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Pack Me in a Box and Call It Home (Please Don't Cry When You Look at Me ) by Vie4477
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Red Hood: Lost Days
20 Aug 2026
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Summary
"We're here to help you. You're safe. Can you look at us?"
Jay wasn't sure about anything, but the voice was incredibly gentle. So gentle that it was almost like...
Family?
Jason Todd doesn't return from the grave with the bloody fury of the Red Hood; he returns with a fractured, amnesiac mind, exploited as cheap manual labor in an illegal Gotham sweatshop. Known only as "Big Guy Jay," his biggest daily struggle is sorting heavy metal parts and dreaming of earning his next hamburger.
But a routine factory raid by the Batfamily changes everything forever. When Nightwing crashes through a shattered skylight and lands right in front of the brother he thought had been dead for years, Jay's world is turned upside down. The only problem is, Jay has no idea why these terrifying, masked vigilantes drop their weapons and start sobbing the moment they see him.
A warm, safe feeling washed over him; it was as if a missing piece floating in the dark void of his mind had snapped into place with a loud click. It was like he had finally been packed into the right box.