smallblueboyscout:
@underthered-x
It had been a month since his failure to catch the guy who had been stealing some art thing. He’d been grounded, both as a civilian and from his hero duties,but he’d been “released” from his grounding, so of course he’d thrown the cape on and rushed out, desperate to get his dad’s approval again.
It was simple stuff, just wandering around Metropolis and helping fix people’s cars, gets cats down from trees, and get old people across the street safely. He had just finished taking down some muggers when that guy he’d gotten grounded for showed up. He smiled, waving with his free hand as he held up the two assailants.
“Hey!…. Yooooooou.” He didn’t catch his name or alias last time. “What are you doing in Metropolis?”
jason had kept more than he usually did of the most recent payout - after all , charities have limits on what they can accept , and donations too big in gotham tend to bring unsavory folk out of the woodwork - instead saving it and taking some time away from home . he can’t exactly call holing up in a suicide slums motel a vacation , but it’s probably the closest metropolis gets to home , he’ll be honest . he’s been keeping an eye out for the kid - the superboy , they call him - and maybe doing a little cleaning up of his own , knocking together a few muggers’ heads .
( he doesn’t like playing hero anymore : doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how . )
all in all he’s been quiet about it , though , looking out for the little super , and lo and behold ! there he is , in all his glory , doing the same sort of thing jason’s been doing on and off . he waves back , the slightly ominous red glow of the x unmoving on his helmet . “ hey , kiddo . just taking a breather , getting outta my hometown for a bit . ” he chuckles slightly at the lack of his name . “ red x . red or x works fine , too , whatever you prefer . ”
