[DC] 5 times Jason did a good deed without recognition

[runespoor]

For shiny_glor_chan. I suspect that my pairing bias may appear, and for that I apologize very very much.

5 times Jason did a good deed without recognition

1.

Garzonas.

The only thing Jason regrets about that is how Batman looked at him afterwards.

2.

That charity ball Jason got drafted to, and there was that kid that looked as if he thought he was transparent, huddled alone with the party all around and who looked about as home as the average attendant of the party would in Crime Alley. Jason didn't belong in that world and so Jason saw him.

The kid was staring at Bruce – who was laughing his charity-ball laugh at the smug-looking socialite they were investigating – and when he looked away he caught Jason's scowl. The kid's eyes widened.

Surprise made him look so funny, big rounded eyes under that crazy mop of hair, it made Jason grin.

3.

During his short stint as a Titan, one of the only times he spent a week-end in NY, he met a girl he'd known from before.

They got a coffee and Jason stuck around long enough to realize that she wasn't short on money, wasn't doing drugs, wasn't hustling on the side, and that she'd skipped town when her father had found out she was a lesbian. She was living with her girlfriend. She didn't let Jason pay for the coffee.

She'd started anew. She was in love and happy.

Jason stayed just long enough to make sure she was okay, and when he got back to Titans Tower the weekly briefing had already started and they were all in Jason's face and Jason got enough of that shit with Bruce, except that Bruce would make him tell him why he was late and Bruce was in Gotham, so Jason lashed right back.

4.

The grave of Bruce's parents is one of these places where he always finds himself going back, again and again, even though he doesn't know why, even though he should never want to come back to the place again, not after he had to dig himself out of the grave just left of Thomas and Martha Wayne's.

Once he finds the grave vandalized – the usual shit you find in defiled cemeteries, and other things as well. Personal attacks.

Jason cleans the headstone.

5.

He never tells Bruce that one day he saw Alfred in front of the portrait of Bruce's parents, looking older than he ever did, muttering that he was sorry he's failed them.

Comments

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Of course Jason would check that she didn't need help. And of course he'd miss Gotham and he'd react badly at the Titans afterwards.

Careful, he kicks.

[wierdbot.livejournal.com]

... I've already said that I love Jason lists, haven't I?

Loved 2 because I keep thinking the little boy's Tim. Or am I being a little dense and it really is meant to be Tim? It's Tim, isn't it?

Also, 4. Because I love the fact that Jason doesn't care, but does.

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the boy in 2 is Tim. Jason didn't get to talk to him at all because the party was later crashed by a supervillain, in fine Gotham tradition, who kidnapped the socialite Batman was investigating - some people just don't know how to choose their business associates.

Jason needs to tell himself that he doesn't care, because otherwise he'd break (end of Under the Hood anyone?) but he really, really does. It's only made worse here because it's the grave of someone's parents, and I think Jason's fundamental decency would get him to be furious whether or not it was the grave of Bruce's parents. I expect that he did some detective work later to find the assholes who did that and made them pay for it in blood.

[wierdbot.livejournal.com]

Yay, Tim! It would have been adorable if they had met. Robins are so cute when they're young and relatively trauma free.

And that does fit in with Jason's sense of morality- it's not so much that he doesn't care at all, just that the way he shows it is open to interpretation.

Also: Pile o' Robins: Cutegasm.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Love them all, especially 3 and 4. And also 3. Hell, I love them all.

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

3 and 4 and 3? ;) Thank you for letting me know you liked, finding good things Jason did that didn't, for the most part, hitting people really hard was fun.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

LOL! Oops. I think I meant 3 and 4 and 5. Jason has that effect on me.

[sara-lakali.livejournal.com]

I love them all (but #5 is my favorite).

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Never let it be said I don't go for the cheap drama. I like to think that Jason doesn't get why Alred would think he's failed Bruce's parents, but he won't ever tell Bruce anyway because he knows that'd just hurt him.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Awww, these were lovely. Heeey, if they were for me, why wasn't I told about them? XD Thanks~ *goes to and work on the buncha five things people gave her* @_@

*sneaks off with Jason and that little boy from the party that must be Tim to smush them together cutely, whistles innocently*

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Probably 'cause I'm a moron and forgot to tell you.

I knew you were going to do that. Well, the rest is Bruce/Jason-parading-as-gen.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Aww, you're not a moron. I found it anyway! *hugs the agoodsoldier comm.*

^-^;; As long as it's parading as gen, I won't notice it as much. >>;;

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Shippy-parading-as-gen, hmmm.

*fangy grin*

[oximore.livejournal.com]

*loved this*


(And damn, the last one is probably my favourite. Painful & raw.)

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

In my mind, the last two are things Jason doesn't even like to think about. It was painful for him too. :(