i was born to hold my hands up (open)
Who: jason todd
reneger & whoever
What: downfall event prompts ; post-event happenings
When: late july - august
Where: excelsior, central city, nyc
Content Warnings: body horror, child death, child abuse, general violence, drug overdose, suicidal idealization, etcetc
prompts in the comments because.... i can.
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What: downfall event prompts ; post-event happenings
When: late july - august
Where: excelsior, central city, nyc
Content Warnings: body horror, child death, child abuse, general violence, drug overdose, suicidal idealization, etcetc
prompts in the comments because.... i can.
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and he could. he could. he feels that power within him, a starheart. jenny's starheart. it would be so tempting. but kyle knew fear. that's what made him unique among the lanterns. giving jason a promise won't magically change that fear. or stop what could come.
kyle takes jason's hand. a hand made for bruises. kyle always takes care of his own hands, too afraid of losing his talent, his art. they both amount to the same thing. ]
Jason, making that promise . . . I want to. I've always wanted to. For every single person I loved. For the people I lost.
But I can't. I can promise to fight. I can promise my power, my rage, my steadfastness. I can promise in this universe, I'll always be.
And if you go to any others, I'll find you.
[ he squeezes their knuckles together. ]
I'll find you.
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I don't expect empty promises out of you. ( his voice is still soft, mouth carefully forming around words one syllable at a time. jason looks back up to kyle. quirks up a corner of his lips, even if the little half-grin never quite reaches his eyes. ) But I'm gonna expect you to keep that one.
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I'll keep it.
[ he doesn't add to it. he doesn't need to. kyle is just . . . straightforward like that. he doesn't make it flowery. he doesn't make it desperate. it is a fact now. unshakeable. ]