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Jason Todd ([personal profile] prodigaljaybird) wrote2011-10-26 10:49 pm
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Jason's tired.

It's been a while since he saw a cape on his tail, but that doesn't mean they're not there. It just means they're getting better, which is so much worse, and if he thinks about it any harder he might actually explode.

"Fucking...birds," he says, drained enough that even that takes an effort. He's secured the perimeter around Lux's treehouse, but who knows how long that will hold. Steph is probably still out there somewhere, and Damian definitely is. He's probably scowling at them from a safe distance even now, biding his time, waiting for Jason's guard to drop before winging closer, and Jason can't - he can't take much more of this.

"Are you sure?" he asks, sprawled on the bed and twisting his head towards Lux. "It'd only be a few explosives. I could rig this place and only the people we don't want creeping in would know about it."
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[personal profile] illuxinated 2011-10-29 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, yes," Lux hastily replies, startled by Jason's sudden exclamation. She falters, mouth working as her mind hurries to pin it all in place, but the shocked expression on her face is tempered by concern.

"That wasn't you," she finally insists, and pulls Jason's hand up so that she can brush a kiss to the back of his knuckles. "I know you wouldn't do that here, Jason. You're not that person. They just need some time to see it."
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[personal profile] illuxinated 2011-11-04 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know, babe," Lux replies, and echoes Jason's sigh as she rests a hand against the back of his neck. "You're going to be okay, though. You've been through so much worse and come out the other side. We'll figure it out together, right?" As far as Lux can tell, that's the only viable option other than becoming angry and embittered all the time.
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[personal profile] illuxinated 2011-11-06 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Jason's so incredibly earnest, but for a moment all Lux can do is stare back at him, expression slack. "You what?"

As a rule, she really tries to be sympathetic to the way Jason thinks and the reasons he does all of the strange things he does. But she genuinely cannot fathom why he would ever think living down in Rapture would be the better alternative to seeing Bruce. It scares her a little that this isn't just a notion, but something already done.
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[personal profile] illuxinated 2011-11-08 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
She'd wondered, of course, about the pale line of scar tissue across his throat. They had a pact, though, unspoken but no less crucial for it; they didn't ask about the past, not without an invitation. Lux has secrets of her own, things she hopes Jason never learns, and she respects his need for secrecy in turn. But this she couldn't have fathomed.

"I don't—" she begins, the words pinched off as her face crumples a bit; distressed, angry and fiercely implacable. Hearing things from Jason's side all this time, she'd never liked Bruce, but now she hates him.

"Will you tell me, at least?" she quietly asks, and brushes away a tear before it can fall. If he's suddenly gone, how is she supposed to know the reason?