Deserved to Be
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Deserved to Be (Painless) by Jae_Cillian
Fandoms: Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
12 Mar 2021
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For once, he didn’t see a body of mangled flesh and bones. He saw himself. Alive. Whole. Surviving through an ache that wasn’t soul-deep, a pain that didn’t haunt him with the echoing trill of laughter.
Ah, as soon as the thought flitted through Jason’s head, he bit his bottom lip. He worried it between his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut. Damn, okay. Perfect time to come to that realization.
With a derisive snort of laughter, Jason said, “Maybe you’re right.” He wanted to hold on to the anger in his chest, but the heat dissipated like smoke caught in a gusty wind. It drained with his will to fight, and when he said, “Maybe pain is the only love I know,” Jason just sounded tired.
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In which Bruce, concerned for Jason's safety, interrupts a post-mission tryst between the Red Hood and Deathstroke. And after Slade bears witness to an argument that brings Jason's perception of love and abuse into question, he decides to show Jason there's more to pleasure than just pain.
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- Part 1 of Deserved to Be
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Deserved to Be (Avenged) by Jae_Cillian
Fandoms: Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
22 Jul 2026
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Jason’s words didn’t bite as he spoke them into the empty space between them and Arkham Island. Maybe he, too, was tired of fighting with Bruce over this. “You find the Joker, you deal with him your way. If I find him—” with a single step, Jason fully turned his back to Batman “—I’ll deal with him mine.” He ducked beneath a pipe and stepped off the ledge. For but a brief moment, he plummeted toward the concrete, and he thought he caught Batman’s quiet words in his fall.
“That’s what I’m afraid of.”
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In which news of the Joker's escape ruins Jason's peaceful morning. He runs himself ragged trying to track him down. Unbeknownst to either him or Bruce, Slade had a hand in the escape, and he offers a gift to both of them.
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- Part 2 of Deserved to Be