#poor jason smh

[demonic0angel]

Related to the recent trial post

After many, many testimonies, Joker gets sentenced to eternity in Walker's prison on top of the death sentence. The execution is quick, but brutal earning cheers from the crowd. Someone, probably Jason, yells VINDICATION! (Like that scene in Brooklyn 99). After the trial, as everyone's getting ready to return home, the Bats are reunited with the members of their families that they lost. Bruce gets chewed by his dad for not finishing medical school

Part 1

Thomas and Martha: Bruce…!

Bruce: Mom! Dad! 🥹 It’s really you! 🥹

Martha: It’s us, son! We missed you so much!

Thomas: We have so many questions…

Bruce: Of course. Ask away 🥹

Thomas: Why’d you drop out of college.

Bruce:

Bruce: what.

Thomas: Why’d you drop out of college?! What degree do you even have? You’re in control of the company, but do you have the education for it? Think of your future! What happens when you’re done with being Batman?!

Bruce: I—

Martha: That’s right! What example are you setting for our poor grandbabies?! Hardly any of them finished their degrees! You’re their father, you should be a role model!

Bruce: *spluttering*

Thomas: smh AND YOU DECIDED THAT BEING A VIGILANTE WAS BETTER THAN BEING A DOCTOR?!

Bruce: But Dad— Mom—!

Mom: *pulls on his ear* we didn’t raise you like this, young man! I’m both so proud and so disappointed in you!

Alfred: *nodding* Very right. I’ve been telling him this the entire time.

The rest of the Batfam: *dying from laughter*

Danny: *as he’s watching the chaos that he started and ignoring Jazz’s glares at him* I love family reunions.

[redflagshipwriter]

Red Hot Ghouls 14 part 2/2

Masterpost 

Danny had kind of ignored the most important part of that initial message. Crud. Of course the poor bastard wanted to know about the progress on their spiritual separation. Danny cringed. He typed fast to send a new message before Jason could ask again.

It did not come out easily. He wrote and deleted two drafts before he groaned aloud. “I am not prepared to tell him that the options so far are either to marry and divorce me or to get his ass banished from the ghost dimension.” Danny spent a moment pitying himself. “I just have to say the truth.”

Cringe. Cringe so hard. 

I have two possible solutions but they both suck really hard. :/ Suck so hard you’d be shook. The suckage would change your life.

Jason sent back ellipses. It belatedly occurred to Danny that it might have looked like he was making a blowjob joke. He put the phone back on his chest and stared at the ceiling for a while, wondering why he was this way.

“Jason didn’t see that,” Danny told himself. “Jason is a professional. A professional something. I don't know what.” 

He wanted to believe it so badly that he just decided not to be mortified. Danny lifted the burner phone back up and painstakingly assembled a shrug emoji from symbols. 

Honestly they’re such bad options that I don’t even wanna tell you. Can we change the subject? : (

Jason sent back a series of laughing and crying emojis and then, Fine. Let’s talk about all the other stuff we have in common.

Danny pursed his lips. “...Do we have anything in common?” It wasn’t like he knew much about the guy, but he presumed Jason kept himself busy with some boring adult job, building muscle, and biking around looking hot. Danny crossed his legs at the knee and tried not to think of what a twig he looked like in comparison to Jason. He didn’t feel bad about it, honestly. Danny was too busy to make fitness a part of his personality and he had nothing to prove.

I’m illiterate, he settled on as a response. They definitely did not have a love of literature in common. What else did people do? I uh…. Watched a movie two years back.

Any good?

T’was shit, Danny admitted. Hm. He frowned. “I’m not sure where to take this conversation,” he said aloud.

I’m so hungry. Just got off work and I’m trying to decide what to do.

“Oh, I can do something with that.” Danny felt better. Yeah me too, I would kill for an enchilada. He tried to send a ghost emoji and groaned when he remembered that this was a shitty burner phone with no keyboard downloaded and apparently no access to the app store. Jason had already responded by the time that he gave up.

Ghosts eat Mexican food?

They would if they have human zone money, Danny sent back morosely. Oh no, it wasn’t fun anymore. Ya boy can’t pay in the tears of the damned anywhere on this plane of existence smh. His stomach growled with obnoxious timing. He groaned. The last thing he’d eaten had been that sandwich with Jazz. He could cook… He really should cook. 

Ugh. Effort. 

Danny tried to motivate himself up to the kitchen. “It’s four steps,” he said aloud, trying to be encouraging. “I can make it.”

Ah. No. That was actually kind of depressing. He lived in a shoebox with a monthly grocery budget that was just pitiful.

Haha ur broke, Jason sent, because he was a massive bitch. Danny felt a lot better about flipping him off. But then Jason followed it up with an obviously insincere, I’d get you enchiladas if you were in Gotham. Sucks to suck.

Danny sensed weakness to exploit.

“You’re going to regret that,” Danny grimly promised, and hit the call button.

Jason picked up on the second ring, sounding confused and electronic. “Hey?”

“I can be in Gotham for enchiladas,” Danny threatened. His stomach growled again. “You feeling brave? Huh? Huh?” He punched a finger at the air in accusation. “I’m not scared of you or your dank gargoyles, leatherboy.”

There was a weird mechanical sound. Maybe a snort? A laugh? “I’ll send you a GPS point, if you’re there in ten I’ll buy you all you can eat.”

Danny went still like the predator he was. “Bring your life savings.” He hit the end call button and launched himself off the couch to go stuff his feet into his shoes. He let his apartment door slam shut behind him carelessly. He’d made it to the ground level before the pin point landed.

“Fuck, it’s even in my neighborhood.” Danny laughed, flush with petty victory. He looked left, right, and went invisible before he went ghost. There was no one around at this late hour to see him drop off the visible spectrum.

[readbyred]

Someone thinks you're a couple

With Pjo/HoO faves (at least ones I know how to write)

You’d think Piper is chill with that stuff, but if she's crushing strong on you, she will not be normal about this. Stays silent after the person you're speaking to called her your girlfriend. Literally says nothing and just observes your reaction. Like, to see if you're uncomfortable with it, if you correct them at all, if you also get nervous. Outside, she's chill but believe me, she's going to be overthinking this before going to sleep

Jason is an interesting case. Well, at least he’d be amusing, I think. Because his first instinct is to pipe up and be like ‘no, actually-’. But then it also hits him that he doesn't want you to think he wouldn't want to be your partner. But also he’s not trying to make it seem like he’s pushing you into this uncomfortable situation? Please, save this man before he gets too wrapped up in whatever the hell he’s trying to say. Needless to say, the other person will be more confused than before

When it happens to Reyna, she wants to be logical about it. Just say the truth and move on with the conversation. Keyword - wants. Because she can get absolutely smitten and then the next thing you know she’s looking away and her face is heating up. Of course, she maintains most of her composure, but she’ll be a little bit awkward for the rest of the day. Damn that stranger for putting those ideas into her head

With Alabaster, it really depends on the timing. The dude is largely sleep-deprived and on the verge of being killed most of the time. So he really does not pay attention to things like this if he suspects you two might be in danger (more so than usual). If things are moderately okay and you two are relatively safe though?? Oh, you know it gets awkward. He can be really outspoken if he has to, but he can turn into a mess just as easily. He sort of pauses glances at you, and attempts to explain that you two are not together. At some point, you don't even know what he’s saying. He doesn't know either. You just know that he’s stressed. Poor guy doesn't even get one peaceful moment smh

I saved the worst for the last which would be Octavian. The bitch fucking scoffs. Yes, he might like you but this is not important right now, because this stranger is assuming things and making stuff up. And he’ll let them know this much. Rolls his eyes because some people really don't know how to mind their own business. And they didn't even get it right. He genuinely didn't know why would you even be upset with his reaction. He was in the right, after all

[somewhereincairparavel]

okay. So I've finished book 1 of keeper of the lost cities for the first time. And I'm loving this keefe dude already?? Like I never thought I'd like a fictional character so quickly. All it took was like one page for me to fall for him, I am aware that keefe is one of the most loved characters in the fandom, and I can see why (correct me if I'm wrong).

Also the book is a solid 9.5/10, the only thing I was frustrated about was probably the slight info dumping about the whole blackswan thing towards the end? because it took me like 3 reads to understand the whole situation, of course, we could just narrow it down to me being slow too, lol. But I'm VERY excited to continue reading the rest. So while we're at it, I'll put in my first impressions of the characters, so I can look back on it after I've read all the books, to see how much my perception has changed of them.

Sophie- i like her, she's really mature for her age, I keep forgetting that she's like 12 lmao. But she's well written, her emotions seem very raw and natural. Of course, she may seem overpowered but, I think that's the whole point of the story, she is supposed to be overpowered, so I don't mind and i wouldn't call her a Mary sue. Overall great protagonist, my girlie deserves a break tho, she got dumped in the hospital atleast 6 times lol.

Fitz- i actually think he's cool. I liked him better in the beginning of the story tho, I feel like afterwards, the dude kinda just disappeared a little? Keefe and Sophie seemed to have more private interaction than those two, and keefe literally only came by in the middle. But yeah, I feel like he had more of a personality in the start. Keefe and Dex, in my opinion had more personality in 5 minutes than fitz did the whole book, but I wouldn't judge so quickly, it's only the first book after all, Hopefully he'd have more page time in the later books. I still like him tho, just not as much as keefe.

Dex- Yeah he is such a typical best friend, I love him. His beef w the vackers is so funny lol I was relieved when Sophie stuck with him even after she became popular tho, also, he seems to have a crush on sophie right? It's kinda obvious, but overall friendship goals 10/10. I vocally "AWW-ed" after he said "are you kidding, i can't wait to tell everyone that you're my first friend" like I need a guy bestie like him :(

Alden- honestly, my heart warmed so much with his father-like dynamic with sophie tbh. He seemed to genuinely care about her well being, but I don't want to get too attached to him tho, just in case becomes a traitor or some shit later on, you can literally never tell with the adults lol. I've read enough books to back that up. But yeah, i really like him and della, the amount of reassuring hugs he gives sophie really heals me :(, They're like sophies 2nd (well, in her case, 3rd) parents. The amount of effort and lengths Alden put to get her out of trouble is actually sweet.

Elwin- This guy is such a W. He is like an adult keefe tbh. He is probably my favorite adult so far lol.

Cassius- I'm sorry, but Mr jerk face over here reminds me SO much of Lucius Malfoy??? Like ?? I feel so bad for Keefe, like poor baby leave him alone smh. I really wanna deck his royal highness in the face tbh.

Biana- absolutely loathed her in the beginning, she gave off such bad snob vibes lol but I love her now. I like the trope of two people forced to be friends w eachother by someone actually end up becoming friends. It's rather uncommon as far as I've read, atleast.

Grady and Edaline- is it bad that i thought they were going to be evil? Yeah I have so much trust issues, it's concerning. But yeah, they're both big W's, their backstory, their temporary contemplation to reject sophies adoption, everything aligned well with their backstory. Greatly written characters.

And last but not least, the king himself, Keefe- okay, he's like added to my list of fictional crushes now lol (along with Percy Jackson, Jason grace, Steve Harrington, chat noir, Eugene fitzherbert, edmund pevensie and Ravi singh ofc). How does sophie not have a fat crush on him, like- ma'am if you don't want him, I'll take him. But jokes aside, he feels like the most authentic character out of them all, tbh. Epitome of great writing. He was inserted to the story as this random dude that sophie runs into, and becomes an og in like 5 minutes. He is like a mix of Eugene from tangled, Kristoff from Frozen and chat noir from mlb all at the same time?? I cannot wait to see more of him and his backstory, especially with his parents. I know alot of people dislike the humorous guy with depression trope since it's overused, but I like how it played out on keefe, he uses school as an escape, which is very relatable.

Also, bonus, i LOVE the world building, the light leaping and all, very creative. I cannot wait to get my hands on book 2

[queenjunothegreat]

And I'm back with this! You didn't FORGET about it, did you? (TBH, it's been THREE WEEKS since I updated it, so I would understand if you had smh.) ANYWAY, I'm here now! :D This chapter has absolutely ZERO sad in it, unlike the first two chapters. It's JUST cute.

Also, side note! Big thanks to @aureusarc for keeping me from accidentally making Jason a Neo-Nazi! That was MUCH appreciated <3

Anywho, may I present Chapter Three of Where the Love Light Gleams: It's Grand Just Holding your hand

“So,” Jason drawled, drawing out the word as long as he could. “Why, exactly, did you kidnap me? Other than to force me to watch you fix my car?” Leo whipped his head up from where it was buried in the engine of Jason’s car and looked at him in obvious offense. “I saved you, man. You have absolutely no idea what fate you just avoided.” “Yeah?” Jason grinned. He rested his elbow on the car and propped his chin up with his hand. “And what, exactly, did you save me from?” “Piper always throws this gigantic party the Saturday before Christmas,” Leo explained. “She goes full Martha Stewart, hostess with the mostess kinda stuff, you know? Basically the whole town shows up to Cabin Ten for food and drinks and games and stuff. It’s even on the town’s list of official events. Annabeth put it on there last year, and Piper wouldn’t shut up about it until July.”

First Previous

Three days after the magical tree lighting ceremony, Jason once again found himself standing in the middle of Crooked Hollow Bend, wearing an absolutely heinous Christmas sweater. This time around, he’d been smart enough to just put the damn thing on when Piper threw it at him, which definitely improved the situation, but didn’t make the sweater any less itchy. He wasn’t in the best of moods, seeing as he’d started his morning with Piper leaping on his bed and violently shaking him awake before scrambling away, shouting something about him needing to get ready right now. He’d stumbled into the kitchen shortly after, where Reyna was waiting to walk him through the morning’s plans, seeing as Piper was still too wound up to string together more than a couple words.

“There’s a gingerbread house decorating competition in town this morning,” she explained pleasantly, buttering her toast. “Piper really wants to take part.”

Jason had once again tried very hard to convince Piper that she didn’t really need him tagging along and dragging down the mood of her whole Christmas Wonderland, but she hadn’t let him get more than a couple words out before she was scoffing and swatting his complaints out of the air. She’d been nice enough to give him a proper breakfast, just like she had every other morning, and he’d been given a giant Thermos of piping hot coffee to replace the poor cup he’d been forced to abandon.  Still, he wasn’t exactly thrilled about the whole situation, and would have much preferred to be inside, actually enjoying his exceedingly rare time off. 

That being said, he’d just spied a pair of pointy ears and a mess of curly hair, so maybe the morning wouldn’t be awful after all.

“Why the hell did you call me out here, Pipes?” Leo whined, nuzzling down into his scarf to keep his nose warm. “It’s way too early for this.”

“It’s, like, nine,” Piper corrected, clucking her tongue. “And it’s gingerbread house day! You know I’ve always wanted to do that!”

Leo tilted his head back and groaned, and Jason pressed his fist to his mouth to muffle his chuckle. That’s when Leo finally noticed him, and his eyes bugged before he rounded on Piper. “You dragged Jason into this, too?” he hissed. “Hasn’t the dude had a hard enough time without you tormenting him?”

“Don’t worry about it. He’ll have loads of fun,” Piper scoffed dismissively. “I’ll make sure of it.”

Leo rolled his eyes, ignoring the borderline threat, before he looked at Jason, chagrin clear on his features. “I’m sorry you got roped into this,” he said genuinely. “I know Reyna’s not going to apologize for Piper’s behavior, but someone needs to.”

Jason smiled. “I don’t really mind all that much.” Surprisingly, he was being totally honest. Reyna apparently noticed, too, because she paused and looked at him funny, but he ignored her. “So, I’m guessing you’re not a morning person?”

“Not in the slightest,” Leo admitted. “Are you?”

The yes was perched at the tip of Jason’s tongue, but he bit it back. Sure, he was used to waking up early, but he’d really enjoyed the lazy, late mornings he’d had the past few days. After the initial horror of sleeping in for the first time, he’d quickly grown attached to his bed, and Piper or Reyna had needed to wake him up for breakfast every day since. Instead, he shrugged. “I can go either way, honestly.” He grinned and offered Leo his Thermos. “Not without coffee, though. You want some?”

Leo physically recoiled from him, face twisting up in disgust. “Absolutely not. You keep that gross junk as far away from me as possible.”

Jason took a step back, his free hand held up in playful surrender. “Okay, okay. No coffee for you. Got it.”

“Yeah, you’d better–”

Piper interrupted him then, flinging her arm around Leo’s shoulders and hanging off him. “Come on guys! Reyna’s inside signing us up! Leo, you’re on my team; Jason, you’re with Reyna.”

Jason’s eyebrows shot up. “Wouldn’t you rather work with Reyna?”

Leo scoffed. “Uh, no. Pipes and I have been partners since middle school. She’s gonna need more than a piece of paper to ditch me.” In response, Piper pressed a loud, wet kiss to his cheek, and he made a loud gagging sound, and then she was darting back inside. 

“So, what did she mean about never getting to do this event before?” Jason asked as he and Leo followed her inside. “I’d kind of assumed she’d done everything even remotely Christmas themed.”

“You’d think that, wouldn’t you? Honestly, she’s done everything else, and the only thing that’s held her back from this one is that everyone’s split up into teams of two,” Leo explained. “Because of that, the three of us couldn’t all do it together. Reyna and I both tried to tell her that we’d be okay if she just did it with one of us, but, well. I’m sure you can guess how she felt about that idea.” 

Jason snorted and walked up to the little fold out table where Annabeth was reviewing the sign up forms Reyna had given her. She smiled at Jason and offered him a handshake. “You must be Jason. Reyna told me there was someone staying in Cabin Ten for a bit.”

Jason straightened his posture and gave her a quick, firm handshake. “Pleasure. Yes, I’m Jason Grace; I look forward to my time here.” 

Leo wrinkled his nose at Jason’s words, but Annabeth didn’t seem to mind because she just nodded at him, then turned to Piper and laid the papers down flat, her expression serious. “Your application for participation is denied.”

Piper’s jaw dropped. “Denied? What the hell does that mean? Why?”

“You must think I’m stupid if you really think I’m going to let you and Leo have unrestricted access to icing and powdered sugar. I know you two.”

Piper was still standing there, mouth agape in offense, so Jason stepped forward. “What if we swapped up the teams? I could work with Leo, and Reyna could go with Piper.”

Annabeth looked him up and down critically, and Jason gave her that same smile he always used to put clients at ease. Eventually, her shoulders slackened, and she nodded. “That works for me. Try and keep him on a leash.”

“I will certainly do my best,” Jason said pleasantly, and he took the little numbered placards with their table assignments. “Thank you.”

Piper beamed at him and snatched up the plastic triangle Jason offered her. “Thanks, Jason! Come on, Reyna!” Then, she grabbed Reyna’s hand and dragged her off, Reyna looking more than content to be manhandled.

Beside him, Leo chuckled softly and Jason looked over to see Leo grinning. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone get on Annabeth’s good side that fast.”

Jason furrowed his brow. “What do you mean?”

Leo squinted at him, like he couldn’t decide if Jason was messing with him. “Uh, I mean the whole ‘I’m a fancy big city lawyer who’s very professional and responsible so you can totally trust me’ voice you used with Annabeth just now.” He wrinkled his nose at Jason teasingly. “You sounded like a real grown up.”

“Oh.” Jason frowned in consideration. “That’s just the way I talk.”

Leo shrugged and started gathering up the supplies they were apparently supposed to be making a gingerbread house out of. “You don’t talk that way to me.”

Jason thought about that. About the casual comfort that seemed to hang around Reyna and Piper and especially Leo like a fog. About the way he’d gladly accepted that comfort and embraced it, even in the short time he’d known them. “I guess I don’t.”

Leo grinned at him, and held up a tube of icing. “C’mon, Jace. We’ve got a gingerbread house competition to win.”

*-*-*

They didn’t win. They didn’t even come close. When the three winners and the three runner-ups had been announced, their number had not been called. Then again, neither had Piper and Reyna’s, and Piper wasn’t taking the news well.

“That was rigged!” she complained loudly as they walked down the street. “Our house was a work of art!”

“Yeah, I can’t believe the friendly competition designed for grade schoolers had grade schoolers as the winners,” Leo drawled lazily.

Jason personally thought that the age of the contestants wasn’t really the problem, and the issue was more about the fact that both gingerbread houses had been complete and total disasters. Leo had gotten bored about halfway through setting the second wall, and decided that a mini-food fight with Jason was a much more entertaining way to spend his morning. Jason hadn’t exactly planned on indulging him – he had a set of instructions and intended to follow them to the letter – but Leo had remarkably good aim and managed to lodge a gumdrop in Jason’s ear, and that had meant war. Annabeth was visibly unimpressed with their cracked cookies and wobbly walls and candy-coated mess, but Leo had been grinning from ear to ear, so Jason had just smiled sheepishly and shrugged out an apology he didn’t really mean.

He wasn’t entirely sure what happened at Piper and Reyna’s table, but based on the icing smeared across Piper’s forehead, he guessed it was something along the same lines. Now, though, Reyna was holding Piper’s hand and trying her best to comfort her wife’s obviously stung ego by offering various other activities. Jason wasn’t really listening, too focused on admiring all the pretty decorations on every door and window, until he heard Piper squeal with delight.

“Ooh, yes! Ice skating would be so much fun! Let’s do that!” she declared, grabbing Reyna’s hand in her own as the two of them hurried down the street together. 

Jason was frozen in place, watching them go and wallowing in the feeling of dread that washed over him. Leo noticed Jason’s reluctance and turned to him with a concerned frown. “What’s up?”

“Did Reyna really suggest ice skating?”

“Uh, yeah?” Leo cocked his head to the side. “Is that a problem?”

“I’ve, uh.” Jason cleared his throat and looked away. “I’ve never actually been ice skating.”

“Don’t you live in New York City?” Leo asked, baffled. “Isn’t the Rockefeller Center, like, the most classic winter date spot ever?”

Jason didn’t have the heart to tell Leo that he’d never been on a date to the Rockefeller Center, or anywhere similar to it. Any and all of the dates he’d been on were mere formalities at best, and never got any more personal than stilted conversations over dinner and an invitation for a late night cup of coffee in the other’s apartment. Instead of saying that, he shrugged. “I’ve never really been one for that kind of cheesy date.”

“Well, get ready to witness the cheesiest date you’ve ever seen, then,” Leo joked. “Piper and Reyna love going to the ice rink together. It’ll be fun.”

Jason still hesitated. “I dunno. I think I may just head back to Cabin Ten and sit this one out.”

“Oh,” Leo said, and Jason couldn’t help but think that he looked genuinely disappointed. Still, he put on an understanding smile. “Yeah, I get it. Honestly, I’d probably duck out, but I don’t really have an excuse, and I’d rather play third wheel than listen to Piper pout and accuse me of sibling betrayal or whatever.”

“I–” Jason cut himself off, and bit his tongue. He didn’t really like the way Leo’s shoulders had slumped, and he liked being the cause of it even less. “Well, I guess I could come. I don’t exactly have anything better to do either.”

Leo perked up at that. “Yeah?”

“Yeah.” Jason gave a decisive nod and nudged Leo with his elbow. “I mean, I’d hate to leave you to be the third wheel alone.”

Jason was already regretting the offer, but Leo’s whole face lit up with a smile, so he couldn’t really find it in his heart to back down. 

It would probably be fine.

*-*-*

It didn’t take long for Leo to come to the conclusion that ice skating was a bad decision. Personally speaking, he was having about as much fun as he ever did at the rink. He wouldn’t exactly consider himself the best ice skater on the block, but there wasn’t really all that much to do in Crooked Hollow Bend other than ice skating, so he’d had plenty of practice over the years. Meanwhile, Piper and Reyna were, of course, gliding around the rink with enough chemistry and grace to make Olympic partner skaters absolutely green with envy. They hadn’t stopped holding hands and looking disgustingly in love with one another since the moment they’d laced up their skates, so Leo figured they were having a grand old time.

The problem was Jason. Leo hadn’t really known what to expect from the other man once he’d heard about the abysmal skating history. Honestly, Leo had thought that Jason would wind up taking to the ice like a duck to water, skating around with perfect poise and powerful grace from his first step. He figured that anyone who looked like Jason was obviously blessed by some higher power, and that probably extended to ice skating.

Leo had never been more wrong in his life.

They’d been at the tiny rink for almost half an hour, and Jason had hardly made a single lap around the rink, clinging to the wall and muttering what sounded like Latin prayers under his breath. Leo had offered to help him a few times, but each time he’d been waved off with a hollow insistence that Jason would be fine, he just needed to get used to it, and that Leo should focus on having fun. Unfortunately, Leo couldn’t really bring himself to have much fun when Jason was so obviously miserable, so he figured it was time to step in.

He skated up to Jason’s side, which apparently startled him, because he wobbled dangerously for a moment before flinging himself at the wall in a desperate attempt to stay upright. He looked at Leo, eyes wide with obvious terror, and awkwardly cleared his throat. “Uh, hey, Leo.”

Leo gave him a sheepish, apologetic smile. “Hey, man. Sorry for sneaking up on you.” Jason waved the words out of the air, so Leo continued with his request. “Would you mind sitting in the bleachers with me? I’m exhausted, but I’d feel super weird just sitting there by myself and waiting for Piper and Reyna to get bored.”

Jason looked relieved beyond words. “Yeah, sure. Let me just get back around to the gate.” 

He started making his tiny, terrified shuffle-steps forward, and Leo grimaced, looking over at the entrance, which was on the other side of the rink. “Do you think I could maybe help you get there? No offense, but I’m pretty sure I’m gonna die of old age if I let you go it alone.”

Jason’s cheeks flushed a pretty pink color, and Leo grinned. “Fair. How do you… wanna do this?”

“Don’t worry, I know it’s your first time. I’ll be gentle,” Leo promised. Jason shot him a look, and he couldn’t help but snicker. He held out both of his hands to Jason. “Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Look, how about you just let go of the wall and take my hands? You just stand still and focus on staying upright, and I’ll skate backwards and tow you to the gate. It’ll be just like when the Stolls brought in your Audi.”

“Thanks for bringing that up,” Jason grumbled. Still, he took a deep, calming breath before he let go of the wall and clung tight to Leo’s hands.

With Jason’s hands held in his, Leo couldn’t help but notice how different they were. His hands were smaller and slender, perfect for tweaking delicate machinery and getting into awkward nooks and crannies, but they were rough with scars and a lifetime of use. Meanwhile, Jason’s hands practically dwarfed his, big and strong and completely smooth, other than a neat line of calluses at the base of his fingers, likely from frequent trips to the gym and little else. Leo dismissed those thoughts and focused on helping Jason stay upright. He beamed at him as encouragingly as possible. “That’s it, man. You’ve got this. We’re just gonna skate right across and then we’re off.”

“You’re taking us across the rink?” Jason demanded sharply. “Reyna said it was safest to stay in the lanes.”

Leo glanced around at the rink, which was practically deserted, other than them, Piper, and Reyna. “I think we’ll be alright. I promise nobody’s gonna run into us.”

Jason didn’t exactly look convinced, but he didn’t protest when Leo took his first careful step backwards. As soon as they were moving, Jason immediately began wobbling, shaking from head to toe, and knees knocking against one another. Leo just squeezed his fingers and smiled at him. “Hey, you’re doing alright.”

“I’m really not,” Jason gritted out. “Can we please go back to the wall?”

 “You’re doing fine,” Leo insisted, though he did come to a stop again. He ducked his head so that Jason, who was staring at his toes, was forced into eye contact. “Hey, Jace? C’mon. Look at me.” Jason reluctantly did as he was asked, and Leo smiled gently at him. “Jace? Do you trust me?”

Jason didn’t say anything for a moment before he took a deep breath and nodded. “I do.”

“Okay, then just trust me,” Leo instructed. “Calm down and bend your knees and let me guide you. I won’t let you fall. Promise.”

Jason looked a little skeptical. “How, exactly, are you gonna keep me up if I lose my balance?”

It was a fair question. Considering Jason was probably more than half again as big as him, Leo would struggle to keep him from going down, even without factoring in the knife shoes and reduced-friction hellscape. But that wasn’t what Jason needed to hear right now. “I won’t need to. You trust me, and I’ll trust you, and we’ll make it across, no problem. Deal?”

Jason screwed his face up and took in a sharp breath. “Okay, deal. Just get us out of here.”

“You got it,” Leo promised. “I’m gonna start skating now, okay?”

Jason nodded, and together the two of them began their slow, steady pace across the ice. Every couple steps, Jason would apparently remember that he was skating and, therefore, meant to be off-balance, and he’d squeeze Leo’s fingers painfully,  but Leo would just squeeze back and tell him they were almost done. Fortunately, the rink wasn’t actually all that large, and before too long they were stepping off the ice, just as Leo had promised. 

“I don’t think I like ice skating,” Jason announced as he yanked the skates off his feet. 

Leo snickered quietly and took the offending equipment so that he could go exchange them for their shoes. “Just go find us somewhere to sit. I’ll take care of these.”

Jason did as he was told, and within just a few moments, Leo was sitting down next to him, two pairs of very different boots in hand. As he was lacing up his work boots, Leo suddenly remembered something and looked up at Jason. “Oh, by the way, I got an update on the parts for your car. They should be coming in tomorrow morning, so with any luck you can be on the road for California by Thursday.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Jason shrugged. “I’m not going to California, so you can take your time.”

Leo furrowed his brow. “You’re… not going to California? Isn’t that the whole reason you even drove through here in the first place?”

Jason hiked a brow. “Piper didn’t tell you? My sister canceled on me, and she was the only reason I was going in the first place.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. We were supposed to be handling my mother’s estate, but I didn’t want to, so I just hired a lawyer to do it for me. Well, another lawyer.”

Leo snorted, then he frowned in sympathy. “Still man, it sucks that your plans changed like that.”

Jason considered that for a moment before he gave Leo a tiny smile. “Well, I count myself pretty lucky that I got to wind up stranded in this town.”

Leo felt his cheeks flush and he dropped Jason’s gaze. “So, if you’re not going to California, are you headed back to New York?”

“No.” Jason shrugged casually like he hadn’t just dropped a major bombshell in Leo’s lap. “I have the month off work, regardless, so I figured I might as well spend it here. I’m starting to kinda like it.”

“Oh.” Leo’s cheeks were definitely red now and he looked up at Jason through his lashes. “Well, not to be selfish or anything, but I’m glad you got stranded here.”

Jason’s cheeks were just as dark as Leo’s, and he smiled. “I am, too.”

*-*-*

“So,” Jason drawled, drawing out the word as long as he could. “Why, exactly, did you kidnap me? Other than to force me to watch you fix my car?”

Leo whipped his head up from where it was buried in the engine of Jason’s car and looked at him in obvious offense. “I saved you, man. You have absolutely no idea what fate you just avoided.”

“Yeah?” Jason grinned. He rested his elbow on the car and propped his chin up with his hand. “And what, exactly, did you save me from?”

“Piper always throws this gigantic party the Saturday before Christmas,” Leo explained. “She goes full Martha Stewart, hostess with the mostess kinda stuff, you know? Basically the whole town shows up to Cabin Ten for food and drinks and games and stuff. It’s even on the town’s list of official events. Annabeth put it on there last year, and Piper wouldn’t shut up about it until July.”

Jason snorted out a laugh, but he felt a bright spark of interest at the announcement. He couldn’t remember the last time he went to a Christmas party that wasn’t hosted by the law firm, and he couldn’t think of anyone he’d rather have as a host than Piper. She’d been serious about making sure he got the full Crooked Hollow Bend Christmas Experience™ , and he had to admit he’d enjoyed a couple of the activities. Even the non-official ones like when she’d led an expedition into the woods to select the perfect tree for the living room of Cabin Ten. She’d probably looked at every tree and bush in the forest before she made her selection, declaring that the tree in front of her was a gift from nature itself for her specifically. Leo had loudly and comically complained after about forty-five minutes of searching, but his big brown eyes had been almost as bright with delight as Piper’s when Jason and Reyna dragged the tree inside and set it up. It hadn’t really looked like any Christmas tree Jason had ever seen – Reyna told him that it was actually a species of native Juniper instead of a fir – but he’d had to admit that it was really pretty.

Jason dismissed those thoughts and arched an eyebrow at Leo. “Okay, sounds like my plans for next weekend are set. What does that have to do with today?”

“Well, she’s gotta decorate for the party. Duh.”

Jason quickly ran over his mental image of Cabin Ten and all its candles and lights and wreaths and bows. “You mean she hasn’t already decorated?”

Leo snorted so hard it sounded like it hurt. “You think she’d be caught dead hosting a party with that pitiful display? As if. That was just the preliminary, dude. She’s whipping out the big guns today.”

Jason refrained from pointing out that Cabin Ten was the single most decorated house he’d ever spent time in in his life. “Yeah? Shouldn’t we be helping her then?”

Leo shook his head, looking deathly serious. “Absolutely not. Piper in decorating mode is borderline a war criminal. You do not wanna get in her way, and if you’re anywhere near that house, you will be in her way. Reyna even makes sure that they don’t have any guests the weekend before the party, just to keep bystanders safe.”

Part of Jason wanted to accuse Leo of being overly dramatic, but the more he thought about it, the more the accusations seemed plausible. “Well, in that case, thank you.”

“Thank you, actually,” Leo said, his nose scrunching playfully. “I absolutely procrastinated on your car to have an excuse not to help her today. Couldn’t have done it without you, man. I owe you big time.”

“Well, if that’s all it takes to get into your good graces, remind me to drive directly into the nearest snow bank as soon as I’m street legal again,” Jason teased. 

Leo made a comically disgusted sound. “Really? You’d put all my hard work to waste like that? I know I don’t like Audies, but she is a beautiful car. Surely you care about her a little.”

Jason involuntarily wrinkled his nose. “Uh, not exactly. Very few fond feelings about this thing, actually.”

Leo paused his work and looked up at Jason with one eyebrow cocked up. “Something tells me there’s a bit more to that story.”

Jason considered that and shrugged. “Not really. It was a gift from my dad for graduating law school. I mean, it’s a really nice car, and it’s useful when I need it, but I specifically asked him to not buy me a sports car because I don’t like driving.”

“Yeah? What did you want instead?”

“Promise you won’t make fun of me for being a rich kid?”

“You wouldn’t like me half as much as you do if I could make promises like that,” Leo countered, grinning like a shark. Jason just chuckled and dropped his gaze, seeing as he couldn’t even begin to argue. Leo poked him with the wrench in his hand. “Come on, nepo. Tell me what you told Lawyer Santa to get you for Christmas.”

Jason let out a heavily put-upon sigh, and muttered under his breath, “Rome.”

“Rome? You asked your dad for a city and you wanted me to refrain from making fun of you?”

“No, not the whole city,” Jason corrected, rolling his eyes. “I just meant a trip. I’ve been obsessed with Ancient Rome since middle school, and I wanted to see it in person.”

“Yeah?”

“Mm-hmm. I actually went and got a tattoo before I found out my dad canceled my trip. Probably not my best decision, but I like it.”

Leo’s eyes were bright with interest. “Can I see?” Then he paused and looked at Jason suspiciously. “Wait, it’s not on your ass, is it?”

“One way to find out,” Jason quipped, reaching for his belt. When Leo turned vermillion and spluttered, he laughed. “No, it’s not on my ass. It’s on my forearm. Look.”

Jason rolled up his shirt sleeve and Leo shuffled around the car to do as he was told. Rough fingers delicately traced over the silhouette of a howling wolf and the perfectly neat, even text below her, leaving behind a grease smear and sending a shiver up Jason’s spine. “What does it say?”

“Fiat justitia ruat caelum,” Jason recited. “It’s Latin for ‘do justice, even when the heavens fall.’ It’s a legal phrase that emphasises justice, regardless of the consequences. And this–” he pointed at the wolf– “is Lupa. In Roman myths, she’s the one who raised Romulus and Remus, who later founded Rome.” 

“You know,” Leo said conversationally, still running his fingers over the crisp clear lines of Jason’s tattoo. “You told me I couldn’t make fun of you for being rich, but there’s one thing you forgot.”

“Yeah?” Jason asked, pretending he wasn’t starting to feel a little breathless. “And what’s that?”

Leo craned his neck to look up at him, his eyes sparkling and all of his teeth glinting like a smug crocodile. “You didn’t tell me I couldn’t make fun of you for being a fucking dork.”

Now it was Jason’s turn to splutter while he was laughed at. After a moment, Leo hip checked him and teased, “Don’t worry about it. Dork suits you. Very well, I might add.”

Jason opened his mouth to reply, but Leo’s phone started ringing from the other side of the garage. Leo scowled, obviously displeased at the interruption and stepped out of Jason’s personal space. “I have to get that. That’s Malcolm’s ringtone.”

“Who’s Malcolm?” Jason asked, his tone ever so slightly sharp with an edge of jealousy that he tried to ignore.

Leo was obviously not ignoring it, based on the amused quirk of his lips, but he didn’t respond to Jason’s demands and just answered the phone, dramatically draping himself over the nearby couch. “Malcolm, what have I told you about keeping our midnight rendezvous secret? You can’t just call me in the middle of the day like this.”

Jason’s expression soured and he sat down next to Leo. “You’re not funny,” he said in a tone that was most certainly not a pout.

Leo’s lips just curled into an even more distracting smile as he listened to whoever was on the other end of the phone. “Yeah, yeah, I get it. How are things with you, man?” He went quiet as he listened to the response, and suddenly his eyes widened and his face lit up in genuine delight. “What? No way! Really? That’s amazing! Congrats!” Leo chewed his lip for a moment. “Wait, so you’re moving, not doing remote work? And you’re going all the way out to Washington?” A small crease formed between his bushy eyebrows and Jason had to resist the urge to smooth it out with his thumb. “Yeah, no, I totally get it. So, you’re leaving when? Wednesday? Really? Like four days from now Wednesday? So, what are you gonna–” Leo cut himself off with a wince and a groan as he slumped over into Jason’s side and thunked his head down on Jason’s shoulder. “Come on, man, really? You’re gonna do this to Piper, too? It’s Christmas. You know how much that means to her.” He heaved a deep sigh and started fiddling with the hem of Jason’s shirt. “Nah, dude, I get it, I really do. I mean, a little bit fuck you for this, but mostly congrats. I know this is gonna be huge for you, and you deserve it. Hope things work out well for you out in Washington.” He went quiet again, then barked out a laugh. “Yes, I’ll break the news to Piper, you fucking coward. I’ll let you go now. I’m sure you have plenty of very fun phone calls to make. Good luck out there, man.” 

Then he hung up the phone and huffed out a sigh, squirming even closer to Jason. He didn’t say anything, and Jason told himself that he shouldn’t push. Technically, it wasn’t really any of his business, and he needed to wait for Leo to open up on his own terms. He had to be patient.

Unfortunately, Jason Grace was not a patient man.

“Okay, what the hell was that about?” he demanded, twisting one of Leo’s curls around his finger and giving it a petulant tug. “Who’s Malcolm, and why are you talking to him?”

“He’s mine and Piper’s bookkeeper,” Leo said, swatting Jason’s hand away from his hair. “He’s the only accountant in town. Or, well, he was. Speaking of, I need to call Piper.” He pulled out his phone again, though thankfully this time he left it on speaker. “Hey, Pipes, you’re on speaker and Jason’s here, so behave or I’m calling dad and tattling on you.”

“You’d better have a damn good reason for interrupting me, seeing as you abandoned me on the day I need you most,” Piper said, ignoring the greeting.

“I have an important reason, but it’s not good,” Leo announced. “I just got off the phone with Malcolm. You remember that big job opportunity he was talking about last month?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, he got it, so he’s moving out to Washington on Friday.”

“Geeze, they didn’t exactly give him time to pack, did they?” Piper marveled. 

“Yeah, well, the other thing they didn’t give him time to do was finish November’s books.”

Piper let out a loud groan. “What? No way! How are we supposed to find someone to do our books at this time of year?”

“I guess Reyna could finish us out for the year and we can find someone online?” Leo suggested halfheartedly.

“Come on, you know she hates bookkeeping.” Piper made a frustrated sound. “Not that we have much of a choice.”

Jason was admittedly a little surprised to hear that Reyna apparently hated bookkeeping. Granted, he’d been the treasurer in all of their joint after school activities, and Reyna was so very obviously a different person from the girl he’d known. It really shouldn’t have been all that shocking that she’d changed in this aspect as well. Jason hadn’t changed, but maybe that was a good thing this time.

Without thinking too hard, he spoke. “I can do it.”

Leo whipped his head up from its perch on Jason’s shoulder to gape at him. “What? You know how to do bookkeeping?”

“Yeah,” Jason said easily. “I took accounting as a minor in college, and I’ve kept up to date on all my certifications. I can send you my resumé, if you want.”

Leo blustered. “I– No! We don’t need your resumé!”

“Agreed!” Piper chimed in. “You’re hired! What’s your rate?”

“Piper!”

“Well, considering both of you are way undercharging me, we’ll just call it reciprocity,” Jason chuckled. “Just get your stuff together and I’ll take a look at it.”

“Ooh, thank you!” Piper squealed. “Jason, you’re the best! I’m gonna ask Reyna if I can also marry you!”

“Piper!” Leo hissed, cheeks flushed. “What the hell is wrong with you?”

“Oh, sorry. Did you have dibs on marrying him, or something? You should have told me.”

“I’m hanging up now,” Leo seethed. “I hate you so much.” Before Piper got the chance to say anything else, Leo ended the call and viciously shoved his phone down between the couch cushions. He scowled up at Jason. “I, like, actually hate her.”

“I can tell,” Jason hummed indulgently.

Leo pouted and burrowed back down into Jason’s side. After a moment, he spoke in a quiet voice. “You don’t actually have to do the bookkeeping stuff, you know. Pipes and I can handle it.”

“I’m sure you can handle it,” Jason said, gently and genuinely. “And I know I don’t have to do it. But I really want to do it, if you’ll let me.”

“It’s seriously not a big deal,” Leo insisted. “We can just… hire someone online. It’s not a problem.”

Jason wrinkled his nose at the prospect. “Vetting out a good bookkeeper takes time, and the fiscal quarter ends this month, and you and Piper need those numbers. Look, just let me do this for you until you find someone else, at least. I can even do it when I go back to New York. I’ll get you and Piper set up with a scanner and everything.”

Leo puffed out his cheeks before he finally gave in with a huff. “Fine. But if we have to keep using you come January, we’re gonna start paying you, got it?”

“Of course,” Jason lied.

Leo snorted, then grinned up at Jason. “You know, if you ever decide to quit your fancy lawyer job and do bookkeeping full-time, you’ve basically got a whole town of clients waiting for you. Malcolm was the only accountant in town, so everyone’s high and dry now.”

“Huh.” Jason considered that. He thought about the look on his father’s face if Jason ever told him he was quitting the family firm to go play accountant for a town of 800 residents. It was oddly tempting. He huffed out a quiet laugh and wrapped an arm around Leo’s waist in a sideways hug. “I’ll have to keep that in mind.”

Leo laughed brightly and wrinkled his nose in that teasing way he seemed to love. “I’m sure you will.”

Jason didn’t reply with anything other than a smirk, letting Leo read whatever he wanted to in it. One thing was for sure though: He had a lot to think about.

[myxomato515]

Aw dang it! McGuirk said he’d never date another faculty member in S1 EP10, I guess McLynch isn’t canon after all smh

Dude I did not have “the school nurse is a pedophile” on my internal bingo board while watching S1EP10 but dang- that was creepy as hell, poor Jason-

Also finally some more Mr. Lynch, I haven’t seen enough of him lmao

Color is being added to a certain lovely lady, and possibly freckles tho I’m not sure lol

I’m about to color in her hat :)

McGuirk’s word is dubious at best- I mean he says that while pursuing the school nurse, and S3E3’s subplot is about him and Lynch going on a double date with the nurse and bio teacher. He SO would date a faculty member… Bro was capping in S1E10

I don’t remember her being a pedophile what 😭 Does she entertain Jason in any of his courting?? I remember her always being like “haha lol this kid is so weird” at worst- May need to rewatch…

I make a big deal of Mr. Lynch, but he’s really more of a supporting role than a main role, somewhere between Paula(Appearences nearly every episode) and Erik(Sort of sparse but still enough to be considered supporting). Especially in S1, he’s only in a couple episodes. Once S2 hits, though, you see a lot more of him! S1 will also mark the return of Shannon, and a new side character’s debut 🤭

OH I LOVE IT RN!! Fantastic. She’s wonderful ain’t she. God I love this au

[frequentderealizationcore]

You asked for jason opinions so rant incoming:

I hatehatehateHATE the bastardization of Jason's robin both in universe and out of it.

How Alfred says"[Jason] was determined to disobey [Bruce]" before jason is even buried??? How Bruce takes Cass to Jason's grave and proceeds to absolutely shit on Jason's memory? The victimblaming??? And how dc resorted to it because otherwise ppl would be like "hey why the FUCK is batman taking on more child soldierssidekicks when the last one died??" So they answered "well jason brought it all on himself. He was reckless and violent and impulsive and disobedient-" LIKE SHUT UPP. Stop it. Why are you soo obsessed w shittalking a dead 14 year old???? Not to mention the CLASSISM. "I adopted Jason to stop him from becoming a criminal" bitch??? A) vigilantism is a crime you dumbfuck. B) Jason had morals long before you came along. He literally says he doesn't want to be a crook and that he steals only what he needs to when he first meets Bruce. But bruce is so convinced that crime=immoral (despite the vigilanitsm) that he latches onto the first impression he had of Jason (some punk STEALING his tires) that hes like "oh jason was always destined to be evil :( red hood proves it :( there was nothing i could have done" makes my blood boil. And then ppl are like "oh bruce is such a good father! Why can't jason see that he loves him smh" like are u fr??? Bruce legit slit jasons neck to save jokers life+ was/is a classist piece of shit to jason+ constantly blamed him for his death (tho this is more editorial but still) sir wtf are you smoking.

You're so right like the way dc had to justify their decisions with jason and they just started victim blaming a fictional child. Like huh?

I hate the way he basically had nothing when he was robin, barely any friends, no team, and no support system. And on top of that like you mentioned, the way they treated his death and memory is so awful, making other characters talk shit about him just because again, they had to justify their decisions with him. When people complain about fanon jason and tim interacting and how tim absolutely hated jason and thought he was a failure I'm like yeah, it's true, and just maybe it's because dc had to prove that this robin is totally different from the past one guys he's so much better his hero was Dick Grayson and he's way more competent than the violent reckless poor jason todd. Not going to talk about the classism because oh boy does that one deserve its own post.

[yonemurishiroku]

Jason died cause he boring. He literally an all American boy someone who would have been popular in the 90s. Compare all main characters first chapter to Jason and you can tell he bland like white bread. Jason lacks the popularity of Percy cause if Percy was dead expect a riot plus we already had a better Zeus contrast with Thalia. Apollo is the more interesting character and Apollo son is a better contrast to Nico. Had he not had a GF maybe he could have been Nico love interest but Rick decided on Nico being gay extremely late he said it himself and what does it look like having a guy break up with his GF (poc) to be with Nico(white emo kid) in a kid series. Will was convenient no weird background no known relationship and the complete opposite to Nico and people get mad but it work you don’t get a solo book if the fanbase wasn’t big. The

There’re so many points at once in this ask and I don’t think I’m comprehending them right so I guess I’ll just post my reactions upon reading this.

- Jason’s bland like a white bread -> Good news! I like white bread. I think white bread is a perfect canvas to add all of your favorite toppings to make the best meal for you. ☺️😋😋

So if Rick really did kill Jason only bc he’s bland then he’s a coward solely bc he can’t figure out what color to put on Jason’s canvas.

- Apollo’s son is a better contrast to Nico -> This is subjective so I’ll leave it for any day. Though it got me thinking. Why, exactly, should the contrast matter?

Because fun fact! Jason and Nico have many working parallels that can be great materials for relationship development. Ask a random Jasico fanfic writers and they’ll give a thesis.

On the other hand, to be honest?, we already have Percabeth as the opposites-attract/bantering/significant annoyance trope. I ngl can do without another similar one. 🤷‍♀️

- Err i’m not American so I don’t think I’m in any position to talk about the poc girl vs white emo boy thing but if anything, I find it’s valid. Smh shame

Edit: Haise pointed out that Nico is not white, he’s Venetian and has olive skin. I honestly don’t know what it makes this…

- You don’t get a solo book if the fanbase isn’t big enough -> This is undeniably true.

HOWEVER

Pal. My friend. Mate. Listen. Just wait until I show you how many people absolutely despite the existence that is TSATS——

I’m all for letting people enjoy things. Though, if you ask me - me, who came to PJO solely for Solangelo and binge read TSATS in like 2 nights and cried a river on my pillow, I would say TSATS is Rick’s poor attempt of:

1/ milking the franchise (which is understandable. Capitalism you know bla bla bla)

2/ giving a half-heartedly made closure to the fandom’s favorite (which is sort of fanservice? Idk)

3/ and along with it solidifying the foundation of his gay love story, which didn’t have the… err prettiest start? (which I reckon accounts for a lot of the franchise’s popularity).

And yeah it’s easy to see that Nico being gay is a late decision with how Rick worked it out lmao.

[oh-three]

The Rookie S7E18:

About time they brought Oscar back. He broke out a whole season ago now.

It didn't occur to me that we'd have to meet new cop characters with Lucy switching to night shift.

And they're all slackers. Wonderful.

"Dream Team" living up to their name sleeping on the job smh.

Celina and Lopez being wingmen lol

I swear if they treat Oscar like Jason and build all this up just to kill him off…

Ooooh, temporary promotion, nice.

"Just leave." Lmfao.

Poor Miles trying to get back into dating

Nolan dragging Nyla along on his Oscar hunt

Miles, that's probably an AI lol

Oop, TO mode Tim

That robber did a terrible job, rip

The robber's getting scammed lmao. BY AI 🤣

And he's fucking married, too, omg.

Imagine crashing a drone through someone's windshield. Yikes.

Nyla calling him Detective Nolan >>

Something tells me that kid's gonna come in handy.

That poor wife, though

Oscar is indeed watching. 👀

Ooof, yeah, this date's not gonna go well. Tim was right about cop lovers.

Oh, she drugged him 👀

So much for dating, holy shit.

Why's the Eastern Front after him anyway?

And to think Miles would be dead if Lucy wasn't on the night shift. Someone needs to get those guys under control.

Good call swinging by the sleeping spot and grabbing literally the whole shift.

Nolan going out without telling Nyla's gonna be a mistake.

Oop, yeah. Saw that coming.

And Oscar stole his drink, rude.

Nyla trying to figure out what the fuck she missed.

Yeahhh, figured there'd be some blood left behind.

And Reggie's dead, rip.

HE STOLE HIS ARM.

Nolan holding Reggie's severed arm, trying to figure out what to do with it 💀

This episode's turned almost into Nolan's equivalent of Day Of Death.

Oscar is way too observant, oof.

"That's a cactus." Lmao

How the fuck would Oscar have managed finding the diamonds without Nolan lmao.

Dude really decided to make Nolan dig up the diamonds so his own corpse could get thrown in that same hole when he finished.

What if he just. dumps the diamonds out in the hole?

HIT HIM WITH THE DRONE, KID.

AYYY.

Oscar has a whole helicopter, what the fuck.

And he got away. Welp.

At least he's diamond-free.

"Can I have one?" Lmfao. Fair enough.

Wait. THE WIFE made the girlfriend AI? SHE TRIED SCAMMING HER OWN HUSBAND?

That's fucking wild. ^

Tim already being at Lucy's apartment cooking food for her lol.

SHE FELL ASLEEP.

Nice speech though, Tim.

What would happen to Celina if Lucy moved in with Tim, though?

Something's going downnn 👀

ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

No, I did not miss you, Monica. Go away.

[dio-the-thot-exterminator]

kimmie what’s his signature vehicle of choice?

I already said this on another site but i wanna share it here;

i have a crack headcanon that since jason is from new jersey he is fucking awful at driving

[citrinesparkles]

@red-hood-redemption tagged me in a lil tag game- thanks, piffpaff!! <3

last song i listened to: sweet dreams (are made of this)

last tv show/movie watched: i've got the toys that made us on in the background while i queue up some posts! i'm watching the star trek episode rn- some very interesting history in there. i love trek and i love silly nerd history and trivia and i love thinking about how extremely lucky i am to live in an era where i can get an accurate looking phaser toy smh!!!!

current obsession: paint. i've been going absolutely ham with my paints and having a Lovely time doing my silly little studies and my poor desk is suffering for it. (dw, no desks were truly harmed in the making of this obsession- it's water based paint, i promise!) full disclosure i'm also a little obsessed with organizing stuff right now JKSDFHHS i've been rearranging all sorts of dumb stuff. my comics collection just got completely sorted out (finally).

zero pressure tags: @stevebabey, @peculiarpenman, @unmotivatedwrit3r, @jason-redhood <3 and anybody here that wants to do it!

[modawg]

ok i wrote this literally in the middle of the night based off of that one post i put thinking about how different thalia would react to seeing percy again compared to when she saw jason it doesn’t all really make sense but ima just put it here so it doesn’t just sit in my notes forever (even if it should😟)

also sorry it’s formatted weird i just typed it out on my notes page and it’s wacky if someone wants to make it good go ahead and take it just let me know so i can read it😌

before thalia could acknowledge him, her eyes slid slightly to jason’s left. her smile fading and her eyes widening. for a minute jason almost thought his sister had become an oracle.

“pinecone head.” jason could hear the smile in percys voice, and in the moment of silence where he was sure thalia was going to murder him, percy only seemed to continue towards her.

“you absolute jackass” thalia’s surprise turning to shocked anger as percy walked towards her a big mischievous smile on his face. “do you know how worried we were? just up and disappeared” percy continued to move forward his arms outstretched coming in for a bear hug. “i should smite you down-jackson i’m talking to you!” but percy was already hugging her

it took her a minute but she finally gave in and hugged him back. they were doing that type of hug people do when they haven’t seen eachother in a couple years, the one where they hold on to eachother and sway patting eachother hard on the back.

as jason watched he couldn’t help but feel a ping of pain in his stomach. he should be happy, happy for his friend and for his sister. but instead he felt misplaced, as if he shouldn’t be watching this, as if he was missing something or had missed something. and he did he knew he did, he didn’t even know he had a sister until a couple months ago and she didn’t hug him like that.

it was becoming aggravatingly clear who the real brother was in this situation. and it wasn’t him.

he could hear them whispering to eachother, annabeth joining in on the reunion but he couldn’t seem to make himself care. thalia punched percy in the arm a couple times laughing at something he and annabeth had brought up.

“this calls for a feast!” thalia shouted to everyone, the huntresses gathering around chatting amongst themselves “to celebrate the reunion and return of this dumbass, percy!!” an uproar of applaud and shines of smiles.

“finally i’m starving”

“shut up seaweed brain”

thalia turned her back to him, leading the others to a small pavilion.

she never even greeted him.

[pinksugarscrub]

the court of owls is no joke 😭 (I changed the difficulty setting bc I was this close to crashing out [idc, I know I'm a fraud])

I was really upset too when Barbra snapped at Tim in a cutscene. I legitimately teared up. "Apologize to him right now-" I say in a broken voice.

The cutscenes in Gotham Knights are amazing in general but the Tim slander lol. Dick, Babs, and Jason gang up on Timmy bc he's the youngest and it hurts my poor heart.

On a more positive note I guess? I tell @hyperfix-wip legit everything now and one scene was about Dick being in a raunchy calendar and ever since Hyper brought up he be looking good in his suit I've been lowkey ogling a digital character. I'm so disappointed in myself smh. Catch myself lacking. Like I knew but it didn't register in my brain Dick was a baddie.

Kattttttyyyyy i need some fluffff 🙏😭 saving the city is hard and scary!!

I had this thought awhile ago but it came back bc I was doing a mission as Jason and poor bby was going through it. I need to snuggle him up next to a fireplace with a book and hot chocolate. He needs a soft blanket too. Please just give my mans a break.

But seriously, imagine Jason getting shaken up and either he doesn't know how to confront those feeling so a r slowly has to open him up or he knows he can trust r to comfort him so he goes straight to her.

First time this happened was with Tim when they legit tried to murder my boy. I was so mad like he's just a baby No one yell at him and give him a hug.

😭😭 imagine cuddling up to jason and his big arms!!! That sounds like heaven!! Oohh and jason stomping over to you on the couch and he's still in his suit and all before he plops himself down on your lap and hides on the crook of your neck 🥰

He needs to cuddle up with you and a good book!!

Tim did what?!! 😡😡

[neerasrealm]

uh, yeah, I reblogged the thing- I dont really like the outcome but yeah :)

I liked it!! Especially Zalgo being possessive

[jakascoo]

Jason: What’s up? I’m back. Kara: I literally saw you die. You died. You were dead Jason: Death is a social construct.

[noirxyx]

Okay I just reread TOA and omg???

I hate how poor jason had to go through so much, this kid was raised by a pack of wolves and was taught to never show weakness, this kid was expected to be the best. I'm plenty sure the "boys can't cry" was told to him too. He always had to be strong. He was sacrificed @ age 3 by his mother. He didn't even know he had a sister, and even after he did, he didn't get to see her like @ all??

Piper and his memories were just fake imaginations put by Hera, he broke up with the supposed former (?) love of his life, who he even imagined to have children with. ( Not hating on piper, she had a right to not love him as they were fake memories that love shouldn't be put on either but-)

He spent his whole life dedicating it to the gods. No, the gods wouldn't show him gratitude - except Apollo (not villainizing them)

Jason should be appreciated more.