( closed ) tied my lead and pulled my chain

[reneger]

Who: Jason Todd reneger, Roy Harper thwikt, Tim Drake mostdangerousbird, Dick Grayson forceforlight, Kyle Rayner torchbearer, Jimmy deadthenred, Tony Stark voicelog, Tony Stark the second ingeniar, and Stephen Strange rehandle
What: a jailbreak
When: july 7thish
Where: an island prison off the washington coast
Content Warnings: ??

After deciding to do some snooping around Arcadia and dragging in Roy after his arrival, Jason and Roy both ended up knocked out, pulled out of Arcadia, and dropped off on an island off of Washington with a facility on it built to hold metahumans. Fun! Except they're both drowsy and depowered, stuck in cells, and aside from Jason's neural implant, they don't have a way to reach out to others from inside. But hey, at least the guards haven't seen their faces, so it could be worse.

Comments

[torchbearer]

I don't know. It could work.

[reneger]

Doesn't go with my skin tone. But--

( his hand raises. gestures over towards jason the second. jason the third? whichever. )

Feel free to use my likeness all you want.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle squints. ]

Really?

[reneger]

( kyle squints. which has jason squinting back, silent for a moment before he returns it with-- )

Not for kinky shit.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle splutters. ]

Of course not!

[reneger]

( and jason cackles, slouching into the couch a little deeper. )

Then sure, use me all you want.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle is going to throw a pillow at him in disgust. ]

[reneger]

( the pillow whacks him in the face, but it doesn't take the grin off of jason's face. )

You're the one who made that face.

[torchbearer]

Making a face isn't the same as going there!

[reneger]

Then what was the face for? Where'd your head go?

( now he's just fucking with him for fun. )

[torchbearer]

It definitely didn't go there.

I just thought it was odd how chill you were.

[reneger]

( no one, in the history of the world, would ever call jason chill. and the comment is enough that it has him - quieting down while he mulls it over. he guesses the do whatever could come across as being chill, even if it's not quite that for him. )

I'm the least chill person in this entire building - an' that's saying something, cause the guy upstairs is neurotic as hell, Damian kinda lives here, and there's Bucky and the new girl downstairs.

( downstairs is irrelevant, it's more damian and tony that he's really referring to. and kyle, who'd just attacked a prison with zoids. )

I trust you not to be an ass, it's different. ( and he's too tired to really give a shit right now. there's too much going on outside of kyle. )

[torchbearer]

[ that is a lot of words for a throwaway statement by kyle. he seems to absorb this for a moment. ]

Yeah. You can trust me.

[reneger]

I know.

( he almost adds in a i can always kill you if you fuck me over but opts to leave it out. some things are better left unsaid and all. )

Which's how I know I'll win.

[torchbearer]

Like you won last time?

[reneger]

That was different. You caught me off guard, 's not gonna happen again. Now I'm expecting it.

( the sudden feelings drops in the middle of a game of chicken. the soft touches. he's got kyle's number now. jason won't get that caught off guard again. )

[torchbearer]

[ kyle smiles faintly, bemused. ]

You are, huh? Guess I'll have to change the game.

[reneger]

( jason--scrunches up his nose, before folding his arms back behind his head so he can lean back against his hands. )

You've got nothing on me, glowstick. You're all out of advantages.

[torchbearer]

[ this is very funny. ]

Okay. If you say so.

[reneger]

( this is shit. he hates this. )

What?

[torchbearer]

[ kyle rises to his feet. ]

Jason. You still call this a game. Sometimes, you hold back saying what you want because it's safer. You think it's about advantages.

[ he moves closer, lets his fingers brush the curve of jason's jaw. ]

But all I have are my feelings. And they're never going away.

[reneger]

( kyle getting up is enough reason for jason to sit up, which puts him that much closer when kyle reaches out for him. he listens. jason's careful to keep his expression neutral throughout, and when kyle finishes he pulls in a breath that causes his chest to rise with it. offers a small smarmy grin after he lets it out. )

You did just lose. ( given kyle is touching him. jason tilts his chin up so he's looking at kyle properly, eye to eye. ) But you're not a game to me. An' I know you're all about feelings.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle rolls his eyes, though he's still smiling. ]

Okay. So what do you want then?

[reneger]

( a very complex, multifaceted question, and it shows in the way his mouth twists into a frown, eyes still not drifting from kyle's even if jason knows damn well he's--faltering. because kyle is right. jason plays it safe. he holds back because he knows the moment he opens his mouth and says shit, that's it for him. it's game over, everyone'll know and jason won't be able to take it back. )

Now, or in general? 'cause one answer's gonna take a lot longer to go through than the other.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle just smiles. ]

Whichever you feel like saying.

[ which means he'll back off if jason tells him to, but he'll keep at it. ]