#jasonroy

[lynn-reads-and-writes]

My tolerance for difficult thoughts must be higher than average bc yall worried(tm) in them comments and I thought the interlude would be fun 😭😭😭

BTW chapter 4 (an interlude) is up

[capriciouswrites]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: DCU (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Roy Harper/Jason Todd Characters: Jason Todd, Roy Harper Additional Tags: Food as a Metaphor for Love, cooking as a love language, Complicated Relationships, Food made with love tastes better, Shapes Mac and Cheese taste best, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Jason Todd and his complicated relationship with his family, Bittersweet Summary:

Jason kneads the dough, pinching it a little to check the elasticity before going back to working it.

The motion is soothing. Stress relief. His mind wanders, and given that he’s cooking, the way it goes is predictable. He takes a breath of yeasty air, lets it out slowly, and lets it happen.

He thinks about Alfred teaching him how to cook. He thinks about carefully writing out note cards of recipes, under Alfred’s watchful eye.

He wonders what happened to those note cards.

[cigamfossertsim]

roy: getting shot is a bitch

jason: yeah but getting stabbed is worse.

roy: 👀

jason: just saying

[drinkingbleachbud]

[realityextinct]

Jason!centric fanfic - The Wedge Between (Chapter 1)

CHAPTER 2

Summary:

“I am the enemy I am the antidote Watch me closely I will stand up, now!”

(Arch Enemy - We Will Rise)

Rating: PG-13

Status: In Progress

Chapters: 1/?

Warnings: abstractness/weirdness, lack of proper description..?

A/N: I write with Under The Red Hood Jason in mind, please think of him while reading this story... Arsenal here = The Rise Of Arsenal. That’s all I am going to say (not all of us hate that part of the comics).

I have three chapters already written...so I hope to have this story finished soon enough.

Thank you for reading!!

Word count: 1,298

Chapter 1

The day that marked his, from what he learned, fourth year of death, he decided to return to his grave. It still looked as unattained as he had left it in his hurry and desperation to escape. He still got nightmares to this very day...being buried alive...suffocating... Unable to escape...

Lighting a cigarette, Jason took a seat on the very soil he had to dug through with his bare hands. He could still feel it right now, the dirt and blood, the pain...

The hurt of being forgotten.

And this was the exact reason he was back to this dreadful place. On the day that he died...he wanted to see if there was anyone who would remember him.

If he...would remember him...and come for a visit.

If he did, if anyone from the bat family came, he told himself he would stop acting foolish, he would stop his ridiculous thoughts and childish abandonment issues.

It wasn't hard to blend into society again. He missed a lot in four years, but not enough to cause a lot of problems. This world became more controlling and digitalized. One would think it would help in handling crime, but alas...

He was right all along. The only way to stop crime was through control. Or killing. There was no other way.

Seems like in the years he was gone nothing has changed...if anything, the crime percentage rose.

How very interesting...how very distasteful...

Throwing away the bud, he reached for a second cigarette.

Surely, he still had a long day to go. Might as well make the best of it.

Somehow, the quiet atmosphere of the cemetery calmed him, it brought a sense of peace to his disturbed soul that he was missing...no matter how short-lasting that peace was.

Closing his eyes, Jason imagined a better world, a better place...a place where he was needed, where he belonged.

If only such a place existed.

If only...

Having gone through harsh training, he had enough patience to sit there all day long until the clock struck midnight and the day was over with.

With tens of buds scattered around him, finally, he lowered his head,  momentarily defeated.

He knew no one would come. It was obvious from the fact his grave was still unattained with the hole he dug out still more than obvious.

No matter. It just proved all along he was right.

In a way, this was good, disillusioning therapy.

If only it didn't hurt so much...

Letting out a sigh, he grabbed his mask and pulled it back on, resuming the identity of Red Hood.

Glancing at his gravestone one last time, he smashed it with his foot and without another word made his way out of the cemetery, concluding one very obvious thing.

Indeed, Jason Todd was dead.

Or rather, reincarnated into something else.

Something far better.

This night somehow bore fruit in a way that Jason did not expect, or rather, had little hope for, no matter what his prior conviction was.

Breaking into a prison of any caliber was child's play, especially ones that had his systems installed for the Justice League's use.

The only thing that was strange about this...was finding a hero in this hole.

Standing before his target, Jason was silent, waiting for the man behind the bars to take notice of him.

And eventually, he did, "...a red mask, huh... Can't argue with that color choice."

Roy Harper's slumped body was heavily chained up and he looked like a train wreck, body convulsing from time to time. His tired eyes stared at Jason with resentment and distrust, a combination Todd was familiar with on a personal level.

This further confirmed how right his decision was to come there.

"...so why did you come here, Red Hood?" the fact Roy heard of him made things much easier, "You can't have caused chaos in this prison just to see me~" he snorted amused.

Smart alec, huh, "I have an offer for you, Arsenal," he paused to see Roy frown in concentration, being attentive, "I want you to join me," Jason didn't take his sweet time and cut to the chase.

Roy paused for a moment, then a small laugh erupted from his lips, "Oh..? You do realize the former team I was on just put me behind bars, and for a good reason...what made you take interest?" it's not like he had any desire to team up with anyone at this point, especially not after being betrayed like this.

"That's exactly why I am here," a pause, "Having heard of me, you probably know my identity and reputation...perhaps even, what I after," Jason reached the bars, swiping the previously stolen key card from one of the guards, the bars sliding open, "Don't you think we have something in common, Harper?"

Roy's frown deepened in though as he watched Red Hood step closer, "Just because we apparently share a similar view on what justice really is, doesn't mean we are instant buddies, Todd," having said that, he pondered Jason's words just moments longer.

Roy had to admit that this made sense. His eyes were opened after Lian's death and he had an obvious answer from his former teammates and friends as to where he stood. Having been imprisoned like some dangerous criminal, it was obvious what he was considered at this point... All because he went on a short china white rampage and killed off half a dozen criminals.

They deserved it anyway. As a matter of fact, Roy thought it was unfair he was put behind bars.

He was told to consider his views carefully, that he was starting to venture on a 'wrong', dangerous path.

Roy tried pondering what he did...where he went wrong.

But even as his mind cleared, he still failed to understand why killing criminals, preventing them from hurting others and more people, was wrong.

Justice League...was weak. They could do nothing, just put everyone behind bars. Sadly, he realized it late...but thankfully not too late.

The more villains they let live - the more people would end up dead. Like Lian. It was a simple, logical philosophy, one the goodie-two-shoes' 'justice code' did not allow.

"...besides, don't you fly solo?" Roy continued when he got no answer from Jason, smirking as he did, "...Jaybird?"

Jason's fists clenched at the nickname, but he remained in place with no further reaction, so Roy carried on, "Or is it that I could prove to be a valuable ally?"

"Yes," was Jason's simple reply and he proceeded to undo the chains, acting like he was not at all fazed by Arsenal's words not that anything could be read under his mask, more than certain that at this point in the conversation the answer to his offer was a 'yes', "And for that, I am willing to sacrifice my loner status...Harper."

Roy laughed at that, "...seriously though, how did you find me? I don't think the Justice League goes around sprouting where they keep...ah... 'Defects'."

Jason freed Roy's arm and leg, moving onto his second arm, "I prefer the term 'awoken'..." finally freeing Roy, he watched the man rub his reddened wrists, "The guy you grabbed heroin from was one of my men."

Roy was only mildly surprised, "Ha! Figures...didn't take you for a dealer type or I would have knocked on your window for some..." Roy put on his mask, grabbing his gear just outside the cell, "Lead the way, Jason Todd."

As they left the prison with little to no effort, Jason's suspicion skyrocketed.

He would need to look into this more but for now, he was glad.

Glad to see he wasn't the only one on the path of righteousness.

That someone else shared his 'twisted' point of view and sense of morality.

TBC...

[septicraptor]

2. Painful Kisses

Jason wasn’t going to give himself time to regret this decision as he searched the shared apartment he had with Roy. They had admitted their feelings for each other on the top of the building but they’ve never actually kissed before and after spending time with Dick and Wally he ended up deciding that he was going to be the one to do it because of course it was always going to be him that was an undeniable fact. He had found Roy sitting on the couch, “Harper.”

He stood in front of the tv when he had addressed the archer as their eyes meet he decides it’s now or never as he leans forward to kiss his boyfriend. It wasn’t as romantic as he might of originally attended, “what the fuck was that?” Roy yelled after the brief shock of someone slamming their face against his, “I dunno if you were trying to kiss me or were testing a new way to kill someone.” “It was nothing. I’m leaving.” Jason Todd had now counted this encounter as one of the most embarrassing moments of his life. “Wait …. you literally were just trying to kiss me dude who just shoves their face violently in someone else’s face and expects it to go well.” Before he could reply with all the frustration he had gotten since his failure at kissing his love interest Roy had stood up and kissed him properly, “let’s just ignore what happened and pretend this was what happened in the first place.”

[voldiebuns]

Roy/Jason and 6. secretly a virgin

Seeing as Roy has a kid and she presumably wasn’t a product of gene tinkering or something (though lbr, she totally could be), I’m going with Jason secretly being a virgin.

So Roy and Jason are roomies and Roy occasionally brings over a one night stand, but he never sees Jason do the same. Which is a little weird bc he’s definitely had the opportunity if he so chose. Roy just watches for a while, and he just cannot figure out why. So one day he corners Jason and is like, “dude, if you feel awkward sleeping with someone while I’m here, just lemme know and I’ll clear out.” Perfectly reasonable, right? But Jason gets pissed bc he’s embarrassed for some reason and like... stomps off into the night or whatever. Which makes Roy pissed off and confused, so he goes to the only ppl he thinks he can get answers from. Jason’s brothers.

Who are of course little shits themselves and just about die laughing (except Damien who just rolls his eyes and goes to see his own bf) when Roy asks wtf Jason’s problem is. Like Dick can literally not breathe bc he’s laughing so hard, but he eventually manages to tell Roy that that’s really for Jason to say, not him. Tim looks like he’s going to say, but Dick tells him not to, so later Roy corners him to get some answers bc he knows that Jason sure as fuck isn’t gonna tell him anything rn. So Tim spills Jason’s secret and Roy is fucking floored. Like out of all the reasons he thought of that Jason could be pissed, this didn’t even make the top hundred bc um what.

It takes a while for Roy to track Jason down bc he really doesn’t want to be found. But he does. Probably in some shitty hole in the wall building that’s set to be destroyed like tomorrow. Jason is still pissed and Roy is pissed and there’s a lot of shouting right off the bat until Roy just drops that he knows. And everything just kind of stops bc fuck, Jason doesn’t know what to say to that and Roy doesn’t know what to say after that and... Well, after a few minutes of them both being kind of lost bc this is like the most embarrassing and awkward situation they’ve ever been in and that’s saying something, Roy says fuck it and just kisses Jason. They end up having sex on the floor of this nasty warehouse and it’s kind of awful, but it’s also so awesome bc wow, Roy hadn’t even realized before then that that’s what he wanted to be doing. And Jason’s just kind of glad his brothers can’t blackmail him about that anymore.

Pick a trope from this list and provide a fandom/pairing and I’ll tell you something about the story I’d write for that combination.

[drinkingbleachbud]

Reverse Batfamily Baby JayRoy