( he expects a lot of things, from bruce wayne. he expects bruce to be a hardass, expects him to be stuck in his believes, expect his upper cut to hurt like a bitch, expects him to tell jason no often, to bitch about it when jason refuses to listen because why would he? but jason doesn't often expect hugs, and it shows in the way his shoulders immediately tense up, like he's waiting for the other shoe to drop.
a knife in his back maybe. does bruce's suit have a taser in the chest piece? jason's old one used to. except, nothing hits him. there's no pain outside of the damage he'd gotten fighting off the waynes and monsters before this. the exhaustion isn't drug-related, it's from overuse of abilities jason doesn't often use at all. he doesn't return the gesture, but jason doesn't pull out of it either. leans in a little, maybe. )
B. ( voice a little softer, because he also realizes--bruce had just watched jason mutilate his parents. or poor copies of them, at least. that can't be easy to deal with. ) I'm fine.
( he'll collapse down onto his couch for at least a few days after this. let his body rest, give shit time to heal. but now isn't the time for that. there's too much going on, too much at risk with all the civilians running around while void monsters hit from every side. they can't afford to be down another fighter. they can't afford for batman to have a breakdown either. )
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a knife in his back maybe. does bruce's suit have a taser in the chest piece? jason's old one used to. except, nothing hits him. there's no pain outside of the damage he'd gotten fighting off the waynes and monsters before this. the exhaustion isn't drug-related, it's from overuse of abilities jason doesn't often use at all. he doesn't return the gesture, but jason doesn't pull out of it either. leans in a little, maybe. )
B. ( voice a little softer, because he also realizes--bruce had just watched jason mutilate his parents. or poor copies of them, at least. that can't be easy to deal with. ) I'm fine.
( he'll collapse down onto his couch for at least a few days after this. let his body rest, give shit time to heal. but now isn't the time for that. there's too much going on, too much at risk with all the civilians running around while void monsters hit from every side. they can't afford to be down another fighter. they can't afford for batman to have a breakdown either. )
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