shh this isn’t super late, shhh it hasn’t been almost exactly a year since I last posted fic, shhhhhh I’ve been here all along
life hit me really hard, sorry! I hope everyone is well and enjoys this little bit of fic while I try to get back in the groove ♡
“This is a kidnapping.”
Tim doesn’t look up from his lunch. “No, this is a sandwich.”
His would-be kidnapper plainly watches way too many movies, because the slow, trying-to-be-menacing way he cocks his gun is straight out of every Western Tim’s ever (reluctantly) seen.
“Mr. Drake,” his kidnapper says with emphasis. “This is a kidnapping.”
One half of his (honestly incredible) sandwich finished, Tim does glance up…but only to confirm what he already knows.
“Please don’t get blood on the rug,” he requests politely. Then he attends to his (homemade!) potato chips while the idiot at the other end of the dining table splutters.
“I—I won’t get blood anywhere if you co—”
“Hey, dumbass,” Tim’s new bodyguard says, looming up behind the man like something out of a nightmare. “He wasn’t talking to you.”
Tim will admit to a bit of sympathy for the fool who came here looking to kidnap him. Jason Todd subdues him so quickly and easily, it’s hard to think of the idiot as any kind of potential threat. Sure, it’s annoying that he thought he could just waltz in here and abduct Tim, as if Tim weren’t smart enough to hire security, but…it’s like being mad at a dog for barking at the mirror.
It may get on your nerves, but the little guy’s too dumb to hold a grudge against.
By the time Tim finishes the second half of his sandwich, the whole matter is settled, and Jason Todd has returned to his guard position by the door, unruffled as always.
“Thank you for lunch,” Tim says to him and, caught in raptures over how damn good that meal was, only belatedly remembers to add, “And for dealing with the whole…kidnapping thing.”
Jason Todd shrugs it off. “It’s my job.”
“Protecting me is your job,” Tim corrects. “Making me lunch—”
“—is just protecting you from your own bad habits,” Jason Todd says, desert-dry. He’d been very unamused to discover, his first day on the job, that Tim usually only ate a granola bar for lunch. And sometimes breakfast. “Speaking of which, a little more concern when some asshole points a gun at you might not go amiss.”
“I didn’t see any reason for concern,” Tim says honestly. “I have you, after all.”
Jason Todd’s classic Bland Bodyguard™ expression flickers. Tim, being only human, can’t help but enjoy the way those broad shoulders shift in the equally classic Bland Bodyguard Suit™.
“I appreciate the faith,” Jason Todd says after the briefest pause, “but you’ve only known me a week.”
Ah, well, that’s…technically true. Tim has indeed only known Jason Todd for a week, since the man came on board as his newest bodyguard after Mike Takeda received an unexpected inheritance and quit.
“True,” Tim admits. “Still, I’ve got a good feeling about you. It’s hard to be worried with you in my corner.”
After all, Tim has known of Jason Todd since they were both kids—since he was watching Robin soar over Gotham every night. They’ve both grown up since then (and Jason Todd in particular has grown up very, very well), but even with him wearing a different cape these days, Tim doesn’t think anything will ever shake his faith in Jason Todd.
“…Thanks,” Jason Todd says.
“Again, thank you,” Tim says in return, then finally, reluctantly abandons his empty plate. “Now, I really need to get back to work. Join me in my office?”
“Of course, Mr. Drake,” Jason Todd says. He falls into step behind Tim without another word.
Jason Todd looms over Tim just like he did Tim’s would-be kidnapper, but the shiver that runs down Tim’s spine has nothing to do with nightmares. Quite the opposite, in fact.
He doesn’t know what’s motivated the Red Hood to take an undercover role as his bodyguard, of all things, but he intends to enjoy it while it lasts.
(And hopefully, with enough exposure, he might collect himself enough to get his inner twelve-year-old back under control. Really, at this rate, it’s only a matter of time before he calls ‘Pete Davis’ Jason Todd to his face, and then he’ll really have problems.)
I do still have my list of prompts and a bunch of them in my inbox, in case you were wondering! Prompt #37 was kidnapping, and it was also requested by an anon and @frozenbrimstone. I hope you all enjoyed ♡♡♡
☕ (any fandom/multifandom) fandom trends that you find interesting?
I find trends (patterns etc.), in fandom or otherwise, interesting, period LOL. Even, or perhaps especially, those I find particularly infuriating. I'm always noticing (and I'd do it even if I didn't want to) which characters get the fandom's enraptured attention, which ones get ignored, which ones raise controversy... who is likely to become a fandom woobie, how does that manifest in a particular fandom (what are the commonalities and differences in between fandoms?), what types of relationships get focus, the waves of interest that hit particular dynamics (found families, the migratory slash fandom, etc.)... and so on.
The bigger the fandom, the more obvious a lot of these trends seem, and the more the start... cannibalising themselves, so to speak? There is variety to find in big fandoms if you make the effort, but it's really noticeable how homogeneous they tend to be, even when they come from large ensemble casts in canon. It creates this dichotomy where I'm irked by the manifestation of these trends, these patterns repeated over and over lol, both because I firmly believe in the adage "variety is the spice of life" and because more often than not these are trends I don't like, and yet I'm also fascinated by it all and always eager to figure out its inner workings.
I'm also curious (yet annoyed xD) whenever I pull on a thread to see where a particular fanon trend might come from, those that suddenly everyone seems to believe despite being so clearly at odds with canon. A misconception? One BNF's story got so big everyone started imitating them? What's the goal of the change, what is it meant to achieve?
As you might've guessed, the DC fandom is fertile ground for all of these things lmfao. So many things get repeated over and over, nearly identically but sometimes with variations and important deviations. It's exhausting when you're looking for something different. It also makes me want to dissect the fandom and put it under a microscope LOL.
i love all of the wip snippets that you've posted <3 and i'd like to know more about gen jason sexploration and sladejay gun fucking please 👀
hehehe thank you, i'm glad!!
so jason sexploration is supposed to be a series of moments where jason explores his personal relationship with sex & sexuality... aka, masturbates a lot, lmao.
the first scene takes place when he's 15. the second will take place during lost days, when he's around 17? 18? and then a third at 19, after the events of under the red hood. i haven't picked out ages for the other moments, lmao, and then i'm also contemplating a 'bonus' +1 scene where he has sex with another person... unsure if i will write that with a ship or with an OC tho, if i do it at all.
i think i've shared snippets of it in the past but i don't think i tagged them well, so i will share again!
Jason got his first ever erection almost a year after living in the manor. He’d been sparring with Bruce when it happened—humiliatingly, Bruce had warned him about it before they ever started training. Jason’s only consolation was that Bruce had been just as awkward about it as he was, and they’d silently agreed not to talk about it after.
Jason hadn’t forgotten about it, but… he’d been so sure it wouldn’t happen to him that when it did—
He’d burned with humiliation, and taken the coldest shower he’d ever had.
It’s been almost two years since. Jason still pops boners during training. On patrol. At school, even, like he doesn’t have enough problems. He wakes up with them. It’s—
He doesn’t like it, but—he’s gotten more comfortable with it, over the years. No longer as humiliating, now it’s more… annoying. He’s gotten better at getting rid of them without needing a cold shower, though it’s still the surest remedy.
Lately, though…
Lately Jason’s been curious about… about what it might feel like.
It’s… It’s not that he’s never wondered before, it’s just… everything else always eclipsed his curiosity.
Tonight is different.
Jason doesn’t know what about it is, but— It is.
He doesn’t patrol tonight. His homework is finished. He has both one of his favorite books and the next book in a series he’s reading on hand, just in case this goes badly and he needs a distraction.
He locks his door. It’s kinda weird. He hasn’t—he hasn’t bothered locking his door in… a while. But. He doesn’t want to be caught with his pants, literally, down.
Jason dawdles a few extra minutes, making sure he’s got everything he needs. Towel? Check. Lube? Check. He takes a breath. Holds it. Exhales.
Other people do this all the time. It’ll be fine.
He pulls off his clothes, leaving them neatly off to the side. He… his nakedness feels—almost wrong in the quiet room. He almost wishes he’d left his clothes on, but—bad enough the towel will end up soiled.
He lies back, cock already semi-hard. He drizzles the lube in his hand, almost flinching at the cool of it. He lets it warm to his body temperature before tipping it over, letting it pour onto his cock before he wraps his hand around the base.
It’s—
Weird.
Feels okay, though.
He’s— Jason can’t bring himself to look up videos, or anything. Doesn’t want the history, the evidence on his phone, not when everything about it feels shameful and wrong.
He knows it isn’t.
It’s normal. Healthy, even. Unfortunately all the scientific evidence in the world can’t make the feelings go away.
Jason goes slowly, alternating the pressure of his hand as he strokes, finding what he likes best. Unbidden, his eyes close. He pictures—no one, really. A body. Soft and feminine, hands a little calloused.
His hand speeds up.
Breasts, heavy and round and perfect, pressed against his back. Kisses pressed over his shoulder. A hand splayed flat over his belly, holding him close, holding him still.
“A-ah—“
sladejay gunfucking is a potential sequel for taking a bird in hand, which i actually wrote before i had even really started that fic, lmfao.
it is... more or less exactly what it sounds like, tbh.
“Are you really that desperate?” The sneer dripping from Slade’s words shouldn’t turn Jason on, but it does. “Can’t even wait till we get home for me to fuck you?”
The words hit Jason right in the chest, and he gasps, unsure whether to nod or shake his head.
Slade understands anyway. “Fine,” he growls. He bypasses the traps on Jason’s tac pants. It’s a move that normally wouldn’t be that hot—except he does it with one hand. Jason’s cock throbs. Slade jerks his pants down, yanking them over the swell of his ass, down to the thickest point of Jason’s thigh where they catch. Slade leaves them. He tears one of his gloves off with his teeth. Jason’s belly swoops. “Lube,” he demands.
Jason’s hand shakes as he pulls out one of the packets he keeps in his inner jacket pocket. Slade snatches it from him and tears it open with his teeth. Lube splatters onto Jason’s exposed thighs—he cries out at the chill of it. There’s just enough left to coat Slade’s fingers.
Slade doesn’t bother with any build up. He smears the lube over Jason’s hole, making him gasp—and then cry out as Slade shoves two in at once. He shoves his fist into his mouth to muffle himself.
There may be no activity in this area now, but the last thing he wants is for someone to come running and find the Red Hood being fucked by Deathstroke.
Or—
Fuck.
The way his cock throbs at the thought… maybe part of him does want that.
He can examine that later.
Slade ignores his prostate. He pumps his fingers hard and fast, scissoring them every couple of thrusts. Even with the lube there’s a slight burn. Jason relishes in it, his hips working, riding Slade’s fingers as best he can.
He whines into his fist when Slade pulls out the last time. The whine turns into a yelp when Slade smacks his thigh—the sound loud, seeming to echo in the quiet place. Then something presses against hole. It’s cold, blunt. He looks down, eyes wide, and finds Slade pressing a gun against his hole.
And not just any gun.
That’s Jason’s favorite.
He whimpers.
It’s not in protest.
He doesn’t know how Slade got it out of his holster without him noticing, but he doesn’t particularly care, either. The gun bears down harder. Jason’s rim gives to the force of it. He moans, tossing his head back. It hits the cold, hard rooftop, sending a dull pain through his skull. He hardly registers it; focusing instead on relaxing his muscles to accommodate the pistol barrel being slowly pushed inside of him.
Slade huffs a laugh. “Should’ve figured you’d like this,” he says, voice low and gravelly. “This is meant to be a punishment, Jason. Maybe I should have belted you first.”
Jason whines again.
Both of them know that wouldn’t have done any good, either. Slade has whipped Jason’s ass red and raw before fucking him hard before. All it accomplished was giving Jason a mind-blowing orgasm.
If Slade really wanted to make Jason think twice, he’d do what he did after that time—
Making him sit on a textured mat while writing lines. ‘I will call for back-up if I need it,’ is a phrase imprinted on his mind now.
His ass still throbs thinking about it.
“If—If this is a punishment,” he says breathlessly, “then remind me to—uhn, fuck—earn them more often.”
Slade snorts. “You misbehave enough already.” He rocks the pistol a little more firmly, and Jason clenches around the barrel.
ships: jason/tim/bruce, jason/tim/steph, ra's al ghul/tim, jason/roman sionis :D
oooh so many!! thanks sashene <3
jaybrutim - ima be real, i cant think of this ship without thinking of the props series (which, mind the warnings if anyone is gonna check that out, but it is So Good for a dark Bruce and dark Jason)
as much as i multiship and polyship, i do think jason would have a hard time sharing bruce, but thats why tim being a "prop" between them works so well. i think in a sliiiiightly healthier setting jason could rationalize it more as a "batman and robin" thing, and wouldnt be quite as bad about sharing bruce with tim because he is another robin
anyway thats a lot of rambling to say that while i dont see it being a necessarily "good" relationship for any of them i do still love it 😂 (we love unhealthy fictional relationships here, hopefully everyone already knows that about me otherwise why are they here)
jaytimsteph - im not like, super against this ship or anything, i can see the pull for other people, but as a general rule i dont seek it out
i think its cause i looooooove the timsteph dynamic of ex's to besties lol but that means that im not particularly investing in exploring them when theyre together, even if you add jason into the dynamic
rastim - unpopular opinion among other rastim shippers lol, but i only like it when its dubcon or noncon 😅
peak rastim to me is when ras clearly wants tim and tim only agrees to sleep with him in exchange for other things tim needs and cant get anywhere else
that being said, i do adore that flavor of the ship. tim is just such a cheeky brat when it comes to ruining ras' plans and while ras hates that, he still holds tim up to the same level as bruce and that is just!!! **chefs kiss**!!!!
jason/roman sionis - wait i have the perfect post about my thoughts on this ship!!! sisky really said it best, i cant top this, i can only agree lol
GIVE ME A CHARACTER with jason and/or tim and/or cass <3
I did Jason here!
Tim
How I feel about this character. I used to resent him but thanks to 1) Jon Lewis's run, and 2) shipping him with Jason lol, I got over it. I still side-eye his creation, and a lot of his writing (especially vis a vis Steph, Cass, or Jason), from a Doylist POV though. Massively.
All the people I ship romantically with this character. Jason as an otp. More low-key and context dependent: Steph, Lonnie, Cass (but in a comphet way añldskfja)... maybe more will be added if I read more team comics of his.
My non-romantic OTP for this character. Helena Bertinelli, I think they're need in Cry for Blood lol. I also enjoy Dick & Tim but 1) I wish their fallout + reconciliation had been more... emphasized, ig? Because I love a good mess, and 2) their fandom can get. Annoying. About literally every other bat character xD
My unpopular opinion about this character. I don't think I care for Tim/Kon. I don't think he's the coolest most competent person ever or a poor little meow meow. I don't think he'd hate Jason forever OR come to see him as a big brother.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon. No reboots so we could see what he becomes after the Red Robin era. I have yet to finish it but it's clear they were going for something interesting, and then...
Cass
How I feel about this character. I think she's one of DC's best characters, easily top 5, and definitely the most misused one in that list.
All the people I ship romantically with this character. So many women lmao, though none in an "otp" way, as of now? I ship her with Steph as messy exes, with Barbara as unrequited + formative yearning, with Brenda as a tragic could-have-been, with Rose as a hatefuck gone sideways, with Onyx as good friends with occasional benefits, with [redacted] as co-leaders-who-crossed-a-line-and-have-to-navigate-it, with Kate Kane as "what if Cass got a poly kink mentor"... I also think she's going to shoot her shot with Wonder Woman when she reaches her 30s. And that it's going to work.
My non-romantic OTP for this character. Barbara >>>>>>. The dynamics I picture with Mia or Jason in my head are great too.
My unpopular opinion about this character. I really dislike how her dynamic with Shiva has been portrayed in canon. If they had to be mother and daughter, could we go with my easter egg hunt scenario, pretty please?
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon. Better writing at any time after Batgirl00 lol. I WOULD have actually been so there for a corruption arc done right, but she's 1) a woman, 2) Asian, 3) an Asian woman, so it was never going to happen.
fanfic/author ask game about red on red on red!!
1, 8 and 24 <3
Fic Ask Game
1. Write a scene from RoRoR in another character’s POV
here you go, i added it as a little interlude onto the story itself <333
8. What is your favorite line/section from RoRoR?
im gonna say that out of the two chapters posted so far, this line from chapter 1 is probably my fave
It's sort of like how little boys pull pigtails and push little girls over on the playground- except they're two grown-ass men pushing each other over on rooftops and in the middle of dangerous shootouts with drug dealers.
24. Which scene/theme was the inspiration for RoRoR?
the inspo for this one actually originated from this post i made which in turn spawned this ask which is what i moreso based the actual fic off of, so thank you @chiyana for that ask lmao
while cass was learning language someone introduced her to gaming youtubers so she sometimes uses weird slang like "npc", "noob" or "skill issue".
jason reads young adult fantasy and sci-fi and enjoys it
kate kane and adeline kane are cousins
okay i tried to color code them lol
the yellow is for cass, i think this is so fucking funny and can just imagine a panel with her, fully hooded, saying "skill issue" to some goons she just clowned on
the dark red is for jason, partially cause everything he's shown to read is done for narrative purposes and ya fiction doesnt rly fit with that? but also cause im a brat and i like that hes only been shown to read classics, so my headcanon is that hes a snob about reading lmao. also also just because of his life i just dont really see scifi as being a big appeal for him, i can just picture him bitching and moaning about the inaccuracies bc he's been to space and also practically lived on a spaceship (and im so sorry that this part got so long i dont wanna be mean aahhh)
the light red is for kate, i also like this one, it has a lot of fun possibilities! <3
for the ask meme: black sails and the old guard :D
Black Sails
favorite female character: Max. As I knew she'd be long before I started the show. I liked her immediately and in episode 3 she had me forever.
favorite male character: John Silver. I always like him in every incarnation (he's the opposite of Blackbeard like that btw, though admittedly in this show I didn't hate him), and this one outdid itself. He's such. A character <3
worst female character: no <3
worst male character: Peter Ashe you deserved so much worse.
otp: while I watched the show I would've said Silverflintmadi, and don't get me wrong, I adore them. But ultimately, it's Maxanor.
brotp: Silvermax(jack). What a team.
notp: Silver/Thomas. I have elaborated before and I might again but ultimately it's about 1) I'll never believe in a Silver that could want him 2) I hate how some people write Silver-as-into-Thomas (self-loathing, thinking he'd never deserve Such A Man, etc. when IMO his reaction would be looking at Flint judgmentally and thinking. Really? This guy?? xDD).
The Old Guard
favorite female character: Nile, which is why I never bothered with the sequel tbqh.
favorite male character: Joe.
worst female character: none.
worst male character: also none, really. Some assholes here and there obviously, but perfectly adequate characters. Mentioning nameless canon fodder would be a cheap move and also, frankly, it's been so long since I watched this movie that I don't remember much beyond the important parts.
