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[cohero]

[when the time comes for the truth, it will be told because they promised it. dick has full trust in jason and he is sure that whatever he does, he does for a reason. now isn't the time. all that dick cares about right now is making sure that jason is okay.

there's a furrow across dick's brow at the notion that jason is okay, but he nods.]

i'm sure. we always are.

[being careful, dick takes the edges of jason's shirt and pulls it up. he folds it up with his hands as he goes so it touches as little skin as possible, knowing that road rash burns like hell. once it's over jason's head, he sets it aside. dick doesn't bother to look at all the bruises. he knows that it'll look bad. next he moves to jason's button and undoes it gently. he gets to his knees and then lightly tries to remove the pants touching as little as possible. it's harder with pants because of their nature, but he gets them off. ]

shit babe. you've got to hurt. one second.

[dick goes to the fridge and gets out the standard bag of peas and brings it over to hand to jason. he will know what is the most swollen. ]

what is the most sore right now?

[nomorefear]

[ We always are, Dick says, and he's right. They always are, even when they're not, and the fact that Dick gets the difference... well, it helps a lot.

He nods, lifting his arms up slowly to allow Dick to help undress him, biting back a wince. The road rash is mostly on his back, but he knows where his sorest spot is. It's where he got hit and rolled away from, narrowly avoiding the tires crushing far more serious spots on his body. ]

It hurts a little, yeah. But... you know.

[Nothing they can't handle. Still, he's grateful for the peas, pressing them against his side with a slightly groan.]

Right here. And my back. I think it got most of the drag.

[cohero]

[it's easier to say it doesn't hurt. if it hurts then it's far more real, and showing it means weakness and there is no weakness in this business. there's no time for it. dick gets it, even if he hates his partner feeling pain. it is always harder watching someone he cares about hurt.

even though a part of dick wants to immediately look to see if jason is okay, he knows he's got a more important role as his boyfriend first. dick leans over and touches his lips to the first bruise he finds on jason's shoulder. then he moves to kiss one on his rib. the touches of his lips are barely there, only enough to whisper across the skin.

reaching back, dick grabs the little wand with the x-ray type machine attached and nods towards where the ice is. he touches his lips to the area first and then moves the wand over it. there's a little bit of fluid that indicates a contusion, and maybe a broken rib. he sighs. at least there's nothing bleeding. ]

broken rib, i am about 99% sure.

[nomorefear]

[ There's no time for weakness in this business, no time for pain- especially here in Gotham. Jason's been keeping tabs on Bruce and he knows he's been having a hard time being back here, being Batman again. Red Hood's been picking up a lot of the slack.

It's weird to have kisses across his bruises, but feeling Dick's lips there feels nice. It feels different. Maybe even helps the pain a little bit. His eyebrows do go up when Dick brings out the x-ray machine. He moves the peas away so Dick can examine them, watching the wand move over his skin.

It's only then that he tries to take a deeper breath. ]

Fuck... yeah, i'm about 100% sure. Where'd you get that thing?

[cohero]

[in his small talk with bruce, dick deduced as much about gotham. he had a feeling that jason had been picking up the slack and that was one of his reasons for coming in the first place. dick hadn't come here to confess a crush he wasn't aware of having. he came to help out. he didn't know if his help would be wanted and that was what he wanted to talk to jason about.

what ended up coming out was completely different. wow did it end up being different. now he couldn't even imagine it going another way. this felt so right. dick hadn't had anything up to this point that settled into place so easily.

dick knows that it's not easy to take kisses over bruises, but he promised a new way to fix the pain and this was all he knew to make things a little easier. plus, it made dick feel better too. he wanted to put his mouth on every single piece of pain that jason had and mark it.

when jason takes a deep breath, dick grits his teeth and winces. he knows that look]

Let me get the tape and we will tape it up.

[dick goes over to where he's got the medical supplies laid out, and grabs the tape along with some gauze, and then some cream to put over the road rash on jason's back. it should keep the infection out. he's got a little soap and water to clean up the rocks. it's going to sting, but that's better than what happens if it's not cleaned.]

i went to a safehouse. i talked to bruce before i came and he coded me into a few. i knew this was there from when i used it a while back.

[coming back he begins to pull out the tape and has jason lift his arm up and lean over so he can get a tight stretch across the muscles and rib area. ]

[nomorefear]

[ If Dick had come to talk to Jason about helping him out this would've been a whole different conversation with a very different outcome. Jason probably wouldn't have gone for it at all. Now things would probably be different.

He notices then that Dick has more supplies, not all of which are his. As soon as the question comes out of his mouth he already figures where Dick got the stuff from. Better than having to go to urgent care, he supposes.

He moves however Dick needs him to so he can patch him up. If Dick hadn't been here he probably would've just drank a bottle of whiskey and called it a day.]

Bruce, huh. Should've known. You tell him you were coming to see me?

[cohero]

[that's why dick hadn't mentioned it to jason. it was about doing the work that dick loved, in a place that needed the help. dick figured that he and jason would cross paths soon enough. it all turned out very different, that's all.

supplies from a safe house are what jason gets when he doesn't want to go anywhere else. it's what they both get. if they are eventually going to work together and dick is pretty sure he did mention that. he figured he'd need them too.

it's better this way. moving around, dick glances at jason's back and notices that it's pretty clean. he figures whatever suit jason is wearing took the brunt of the damage. ]

i'd never tell bruce that. i did'nt even know i was going to see you. bruce doesn't need to know anything unless we want him to. [he pauses, and runs his fingers softly over the bruises on jason's back. there are lines in a patch where the suit must have given away.]

looks like you've got a hole in whatever suit you're wearing now. only one. good quality if it protected you this much.

[letting out a sigh, dick has suspicions but he doesn't care. he merely leans over and lays his head on jason's shoulder.]

i'm glad you're fine. i know this is our life, but life is short. we both know it. i just got you in mine and want to keep you. call me a sap. i don't fucking care.

[nomorefear]

[ Hey, Jason's perfectly fine with supplies from the safe house. He has plenty of his own, of course, but he doesn't have the fancy stuff. Maybe it's a good thing that Dick swiped some of it though, especially if Jason keeps up the way he's been going.

Jason's gonna have to patch up his suit, no doubt, but for now he has it stashed away. He's not sure if he's ready to talk about Red Hood to Dick just yet. ]

Yeah, okay. I just figured since the two of you spoke...

[Maybe he came up in conversation. Who knows. But if he didn't, Jason's perfectly alright with that too. He winces a little when Dick's fingers run over the sensitive bruises on his back, but the rest of him doesn't feel as beat up now. Or, at least he feels a little more put together as he presses the peas back against his side.

He doesn't want to talk about the suit.]

Thanks for patching me up. This would've been a lot harder to do on my own. And hey, I don't think you're a sap...but you know how this goes. I can't tell you it'll be any different. All I can say is that I wanna keep you in mine too.

[cohero]

it was a pretty short talk. i know he's not doing well, and he's talking about it even less than normal. he'd talk a little more if I went there and pushed it out of him. it's an option

[dick's worried. he knows that bruce is still spinning from all that happened. there's not a lot that he can do right now, other than what he plans on doing. he's got his stuff and plans on starting regular rotation very soon.

he wanted to go out soon on reconnaissance. get the lay of things. it would be good since jason's hurt. it would give him the night off.

catching the tiny wince when dick touches at jason's back, dick gets up and grabs the small ice pack that was with the emergency stuff. he breaks it and it immediately begins to cool in his hands.]

i'm happy to do it, babe. i know how it goes. i'll go out for you tomorrow if you want. give you a night to sit out and rest, unless something massive hits.

[putting the pack against the bruises on jason's back, dick pulls jason extremely gingerly back into his arms and lets them rest there on the couch.]

guess we don't get to have a hot makeout sesh tonight, huh.

[nomorefear]

Don't think he would.

[Bruce wouldn't talk even if pushed. Hell, he'd probably clam up even more. Jason knows cause they're alike in that way. Maybe in more ways than he'd like to admit.

He hasn't talked to Bruce at all since their last conversation. Jason's been keeping tabs on him though. He knows what's going on.]

...You're gonna go out patrolling?

[Of course Dick is. He knows nothing can hold them down or keep them away.

It's a relief to have that extra ice pack against his sore spots and he can lay back more easily against Dick.]

We can have a toned down one. Not giving up those kisses even for this. I'm gonna need those chili dogs at some point, though. Don't think I've forgotten about those.

[cohero]

[dick huffs out a short laugh. he knows how bad bruce is at communicating. he still can try and read the things that aren't said. he's had a few years of practice doing that. there's also a condition that he can read in person as opposed to over the phone. no matter how much he doesn't feel like going over there, he will.

turning his head back to jason, away from his thoughts. dick nods.]

yeah, that alright? anything i should know.

[brushing his fingers softly up and down jason's arm, dick grins with mention of the dogs. he hadn't forgotten. he was taking a second to let the pain slow after stirring it up during the patching up procedure. maybe he was taking time to hold jason in his arms too. he felt a little at a loss when he heard his new boyfriend had been run over by a car. that kills people.

pushing up a little, he settles jason against some pillows and gets up to go to the tiny kitchen area, and grabs the plate he'd made up and stuck in the oven to keep warm. ]

i would never forget. here, babe. for you, chili dogs, extra cheese, extra chili.

Finally getting to this. sorry D:

[nomorefear]

[ Yeah, Dick definitely had gotten to spend more time with Bruce. He was jealous of that for a little while, but now it doesn't matter anymore. He doesn't really want Dick over there too much, talking to Bruce, but he knows he also has no right to say anything about that either.

When Dick asks about patrolling, Jason goes quiet. He focuses on the way Dick's fingers move up and down his arm.]

Not much. I'm sure you already know I've been going back out as Red Hood. I didn't really have any other option.

[Thank fuck for chili dogs. He shifts back against the pillows and watches Dick go to grab the food. He can already smell it when Dick pulls it out of the oven.]

Oh damn... extra cheese and extra chili??? You're my fucking hero.

life happens. all good.

[cohero]

[right now, bruce isn't really as much on dick's radar. he's worried about him, but he doesn't need the prying into his life that his mentor/dad likes to do. he's not sure that bruce would be up to it, but in case he doesn't want anything to mess up his life right now.

when jason admits to being red hood, dick doesn't react. he knows this much and only smiles, happy that the truth is finally there. ]

it's okay. you have an identity of your own now, apart from bruce and titans. it's good. you're not the same red hood you were. you're doing things to better the community. i get it.

[with the chili dogs now occupying jason's lap, dick sits to the side and runs his hands along whatever he can reach, needing a little contact still. it's that feeling that he could have lost jason today. they always have that hanging over their heads, but it's still a thing when it almost happens.]

so glad i could be of service. after being rolled over, you deserve them. i hope they're good still.

[nomorefear]

[ It's not entirely the reaction Jason was expecting, but he also knows he's not telling Dick the entire truth. He doesn't really want it out there, but at the same time, he doesn't want to be ashamed of it either. He is doing things to better the community. Just in his own way. ]

You're right... I'm not the same Red Hood, and it took me a while to reconcile that. Still am, from time to time, but-- I did take the things from Red Hood that worked. Some of the things that Batman never wanted to do.

[But ultimately did do with the Joker, because in the end, even Bruce knew what had to be done to end the madness. Jason wishes he had still been with Bruce at the time, though. Then maybe none of what happened would have happened.

With the chili dogs in Jason's lap, he lifts one up and takes a big bite.]

Oh yeah, it's definitely still good. Real good. Man, I needed this.

[cohero]

[in listening, dick hears the words that jason says and notes how jason says that he does things that batman never wanted to do, and his smile falters a smidge. it occurs to him then, but he doesn't say it. he shoves it back into a spot in his mind, because it's only a glimmer of a thought. they both know what batman never wanted to do, what he did in the end that drove him to where he is now.

this isn't the time for that. jason's trusted him this much and dick's got chili dogs in his lap. he takes a bite of his own, and tries to keep the chili from dripping everywhere, almost a lost cause.]

they load these things down. i can see why they are your favorites...

[he laughs around a mouthful.]

i hope this makes a few of the bruises better.

[nomorefear]

[ He can see that smile falter, and he knows Dick has questions that he's gonna answer, but nothing comes. He wonders why, but if Dick doesn't want to talk to him about it right now he's fine with that too. He'd rather not talk about it all, but he knows that's probably wishful thinking.

At least for now though, Dick's accepting as much as he's told him. ]

It's everything you need all in one go.

[And he's a pro at eating them, barely dripping anything at all. He'd never want to waste a single bit of this amazing thing.]

It makes pretty much everything better.

[cohero]

[in the end it really becomes a non-issue, because dick realizes that they each do things their own way and even if/when they do end up working together now and then it's not so bad that it gets out of hand. there's times when things have to be taken care of and dick trusts jason's judgement.

so, it's every bit as much about how they work together everywhere, home, work, and everywhere in between.

as far as the dogs go, dick isn't sure they make all things better, but they make his hunger disappear.]

so much for my kisses, huh. [he laughs, and watches as jason inhales the dogs meticulously. meanwhile, dick's got chili running down his chin which makes him laugh more and grab for napkins.]

[nomorefear]

[ Jason's pretty sure it'll be a big issue, especially after everything that's happened. It's Dick, after all, and Jason knows what his values are. He knows what his morals are, and it's always been hard to compete with that.

He doesn't think Dick is just gonna be ok with it, and trust Jason's judgement. ]

Your kisses are good too, but chili dogs? I mean, they've been saving my life for a while.

[Jason teases, laughing softly at the mess Dick is making.]

[cohero]

[well, for now they aren't talking about it and dick honestly figures that he cares enough for jason to be okay with a lot of things he never would have before. he's changed more than jason realizes. that's the strange thing about death. it does things, even to someone with crazy strong values.

in the end it's more about chili dogs and kisses, and maybe dick is a little jealous. maybe he's kidding too. the biggest thing is that he's leaning over to kiss jason now with chili on his chin, because of what jason said. payback is a bitch.]

they're better than my kisses huh? what about dick's kisses with chili? i'm going to get you to lick this off and see how much you like my kisses when they taste like a chili dog..

[he's laughing as he leans in and gets jason's face as messy as his, licking at the chili he transfers over, and into jason's mouth all the same. he knows there are bruises, but he hopes the laughter makes up for it.]