How about â i carry your heart with meâ for Jason?
A/N: here it is!! bc we all need more soft Jason in our lives!! about 1k of Jason feeling sappy after a mission and coming home to snuggle with you
i carry your heart with meÂ
The thin chain and silver locket slide against Jasonâs skin, a cool reminder of your presence amidst the stinging pain along his abdomen and the soreness in his shoulder.Â
âIs that what I think it is?â Tim arches an eyebrow, bemused, gesturing to the necklace hanging around his brotherâs neck as he wraps Jasonâs left wrist in gauze.Â
Jason sets his jaw in annoyance, grumbling in affirmation.Â
âAw, Timmy, donât tease the poor guy. Our Jasonâs just in love.â Dick chirps from the opposite side of Jasonâs mildly battered body, suavely threading a needle through the gash on his younger brotherâs forearm.Â
âYou guys really donât need to do all this.â Jason huffs, fighting a mortified blush.Â
Damian isnât directly helping much, but from across the kitchen, he offers, âYes, I believe we do. If not, the owner of your necklaceâs counterpart is sure to kick our shins and scold us.âÂ
Dick glances over at Damian and sighs, âOur endearing voice of reason.â
Jason hadnât meant to get battered so badly tonight, but he admits his arrogance might have inhibited him from calling for help until he was beyond â as Dick would say â whelmed.Â
Jason hadnât meant to let the boys see the necklace clasped loyally around his neck, holding the jagged half-heart, half-inscribed with the words âbest friendsâ.
Jason also hadnât meant to fall irrevocably, profoundly in love with you, but strict planning never seemed to work out for him.Â
The two of you had been traversing a flea market on a warm, quiet Sunday morning when you stumbled upon the necklaces. In your youth, it had been a hot commodity and an ardent proclamation of friendship â best friendship.Â
A shy, hopeful smile spreads across your face. You trace your fingers across the engraved pendant and glance at him.Â
He blinks at you, childlike wonder igniting across his features. In any other situation, his knee jerk reaction might include a snarky remark and absolute denial, but this wasnât any other situation. Where you were involved, things qualified as extraordinary.Â
Heâs quiet for a moment, a slow grin pulling at his mouth and lighting up his sapphire eyes. âYeah, of course, Y/N.â Jason finds himself borderline bashful.
When you pull out a few crumpled bills to hand to the old lady at the stand, he shoots you a look and reaches for his wallet.Â
âJason, I swear to god ââ
âLet me spoil you,â He whines.
âYou can have it for free.â The elderly lady seated beneath the shade of the makeshift shop smiles at the pair of you fondly, effectively killing the bickering.Â
âI insist!â She chortles, waving her hand dismissively and getting up to hand you the necklaces.
You and Jason look at the woman, a little dumbfounded.Â
Her smile grows. âIâve seen a lot in my years. I havenât seen two people so in love in a long time. I know you must be more than best friends, but maybe in your darkest moments, a silly necklace meant for kids can help remind you of that.â
Jason has never really needed reminding. He knew it then and he knows it now, in the dingy lighting of the bat cave; you are his best friend and much, much more. You are his right hand, his beacon of light, his comfiest pillow, his book nerd buddy, his favorite song, and someone who could finish his sentences. You are his inspiration for adventure and muse for midnight poetry. You are his safety net. At dusk in early December, between mugs of hot cocoa and thick blankets, he learned you are his soulmate.Â
Still, he wears the necklace diligently. You are very well-entangled in his soul, but this is another way of carrying your heart with him. He knows you scarcely remove your own necklace. You carry him in your heart, and you keep him close to your heart. Without him, you are incomplete; an unfinished puzzle, a fragmented sentence, a wave that can never quite reach the shore.Â
You and Jason work together so easily, like the moon orbiting the earth orbiting the sun, gravity keeping him grounded even though you make him feel like his head is in the clouds.Â
âYouâre all patched up, Jay.â Tim pats his thigh and stands, helping his brother get up and stretch. âKeep ice on the waist and take it easy for a few days. Donât want these stitches opening up.â
Jason makes a face briefly, but Dick gently, endearingly whacks the back of his head. âJust do it.â
âI can tell Y/N, as well, since Todd often disregards medical advice.â Damian says, swinging his legs in an almost cute way, not completely unlike a child.Â
âI donât wanna worry Y/N if I can help it, boys. Iâve done enough of that for a lifetime. But I do appreciate the help, really.âÂ
Dick smiles at Jason softly. âAnytime, little bird.âÂ
Jasonâs walk home is quiet and peaceful and crime-free. He prays that youâre blissfully asleep, not awake with worry, because all he wants to do is crawl into bed and into your embrace.
He does find you asleep â sprawled out on the couch in basketball shorts and one of his t-shirts, mouth parted, as the television hums with the measured laugher of an old sitcom.Â
His heart leaps in his chest; because you waited for him, because you put on his clothes, because you look so damn cute in the throes of slumber that he wants to crumble into a squealing mess of adoration on the spot.Â
Jason switches off the T.V. and scoops you up into his arms. Youâre so warm and so you, nuzzling into his chest and sleepily welcoming him home, that he forgets all the injuries he sustained throughout the night. He carries you as tenderly as he can to the bedroom.Â
You wiggle yourself underneath the covers and when he finishes changing into cozy pajamas, he turns back to the bed to find your arms stretched widely, beckoning him into your embrace.
Heâs utterly enamored, cooing that he loves you, when he crawls onto the bed and into your arms.
Jason holds you close, pressing a kiss to your head.Â
He holds you â his heart, his home, his everything.