Jason as a drama teacher (and more)(Headcanon)
· The usual teacher at Gotham Academy couldn’t teach for a year due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time during a villain attack.
o He’s fine now, but let’s just say he’s going to be out for one of the school years.
· This is where Jason comes in.
o Sure, he could be hanging with the Outlaws or running around Gotham’s criminal underworld. But he does that enough at night.
· His brothers didn’t think he could get the job.
o Damian was hoping he wouldn’t.
· On the first day, the students were shocked that, out of all the drama teachers and theater nerds in the area – no, the world – this guy dressed in leather who has a dark sense of humor is the one Headmaster Hammer decided to hire.
· But then they realize that he knows what he’s doing.
· Due to first impressions, they did not think Jason would be a huge Shakespeare fanboy. Boy, were they surprised when they learned he could recite any line from Hamlet.
· During the audition process and rehearsals, Jason takes it upon himself to get to know the kids as best he can. He’s always been the type of guy who wants to know if there’s anything he can do to help a kid in need.
o It’s during this that he learns why Damian hoped he didn’t get the job.
o One of the kids helping out who goes by “Maps” is a friend of his.
§ Jason can’t believe that the gremlin made a friend on the one day he attended the school.
§ He also loves the fact she seems to be really into weapons and armor.
§ Seriously, he’d consider adopting her if he could.
§ But for now, he’ll settle on the stories of Maps’s encounters with Damian, Robin, and Red Robin. Told from her perspective which may or may not be exaggerated, of course.
§ Maps is convinced Jason has a “dark secret”.
§ Jason actually panics at this and does his best to make sure she never finds out he’s the Red Hood.
o Another kid helping out was named Colton.
§ It took Jason a while to get him to open up, but once he did, he was pissed.
§ He saw the telltale signs of abuse when he saw the constant black eyes that seemed to reappear every time after he came back to the school from his parents’ place.
§ The only reason he didn’t go hunt down Colton’s poor excuse for a father was because the kid asked him not to.
§ He still might’ve left him a warning though.
o There were definitely other kids, like a girl named Katie who was Clayface’s daughter, a girl named Olive who seemed to have a grudge against Batman much to Jason’s amusement…
· No matter which play they decide to do, it’s a success even if there are one or two hiccups down the road.
· Like when Jason had to leave early to take care of a prison riot across the street at Arkham.
· Or when he was out for a week after getting injured during his “night job”.
o His cover story is that he works a second job at night as a freelance security guard around the city, which isn’t technically a lie.
· Somehow though, they pull through.
· Bruce and the rest of the family definitely go to see the play.
· Jason is happy about that, though he’ll never admit it.
· After his year was up, he left so the old teacher could have his job back.
o The kids were actually sad to see him go.
o They’re also confused whenever Red Hood waves at them as if he knows them whenever he’s in the area or they see him in the city.
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