[ The boy doesn't even struggle. He just curls up in Damian's lap and sobs, tired in a way that seems to reach all the way into his bones but too wired, too hyped up on adrenaline to even relax for a single moment. If anything, the comfort that he knows he doesn't deserve, the whispered endearments meant to console him; they only make it worse. Damian doesn't know what he did, what he's come close to doing again. Bruce had told him before that he needed to watch his anger, needed to control it, but all it seemed to do right now was control him.
He always lead with his heart instead of his head. (And isn't that what got him here in the first place?)
Desperate, he hides his eyes in the dip of Damian's neck where it meets his shoulder, pressing hard enough to almost hurt himself. His hands, desperate for anything to do, hold onto the fabric of his shirt with an iron grip. Any pain he feels is distant in the face of his stress. ]
No-- [ He speaks, not understanding sarcasm or the comforting intent. ] Don't. I'm not-- I'm not worth fighting over. [ Jason shakes his head against that shoulder, grinding sweaty skin and hair against kevlar. ]
Don't be dumb.
[ He shudders and shakes, cold and hot and alive and weary. Jason is so tired and so sad and happy all at once, it feels like his body is at war with himself. ]
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He always lead with his heart instead of his head. (And isn't that what got him here in the first place?)
Desperate, he hides his eyes in the dip of Damian's neck where it meets his shoulder, pressing hard enough to almost hurt himself. His hands, desperate for anything to do, hold onto the fabric of his shirt with an iron grip. Any pain he feels is distant in the face of his stress. ]
No-- [ He speaks, not understanding sarcasm or the comforting intent. ] Don't. I'm not-- I'm not worth fighting over. [ Jason shakes his head against that shoulder, grinding sweaty skin and hair against kevlar. ]
Don't be dumb.
[ He shudders and shakes, cold and hot and alive and weary. Jason is so tired and so sad and happy all at once, it feels like his body is at war with himself. ]