gotham war jason makes me choke up and cry so much - he needs someone to love him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jason hadn't moved. He wasn't sure what to feel, or if he could feel anything other than just fear. Absolute crippling fear. He slipped down against the wall, his knees drawn up to his chest as tears dripped down his face.
Everything was numb and overwhelming all at once.
"Jason?" A voice called out to him and he flinch.
The closer it got, the more he shook with fear. He knew that voice, your voice, but he wasn't ready for more heartbreak and more disappointment and more-
"Jay?" You spoke again, spotting him on the floor in the rubble. "I've been looking everywhere for you- I had to track you through the comms and-" You paused, seeing his dishevelled state. "What happened?" You crouched down.
"Bruce- Bruce did something-" He whispered, his voice shakey. "I- I can't- I'm not- not- not myself-" He looked up at you, his eyes bloodshot and tearful. "I'm so scared-"
"Hey- What are you talking about? Scared of what?" You cupped his face, confused, trying to assess the situation.
"Everything." He blinked and the tears fell. "I'm scared of everything."
"What the fuck did Bruce do?" You whispered to yourself, trying to figure out if it was psychological or magical or something else entirely. "Can you stand? I'll help you get home-"
"No." His voice was sharp, even in its panic. "I- I can't- We-"
"Okay- Okay. Let's just-" You sat down on the floor too. "We'll just stay here a moment, okay?" He nodded and you scooted closer. "Is this alright?" He nodded again and you reached to hold his hands, which he grabbed onto like his life depended on it.
Then he just... folded. Sighed. His head against your shoulder, his breathing shallow as he inhaled in your familiar scent.
"Everyone left." His voice was shaky. He looked at you, with glassy eyes, "Please- Please don't go-"
"I'm here. I'm right here." You assured him. "Not going anywhere. Promise."
Jason nodded again and took a shaky breath, exhaling and leaning back against the wall. After a while, he spoke again. "I'm so tired."
"I know baby." You whispered. "We'll go home soon. Then figure out a plan from there."
"Okay..." He swallowed and took another deep breath. "This helps. You help. Whatever Bruce did- It's quieter with you here."
"I'm glad." You leaned and kissed his temple, then smoothed out his hair.
I know WFA is too OOC for some people, but I need that shit right now.
I do love seeing the Batfam beating the shit out of each other. I like how messy their relationships are and I have always loved flawed characters.
But idk, man, Batman #138 just really crossed a line for me and I need a reminder that there are other depictions of Bruce that aren't so fucking heinous.
jason todd fic recs but it's regarding certain canon events/topics i have a very normal amount of interest in
said topics being: the batarang incident, the garzonas case, bomb under the batmobile, gotham war, rhato 25, bruce bringing jason back to the magdala valley, and sheila haywood haunting the narrative
batarang incident / mute!jason fic recs (fics that concerns the batarang scar and the potential outcome of jason becoming mute because of it)
A Quiet Return by @do-not-careissa
mute jason || jason returns to the all caste after the events of under the red hood.
Artificial Gravel by thenafics - 14/14, 13k
mute jason || He doesn't expect Bruce to aim for the neck. Slitting someone's throat always seemed like it would be more his gig than the Bat's.
as if i would ever have a place for you by @valkyriered
jayroy || Jason protects his autonomy with a level of fury that only comes from someone who’s had it taken away so many times. Roy sees that— he understands it. And he refuses to be yet another person to steal it away from him.
The Beating Heart by @beesbiteandwillowrites - M, 3/3, 25k
mute jason, jason/ghostmaker || This kid had his throat slit by a batarang.
Khoa wants to know who got Batman to finally try and break his number one rule.
bloodstained by @nonagesimus
jason & dick and different moments between them. covers topics such as the batarang scar and gotham war
blooming dream by endlessnepenthe
slade took jason in after the events of utrh. they show up to rescue dick when he's in trouble. dick finds out about the batarang scar.
cicatrix by @spiritsglade
Red Hood is injured in the field. Robin notices.
Ever Wonder by @disniq
The last time Dick saw Jason in civvies he was 14, short for his age and all chubby, rosy cheeked enthusiasm. He’s none of those things now - broad shouldered and tall, eyes sunken above hollow cheeks, skin as grey as the granite headstone before him.
futile care by black_banners_raised - 4/4, 10k
oliver and red hood team up. oliver finds out red hood is jason todd, and calls batman about bruce wayne's second son coming back from the dead. oliver doesn't know batman and bruce wayne are the same person. it leads to an uncomfortable reunion and oliver giving bruce a piece of his mind.
(ever wondered how another parent might react to bruce throwing a batarang at his son's throat? yeah, this is that fic)
lies of omission by @spiritsglade - 20/21 (ongoing), 76k
mute jason || Red Hood kept his distance from the Bats. They had something akin to a truce, but they always maintained a healthy level of mutual wariness and animosity. None of them knew him, not in any way that mattered, and he was content keeping things that way. Unfortunately, secrets had a way of coming to light.
More Chances Than Deserved by @skalidra - M, 4/4, 21k
mute jason || slade finds and takes in jason after the events of under the red hood. jason struggles to deal.
no glory in love by @birdiedoesdc - 3/3, 23k
part of “sofia gigante mentors jason” series, immortal jason || features dick finding out about the batarang scar and proceeds to beat the shit out of bruce for it.
only my body for a voice by @six-miscellaneous-nebulae
mute jason || “It’s that ‘word will get around’ that Hood’s apprehensive of, because Batman keeps a ridiculously close eye on every dead body that appears in Red Hood’s territory—not because he gives a shit, he doesn’t, but because for some godforsaken reason he’s decided that he can only abide murder if it’s performed by any other costumed freak besides Jason.”
Say Something by @skalidra
mute jason, jayroy || When Roy settles down onto a Gotham rooftop to wait for a target, just about the last thing he's expecting is for some random - not a Bat - vigilante to drop down and get comfortable next to him. The guy's maybe a little strangely avoidant of his questions, but he doesn't seem like he means any harm, and it certainly doesn't hurt that he's handsome too.
Things Left Unspoken by @hotdadslade - 10/10, 13k
mute jason, jason/joseph wilson || Six months after the events of Under The Hood, Joseph Wilson meets a stranger in a bar. Mute, with a massive scar across his neck, Joseph feels a pang of recognition. He's never met anyone with a story like his.
the felipe garzonas case
baptize yourself in damnation by Raegarch
Did Garzonas fall? Was he pushed? Everyone who knows about Felipe Garzonas and Jason Todd has their own interpretation.
Fall Where They May by @withthekeyisking-writer
jaybin shows up at dick's place after the garzonas case.
Justice Here Don't Fit the Crime by @sohotthateveryonedied
jaybin did push garzonas. he shows up at dick's place afterwards and dick is a good brother.
To Rise by @scandalsavagefanfic
the conversation jason and bruce have at the end of rhato 27 goes differently.
Why We Fall by @scandalsavagefanfic
introspection on jason during the garzonas case
magdala valley (bruce bringing jason back to the place he died)
familiar tunes by @redjaybathood
Sir, that's my emotional support punching bag.
he’s punching walls again (cohesive arguments evade him) by @six-miscellaneous-nebulae
a talk between dick and jason leads to an uncomfortable reveal to some of bruce's actions
my father's second son by @nonagesimus
a different way the scene could have gone
Regress by @scandalsavagefanfic
bruce bringing jason back to the place he died re-traumatizes jason to the point that it renders him catatonic.
rhato 25 & aftermath
a few more words to use against me by @six-miscellaneous-nebulae
dick “#1 bruce apologist” grayson vs jason “actually no he's a grown ass man and he's responsible for his own actions” todd (references the events of rhato 25, victim-blaming)
A Memory Cast in Bronze by HouseOfKings
bruce accidentally kills jason in rhato25 and the public reacts.
A Note on the Body by chucklesbuckles - 3/3, 6k
the roof beatdown renders jason catatonic. as the batfam takes care of him, the batsiblings are determined to find out who caused this.
Beat Me Down, Build Me Up by @hotdadslade
part of a series. Slade finds Red Hood bleeding out in one of his safehouses after the events on rhato25.
Eternal Motion by @dragonflyxparodies - 2/2, 8k
It comes in two parts; Gotham, rioting. Stained with her prodigal son's blood and fearing his absence. Something has to change, and Tim is willing to be the catalyst Jason will need.
And the second; War, looming. A monarch presented with a betrayal of intergalactic consequence. If Batman is going to attempt to assassinate her consort, he'd best be prepared for the consequences.
everyone's a villain, save for you and your friends by @valkyriered
joyfire || roy deals with a lot while taking care of jason in the aftermath of rhato25
hom • o • nym by @shhhenanigans
roy takes care of jason in the aftermath of rhato25
miscalculation by Anonymous
In which Jason miscalculates the possible results of Bruce's loss of control after the Penguin, and Roy doesn't get there in time.
Second Death by @hotdadslade - 3/3, 6k
ten years after rhato 25, jason wakes up for the second time in a lazarus pit
Self-fulfilling Prophecy by chaosphere - M, 5/? (incomplete), 11k
bruce ends up killing jason on that rooftop. he hides the evidence but then starts to hallucinate jason everywhere
Undead by wellthatjusthappend
jason wakes up after being beaten to death by bruce on that rooftop.
gotham war & aftermath
A Conversation with an Old Friend by BethanyDarkRose
Jason pays a visit to Alfred as he copes after Gotham War.
Beck and Call by @creetchure
jason calls eddie after what zur did to him.
bloodstained by @nonagesimus
jason & dick and different moments between them. covers topics such as the batarang scar and gotham war
'Cause I'm Crazy and I'm Hurt by chucklesbuckles - 2/2, 4k
jason gives bruce a taste of his own medicine to prove a point.
(fail)safe by @nonagesimus
A missing scene from Batman (2016) #148
into the ocean at night by @valkyriered - 2/2, 2k
alternate ending to gotham war. just hurt no comfort and the paralyzing agent of being trapped amongst people who doesn't care about your wishes and wants.
none of this will make them perfect, martha by @six-miscellaneous-nebulae
And here’s the thing—no one else is hyperventilating from fear. No other person, rogue, villain, crime lord, slightly unhinged anti-almost-hero, take your pick, has been fucked up the same seven ways to Sunday that Jason was. Is. Whatever.
He thought he got it, but apparently he doesn’t, because this wasn’t Batman using Jason as a test subject, as a prototype, because it hasn’t happened to anyone else.
Not Your Fault by @abizarreyodelingincident
It was not technically Bruce’s fault.
“Where’s Jason?”
“Dead,” Nightwing answers without inflection. “What’s the plan?”
residuum by knave_of_swords
Jason, in the aftermath of the Gotham War. Rose finds out what happened. Roy calls Jason with an offer.
respite by @creetchure
jay & rose, can be read as gen or shippy. rose have food and jason have super anxiety.
Things Worse Than Death by Kennedy1226
When part of the brain gets chopped off, the rest adapts to fill its old function. When the brain experiences trauma, sometimes it’ll block out the memory to save itself the pain. When the brain is constantly flooded with compounding terror at the slightest hint of an emotion, well, who needs emotions anyway?
Not Jason. Not anymore.
Too Little, Too Late by @disniq
In which Dick actually has a reaction to Bruce and Jason's plan during Batman 148.
bomb under the batmobile
> FORTITUDE by @vfx-batman
Bruce is waylaid when he finds an adolescent beside the Batmobile clutching a detonator. [Red Hood: Lost Days #2 Canon Divergence.]
Make an Ass Out of You and Me by @skalidra
"The Pit doesn't do what you think it does," he says, shoving the words out of his mouth before he has a chance to reconsider it. "It didn't make me insane, Bruce. Maybe it emphasizes the worst parts of you, I don't know, but it made me… cold. Sociopathic, almost. I was angry, sure, but it barely influenced me. I was rational. Ruthless."
pyrrhic by chaosphere
When Bruce accuses Jason of trying to kill him, the reveal of a secret is in due course.
sheila haywood
casts and splints by @spiritsglade
There is a part of trying to save people that they've all long been intimately familiar with, though they never talk about it: sometimes you fail. Sometimes people die.
Dick's never seen it affect Jason like this. (ft. victim-blaming and jason calling dick out on it)
compound fracture by @spiritsglade
When Batman arrived at the warehouse too late, after the bomb had already gone off, he chose to cover up the crime instead of solving it. Years later, Jason finds out. Funnily enough, it doesn't change anything.
grave site or grave sight by @nonagesimus
In the aftermath of Zur, Jason and Bruce both struggle with the anniversary of Jason's death.
how can i change what's already made up its mind by @roseworth
bruce and jason have a talk in front of a woman's grave
Illusions of Motherhood by @abizarreyodelingincident
Bruce creates a charity after Jason's death. The Sheila Haywood Charity for Young Women. Jason has said nothing about it after he came back. (ft. victim blaming)
it's like I'm still here with you by @bonerot19
Jason finally tells Bruce what Sheila did.
Set in Stone by @firefright
There is a grave in Gotham City with Jason Todd's name on it. He's made his peace with that fact. Finding out that the headstone next to his bears the name 'Sheila Haywood', though...
No matter how good Bruce's intentions were, this is one truth Jason can't let stay buried.
gotham war for jason is like when your parents are fighting while simultaneously taking it out on you instead of on each other. then when it's over, they act like it was just a casual wednesday for them. meanwhile you have an entirely new piece of trauma that's gonna dictate the rest of your life and the relationships you form
