explosions on tv ( open )

[reneger]

Who: jason todd reneger & open
What: a catch all
When: september-october
Where: central city, excelsior, nyc, etcetc
Content Warnings: unnecessarily violent and gorey fights


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[robintohood]

[Adrenaline and rage are trying to override the physical pain Jason's feeling. He struggles again to get older Jay off of him, causing his injuries to further open and bleed more. It's humiliating and infuriating the position he's in and he wants to just beat the man's face in until there's nothing]

Go ahead and try. We know you care about B's code as much as I do.

[reneger]

No.

( jason's weight shifts up onto his knees, not quite pinning junior down under his weight but also using it as leverage so he can't just buck him off. his bleeding hand raises, curls into a fist, and slams itself into junior's nose.

it's meant to be humiliating. it's meant to show junior how weak he is. how far he has to come yet. how much stronger jason is, because he's pissed off junior gets away with murder, literally, but jason can't. that the rules only apply when bruce feels like it, that if he started going hard again, dick'd sigh disappointingly at him or lock him back up again. fuck this stupid kid and how nobody seems to give a shit what he pulls, whereas jason's just not allowed. )

[robintohood]

[A gush of blood comes out when older Jason punches the younger one in the nose. The latter's face is a bloodied mess now, just like the rest of him.

And yet, he's still struggling still won't shut up. He still wants to keep fighting and prove he's better]

Why not? You were so ready before. Not tired yet of being the redeemed one yet? Still okay with following their rules?

[reneger]

You want me to put you out of your misery. You want to be done, but you don't know how to quit.

( it's not pity that keeps his hits lighter than he could go for; it's resentment, jealousy, it's the need to make this stupid shitty kid suffer as jason has. he's raising his fist again, as if he's planning on going for another hit, but--stops before he throws it. )

There's no redemption for either of us. You know that, don't you? You're a piece of trash, you're always gonna be trash. An' I ain't saving you from having to live with it.

[robintohood]

[Jason instinctively flinches before older Jay stops himself short of punching him again. When the hit doesn't land and the man keeps talking, Jason glares back. He doesn't want any damn pity]

Good thing we're right where we belong then. You still got that itch. You're just dying to beat the hell out of anyone that's royally pissed you off before squeezing the trigger. Wanting to go for headshots and none of this rubber bullets bullshit. It felt good to have that kind of control and you know it.

[At the core, older Jason isn't any better than him. He's just been through more shit, including the family's influence despite how much they've hurt him]

[reneger]

You ever stop an' think about the goons you kill off?

( there had been a particular kill that hit jason hard, back in new amsterdam. the only one he'd broken his deal with bruce for. she deserved it, he doesn't regret killing her one bit, but-- )

Ever think about who they have waiting back home for them? I know you do your research, but how 'bout those ones you just offed? Do they have kids back home, waiting for their daddies to return home to them? Were they desperate for cash, out of options, and being a lackey for the D'Amicos was the only way they could get by? Were they born into it, and couldn't find a way out?

( doesn't matter. he's not waiting for a response, he's dropping his fist to slam it into junior's jaw. )

But you're right. It felt real good.

[robintohood]

[There's another loud grunt of pain when he gets punched in the jaw. He spits out blood afterwards. Most of his body is in pain now. It's going to hurt a lot getting back to a safehouse]

Willis was garbage.

[The statement is said quietly and with depressed resignation. Older Jason is right though. More often than not, younger Jason doesn't think too hard on the goons he kills. They knew what they signed up or they did something shitty enough to earn a death sentence is how he usually justifies it. That kind of thinking is part of how he can keep doing his work.

If he thinks too hard on it, it might send him in a spiral and uncomfortable realizations about himself and the cycle of violence and crime he and so many other families fall into]

[reneger]

( willis was garbage, but he was still jason's dad. jason still lost him too young, even if losing him saved him a lot of pain in the long run. but willis doesn't mean jack shit in correlation to this: he died, jason mourned for him as any alley kid would, and it was over.

he's not digging into it any further, there's no point. he's made his already; junior's down for the count, if it wasn't for sleeper that'd take weeks to heal up. jason doesn't go in for another hit, just pushes his weight up onto his knees and climbs up to his feet. moves to walk away from junior. )

Call your cat. Or do you need me to do it for you?

[robintohood]

[In a defensive and angry tone]

I got it.

[Thanks to the symbiote bond, Sleeper probably already sensed something was wrong anyway. Now he's just lying in a pool of his own blood, facing the night sky. Pain throbs all over him and he too weak to do much else]

[reneger]

Yeah.

( if junior has it, then he's done here. jason--makes his way back over to his bike. leaves the hood on as he gets back on it and drives it away from the warehouse.

he'll need a bit, to burn off the anger. and staying here any longer really isn't a good idea. )