Jason’s heart sank when she strayed from their plan but he soon calmed down. He watched in amazement while she spun her story. He’d always known that she was a convincing liar, but never knew she was this good. She was buttering up a Mob boss like it was nothing and Jason could tell that Falcone was eating it up. She even threw in that they’d name their fictional kid after him, there’s no way he wouldn’t love that. Jason made sure he played along when needed and helped her sell the story.
When she finished, Falcone turned his attention back to the young man in red. “Is all this true, kid? You really want out?”
"Yeah, it is true. Well, it’s not so much that I want out, but she needs me. I figure you of all people would understand, Boss, I’m just concerned about my family here and I want to do everything I can to protect them."
"Family? You come in here and talk to me about family, Red?" Carmine leaned forward in his chair. "Son, you obviously don’t know the first damn thing about family. You waltz in here with some broad you knocked up and have her start preaching to me about family, when apparently she doesn’t even know your name isn’t Red Hood? You think I buy that?"
"No, she does know my name, but-“
"And also your alias, and now who you work for. That’s fantastic. How do we know she’s not with the feds? What’s to stop her from gettin’ all pissed off and hormonal and singin’ about you, me, this entire operation?" Carmine’s face was growing redder and redder as he became more and more livid. "You might think you know family, kid, but obviously your definition is a little off. Remember who it was that took your scrawny black ass in. Who gave you a ride home in the rain, who gave you the opportunity to put a roof over your head. I’m the one who gave you a shot when your old boss found out about the little rinky dink chop shop you ran out of his garage. These are things that family does for each other. So don’t you ever come in here telling me about how you need to protect your family when you’re turning your back on the only family that you ever knew."
Jason had never felt so small in his life. The tongue lashing that came from Falcone shut him up and he couldn’t look anywhere but down at his shoes. Everything the boss had said was true. These people were the closest thing he’d had to a family since… well since Pietro and Wanda.
"As a matter of fact, c’mere, sweetheart." He grabbed Wanda’s wrist and pulled her closer to him, but Jason never let go of her hand. "I gotta hand it to you, Red, you got yourself a looker, but she must not be too gifted in the way of brains to come down here and try to get you outta the life just because she couldn’t keep ‘em closed. I’m thinkin’ I might just have to nip this situation in the bud, if you catch my drift. Larry." As soon as he snapped at the man, a gun barrel was aimed at Wanda’s belly. "Whaddaya think, Hood? Give me one reason I shouldn’t end this little family before it starts."
Something inside Jason snapped when he saw Wanda in trouble. Before he knew what was happening, his own barrel was against Falcone’s forehead. “If you hurt her, I’ll-“
"What’re you gonna do, Red?" Carmine smirked and motioned to the guards behind him. You even think about pulling that trigger, they’d kill you before my body hit the ground." While Jason was looking at the guards, Falcone had pulled out his own weapon and aimed it at Jason. "Either that, or I could just do it myself. Right here, right now. What’s it gonna be?"
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