dick visiting the manor and finding jason smoking. jay expecting dick to be angry at him, or disappointed, after discovering his addiction. but dick just gently sits next to him.
it looks so considerate and welcoming. he doesn't know why it feels so vulnerable, but dick's eyes are so kind, and this kindness is directed at him.. it makes him want to open up.
so jay tells him about how cigarettes helped him go through gotham's winters and the hunger while homeless,
and the stress,
and the grief,
and the loneliness..
how he did tried to quit after bruce took him in, but he just– couldn't.
so dick offers to help. he propose a deal to jason: if he ever feels the urge to smoke, jason could just. kiss him, on the cheek.
it's dumb. it's such a stupid idea. but jason heart is beating so fast and he's sure his face is completely red.
he puts the cigarette away and then leans forward, shyly leaving a small peck on dick's cheek.
dick chuckles as he gets up, and before leaving the room, ruffles jason's hair.
dick leaves jason in the room, alone, heart beating uncontrollably, feeling a dopamine hit better than any cigarette ever gave him.
before jason realizes, it becomes an habit. doing it so often every time he sees dick, that he doesn't think about it twice.
the manor somehow feels warmer, filled with laughter as jason kisses dick whenever.
even the people of gotham swear they have seen robin kiss nightwing on the cheek occasionally. to the point a picture of robin going on his tippy toes to kiss nightwing's cheeks goes viral (and if that isn't the cutest darn thing)
then bruce and jason's relationship begins to sour
dick has to go to space for a mission
jason leaves to find his mother
he witness his biological mother smoke a cigarette while the joker ruthlessly beats him
and the last thing he remembers before he dies, is smoke filling his lungs.
(a little while after he comes back, dick makes the same offer he did those years ago, and this time it's a little less platonic.)











