( closed ) what good is love that no one shares?

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Who: Loki Odinson (dothelokimotion), Kyle (torchbearer) + You
What: Engagements! Dates! Making sure Sunset Falls doesn't collapse! And other things.
When: August Catchall
Where: Sunset Falls, Central, etc
Content Warnings: N/A, will change if necessary

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Comments

[reneger]

He's adorable when he's being protective.

( fearsome and vicious, but jason wouldn't take him any other way. damian may have outaged him, but he's still jason's baby brother. )

Did you feel threatened? Like my virtue was being well-guarded?

[torchbearer]

[ dryly. ]

Yes, it was all very threatening. I feared for my life.

[reneger]

He's a big softie, just like Dick. ( with a snort, before he's turning his head to press his face in against kyle's shoulder. ) Is that a yes?

[torchbearer]

[ kyle tilts his neck a little to lean against him. ]

Sorry, death threats get old after a while. It's a little hard to get worked up about them.

[reneger]

No, I get it. Kon told me early on after I'd shown up that if I laid a hand on Tim, he'd make me wish he didn't have a no kill rule.

( there's a small grin on jason's face, one that never quite reaches his eyes. )

I told him he'd better. Be a real shit boyfriend for Tim if he didn't fuck me over after pulling shit like that.

[torchbearer]

[ hm. kyle notes that look. ]

But you wouldn't.

[reneger]

I'd rather saw off my own damn leg than hurt any of 'em like that.

( well. mostly. because-- )

Sparring and playfights aside.

[torchbearer]

I know.

[ there's fights and there's fights. kyle may never grasp the internal dynamic between the bats, but he doesn't doubt they all care for each other. ]

[reneger]

Except Bruce.

( his tone is almost playful. almost. it cracks around the edges, doesn't quite reach what he's going for. )

Asshat deserves a beating or two.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle turns to press his palm against his cheek. ]

Don't do that to yourself.

[reneger]

( rude.

kyle presses a palm to his cheek, so jason turns his head into it.

bites at his palm. )

It's payback.

[torchbearer]

Whatever it is.

[ kyle glances at his own palm. ]

Seriously?

[reneger]

Thought about licking it, but that just felt gross.

( so, yes, seriously. )

[torchbearer]

As opposed to biting?

[reneger]

This is a date, ain't it?

( the look on his face says he's just waiting for kyle's response. waiting for an excuse to bully him. )

[torchbearer]

[ kyle gives him a look. ]

I really don't want to know what kind of dates you have.

[reneger]

Pending how you're counting 'em, this's my--sixth?

( he's grinning at kyle, reaching to grab hold of his wrist. )

An' they've all ended with someone getting fucked over.

[torchbearer]

That's pretty normal in our line of work.

[ though he has had normal dates. and some not so normal. ]

Jen and I used to go flying a lot.

[reneger]

Lo and I'd break into rich assholes' houses an' rob them blind.

( because thievery is clearly a fun date idea. )

Isabel - I'd taken on a normal date, which ended in her being kidnapped into space, so. Didn't happen again.

[torchbearer]

Yeah, that's usually how it pans out.

[ he remembers when his date with alex was interrupted by mongul. that had been a pain and he was lucky superman came around. ]

[reneger]

But you an' I'd be fine.

( with kyle's wrist in hand, jason raises it up to his mouth. presses lips to the base of kyle's palm. )

Space kidnapping can't fuck us over. Much.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle can't help but smile, soft at the corners. ]

No. It's not going to fuck us over.

[reneger]

Yeah.

( it's always a worry, isn't it. the value of having a relationship versus how bad ly one can fuck the person over by them just existing in the same space. jason had told junior that kyle's fine because jason most likely can't break him by accident, which--is a lot of the reason why he's letting himself get this involved. he's still plenty afraid of how badly kyle can break him, but there's not shit he can do to avoid that. jason's already in too deep.

jason reaches his free hand out towards kyle, brushes his thumb along the corner of his lips while his hand settles against his neck. )

Take off the mask.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle hesitates for a moment because even now, he gets nervous about his identity. not that he's very good at hiding it, but alex's death and the encounters in his life still make him cagey. the other lanterns don't hide, but kyle hides. he's still hiding.

but the mask slowly fades away. ]

[reneger]

( the mask fades, and jason offers kyle a toothy little grin.

leans in close, to press a kiss against the corner of kyle's eye. just the softest press of lips against skin; there's no intent, he's--just happy to have the contact. )

You're gorgeous.