#bc even my friends have said i've been super irritable and I hate being. that. I hate being a negative experience for other people

[derelictdumbass]

I feel. Like a sopping wet rat of a man

[sanchoyo]

danny phantom, season 3 episodes 3-6 thoughts!

see prev episode thoughts in this tag <3

-johnny was actually pretty civil with danny and left when he asked! thats nice. also, SKULKER?? HAD A FRAMED PICTURE OF EMBER?? oooo fuck wait had they established they were a Thing Before?? I dont think so. thats weird. its like that country boy/goth girl meme lmfao. I think i am going to choose to ignore this new info and pretend I didnt hear it. 100% unrelated to the jazz/ember fanart I already drew and posted....😳

-LADIES NIGHT EPISODE THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT. wish it didnt really center around the guys or them being pissed at them, but. willing to bet this was written by men lol

-THEY ERASED ALL THE MEN??? meanwhile, jack and danny are fishing at. silent hill or something. im glad jack is trying to read a parenting book and making an Attempt. (theyre at lake erie, but, they made it actually eerie...thats fun)

-the girls alt outfits...cute. EMBER MADE A NEW SONG TOO!!! kinda. jazz being one of the backup singers and being AWFUL. NOOOO

-'how are we going to get kitty to blow a kiss?' 'she'll have to think there are still some males in town!' ...i dont know how to break it to you, but I dont know that a 100% het girl would wish for all men to Begone. I think. I mean im not a het or a girl so I dont really know for sure. she Is probably Bi tho. esp having the other ladies in town chanting NO MEN!!! excitedly............(then again, the kiss is to get Rid of men, so, she probably would have blown it at the ladies only if they were actively trying to attack/stop them, so...I MEAN. THE DRESSING LIKE DANNY BIT WAS SO EXTRA)

-I feel like an all female cast ep couldve been way way way way cooler than that was. like. why was it still somehow all about Men. ...anyway. (where was valerie...)

-next ep opens with the observants, and, way way more of them than I expected...existed? I mean I guess them being a council/jury of some kind is what I expected from their first appearance (bc at that time they were basically TELLING clockwork to kill danny, not asking,, so I figured they had SOME kind of authority) but. there were so many. anyway, here goes vlad! letting his own hubris go brrrr. releasing a weather ghost for political gain! #justvladthings

-okay say what you will about him (he IS an asshole) but having an umbrella with his own face on it and more prepared to share is SUPER FUNNY. and him being fanned by huge wads of money by his bodyguards. SO ineffective but so Dramatic. He UNDERSTANDS that if youre rich you need to be. you know. obnoxious and kinda eccentric about it! fuckign hate when rich people are boring about it. I would trust vlad with nothing except to not be a boring rich asshole who wears...fucking khaki or some shit. man knows his Presentation Skills. and that 'V' chair in his mayoral office. is that fucking embroidered?

-maddie get your MAN PLEEEEASSSE. IM SO EMBARRASSED FOR HER. the way jack stays simping for this man. in FRONT OF HIS WIFE!!!! ...my god its like a love triangle. jack clearly loves vlad, who loves maddie, who loves jack. jack fenton is at the very least bi, right................. this is an OBSESSION . 'THE V MAN COMETH'???? i...my god. (also, on a serious note, to have a friend THIS SUPPORTIVE...and still be SUCH A DICK TO HIM (TRYING TO KILL HIM AND STEAL HIS WIFE??) NOT COOL VLAD. JACK IS YOUR 1 AND /ONLY/ HYPE MAN. if someone loved and supported me THIS HARD...LIKE. CMON DUDE.

-STOMP the fucking GAS, JACK

-this would make a great shirt design, looks like a metal band design! we love The Maelstrom

-oh, so vlad did in fact get a mansion in amity park. and its purple! good color choice! not as flashy as a CASTLE or MURDER CABIN, but still pretty eccentric, which I appreciate.

-...vlad knows the difference between picasso and da vinci? in the ep last post where we were watching him fail at conquering every historical time ever he didnt seem to know history well enough to like. be effective...was vlad taking art history at college?? (was he an art MAJOR??? we never DID KNOW WHAT HE WENT TO SCHOOL FOR. I kinda assumed business because in the masters of time ep he was still rich without ghost powers so he had to have..known something about business or something, right...but also, art and or theater FITS HIS PERSONALITY. possibly also something science-y, I guess, but I always felt like he got roped into that, esp how pessimistic he was about the ghost portal in the flashbacks to college, like, i felt like he was just there for maddie and was uninterested/un-invested at the time...)

-THIS GHOST JUST ELECTROCUTED MADDIE (THE CAT) BITCH!! THATS MY FAVORITE MADDIE!!! vlad going after vortex and being ~shocked~ .....WHEN. WHEN WILL YOU LEARN. THAT YOUR ACTIONS. HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!

-the way this random man with a camera sees the mayor laying in an alley covered in TRASH AND DECIDES TO TAKE A PICTURE HAHAH

*snap* this ones going in my cringe compilation!

-vlad 'if we're going to defeat vortex, we're going to have to do it together!' *immediately dips after dropping danny off in front of vortex* JKASDFHKJHJKN

-DANNY CAN DUPLICATE!!! ...he couldnt even attack with it, but he DID IT!!! INTO (4) OF HIMSELF!!! SO PROUD!!!!!!!!!!

-'THE ROLLER COASTER EMOTIONS OF A TEENAGER THREATEN MY PLANS!' ...0 self awareness of his own dramatic moodiness. incredible, how dumb this man is. its very close to circling around to endearing, if he was less of an asshole. at least its very very funny to see danny shooting him with tiny lightning bolts anytime he's even slightly irritated! vlad you should be nice to danny anyway. this is what you GET

-...making sandwiches and ice cream and playing video games with your nephew is a totally normal thing. WHY is vlad acting like this is the end of the world. if you were a GOOD UNCLE YOU WOULD ALREADY BE DOING THESE THINGS!!! bitch I make my nephew food all the time and dont forget what he does and doesnt like. if u didnt know danny didnt want tomatoes, thats on u. if u, a grown adult, are gonna piss of the 14 yr old by not letting him win, u deserve to have to pay for the arcade machines he ruins because he now has uncontrollable storm powers because YOU THREW HIM INTO A FIGHT WITH THE STORM GHOST. fuck u vlad. paypal me $400,000 while ur at it tho. (also, gamer vlad confirmed)

-VLAD CAN COOK THOUGH???! I assumed he had...people working for him that did that. I mean. billionaires usually dont do that. then again, we've only seen those vultures working for him (and I guess the dairy king was AT his old mansion, but it was never really clarified if he worked there...I think he probably just Hung Out and they Enjoyed Cheeses Together. thats what I think, I dont think a KING would be working for anyone and also the dairy king was nice <3) but then again he would be a private person and we cant have anyone accidentally finding Ghostly Things, so...still, that's hilarious. pour one out for that really cute banana split that got ruined 2 seconds later

-vlad just fucking picking danny up and THROWING HIM AT VORTEX TWICE WITHIN LIKE A MINUTE. JUST ABSOLUTELY LAUNCHING HIM. BITCH THATS MY SON BE CAREFUL!!! HES GOT ORGANS AND THINGS!!!!

-danny seeing those animal commercials and feeling sad is the biggest 2000s throwback so far. i legitimately had to change the channel or walk out of the room when those came on bc id CRY AND BE SAD ABOUT THEM FOR DAYS AFTER. fuck those commercials and fuck that IN THE ARMMMS OF AN ANGELLLL song 😭

-'vlads ego almost got the town destroyed!' yes danny thats the entire episode. the entire series anytime vlad shows up honestly. this episode was just him being really embarrassing the entire time, and, me laughing about it. 10/10 would laugh at him again

-NEXT EP WE HAVE A SHAPESHIFTING GHOST?? I've said it before but shapeshifting is the power I would want when asked those 'what superpower do you want' questions...its the Best power! this guy looks like a homestuck character. ive never read homestuck but thats the vibe

-I love every time we see tuckers family, they are by far the most functional family. and dash has a lil chihuahua!!! named pookie!!! i am crying (I've had 3 chihuahuas, so I am very biased, but...) AND HE WATCHES THE ROMANCE CHANNEL WITH POOKIE. POOKIE I WILL DIE FOR YOU YOU SWEET LITTLE BABY.

-danny can lift a bus! I shouldn't be surprised, but i am proud of my son. hes got lil kid fans. i am going to cry about this

-JAZZ KEEPS A SCRAPBOOK WITH DANNY'S LIL HEROICS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS!!! we've actually seen it on her floor before, but I didnt realize it was a scrapbook!! thats sooo cute.

-...and danny has to stand there listening to his parents saying danny phantom sucks and is a 'filthy ghost' and calling him egotistical...i am once again stealing their kids!

-THIS GHOST RIPPING JAZZ'S SCRAPBOOK!!! ILL KILL YOU. SHE WORKED HARD ON THAT!!! BITCH

-yes, maddie, the one with red eyes is For Sure Actually Your Son. ignore the, red eyes... (CLEARLY she hasnt watched the other 2 eps where danny has been evil, she doesnt know red eyes= evil!!!)

-'billy fenton'.......................

-danny being stuck as phantom in his own house, no way out is a fucking NIGHTMARE. his parents pointing giant weapons against him and SHOOTING AT HIM. THIS IS A HORROR MOVIE.

-NINE INCH NAILS POSTER.

-this is the most screenshot of all time

-amorpho turning into mr. lancer because hes 'someone no one will want to be around' BUT HES WRONG, I WOULD BEFRIEND AND HANG OUT WITH MR LANCER SO FAST.

-tucker dressing as danny, now I have the full Tucker set of him being sam and also being danny. also saying 'the ghost...uh...RIPPED MY FACE OFF.' and then running. SMOOTH. NOT AT ALL CONCERNING TO ANY PARENTS.

-sam accepts the toast from jack. and then 2 seconds later is like 'why am i eating this.' THIS SHOWS HUMOR IS SO UNEXPECTED SOMETIMES ITS REALLY GOOD. and then the scene after, mr lancer running into his ghost doppelganger and being like 'YOURE GORGOUS' THEN FAINTING. I AM CRYING. AND DASH FAINTING TOO.

-sam disguising herself as danny again to help tucker run from the fentons. but leaving him shirtless in the streets. incredible. 'plEASE DOnt NOTice MY FACELessNESS I MUST LIVE IN EXILE' this episode is destroying me the humor in this show is exactly my brand of corny and cheesy

-the impromtu story made up by danny and amorpho to explain stuff to the fentons. my god they are both such bad liars. but amorpho is a good egg. wish danny wouldnt have said he didnt wanna see him in town again!! I want him to be reoccurring. not that thats gonna matter since I'm almost done with the series, but the idea of this being the Only Time We See him is :(

-NEXT EP SAYS STARRING MARK HAMILL??????!!! hello ! mr . joker....mr. star wars.... I feel like I should be. idk. taking off a hat im not wearing in respect. I shouldnt be surprised tho bc hes in a lot of cartoons as a very good voice actor, and dp has already had a lot of talented ones so I've been looking out for ones I might know, but....mr. hamill....

-sam has her own greenhouse, names all the plants, and says thank you to them (in the languages from where the plants are from) whenever she harvests from them. thats SO cute. and her lil gothy lunch box...

-and danny's lil red fuzzy lined jacket!!! ive said it before but every time the characters get alt outfits im like :D

-danny has ice powers now!!! THATS WHAT FROSTBITE MEANT. HE KNEW SOMEHOW WAY BACK THEN

-THIS SHOW NEVER LETS YOU FORGET VLAD IS A BILLIONAIRE, HUH.

-danny's lil 'holy hibiscus!' first off the 50s batman swearing is hilarious. 2nd. my username is from the flower sanchoyo hibiscus, so, shoutout to ME this ep. hi :)

-EURGH UNDERGROWTH MAKING EVERYONE PLANT ZOMBIES. HIVEMIND PLOTS SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF ME. and this dude made the city SO overtaken so quickly like how long was danny asleep?? oh god

-evil fucked up sam! now the whole trio has gone evil at some point! the voice actress did a really, really good job with making her sound like a zombie...

-frostbite's paws are so so so big compared to danny. oh my god. i want to hug the snow dog...

-the far frozen has an advanced medical stuff!!! very cool. very smart snow dogs

-im so glad danny has a friendly ghost snow dad to explain this new power and teach him!!! this is so sweet. DANNY'S GHOST SENSE WAS A PART OF HIS ICE POWER?? OOOH. COOL. we love a training montage!!!

-danny saying if he cant defeat overgrowth, that he'd want to stay with frostbite...oh my god...do you think this is the first real supportive adult figure in his life (I am NOT counting his parents because they threaten him on the daily even if they dont realize it.) I mean mr lancer is a Teacher, but he was also nice but this is different, but this is a GHOST WHO IS WILLING TO HELP HIM with his powers and also will help him when hes injured and is so so nice and comparatively so much more mature than 90% of the adults in this show!!!! god. dad frostbite is my everything.

-the framing and lighting this episode, and all the angles...they went all OUT and it looks really really good. this is my nightmare scenario, tho. like, FUCK zombies and dead city zones and hivemind shit. and using the humans as 'nutrients for the children' i am going to THROW UP.

-MALEFICENT VIBES WITH THE HORNS AND GREEN EYES! this costume kicks so much ass. sam is now mark hamills daughter, I guess.

-danny's ice powers making his eyes blue!!! thats neat. and him going for the roots underground was SO SMART. i will not stand for danny ever thinking hes stupid, hes SO smart.

almost done with the show... :"( thats a sad thought!!!

[mayonara]

★ So, basically, I've read a lot of A/B/O fics where Omegas are treated really horribly, and have just been wanting to read something about Dick being a Beta instead of Omega, in a universe where the Beta's are treated like shit bc they don't "react properly to Alpha's" or w/e and Omega's are treated like gold. And basically the Batfam being super protective over Dick. I really love your stories and just realized you took prompts so I figured I'd send this in to you, to see if you wanted to

★( cont. 2/2 ) write this. Can be Jay/Dick if you want. Emotionally hurt!Dick. Maybe Dick gets physically hurt because of the prejudice and hatred towards Beta’s or something. Up to you! I really just want to see a fic where Dick handles being a Beta in that kind of world plus emotional hurt/comfort + angst yes pls. + protective batfam bc protective batfam over Dick is my guilty pleasure. I hope you’ll think about writing this prompt. If not, that’s okay! Either way, I hope you have a great day!

So sorry this took a while to get out! I didn’t have any inspiration until now. Anyways, I hope this is what you were looking for! I would have written more but I tried to keep it at a good length. It was a fun take and I enjoyed writing it! Thanks!

There wasn’t anything Dick hated more than attending a Gala—a Wayne Gala. Okay, he lied. He actuallygetting into arguments with Bruce over stupid matters or when the Bat was beinga stubborn fool. But this had to beone of his top.

Why? Well one, it was boring. And two, he hated theattention he garnered. Not even good attention, like ones where people fawnedover him. No. Not in this type of society. What he received instead wereglares, judging looks and eyes filled with hatred and disgust.

That was the luck of being a beta in this world where alphaswere praised upon and omegas were treated like gold. Where being a beta wasless respected due to the fact that they brought no benefit to either caste.They have no worth and can’t satisfy an alpha or an omega in any shape or form.

It wasn’t as if Dick hated being a beta. Really, he didn’t.It was just hard on him, having to go through life being hated when all hewanted to do was get along with people. Of course there were those thataccepted him nonetheless, like his family and friends, but there were otherswho ill-treated them solely because he was a beta.

And this situation that he was in right now was basicallyhim being tossed into a den full of wolves. Bruce did tell him he didn’t needto come if he didn’t want to. He knew how much Dick hated it and it was his ownsilly way of protecting him from the public. And yet, even if he didn’t showhis face, he would still be talked about. Written as the disobedient child ofthe Wayne family, or a shameless beta who wouldn’t even spare the time to showat his adoptive father’s gala.

Which was why either way, he couldn’t win. Better to suck itup and go rather than having the Wayne reputation being tarnished by his ownreluctance. Even though it was already being ridiculed just because he was abeta.

He couldn’t do much about the issue so, Dick tried not tothink too deeply about it. Tried his very best to not let it get to him becausethe few times (or many times) that it had, it fucked with his emotions reallybadly. Fucked him up so much that he’d ruined a few of his past relationshipswith those he dated, mainly alphas.

Dick hid within the shadows of the room, pressed up close toa wall where the light was the dimmest. He wanted to stay out of sight, sothose lingering eyes fueled with disgust wouldn’t be gazing at him. Gawking athim like he was a creature that couldn’t fit in with them.

Even though he was trying his best to stay hidden, it didn’texactly work like a charm. The place was large and filled with an abundance ofpeople adorned with fancy clothing. Those who surrounded him where engaged inconversations, but every so often, they toss a glance back his way, eyes fullof mockery. Lips pulled into a smirk, like they were better than him.

It made him want to puke. Dick pulled his gaze away from thepeople and stared at his hands instead, but he couldn’t still feel theirintense stare burning a hole onto his body.

He just prayed that the gala would end soon, althoughunlikely because it just started about an hour ago.

Dick was just minding his own business, hoping no one wouldbother him, but that was never the case when it came to betas. Especially abeta of high society. Even that couldn’t do anything about the constantharassment and shun he received from others. Honestly, he just wished theywould leave him be. Insult him from afar or behind their backs instead of tohis face.

So when a small group of three alphas approached him, Dickcouldn’t help but scoff loudly, ready to turn around and leave. Unfortunately,they caught him before he could escape. The three spread out, cornering himagainst the wall as they crossed their arms and stared him down with widegrins.

“I can’t believe you have the confidence to show your facein public,” one of them sneered while the other standing beside him, tall withbrown hair, laughed and nudged him on the side playfully.

Dick drew in a long breath and arched a brow at them,putting on a smirk, showing that whatever they were about to do wouldn’t botherhim at all. “It is my fathers’ galaafter all.”

The tall one’s laugh grew even louder, attracting staresfrom nearby as the people glanced at them, staring in interest. “Sure. Ifthat’s what you believe. You were just a pity that Bruce Wayne brought in.”

Bright blue eyes blinked at him before they fell into a lookof irritation. That wasn’t one he hadn’t already heard, but no matter how manytimes they said it to him, it always hurt. Not that he believed it was true. Itwas just the thought of it that bothered him.

“I bet you’re just his boy toy anyways,” another commented,the one who hadn’t said anything. “But oh, I bet you’re not even that goodbecause you’re a beta.” The other twostarted snickering and Dick rolled his eyes so hard, there was no way theywould have missed his look of disinterest.

“And Alphas are so much better?” Dick challenged, his angergetting the best of him. “You guys ravage like animals. Worse than animals.”

And that got the three to shut up real quick, the laughter disappearingwithin seconds, grins being wiped off just from that mere insult.

“What the fuck did you say?” One of them growled, hissing atDick, trying to reveal his domination. His pride as an alpha to make thosesubmit to him. But guess what? It didn’t work on Dick and that wasn’t becausehe was a beta, it was because he himself didn’t submit to others easily.

When Dick showed no signs of backing off, no signs ofshowing respect to the alpha, he got furious and took a step forward, reachingout a hand to grab at Dick’s shirt. Dick was prepared for it, was going to lethim do it anyways, but a hand flew out, catching his attacker’s wrist.

“I don’t think punching your hosts’ son is such a goodidea,” a familiar voice was heard, filtering into the mix of whisperssurrounding him and when Dick looked up, he spotted Jason standing beside him. He’dforgotten that Jason was around, having not seen him for a while. And might headd, Jason looked stunningly handsome tonight. With his hair slicked back,looking clean cut and dressed in black slacks and a loosely tucked in whitedress shirt, two buttons undone, sleeves rolled up a third of the way and nottie in sight.

Dick had to take a moment to catch his breath from thegorgeous view before him and fluttered his eyes briefly for a moment before heopened them back up. Now, he could see the dangerous look in Jason’sexpression, how his eyes were narrowed, and staring straight at the alphas. Hewas smiling, lips curved upwards, but that was definitely not a nice smile. Itwas the “do it again I’ll fuck you up,” look that he was giving to them.

He could just feel Jason’s dominance oozing, his top tieralpha pheromones permeating the air, affecting those around him. He was showingthat he meant what he said and that it probably wasn’t a good idea to challengehim.

The three alphas quickly backed off though the one caught byJason lingered for a bit, engaged in a staring contest, trying to see who wouldprevail. Well, he foiled first when Jason tightened his grip around his wrist,quickly shaking Jason off and took a few steps back.

“Whatever,” he grumbled. “Suit yourself with that worthless beta,” he tossed out and thethree fled with their tails tucked between their legs.

A breadth of relief washed over Dick and he sighed heavily,less anxious and uptight. He leaned back against the wall and took a moment torecover from those insults. Even though none of what they were saying was true,it still got to him slightly. It bothered him and did a number on his mentalpsyche. It wasn’t a rare occurrence, so it didn’t hurt as much as when itstarted, but the numbers stack and it grows as Dick wasn’t the type to releasehis stress. He was the type to keep it into himself until he burst.

He was so deep in thought he’d forgotten that Jason was withhim and startled slightly when he started talking.

“Assholes,” Jason muttered and turned his attention to Dick,settling his eyes on the man. “Can’t believe you didn’t just punch them.”

“That would be no good.”

“Yeah, but they completely deserve it. Besides, youtypically shove them aside when these things happen,” Jason commented and Dickjust sighed, running a hand through his hair in frustration.

“I guess,” Dick murmured softly and Jason eyed him,suspicious. He was staring, watching him, reading him, and trying to analyzehim, making Dick squirm. He didn’t want to talk about it and hoped Jasonwouldn’t ask.

“Hey, are you—“ he started, but thankfully for Dick, Jasonwas interrupted when Damian crashed into them, knocking Jason off to the sideso he could have direct contact with the man.

“Grayson,” Damian said and Dick shook away the emotionscoiling around him, putting on a smile for his little brother.

“Damian, hey.”

There was a moment of brief silence as Damian stared at himbefore he reached out a hand and tugged at his shirt sleeve. “I am quitefamished.”

“Uh—hungry?”

Damian nodded.

“Okay, we can get some food over there,” Dick said andglanced around the room, quickly locating the table of refreshments. Now thathe thought about it, his stomach was grumbling and he realized he hadn’t had asingle bite to eat this evening.

“Hey, wait a minute. I wasn’t finished yet,” Jason retortedand glared at the young teen. Damian just clicked his tongue and folded hisarms across his chest.

“Tt. It can wait.”

“Uh no it can’t. And you can just get your own food,” Jasonstarted, ready to pick a fight with Damian. Dick wasn’t about to let thishappen and inserted himself between the two, giving them both a look ofdisapproval.

“No fighting. We’re in public,” Dick said. “Damian firstbecause I’m also hungry. Then we can…talk later if you want.”

Jason just scowled, pissed that he was put on reserve whileDamian just smiled in triumph. Dick could only sigh and shake his head at thetwo, always having to give him a difficult time. Either way, he escaped Jason’swrath and went to satiate his hunger.

The evening continued on fine for the most part, at leastthat’s what Dick thought. The gala was almost over and Dick just really wantedto retire to his room. It’d been dragging all night for him and he was just sodone with everything.

He went to use the public restroom that Bruce hadspecifically built for his social events. Dick dipped his hands underneath thefaucet and started scrubbing away the dirt and grime off his skin. While he wasdoing so, he heard the door swing open and the sounds of people shuffling in.It sounded like a few and reflexively, he looked through the mirror to see whoit was and found those assholes that had bothered him earlier. A heavy sighflew from his lips as he finished washing his hands and shook off the excesswater.

“Well, look what we found here,” the tall bastard spoke andthe way he said it, it didn’t seem like it was a coincidence.

Dick turned around to face the three and leveled his eyes atthem, not at all smiling or happy to see them. As he took in their features, hefound that all three of them were still holding their flutes of champagnes.

“What do you want?” Dick prompted and glanced at the door,looking for a way to escape. If he could just swing around the real quick, hecould make it, but it didn’t look like that was happening as they shuffledcloser towards the doorway.

“Just looking to put you in your place,” the smug one, whohad first spoke to him, said.

“Wha—“ And before Dick could react, they tossed their drinksat him, the sweet liquor splashing onto his face, drenching him. Drips ofliquid rolled down his face, dripping off the edges of his jaws and chin andall Dick could do was suck in a frustrated breath, curl his hands into tightfits. He was tempted, really tempted to show what it meant to put them in theirplace, but he could not. It would reflect poorly on him and it wasn’t somethinghe would do either. It was just, in a moment of irritation, he wanted to.

“Serves you fucking right for disobeying us. Betas shouldknow their place. You’re nothing but bottom trash,” he sneered and then thethree of them threw their flutes to the ground, aiming directly for Dick’s feetas the glass shattered into a million pieces.

Laughter escaped from their grinning lips and filled the airas they laughed and filtered out of the room. Even though they were gone, Dickcould still hear them mocking him.

It took him a while to finally find his breath again whenthe rage within him finally dissipated. He was so angry, so pissed at thetreatment he received, but he tried to not let it get to him. Let it compressinto his growing ball of stress.

He breathed in and out and finally looked at the ground,gazing at all the tiny shards littered around the floor. Alfred’s going to hatethis.

Drained of energy, Dick sighed and collapsed to the ground,felt the glass pieces digging through his clothes, piercing through as theypoked at his skin. It hurt, but he didn’t care.

“That was a stupid way for getting revenge. Like champagnewould even hurt me,” Dick huffed, grumbling to no one but himself.

And although it didn’t physically hurt him, well, the glasssort of it, it did mentally scar him. And while everything they said was false,everything they claimed towards him was just their own warped reasoning, itstill hurt.

Dick just couldn’t understand why being a beta was bad. Whybeing a beta was frowned upon just because he wasn’t the best of the best?Because he wasn’t born as an inferior alpha or a prized omega. Why was it sobad being an ordinary beta? It didn’t make any sense and no matter how much hetried to understand the world’s mind, he never understood it. Their prejudicewas what it was and there was hardly anything that he could do to change it.

So at most, he learned to embrace it. To love himselfunconditionally even though some things would sneak beneath that bubble he’dbuilt around himself. And from time to time, it happened and there wasn’tanything he could do about it besides mope.

Time passed, how much? Dick didn’t know, but he was lost inthought, wrapped up in his own mind and didn’t notice someone coming in. Butthere was a hand to his arm, large and tender before he felt long fingers curlaround his biceps and suddenly, he was being pulled to his feet. When his eyesmet the gaze of his helper, he was met with familiar turquoise ones.

Jason, his savior once again for the night.

“Helping me out again?”

“You know it. You’re just a magnet for trouble,” Jasonmurmured and stared down at his pants, grimacing at all the glass shardssticking to the fabric. He quirked his lips in ponder and then grabbed a towelfrom off the rack (one used for decoration) and quickly wiped away all theglass as best as he could.

Dick was just waiting for Jason to say something to him, toask him what happened, but he said nothing and just continued cleaningmeticulously, carefully sweeping up the broken glass into a pile as best as hecould.

“How’d you find me?” Dick questioned.

Without looking at him, Jason answered. “I overheard thoseshit-heads talking.”

“Oh.”

And then there was silence once more. Jason was quick andgathered up however much glass he could and dumped it in the trash. “I’ll haveto tell Alfred,” he muttered softly to himself. “Okay, let’s get you cleanedup.” Jason then returned to Dick’s side, holding onto his arm once more, gentlythis time, and then led him out of the bathroom. As they ventured down thehall, they ran into Damian and Tim who looked appalled by Dick’s appearance.

“What happened?” Tim asked and pointed at his oldestbrother.

“Assholes. Three.”

“I know which ones,” Damian growled, a look of fury fillinghis eyes.

“Alright, I’ll let you two take care of them then.” Whichthe two nodded in agreement, Damian already cracking his knuckles inpreparation.

Dick wanted to retort, but didn’t feel like arguing againstthem when his mind was in a weakened state and let himself be whisked away byJason and his brothers. They’d taken the back way of the manor to get to thepart of the home they lived in and Jason brought Dick to his room.

“Go clean up,” he instructed and pulled him over to hisbathroom, pushing him inside before he disappeared for a minutes and reappearedwith a stack of clothes. “I’ll be in your bedroom,” he said nonchalantly, likethis was a typical thing they did. It wasn’t, but Dick nodded his head anyways.

Doing what he was told, Dick stripped down to his birthdaysuit and turned on the shower, putting it on hot. He jumped right in and dippedhis entire body beneath the shower head, letting the water rain down on him,soaking him to the core. He stood still, just letting the heat of the waterengulf him as his mind wandered about.

Thinking about those times he’d fucked up because of hisinsecurity. How he could have easily ignored them, not letting the wordspenetrate his heart and mind. And while he had a certain amount of protectionhe built around himself, it wasn’t as sturdy as he wanted it to be.

It was all so stupid too. Everything was stupid. What otherssays shouldn’t matter to him. None of it should matter because they didn’t havea say in his life. And yet, it still had an effect.

Dick’s mind was wandering, still going around in circles andcircles, lost in thought. He just couldn’t control his feelings, his emotions.Couldn’t get a handle on them, reel it in and be himself again.

“Hey!” A voice called through, shocking him. The curtains ofhis shower was pulled back and there he was again. Jason staring at him withhis arms propped against his hips, a look of annoyance reflected in his eyes.

“What the fuck Dick?” Jason grumbled. “You’ve been in hereso long.” He reached over and turned off the water, tossed a towel at him. “Dryup.”

God, he really needed to snap out of it because Jason wastreating him like a child now. Do this, do that. Ugh, he wasn’t a child thoughclearly, he was being one at the moment.

Dick dried his body quickly, shivering from the cold thatblew past him and then draped the damp towel over his head.

“No,” Jason rejected and snatched the towel from him only togive him a new and dry one. He grabbed his hand and helped Dick out of the tuband then started handing him clothes for him to get dressed in.

“Need help?” he asked with a hint of playfulness in his toneas Dick was slipping on his briefs. The man just groaned and mumbled a no athim which just made Jason chuckle.

Once done, Jason guided him towards his bed like he was somesick child and tucked him in. Bundled up under the warmness of his blankets,Dick rolled to his side and stared up at Jason was sitting on the edge. Theireyes locked and they were just gazing at one another, neither saying a word normaking a single movement.

Honestly, Dick was waiting for Jason to say something firstbut it looked like he was instead waiting on Dick to be the one to break thebarrier of silence. Well, Dick didn’t say anything and finally Jason crackedand took the initiative.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

And that seriously annoyed the hell out of Jason. “Don’t saynothing. Something is up. You’re not your usually perky self.”

“I’m not that perky.”

Jason rolled his eyes at him. “Really?” And Dick curled hislips into a tiny frown.

“Come on. Just tell me what’s up. Was it those fuckers?”

Dick wiggled his nose at the mention of those alphas fromearlier. “Sort of.”

“Go on,” Jason said and made hand gestures, making circularmotions for him to continue on.

Dick didn’t want to dig too deeply into his sob story but hesupposed he could brief him. “Being a beta is hard,” he admitted and wow,wasn’t that a relief to get off his chest. He was sure he’d never told anyoneabout that before. “I don’t hate it. Actually, I like it because I don’t haveto deal with your bodily hardships. But the hate, it’s—“ he takes a moment tobreath before continuing, “is heavy sometimes.”

He’d dig a little further, but he wasn’t exactly in the moodto do so. That was all the information he was willing to give up. Bright blueeyes watched carefully for a reaction of sorts, but there was none. Instead,Jason was just staring at him intently and then he sighed heavily. He got upfrom the bed and for a moment there, Dick thought he’d annoyed him with hispity story, but he was getting up to leave. No. He was doing something else.

Like getting into his bed.

Jason lifted the covers and slid right in, curling up closeto Dick’s body, so close their bodies were flushed together.

“What are you doing?” Dick asked and before he could askanymore, he was engulfed into a tight embrace, felt a hand curl around the backof his neck and warm lips pressing against his own.

Eyes widened in shock at the realization that he was beingkissed, kissed by no one other than Jason himself. One of the least expectedpersons he’d be kissing. The kiss was short and only last for a few seconds.When Jason pulled away, the first word that flew from Dick’s lips was, “What?”

Jason shook his head at the man like he was an idiot. “Ilike you. Can we just date?”

Confused, Dick raised a brow at him questioningly. “Jason, Ijust told you some really deep things and this is how you react?”

Jason just shrugged his shoulders. “Honestly I don’t care.Beta, Alpha, Omega, really, who the fuck gives a shit about that?”

“The world.”

“Well I don’t.”

“…Your point?”

“My point is. Fuck it.”

That confused Dick even further. Sure, Jason always wentwith his own agenda and that was fine and all, but that certainly wasn’t howDick acted. It wasn’t easy for him to just ignore people in general.

“I don’t get it.”

And now Jason is groaning at him, exasperated. “Look Dick.Who cares what people say? They gonna hate each other and that’s that.”

“Yes but—“

“I don’t care if you’re a beta. I like you. You’re fuckingawesome even if you’re annoying sometimes and you’re fucking hot.”

“Jason.”

“Dick.”

And Dick sighed at that, couldn’t believe how easy it wasfor Jason to just wash away all his worries by showering him with compliments.Or rather, words of truth that opinions shouldn’t matter.

“I don’t know,” Dick murmured and that was the honest truth.While he found Jason attractive, he wasn’t exactly sure of his feelings, but henever did quite consider Jason his ‘brother’ as they’ve never actually bondedwhen they were younger. More so, he was a terrible mentor and role model to himwhich he in turn worked to fix that part of him for Tim and Damian. “I’m notsure I can handle a relationship.” Not after all the other’s he’d messed upbecause of his self-consciousness and insecurities.

“Try me.”

“It’s not you if that’s what you’re thinking,” Dick said.“I’d love to date you,” and he could feel the corners of his lips tugging intoa smile. “I’m not sure if I can make you happy.”

Jason cursed loudly at that comment and captured his lips ina bruising kiss, biting and nibbling to show how real his feelings were, howmuch he wanted him. “Stupid. Don’t doubt yourself,” he whispered, lips hoveringabove Dick’s, could feel Jason’s warm breath tickling his skin.

“But in the past—“

“Is the past. The future is…us. Let’s give it a shot. I’lljust tell you if you’re being a Dickhead.”

Dick didn’t appreciate that nickname, but he let it slidesince he knew it was his way of teasing him. Besides, Jason made a good pointand it’d been so long since his last relationship. Maybe he could do it.

“You sure you want me? I’m not an omega.”

“Didn’t you fucking listen to what I just said?” Jasongrumbled.

“Yes. I’m just confirming.”

“I don’t care what case you are, I just want you.”

“But the people…”

Jason was about fed up with this constant back and forth.“Fuck it. If they try anything, I’ll spit on their faces and give them hell.”

Dick blinked at that comment and laughed at how seriousJason looked when he said that. “Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

Maybe trying dating again would be worth a shot. And maybethis time around with Jason, it’d be different.

“Okay. I’ll date you.”

“Yeah of course. You can’t deny me.”

Dick was appalled at that accusation. “Wha—“

“I know Dick,”there was a grin on his face, an all knowing look that he had a piece ofinformation that Dick didn’t know about. “You stare sometimes.”

At that remark, Dick just licked him in the shin and shovedhim aside, while Jason just laughed his butt off and tried to coax him backinto his arms.

Jason really did keep up his side of the bargain because thenext time someone insulted Dick to his face, Jason immediately turned around,took a gulp of his drink and spit it in their faces. But that wasn’t all theyhad coming to him because Tim and Damian followed suit with a kick to the kneeand a dumping of alcohol on their heads.

Much to say, their relationship was going quite fine andDick was learning how to deal with the dislikes towards betas.