did you shut down?"
"Excuse me?"
Damian's eyes narrowed once again.
"You were on the verge of death for years. You were isolated, and tortured. I know you were. Your parents might feel guilty enough to look for a fake sense of relief by ignoring the plot holes of your story, but I'm not. I'm the world's greatest detective. I know you didn't tell everything."
Jon's eyes moved to the floor, shamefully scratching the back of his neck.
"When you go through something like that, your brain is forced to prioritize your survival by shutting down mechanisms which, during childhood and teenagehood, a person would have the chance to explore and nourish. Trust me, I know about it."
The Arabic young man explained, making an effort to simplify the explanation for his friend to understand every word he said.
"During my whole life, all my brain knew was survival. I know how that looks like. I wasn't a child, Jonathan. I was a weapon. And my brain made sure I'd survive as such. It was you, Grayson and Brown who helped me become a child. Who allowed me to claim which had been forbidden to me."
A strong, decided hand reached the kryptonian's, forcing him to focus. Damian made sure to make his breathing sound slow and steady, guiding Jon's, which had already started to become quick and erratic. He could only begin to imagine the hell his beloved friend had gone through.
"I know things haven't gotten much better. I know you haven't had a chance to stop. And that you don't want to, because stopping means thinking. And thinking means remembering. Thinking means being there again. But you're not. You're not there. You're here, with me."
Jonathan's lilac eyes were watering. Damian wasn't sure at what point it started, but seeing his friend's eyes shining, not for hope or cheer, but for tears, broke his heart. He began wondering if he had crossed a line he shouldn't have. But there was no going back now. It was his the responsibility to bring some sense into the new «Superman» for once and for all. His the responsibility to attend a traumatized child. The chance to pay him back for the bliss the young superpowered child had gifted him not so long ago.
"It is over, Jonathan. You can be a child again. It's okay, I promise. You don't need to survive now. Not as long as I'm here."
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{Podfic} Hey how ya doin'? Well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside
by MysticMalady, TheBestTinyDragon As someone once said, the only things that are certain in life are Death and Taxes. Tim was too young to pay taxes, and should have been too young to worry about death. Unfortunately, life had other plans. Tim was eight the first time he met Death. (Well, technically he was six, but he never counted that night at the circus, since he wasn’t the one who died. Not yet, anyways.) He was eight the first time he died, twelve when he became Gotham’s chosen Robin, thirteen when he made the best friends of his existence, and sixteen when he was finally adopted. And somewhere in there, things started to go… a little sideways. ~PODFIC~ Words: 21, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 4 of A Fundamental's Guide to Being Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Tim Drake, Bart Allen, Cassie Sandsmark, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Death - Character, Gotham City Relationships: Tim Drake & Death, Tim Drake & Gotham, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake, Core Four - Relationship, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson Additional Tags: Tim Drake-centric, Tim Drake has the survival instincts of a wet paper bag, Found Family, Bruce Wayne's C- Parenting, Bruce Wayne's F- communication skills, (He gets upgraded to D+ by the end), Core Four Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, the authors disagree on whether this is a happy ending vs bittersweet, Tiny looking at Jason: This bad boy can fit so many moral crises, Everyone Is In Denial, everyone is bad at feelings, characters make several mistakes, and no one is winning, Tim Drake Needs a Hug, (He gets several. It only helps a little), Bad Parents Jack and Janet Drake, complicated family relationships, Mentions of pit madness, Unreliable Narrator, UPDATE: the authors have settled this misunderstanding and will not be taking questions at this time, Podfic, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic Length: 45-60 Minutes via https://ift.tt/FndPuce
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Could you do one and fifty nine with Jason
Summary: Jason and Reader visit the Wayne Manor for the first time for a friendly lunch. A pity he doesn’t plan on keeping it PG-13 for long. [As stated by the ask, prompsts one and fifty nine with Jason! “What? Does that feel good?” + Public with Jason]
Word Count: 2531
TW: Cussing and smut, as the prompt implied. Enjoy!
People that asked to be tagged: @sarcasmismyfirstlove, @dora-the-grownup​
A/N: Angst coming in tonight! On may I’ll start a new rhythm, at least two pieces per week, but for now I can’t relax, I have uni work!!! I hope you enjoy, cuz I definitiely did.
In a twist — Jason Todd x Reader
Bruce was a reasonable man, and his points had been valid when he had sneaked up on you to have a “private talk”. You didn’t want to listen at first, given his relationship with Jason, but deep in your heart you knew it would do him well. Thus, a lunch didn’t seem like a big deal, until you had, of course, proposed so to Jason, which he had flipped about. He made his point clear and it took you some convincing, but you thought you had changed his mind after a long and torrid bath. In retrospective, you should have been sharper from the moment he had easily agreed after, as if someone had momentarily replaced him. But now there’s nothing you can do except press your knees harder.
           You started to feel it in the car but thought nothing of it in the end. Twenty minutes ago, he had been going at it hard on your body back home, thus maybe you were still feeling the pleasure of the aftermath, sighing content into the kiss he left on your cheek. Sweet, innocent. He was being lenient, and you loved that. You loved him. After all, Jason wouldn’t be convinced by someone who was just a girlfriend; you were so much more than that, and he had made that clear lots of times in bed, when you both were alone on your own. He cared; he just didn’t want to show it to anyone who he just met. He was selective and picky about the people he put his trust on. You understood that and felt deeply honored because of it.
           “I’m glad you agreed to it.”
           “Well, your convincing gave me some thinking. I thought it would be fun.”
           You kiss him, stupidly in love as you are when he looks at you like that. Jason Todd might be not as charming as certain people, but he has a certain something that makes him irresistible, so charming you would give in to anything he asks with that deep voice of his which he uses on missions. You always get so wet when he is commanding like that. The worst thing is he knows, which makes him cocky as hell. But you like him like that too, unfortunately. You smile into his second kiss as he car seems to stop at the entrance of the gates of Wayne Manor. It’s imposing, and TV does not make it justice; it’s in some way uncanny, as you’ve seen many reportages and interviews on the gates of the Manor, but no one’s been so close, has gotten past the doors. Not any mediocre Gothamite, at least. The Wayne Manor was quite famous because of its galas, but normal people like you didn’t have access to those. Not before you met Jason anyways.
           Jason kept his surname, but you learnt quite quick he was, in civil records, Bruce’s son. Fortune did not attract you, as tempting as it might have been once; and you deeply admired how Jason had been trying to make it on his own. That’s kind of how you two met, and you wouldn’t have it any other way – people met at bars, but you got closer in a hostage situation where he had infiltrated the group as one of the day to day civilians who just had the bad luck of being stuck in said situation. It was no coincidence, and you helped him in his plan, being bold and a bit reckless, just like he was. People said opposites attracted each other, but that was not the case with you two. In some way, similarities tied you together. You understood things no one else seemed to, and you hugged him close the first night he decided to stay, as a friend. Then it all had been natural.
           He helps you get out of the car, your knees slightly weak from the anxiety that is now suddenly spiking up and maybe from something else that you can’t quite pinpoint. But then the door is opening, and you are met by Alfred Pennyworth, one of the few figures apparently to Jason in the Manor. You greet each other, cordially; it’s weird, you think, being so close to the family and yet working for it, in theory. You don’t mind his inquisitive stare as Jason gets you in, taking you by your waist, hips together almost.
           “I just want to say I completely understand if you want to break up with me after meeting my family.”
           “I managed to survive our first night with your horrible snores. I think I can take it.” He chuckles, giving your waist a firm grip, as if suddenly validated in some way. What you two had was not a superficial or shallow thing. You trusted each other completely; he knew, or was starting to come into terms with, that if you hadn’t fled yet, there were not many possibilities of you doing so in the future.
           Except of course, Dick fucking Grayson.
           He comes down the stairs, casually almost, and marveling you. Jason notices how your eyes open up slightly, pupils dilatating – is it attraction? He was quite aware of Grayson’s charm, his natural charisma that seemed to outweigh his attractiveness, and that was quite difficult. He opens up his arms as he gets to the bottom and comes closer to Jason, of course, first. Jason can’t quite process what he’s saying, because his eyes are moving to Dick’s: and his pupils are dilated too as his eyes pose on (Y/N) for the very first time, fully. It’s like he drinks her in a gulp, and seems mesmerized, much to her embarrassment, which he covers up with a small chuckle, before offering up her hand.
           “Uh, (Y/N) (L/N). A pleasure.”
           “Pleasure’s mine”. He answers, naturally, a small “enchanting” (he would say flirty) quick wink before looking up Jason. “So this is it, huh? The one’s that’s been keeping you away from patrolling”
           “He can make his own decisions.” She sharply answers before Jason can even open her mouth. That did not get in well with her, which Dick seems to realize – panic is all over his face, as Jason starts to laugh and shortly after is followed by her. “Shit, Jason was right, you really are a Labrador.”
           There’s a second laugh and a scoff from two significantly younger “kids” as they go down the stairs. Dick chuckles, slightly embarrassed and shrugging. You recognize the smaller one, Damian, but you can’t quite make out the teenager one.
           “That was a good one. Pleasure’s mine, (Y/N) (L/N). Tim Drake.” Direct, doesn’t beat around the bush. He might be your favorite one for now.
           Presentations are made, and it’s only when Bruce himself appears that you start to feel it, taking air abruptly and gripping Jason’s arm tighter. A slight vibration on your crotch, soft and pleasuring enough to not be uncomfortable or unwelcomed. Perfect enough to build up something.
           “Jason, what the fuck-“. You mumble almost in his ear, before walking up to Bruce, offering your hand first, letting him talk, and welcome you in officially. You feel Jason’s smirk even when you can’t full see it. It irks you. Fuck, he has plan.
           You are guided in by Alfred to the dining area – classy, enormous, slightly warm because of the fire not very far from the table. Tim and Damian flock around you, asking you all type of various questions which seem to be “basic” ones – you try to keep concentrated even as Damian’s ones get harder and your mind flies somewhere else.
           Bruce is presiding the table, at the top of it, and then at his right there’s Damian, and at his left Dick. You’re put up next to week, in front of Jason, Tim left at the other side of the table, contrary to Bruce. The sitting makes you nervous, even when you are close to possibly the smoothest talker in the house. When you sit down you expect to hear some noise, but it seems muffled by your thighs tightly pressed against each other and knees. You’ve been giving it some thought, and you are now quite sure that it’s in your underwear. It didn’t quite had been as light as always, and Jason had been quite insistent on your lingerie choice, bra and knickers matching. But he had always been fond of your underwear matching sets, so you had not thought much about it. “Fucking devil”.
           “So, Gotham. Try to tell me about your life in a minute or so.”
           You keep, or try to keep, all of your attention on him, looking directly at his direction and smiling, softly, when you notice Jason giving some curt answers to Bruce. That’s new. But when you think you have it all controlled, the vibrations go up a notch and you have to take in air harshly again. You explain it’s a cold, your breathing suffering at times because of it. Dick smiles sweetly, understandingly enough, and says he has an excellent home remedy he will pass you on lately. You thank him, turning to your first dish, a soup.
           You fear you are going to leave a permanent mark on the Wayne Manor for the wrong reasons. It’s almost dessert time and you are slightly red, hiding as best as you can your pants with coughs and sneezes, but you are sure you’ve bended slightly the silver cutlery – the ministrations of your underwear are continuous now, pressing tightly against your crotch, and there’s an uncomfortable cold wet spot against your most sensitive part. You haven’t yet embarrassed yourself in a conversation with the Wayne’s, which seems an achievement by yourself, and you would dare say that Dick and you have the potential of harvesting a special friendship – of course, if Jealous Jason is not to get in between.
           After lunch, Bruce says he’s going for a drink, some coffee, and invites Jason and you both to stay – but there’s no way you can go through it, and he seems to know as well as his hand trails around the curve of your ass, his hand almost trailing down to the hem of your dress and slowly getting his hand up-
           “A pleasure, truly, we hope we can do this again! Bye everyone!”
           That must have been incredibly rude, as you gripped Jason tightly enough and got him out of the Manor. You walked, still gripping his arm with more force than before and letting out the first pants in all evening.
           “Are you fucking stupid in the head or-?”
           “Hottest thing we’ve ever done. Don’t deny it. You know I hate it when you lie to yourself”.
           For the ride back you are offered one of Bruce’s rides, someone else getting you home, but he seems as eager as you are, if the slight bulge in his pants is anything to go by… So Jason decide to steal one of Bruce’s car, a black modern one, which seems new if you are to guide yourself by the smell. You both laugh as teenagers as you get inside, quickly, and Jason rides away. Fucking God you want to ride him.
           You don’t make it home. The Manor is near the outskirts of the city, meaning there’s no one generally on the road save the occasional interview and the crew following it. He is a private person, and no one has business with him if there hasn’t been a previous appointment made. Thus, horny and hot you both kind of decide to fuck in the middle of the woods.
           “I don’t know if Bruce has cameras here or not but-“
           “Shut up, we are not getting naked, so-“
           “I love you so much”. He says, chuckling against your mouth as you get off your seat and climb onto the driver’s one, Jason’s lap, kissing him fiercely and passionately. There’s a certain desperation on it. “I wanted to know so badly how wet are you”
           “Dripping. So take yours out and I’ll if it up enough.”
           It’s quick, like teenagers fucking desperately in the middle of nowhere. Your hand goes into the glass of the window, trying to hold yourself up as his tip rubs on your entrance, slightly on your clit, making you press yourself tighter against him. He doesn’t play much as he gets in, your knees almost giving out and making you sit on his completely.
           “Fuck, fuck, fuck”. You curse, against his ear, your thighs paralyzed by the feeling. Full, agonizingly full and wet.
           “You are incredibly wet. You are going to get my pants ruined, baby.”
           “Like you care”
           “Like I care.” He laughs, conceding you the victory, as one of his fingers makes his way inside your dress to play with the little pearl inside, rubbing it teasingly and making your entire body boil.
           “Slowly, baby. Or else I’ll come too quick.”
           “Yeah, yeah”. He mutters, almost as if in trance as he continues playing, with a little more care.
           It’s desperate. There’s a small buildup until you feel like nothing he will do will ever be good enough.
           Then he starts ravishing you. His hands get on your back, almost as if trying to break your dress, the zipper; he grabs and slaps one of your buttocks, trying to leave a mark behind and succeeding in so with the thrusts he’s giving you which make you go wild. You mark him all over the naked skin you get – his neck, his shoulders; you open up his shirt and drag your nails in his chest as he gets deeper each time. Both of you have started to sweat, and you can feel it in your lips as he gets you closer and closer; he might be at its brink, you think, because he starts playing with your little pearl, giving it rubs and circles just as you’ve taught him multiple times. You beg him to stop, but he knows that’s not it – you always say no, but you mean yes, you’ve talked about boundaries, and he loves to open her up inside until she’s scratching and begging, too overwhelmed with his kisses and love ministrations. Because that’s what it is, what it has always been: making love.
           Your orgasm hits you first, squeezing him impossibly so: he has to make his own way, with a little more of force, pushing you to the driving wheel almost, just so that he can give his finals pumps. He cums inside, filling you and making you screech, oversensitive. Your fingers search for his back, his neck, which always makes you feel safe and sound. He grabs you back, by your waist, his head on your chin, kissing your neck lovingly enough to make you melt.
           “I hate your little games.”
           “You love them. Next time, what about-“
           “No!”
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Presenting ~The Damian Wayne Guide to Surviving Grayson Hugs ~
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Jason, Not Him
Pairing: Jason Todd/Reader
Genre: Smut
Word Count: 5758
Ao3
Summary:  Jason feels like his older brother Dick wants his girlfriend. Too bad. Dick can't have you. You're Jason's and he's going to make sure Dick understands that.
A/N: Hey guys! Taking a break from Red Who and decided to write this short smut up instead. This has tags for voyeurism, semi public sex and Jason being all possessive. 
Masterlist
Dick got everything he wanted.
He was the golden boy, the first Robin, the responsible one, the leader.
Jason? Jason was the Universe’s bitch.
It wasn't hard to love dick. Dick had girls swooning over him ever since he was a kid. Now that he's all grown up, of course even more women would flock to him.
Dick also had a face that you knew you could trust. He was sensitive, friendly, warm, and open with his feelings.
Jason was the complete opposite. It wasn't that he wasn't a looker, but you'd need to have a specific type to like someone like Jason. People would fall in love with Dick the minute they saw him, but for Jason’s case, they'd need to see him every day to really appreciate his subtle good looks.
Jason wasn't as friendly and warm as Dick, too. Neither was he open with his feelings like Dick was.
But did Jason hate Dick? No. On the contrary, Jason loved him. He was Jason’s older brother after all, and Jason respected him. He was skilled, he worked hard. Jason had no problem admitting all of that.
And you know what? Jason never tried to overshadow his older brother. Jason never tried to get Bruce to love him more, to get people to tell him he was the better Robin, to steal his girlfriends, to snatch his best friends.
Was there a sense of jealousy that he felt? Yes, from time to time. Who wouldn’t be occasionally jealous of their perfect older brother?
But Jason would never act out on it. If Dick wanted something, he wouldn't fight him on it.
But you? Jason would fight Dick to the death if it meant that he got to keep you.
You were the only thing that Jason truly wanted, loved, appreciated. You were what pulled him from whatever dark place he was in and guided him to be the happy and content man he was today.
Dick couldn't have you.
But oh, did he want to.
Jason knew that Dick was the flirtatious type- even with men. Dick never realised how much he had an effect on people. But the way Dick tries so hard to make you laugh, to comfort you, to be kind to you. Jason didn't like it.
He knew that the way Dick looked at you was not the way he looked at anyone else.
Dick looked at you with a sense of intense longing, an emotion that Jason knew all too well.
He looked at you the way a pained ex-boyfriend would look at their loved one with somebody else. The sad smile, the big round eyes, the slump of his back that said he was emotionally exhausted from loving you too much.
Jason didn't get it.
Dick could have anyone else, and he had everything going for him. Why does he need to want you?
Jason was the one who grew up with you, not him. Jason was the one who accompanied you when both his and your parents were high as kites, not him. Jason was the one that continued to be your best friend after Bruce took you in, not him. Jason was the one that convinced Bruce to train you as well, not him. Jason was the one who seeked you out and comforted you after he came back from the dead, not him. Jason was the one who fell in love with you from way back then, when you were both in Crime Alley, not him.
You starved together, picked pockets together, survived together.
Dick didn't understand what the two of you have been through. It was the only thing about his brother that he hated. If it was anyone else but you, he wouldn't have felt the need to spite Dick so much.
But it was you, after all, so Jason needed to make sure Dick knew that he wasn't about to let you go so easily.
*** Ding dong.
Jason made eye contact with Dick, who looked up at him over the kitchen counter, wide eyed.
“I’ll get it,” he said.
“No, I’ll get it,” Jason replied.
Jason narrowed his eyes at Dick, as Dick’s own became increasingly wider. They stared at each other for a moment, like a cowboy stand off, waiting for the other to make the first move.
Dick suddenly scrambled over in the direction of the main door, and Jason hurried after him.
“I said I don’t mind getting it, Jason!” Dick yelled over his shoulder, running through the dining room.
“No, please, let me!” Jason chased after him.
Both of them zoomed past Alfred, who was setting the dining table, shouting, “Really!”
The two of them approached the large, wooden, grand door of the manor, reaching out for the handle at the same time, and pulled it open to reveal you, slightly shocked and staring weirdly at the two panting men in front of you.
“Hey, babe,” Jason breathed, and swooped in for a peck on your lips.
“Hey, Jay,” you greeted back, “Hi, Dick.”
Dick just winked at you, leaning against the door frame, making you giggle slightly.
“Come in,” Jason suddenly scowled, moving out of the doorway for you.
Jason noticed that you had raised an eyebrow at his sudden shift in attitude, and he immediately gave you back an apologetic smile.
He saw you take a deep breath and smiled, “Dinner smells amazing. Where’s everyone?”
“They’re all helping out in the kitchen, but I think you can go straight to the dining room. Everything’s just about done,” Dick answered before Jason could open his mouth.
He gave Dick a glare.
“Okay, then,” you beamed at Dick, heading straight towards the dining room.
Jason didn’t have to show you around, because the manor was almost as much your home as it was his. You have been coming over ever since he was adopted. You trained alongside him under Batman after a year he was Robin, since he told you and you wanted to be included too.
But mostly because Jason felt bad if he were to abandon you to live on the streets, unprotected, when he was eating three hot meals a day served by a butler. Jason always felt like he needed to take care of you. But he wouldn’t be able to protect you from the people on the streets if he was busy with Batman. So he talked to Bruce and demanded that he trained you as well.
You proved to Bruce that you had what it takes. You were very smart, and strategic, and Bruce saw that you had a lot of potential. Although, it took longer for Bruce to train you, since you didn’t have basic fighting skills like Jason did.
That’s because it was always Jason that protected you in the streets.
When Jason had died, you were still under training.
When he returned, you were a well trained, extremely skilled, and brutal vigilante.
The manor was your second home. Jason made sure of that.
So why were you beaming at Dick like he was the one who was with you all those years?
“Hey,” you suddenly appeared close to Jason, making him jump at your sudden touch, knocking him back to reality. “You okay?”
“Of course, sweetheart,” he forced a smile, “You hungry?”
“Starving,” you groaned, “I love it when you all get together and cook.”
“I know, princess, that’s why I invited you over,” he grinned.
“That’s bullshit, Todd,” Damian entered the dining room from behind you, “Father said that she’s part of the family, so she has to be here for anything and everything anyway. It’s got nothing to do with you.”
“Why hello to you too, Dames,” you smiled at the youngest Wayne. Jason knew you were extremely touched by what he had said, but knowing you, you didn’t show it. You were similar to Jason in that aspect. “Want to give me a hug?”
“I’m fourteen, not five,” he huffed, pulling out a chair from the long and polished mahogany dining table that was set with fine china and silver cutlery. Jason saw Damian blush slightly.
And apparently, so did you, because you whispered to Jason, “I think he has a crush on me.”
“Yeah, him and the whole damn world apparently,” he grumbled to himself.
“What?”
“Nothing. Here-” Jason pulled out a chair for you.
Before you could sit down, Bruce walked in. You politely greeted him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, like you would your father.
If Jason was being completely honest with himself, he couldn’t blame Dick or Damian, or anyone really, for falling in love with you. Jason knew you best after all, and he knew you were irresistible.
He loved your smile, your pretty face, your sexy body. He loved the way you laughed out loud at a lame pun or cried over sappy chick flicks. He loved that although you were kind, you were still suspicious of others until they proved themselves to you. Growing up on the streets did that to a person.
And he knew that everyone else saw you as this brutal, tough vigilante who doesn’t hesitate to fuck shit up- but Jason? Jason couldn’t help but remember you as this skinny, hungry girl with the red nose who would come running to his apartment window from the fire escape stairs whenever your parents fought.
He knew you best, and because of that, he felt like no one else deserved to be with you.
Least of all Dick Grayson- who never knew what it was like to hate the world.
Dinner was casual, as usual. Having you around made it feel like it was complete.
But Jason noticed that Dick kept on giving you glances from across the table, offering you gravy, passing you the butter, trying hard to make you laugh with his stupid fucking puns.
The stupid puns you found so funny.
Now you were talking to Dick, about some show. So Jason put his hand on your thigh. You jumped slightly, cutting off what you were going to say.
Dick narrowed his eyes at Jason.
“-uhm, yeah, I think you’d like it,” you continued, face suddenly going red.
“Well, I always watch whatever you recommend, you know that,” Dick smoothly flattered you.
“Speaking of shows, I brought some DVDs for us to watch later if you guys want to..?” you glanced at everyone.
“Ah, sorry. I have to finish up some blueprints,” Tim apologized, “I really would have loved to, though.”
“That’s okay,” you waved a hand in dismissal. You understood very well how Tim was occupied with work.
“I have a history paper to finish,” Damian groaned, “Unless-”
“No,” Bruce scolded his son, “Unless you want to sacrifice patrol night.”
“No,” Damian slumped in his seat.
“And you, Bruce? Or do you have Batman stuff?” you asked.
“Unfortunately, yes,” he said, “Sorry.”
“Well, I know Jay has nothing to do. How about you, Dick?” you looked at him hopefully.
Jason made a point to stare at Dick, giving him an intense “Don’t you dare” look.
Dick blinked once at Jason, and then turned to you and said, “I’d love to!”
“Yay!” you clapped your hands, “Just the three of us then. You guys would love it, it recently just won-”
Jason didn’t hear what awards your movie won, or how many times it was nominated- he was too busy stopping himself from punching his older brother in the face.
So there Jason was on one end of the sofa, and Dick on the opposite end. You were sandwiched in between them.
The movie was on, the room was dark, and you were concentrating intently despite it not being the first time you were watching it.
But you were the only one watching the movie, because Dick was stealing glances at you, and Jason was just glaring at him, practically daring him to make a move on you.
Jason did feel bad for not paying attention, though, since you were so excited. He made a mental note to watch it later.
Jason just couldn’t take it. Dick wasn’t even hiding the fact that he liked you. He needed to do something about his brother’s intentions.
“Hey, princess, you cold?” Jason whispered in your ear, stretching his arm behind your head to rest on the back of the sofa.
“A little, but it’s okay,” you whispered back, not taking your eyes off the screen.
“Then come closer,” he replied, pulling your waist with his other arm, to bring you closer to him. He saw you blushing slightly, letting out a small giggle.
He pulled the blanket that was hanging folded on the sofa arm and threw it over the two of you. He felt you cuddle up to him, more comfortable now there was a barrier to block Dick’s view of the two of you.
Jason waited patiently for about five minutes before he proceeded with his plan.
He leaned over to you and started nibbling on your earlobe, kissing your neck, sucking, licking, pulling, biting. All the while letting his hand on your waist rub up and down underneath the blanket.
“Jason!” you hissed at him, “We have company.”
“It’s just Dick,” he whined, “Dick doesn’t mind. Do you, Dick?”
Jason looked up at him. Dick stared, his jaw clenched.
“Whatever,” he managed to grit and then turned back to the screen.
“See, babe? It’s all good,” Jason continued his oral assault on your neck.
“I don’t know. Maybe we should go- oh,” you were suddenly cut off by the surprise you felt when Jason slipped his hand from your waist to underneath your skirt, brushing on your panty covered clit.
Jason didn’t hesitate to start rubbing, feeling your panties getting wetter and wetter by the second. He himself was getting hard.
Jason knew you had a little kink for voyeurism that you didn’t want to admit. He knew your search history, and he knew that you loved it when he watched you touch yourself.
He went a step further and pulled aside your panties, rubbing his finger up and down your wet folds. He smirked when he felt you part your legs.
Jason rested his chin on top of your head so he could look at his older brother, who obviously knew what was going on.
Dick was looking straight at the screen, but his hands were in fists on his lap, and his jaw clenching and unclenching. Jason slipped a finger inside your dripping, tight, and warm hole, eliciting a small moan from you.
Dick’s head snapped to the two of you with that sound.
Jason continued to pump his finger in and out of you, curling up at your sweet spot. Fuck, he was hard. And it wasn’t only because he had his fingers inside of you.
It was that he was finger fucking you in front of Dick, claiming you, making him watch him do things to you that Dick never would be able to.
He loved seeing his brother livid as he fucked your pussy with his now two fingers.
You were oblivious to the exchange. You were still pretending to watch the movie, even though your pants were loud and your moans were hardly subtle. Even though the sound of your wet pussy could be heard.
Jason felt your walls grow tighter and tighter, knowing you were about to cum, so he sped up, not giving a fuck that the violent movement of his arm was slowly slipping the blanket off.
You gasped, and then clamped your mouth with your hand, your eyes tight shut.
He watched Dick watch you cum, smirking to himself.
And then Dick left.
Jason was slowly pumping you, bringing you down. Once you were grounded, Jason took out his fingers, and then licked them, savouring your sweet taste.
“Oh my god,” you whispered frantically, “Oh my god, do you think he noticed?”
“No, you were good at hiding,” Jason lied, winking at you, “He just forgot he promised to help Bruce with something.”
“Did he actually say that?” you looked at him, worry in your eyes.
“Yeah, didn’t you hear?” Jason cocked an eyebrow.
He felt bad lying to you. But he had to. He had to man up and show Dick who you belonged to.
“No, I didn’t,” you realised, “Wow. That was- wow.”
Jason kissed you on the temple, “You enjoyed that, babe?”
“Yeah,” you giggled, “I didn’t think having someone there that might catch you would make it so exciting.”
“Knew you were a voyeur,” he pinched your cheeks.
“Shut up!” you groaned, embarrassed, “Hey! Were you even watching the movie?”
“No,” Jason admitted guiltily, “But I promise you that I’m going to watch it soon, okay?”
You narrowed your eyes at him.
“I promise!” Jason insisted, “I couldn’t help it. I missed you.”
“We just saw each other last night during patrol,” you rolled your eyes.
“Yeah, but I didn’t get to touch you, baby girl,” he told you, “I’ve been thinking about you a lot these past few days. I miss making you scream my name.”
You blushed.
“Hey, can I ask you something?” Jason started.
“What?”
“What do you think of Dick?” he cringed internally, mentally slapping himself for sounding so desperately insecure.
“Dick?” you repeated in surprise, “He’s great. I mean, he was there for me when you weren’t… alive. Tim, too.”
“Yeah, no, I meant like,” Jason hesitated, “Looks wise?”
“Jason, are you asking me if I find your brother hot?” you started to break into a cheeky grin.
“So what if I am?” Jason huffed defensively.
“I think he’s a good looking guy,” you said truthfully, entertained by your boyfriend’s sudden question, “But so is Tim. And Damian. And you. It’s like Bruce adopted all of you solely based on looks. Except Damian, of course. Bruce has himself to be proud of.”
“So you think Dick’s good looking, then?” Jason grumbled, ignoring everything else you just said, “Of course you do.”
“Jason,” you sighed, “Yes, I think Dick’s good looking, but only a blind person wouldn’t think that. Look. I didn’t fall in love with you because of your looks- although that played a major factor too. You wanna know how I fell in love with you?”
Jason just pouted at you.
“Because of this,” you poked a finger at Jason’s forehead, near his temple and slightly into his hairline, “It’s not there anymore because of the Pit, but you used to have a small scar there. You got it because some asshole in the alley cut you with a blade. You were defending me. He was going to hurt me.”
Jason now looked at you, softening his expression. Yes, he remembered that. If he hadn’t jumped in front of you in time and blocked the strike, the man would have slashed your neck.
“And this,” you bunched up his shirt, revealing his chest.
“You like my bod a lot, huh, princess?” he smirked.
“Yes, but that’s not the point,” you rolled your eyes, “Here, here, and here.”
You poked three of his ribs.
“You cracked your ribs in three places because you got beaten up trying to pickpocket some brute. We weren’t starving that night, but I told you that I wanted to have a milkshake,” you softly smiled at the memory, “So you went and tried to get some money for me.”
Jason remembered that all too well. The two of you couldn’t have been older than ten. You had a sad look in your eyes when you said that you never tried the famous strawberry milkshake at Jackie’s diner. Jason never tried it too, but his heart broke when he saw you look like that.
Jason never told you, but after he came back from the hospital, his dad had beat him again while he was still injured because he got into trouble.
“That’s my point, Jason,” you explained, “I didn’t fall in love over some shallow thing like your good looks or sexy body. That’s not love. I fell in love with you every single time you had a new scar or cast on you- any stupid injury you got because you were trying to look out for me.”
Jason looked at you and took everything in. Your eyes were wide and watery, conveying every single emotion that he needed to hear from you.
“So get over Dick, okay?” you comforted him.
“Yeah, okay,” he nodded and gave you a warm kiss.
He never doubted your love for him. Nor your attraction. Even if he did, it was all gone now. But the problem still remained. Dick was still looking at you, Dick was still wanting you. And Jason still needed to show Dick who you belonged to.
***
Jason fucking hated Gotham.
The high crime rates only showed how many scum of the Earth lived there- and the stats were definitely lower than reality.
Reality is that the big crime bosses were wealthy families with old inheritance, passed down from generation to generation. Their families were the ones who built Gotham up- not unlike the Waynes themselves.
The stats never mentioned the rich. They were safe in their own mansions and yachts. No, it was people like Jason that received the bad end of their organized crime. They were the ones who hired the petty criminals to do their dirty work. And violence just bred more violence.
And what happened to the ones who couldn’t defend themselves in midst of all that chaos?
Jason happened. You happened. Two starving children with shitbag parents trying to make it day by day, exchanging what little they could afford with each other in dark alleys similar to the one Jason was overlooking from the roof then.
Jason glared down at the empty alleyway, and then turned to grapple to another, higher rooftop.
There, he strutted to the edge of the roof, leaning on a raised cement ledge that was as tall as his hips, overlooking the zooming traffic on the street below.
It was sort of peaceful, Gotham at night. Despite the increase in criminal activity, he hated to admit that he thought the city was almost beautiful when the sun goes down.
He glanced at the building on the other side of the street. He saw a movement there. Through his helmet, he zoomed in his lenses like a pair of binoculars, and saw Nightwing.
“Hey,” a voice came from behind him all of a sudden which made him jump slightly.
He turned and saw you strutting towards him in your tight, black vigilante suit, wearing a black domino mask with white lenses to protect your identity. The suit stuck to your skin at your arms, legs, and ass. Your abdomen was protected by kevlar that was sewed fashionably well onto your suit, still accentuating your breasts and the curve of your waist.
Jason loved your suit.
He glanced back at the building across the street, and seeing Nightwing was still there, cocking his head to one side and looking at the both of you curiously.
An idea popped into Jason’s head.
He rushed to you, taking off his helmet in the process. He still wore a domino mask similar to yours underneath, with special white lenses as well.
“What are you up t- mmpf,” you couldn’t finish your sentence because Jason had grabbed your face with both his hands and attacked your lips with his.
While he was prodding his tongue at your mouth, he swiftly pressed a button on the earpiece in his ear, tuning him into Nightwing’s frequency, so he could hear everything that was happening.
“Woah, Jay,” you flushed, “What’s gotten into you? Not that I’m complaining.”
“Take off your mask, I want to see your eyes,” he panted at you, ripping off the mask from your face. The real reason was that he didn’t want you to see Dick from across the street. Dick was invisible to the naked eye from that distance and dim lighting.
“Babe,” he groaned, and kissed you again, pulling your hips into his own and grinding his now half hard cock on your stomach. “Baby girl, I need you.”
“Now?” your voice rose a pitch , “Here?”
“Why not?” he grinned, “It’s not like anyone’s here. Besides, you like it a little bit public, don’t you?”
You turned a shade red when he mentioned that.
“So you up for it?” he asked you.
You looked him in the eyes for a few moments, and then gave him a tiny, shy nod.
The moment you agreed, he lifted you up in a fireman’s carry, and walked over to the edge of the roof, facing Dick, who was still watching the two of you from that distance.
Before setting you down on the ledge, he gave your latex covered ass a slap, drawing out a moan from you.
“This ass is mine,” he spoke out loud, giving you another spank. He was addressing Dick, who was now standing up erect, hands curled into fists.
“Jason,” he heard Dick’s voice in his earpiece, “Stop.”
He ignored Dick and set you to sit down on the ledge, facing him. He gave you another searing kiss, relishing the taste of you while looking for the hidden zipper at the front of your suit. He zipped your front down and down, all the way to your belly button.
“Fuck,” he gasped, “Don’t you wear a bra out on patrols?”
He grabbed a fist full of your right breast and squeezed.
“The kevlar breastplate is enough support,” you explained, “I don’t need to wear a- ah!”
Jason had attacked your nipple with his mouth, sucking and nibbling on it while his hand massaged your other breast.
“Your tits are so fucking amazing,” he choked, “I always can’t get enough of them.”
He then licked your skin from the valley of your breasts all the way up to your neck.
“And the taste of your sweat is intoxicating,” he exhales.
“You’re being descriptive tonight,” you giggled.
Jason stood up straight and said with a sudden serious expression on his face, “I just want you to know everything I see, smell, taste, feel, and hear. I want you to know what you fucking do to me. I want you to know how I fucking worship you.”
“Well, when you put it that way,” your breath hitched at his words, and you pulled him in for another kiss, “Fuck me, Jason. Please.”
“Fuck,” he growled, “Get out of that suit and bend over. Put your hands on the ledge. I want Gotham to see your tits.”
“What the fuck, Jason,” Dick’s voice appeared in his ear again.
While you were busy taking off your suit, Jason glanced again at the building and zoomed in to Dick’s face. Jason could see his jaw clenching and unclenching, the fury in his scowl.
Yet, Dick still didn’t look away.
You were naked now, and you bent over, showing your ass to Jason, and unknowingly revealing your tits to Dick. Jason unzipped his pants and took his hard, leaking cock out, already extremely sensitive to the touch.
He lined the tip to your entrance, teasing you a bit and rubbing your leaking juices all over his cock. You moaned again softly.
Jason looked at Dick, and gave him a shit eating grin, and then plunged himself into your wet tight hole. The both of you groaned at the feeling.
“Fuck,” you bit your lips.
“Don’t hold back, princess,” Jason breathed, “I want you to be as loud as you can. I want to hear you scream my name.”
“Fuck!” you moaned louder when Jason slipped his cock out and then thrusted in again, bottoming out.
“That’s a good girl,” he praised you, “That’s my good girl.”
You whimpered.
“Are you ready, baby?” Jason asked you, not needing to clarify. You knew how he fucked. And you were always ready for it.
“Yes, Jason, please!” you cried.
Jason put both his hands on your hips, and then started pummeling into you like a fuck machine.
You gripped the ledge tight, and started screaming in pleasure.
“Fuck, your pussy always feels so good,” he panted while drilling into you.
Jason could imagine Dick’s view. He’s fucked you doggystyle in front of the mirror before. He knew how your tits would look like as he fucked you from behind- and it was a damn amazing view.
The adrenaline and ecstasy that Jason felt made him almost forget about everything.
“She’s fucking mine,” he accidentally roared before realising his mistake.
“I’m yours, Jason,” he heard you sob, apparently oblivious to his slip.
It made Jason bolder.
He stopped fucking you and you took out his cock from your pussy with a pop, making you whine in protest.
“Put your feet on the ledge, baby,” he ordered, “Squat on the ledge. I want to show off your cunt.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t let you fall,” he added when you looked back at him in worry.
He lifted you on the raised ledge, and snaked his arms around your waist, balancing you while you spread your legs in a squat.
Jason silently thanked his genes for making him tall enough to be able to fuck you in that position. He pushed in his cock and groaned into the crook of your neck, and then started to thrust up into you.
He let one hand down to your pussy and started circling your swollen nub with his finger while he continued to drill you.
“Fuck!” you screamed, “Jason! Fuck that feels amazing, don’t stop!”
“Whose pussy is this, baby?” he gave you a light slap on your clitoris, making you automatically clench on his cock even tighter, feeling the waves of electrical pleasure spark through his body.
“Yours, Jason, this pussy is yours,” you sobbed, completely giving into him.
“That’s right. This. Pussy. Is. Mine,” he slapped your cunt with every word.
“You’ve made your point, Jason,” he heard Dick grit in his ear. He chuckled into your neck at his victory. Jason knew that voice. It was the sound of his older brother breaking.
“Jason, please,” you begged, “I need to cum, please.”
“Okay, sweetheart, cum with me,” Jason started to thrust faster into you and rubbing your clitoris faster and faster. He felt you tighten around him, eliciting a long groan from him. The walls of your cunt was massaging and squeezing his shaft, his head was pushing against that spot he knew you made you go wild.
“Jason! Fuck, Jason! Jay! Fuck!” your screams and cries and sobs turned silent, and he felt your pussy flutter on his cock.
At the same time, Jason felt his peak approaching, heat spreading from his toes and black spots started to cloud his vision when he finally regained the sense to take his cock out and spill his cum all over your back in pulses.
You immediately fell back onto him from the ledge, legs weak. He caught you in his arms and chuckled into the hair on the top of you head, giving you a kiss there.
He pushed the button in his ear to disconnect the frequency with Dick. He made his point already.
Feeling suddenly exposed, you hurriedly put your suit back on and leaned into Jason’s chest in an embrace.
“That was amazing, baby girl,” Jason sighed, “Thank you.”
“Yeah, that was pretty awesome,” you grinned, “So where is he?”
Jason froze.
“What?”
“Dick, where’s Dick? Wasn’t this all for him?” you raised an eyebrow.
“You knew?” Jason gaped.
“Of course I knew, I’m not stupid,” you rolled your eyes.
“I’m sorry,” Jason sputtered, “I shouldn’t have- I just wanted to- fuck, baby, I’m so-”
“Shh,” you held a finger to his lips, “I know you. You couldn’t just ask me to do this, what with your emotional constipation. I’m the same, remember?”
“Still,” he let out a breath, “I should have asked.”
“It’s okay,” you smiled sweetly at him, “You didn’t want to seem insecure. I get that. That’s why we’re together.”
Jason pursed his lips in worry, thinking how on Earth did he deserve such an amazing human being like you.
“Now where is he-” you put on your mask and started looking around, “Ah, there he- oh.”
You suddenly turned your head back, blushing furiously.
“Wha?” Jason looked over and zoomed to the building where he saw Dick leaning on the roof door to the stairwell of the building, his cock in his fists, furiously jerking himself off in obvious anger.
“I can’t blame him,” Jason chuckled, “We gave him quite a show.”
He saw that you were still blushing, your eyes wide.
“Babe,” he started slowly, tilting your chin up to look him in the eye, “Do you like the fact that my brother is jerking off to us fucking?”
“What? No- no, of course- no, he’s your-” you stuttered.
“Hey, it’s okay,” Jason coaxed you, “Come on, I know you like it when I watch you. I know you just like being watched. That’s okay.”
“Really?” you anxiously asked.
“Yeah, I mean, it’s Dick. As much as I hate him for wanting you, I trust him not to do anything. That’s why I was fine with showing you off to him. I just needed to claim my territory,” he gave you a wicked grin.
“I guess,” you said, unsure.
“You’re okay with me doing that just now? You’re not mad?” Jason asked again.
“No, I’m not. Like I said, I enjoyed it. I just- I just feel bad for enjoying it, you know?” you bit your lip.
Jason pulled you into another embrace, breathing in your scent.
“Don’t be. It’s who you are. And you know what? I like showing you off. You’re someone everyone wants but can’t have, because you’re mine,” Jason told you, “But only to Dick, though. I’m not sure if I want a stranger seeing you naked.”
“I wouldn’t want that too,” you agreed, “It’s fine because it’s Dick. I feel bad for him, though.”
“He deserves it,” Jason grit.
“He can’t help his feelings, Jason,” you frowned at him.
“I know, I know,” Jason sighed, “But I couldn’t help but claim you, as well.”
You smiled at him endearingly, the smile Jason loved so much.
“Don’t worry about it, Jay,” you pecked him on the lips, “It’s us against the world, remember? You and me. Always have been, always will.”
“Yeah,” Jason kissed you back, “Just you and me.”
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unavenged-robin · 7 years
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Characters: Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Missing Moments, Fluff, Brotherly Bonding, Hugs, Grief/Mourning
Moiety (n) one of two equal parts.
Or the first time that Dick hugs Damian and the first time Damian hugs Dick.
The first time he hugs Damian is at Bruce’s funeral.
The child is standing in front of his father’s coffin, back as straight as a needle, dry eyes furiously looking in front of him, a solemn and very collected expression on his young face. But Dick looks down at his hands, hidden in the pockets of the expensive suit Alfred had ordered for him, and he knows right away that there are fists in there.
So he walks towards him and puts a hand on his shoulder. He truly expects the little demon to glare at him and just swat it away, and he wouldn’t care either, because all Dick wants right now is to show him that there is still a family here for him if Damian wants it - and even if he doesn’t want it.
Predictably enough, Damian freezes under his touch. Unexpectedly enough, he doesn’t avert it. On the contrary, as soon as he recognizes him, he actually leans into it. Leans into Dick completely, as it is, his left shoulder against Dick’s side, his head in the crook of Dick’s elbow.
Damian is a weird child. Problematic it’s the kindest word one could use, but there are so many others adjectives coming to mind when one’s forced to deal with this spoiled, arrogant, little brat, that it’s easy to forget that he’s a child nevertheless. Even for Dick, who really should know better.
He remembers himself in the same position, oh so many years ago. Standing in front of his parents’ coffins, dozens of people ruffling his hair, giving him sympathetic smiles and heartfelt condolences, and Bruce’s hand on his shoulder was a foreign touch, but also the only thing that felt real. And coming to think about it, it mustn’t have been very different for Bruce himself, a lot more years before, with Alfred beside him and Thomas and Martha Wayne’s gravestones in front of them. A neverending circle of unwilling orphans and even more unwilling fathers, that’s what they are. Dick almost snorts at the thought, even if it doesn’t amuse him in the slightest. Makes him feel sad, actually, and inappropriate.
But the point is, he understands it, he really does. The void. The emptiness. Damian never had a normal family or even normal family values, but losing a parent is the kind of pain that speaks an universal language and transcends education and training. It’s not just the loss of love, Dick’s learned, it’s also the loss of direction, the loss of someone able to take your hand and guide you through tomorrow and all the days after that, someone that was supposed by natural laws to just be there for so much longer.
So Dick squeezes Damian’s shoulder a little harder, tugs the child a little closer to him until he’s practically hugging him, and he’s infinitely grateful - and even a little proud - for Damian’s lack of protests. Because that means that under all his arrogant displays of strength and deadly skills Damian is still a child willing to be held and guided towards something better, and that’s something Dick can do. Not for Batman or for Gotham or even for the greater good, but for Bruce, and only for him.
Because he doesn’t know if he can promise him to honor the cape and the cowl - he doesn’t know if he wants to make that promise at all - but taking care of Damian, raising him like Bruce had raised Dick, well, this he can promise.
And maybe, just maybe, he thinks, feeling the brush of Damian’s spiky hair against his chest, he’s even going to survive the experience in one piece.
*
The first time Damian hugs him is after the Pyg case.
They’re back home after one of the longest night Dick cares to remember, they’re both very satisfied and very tired of it, and Damian’s carrying his costume with one hand and the R’s patch with the other into the kitchen, for Alfred to sew them back together. Dick feels good for the first time in months. Feels victorious even.
Dawn breaks in through the large windows and finds them sitting on the couch, barefooted and hair still wet from a long, well deserved shower, sipping hot chocolate from matching mugs. It’s quiet, and it’s comfortable, and it’s familiar, and it only needs fourteen hours or so of sleep to become a really good day.
But Damian seems preoccupied, Dick notices. He keeps his head lowered and he’s still fiddling with the little patch of black and yellow in his hand, and it doesn’t take the world’s greatest detective to understand the direction his thought are wandering around.
“Something on your mind, kiddo?”, Dick asks gently, knowing that there are a lot of conversations Damian’s more than able to handle on his own, but also that this one in particular is probably a bit out of his comfort zone.
Damian nods at him, but he doesn’t stop twisting the patch between his fingers and he doesn’t look up at him when he speaks.
“I may have been too hasty in my assessment of your mentoring abilities earlier tonight”, the kid says. And it’s not a I’m sorry for the way I acted today, and even less a thank you for saving my life, but those are both things Dick never expected to hear from him. To be honest, he didn’t expect to hear this either.
He resists the urge to stand up from the couch and go kneel in front of the kid, as he’s learned first hand that Damian considers it a very patronizing thing to do and would react accordingly no matter how good the sentiment behind it. Instead he just scoots closer to him and wraps an arm around his shoulders.
“It’s alright, Damian”, he answers, one hand already petting the child’s hair. Damian reluctantly relaxes under his touch, his head lolls against Dick’s shoulder and this too feels like a victory tonight (or today, by now).
“It is not alright, Grayson, and you know it”, Damian reproaches him anyway. And then, as an afterthought, he adds. “You didn’t have to come after me.”
Dick doesn’t know if he wants to sigh or to smile at that, but mostly he doesn’t know which one of these two reactions he should show to Damian. A sigh could be interpreted as exasperation, a smile as mocking, and he’s honestly too tired for another discussion. So he compromises with himself, sighs only mentally and hides a smile between Damian’s hair when he bends forward to press a brief kiss on the top of his head.
“You are my partner, remember?”, he asks then, because he knows that Damian accepting him as a mentor, and even him accepting a little cuddling from Dick, doesn’t mean that the kid considers him family yet, or that he understands the natural obligations and responsibilities Dick feels towards him. Which is okay, because that’s just another thing Dick’s going to teach him, through as many fights and shouting matches as are needed.
Again, Damian only answer is a nod, and then a yawn. Dick takes it as a cue to permanently end this entire Pyg affair and he promptly stands up from the couch, stealing the Robin patch from Damian’s sleepy fingers in the process.
“Good. Let’s go to sleep then. I honestly can’t feel my brain anymore”, he jokes, hoping to bait Damian into a quick banter, and fully expecting him to reply with something along the line of that’s probably because you never had a brain to start with, Grayson.
Instead Damian just stands up and tilts his head back to gingerly eye him for a moment. Then he suddenly moves towards him and wraps his arms around his waist, burying his face into his stomach. It’s all so fast that Dick has barely the time to register his movement and recover from the unexpectedness of it just enough to quickly hug him back, before Damian steps away from him again.
“Goodnight, Grayson”, he says without looking at him, before making a straight beeline for his bedroom.
And if his face was a bit redder than usual, or if he looked cutely embarrassed by such a childish and spontaneous gesture of affection, well, Dick’s definitely not going to mention it to anyone. (Except maybe Alfred, because he’s going to smile so fondly at that, and Dick can’t deny Alfred a smile on his life.) (Oh, and probably Tim too, just to prove him that Damian can be a nice kid when he wants to, it’s just not Dick’s fault if Damian never wants to be nice with Tim.)
I’m rereading Batman Reborn and oh boy, the feels. Also there is this beautiful panel in Grayson #12, when finally Dick and Damian meet again and one of their memories together is them standing in front of Bruce’s coffin, Dick’s arm around Damian’s shoulders, and I just. So. Many. Feels. On another note, I’m in dire need of writing, and since these people are currently the only ones to make me less dead inside, if you have prompts for me I’ll be very happy to take them and cuddle them at the best of my abilities.
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ao3feed-brucewayne · 8 months
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{Podfic} Hey how ya doin'? Well I'm doing just fine I lied I'm dying inside
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/FndPuce by MysticMalady, TheBestTinyDragon As someone once said, the only things that are certain in life are Death and Taxes. Tim was too young to pay taxes, and should have been too young to worry about death. Unfortunately, life had other plans. Tim was eight the first time he met Death. (Well, technically he was six, but he never counted that night at the circus, since he wasn’t the one who died. Not yet, anyways.) He was eight the first time he died, twelve when he became Gotham’s chosen Robin, thirteen when he made the best friends of his existence, and sixteen when he was finally adopted. And somewhere in there, things started to go… a little sideways. ~PODFIC~ Words: 21, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 4 of A Fundamental's Guide to Being Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Gen Characters: Tim Drake, Bart Allen, Cassie Sandsmark, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Death - Character, Gotham City Relationships: Tim Drake & Death, Tim Drake & Gotham, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake, Core Four - Relationship, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson Additional Tags: Tim Drake-centric, Tim Drake has the survival instincts of a wet paper bag, Found Family, Bruce Wayne's C- Parenting, Bruce Wayne's F- communication skills, (He gets upgraded to D+ by the end), Core Four Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst, the authors disagree on whether this is a happy ending vs bittersweet, Tiny looking at Jason: This bad boy can fit so many moral crises, Everyone Is In Denial, everyone is bad at feelings, characters make several mistakes, and no one is winning, Tim Drake Needs a Hug, (He gets several. It only helps a little), Bad Parents Jack and Janet Drake, complicated family relationships, Mentions of pit madness, Unreliable Narrator, UPDATE: the authors have settled this misunderstanding and will not be taking questions at this time, Podfic, Podfic & Podficced Works, Podfic Length: 45-60 Minutes read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/FndPuce
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