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Jason mostly likes to think he's an independent person. He even thinks independently. Red hood provided a new solution to the criminal problem plaguing gotham.
Even if he uses more rubber bullets than real bullets nowadays. He's still independent. Heck, he even has his own apartment.
Maybe you think he's lonely but he's not . His apartment hasn't been empty since the day he bought it. It reminds him of that saying , “distance makes the heart grow fonder” but the opposite.
Jason wishes he could be lonely for a while. He's literally tried so many things to keep people out of his home. (The good home security system store started to get suspicious after the 5th time the system was dismantled.)
It's not like Jason can ask Tim or Barbara if he wants to stay off the bat's record. So , the shady security shop in crime alley it is. At least they don't ask any questions after Jason comes in for weeks straight .
He doesn't have anything to hide. Fuck all what the Bats think, he does whatever he wants. He just likes having privacy. And he did have it before Dick started showing up at the outlaws missions. Mainly to pester Jason but also to occasionally flirt with Kori.
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The main problem is even though there's no bat surveillance in the apartment, he's checked several times. The Bats may be sneaky but they are also creatures of habit and constantly bug the same spot. Jason doesn't think anyone else has to check the bottom of their table before talking.
As he was saying, the problem is that they (the bats) keep finding their way into his apartment. He does not buy enough food to sustain the vigilante population of Gotham nor does he want to.
It started with Dick (because of course it did) a week after Jason had moved into his apartment. Jason was eating his freshly cooked pasta when there was a knock on his door. Upon opening it, he found Dick bleeding from a wound on his abdomen.
Jason wouldn't normally consider himself a squeamish person when it comes to blood. I mean he's a vigilante/ retired crime lord in Gotham of all places. This stuff is practically in his job description.
Despite everything mentioned above he did freak the fuck out when he saw Dick like that. He suspects it had more to with the fact it was his brother bleeding than the blood itself though.
Back to his bleeding brother, Jason figures he should probably let him in so he does silently and also proceeds to prop Dick on a chair in his apartment. Then finally he asks “What in theshit happened to you Dickface?”. Dick responds very briefly but still with an apt description “Scarecrow, scythe wound on left side. “
Now that Jason looks at the wound in the light, it does remind him of one of Crane's weapons of choice, the scythe he uses. He can't let Dick bleed out here so he has to try his best to treat Dick's wound. He manages to stop the bleeding enough so he can clean it. Jason then takes bandages from a first aid kit he has on hand and wraps it around the wound until it's been totally secured.
He's sure Dick has lost quite a bit of blood, but this isn't the batcave, it's Jason's apartment so he doesn't have any way to give Dick blood. Dick will just have to deal with that later. Jason doesn't have another bed so he offers Dick the couch, to which he accepts.
It's only been a few minutes by the time Dick is conked out on the couch. Jason follows suit soon after. They only have a few hours till morning since by the time Dick arrived at the apartment it was 3 am.
Jason knows it's morning by the time light starts streaming through the window, so he gets up to make breakfast. He decides on making egg and sausage. (Dick's namesake. ) The sausages are nearly cooked and the sizzle of the pan has almost gone out by the time Jason hears a loud noise.
The noise turns out to be none other than his brother, Dick Grayson. Jason greets him with a “Morning sunshine, how it's kicking “. Upon hearing this Dick groans “I feel like I got hit by a truck, but at least I'm not actively dying anymore “. Jason laughs and says “Don't you go dying on me then, you know that's my thing.”
Jason thinks jokes about death can be pretty funny, but Dick doesn't seem amused. He just blinks up at him. Jason changes the topic to breakfast, he's just finished cooking and sets it on the table “I made sausage and bacon if you want some”. Dick nods “ That sounds amazing, thanks Jay”.
Dick is secretly or not so secretly a feral, cereal loving heathen, so Jason is glad he can get him to eat some real breakfast. They soon finish up eating and Jason washes their dishes in the sink. Dick uses paper plates because he doesn't have time to clean them properly but Jason prefers his ceramic plates.
Jason's still in his sleepwear ,since he needs to drop Dick off at bat cave he changes into something that people won't give him weird looks for wearing outside, in public. He doesn't exactly have a car but if he's careful he can get them both there on his motorcycle.
He motions for Dick hop on to which he does and Jason starts driving towards the manor. About 30 minutes later they arrive at Jason parks his motorcycle before meeting up with Dick at the entrance.
They exchange pleasantries with the only person currently at the manor, Alfred. Then they open the secret door leading to the cave, to which they then go to the Med Bay area. Dick gets blood to recoup from the amount he's lost and then he cleans and bandages his wound, himself this time.
Jason is just glad Dick's okay. He certainly didn't mean this to be an open invitation to Bats to invade his apartment whenever they feel like it. People don't always get what they want though and he's about to realize that.