( there's exceptions to things β shades of gray that can become murky if ones not careful. monsters taking on the form of dead parents and making them be dead in every way possible... seems like a gray area. yet bruce still couldn't bring himself to do it, even when that very monster wearing his mother's face was thrashing atop him, trying to kill him. he couldn't. if jason hadn't been there... he'd probably be dead.
it's funny. he's not afraid to die and yet... he'd felt fear in that moment. but for different reasons. guilt. failure. heartache. loss. they all hurt so much more than the thought of dying. of him dying.
fingers slip away from the tension bandages placed there in jason's hand, arm dropping to his side. it's hard for him β hard for both of them for him to be this... vulnerable, but. here he is. being just that. if even for the moment.
there's a sort of understanding there in his eyes β in the way he lifts his gaze up to meet jason's and he takes a moment to swallow again, licks over his lips, then looks back down to the tension bandages he'd given him. )
Still. I can't afford to freeze like that. ( having thought he'd mastered all of his fear, but. he knows there's one or two things that still destroy him from the inside. make him feel like he's ten years old again. ) Might want to wrap your arm with that. Just in case.
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it's funny. he's not afraid to die and yet... he'd felt fear in that moment. but for different reasons. guilt. failure. heartache. loss. they all hurt so much more than the thought of dying. of him dying.
fingers slip away from the tension bandages placed there in jason's hand, arm dropping to his side. it's hard for him β hard for both of them for him to be this... vulnerable, but. here he is. being just that. if even for the moment.
there's a sort of understanding there in his eyes β in the way he lifts his gaze up to meet jason's and he takes a moment to swallow again, licks over his lips, then looks back down to the tension bandages he'd given him. )
Still. I can't afford to freeze like that. ( having thought he'd mastered all of his fear, but. he knows there's one or two things that still destroy him from the inside. make him feel like he's ten years old again. ) Might want to wrap your arm with that. Just in case.