You made it better the first time you walked into the Manor. I can't imagine this time will be any different.
[ But Jason's honestly worried, and Damian knows all the reassurances in the world won't assuage his fears until the very moment he sees for himself. Always doubting his own worth, his place in their strange little family. Like he expects the people around him to leave if he doesn't measure up, or to tire of him eventually.
It's a feeling he's all too familiar with. There's a reason he and Jason got along better than he and Tim, or even Cass.
Snorting, he ruffles the teen's hair. ]
You've got me in your corner, kid. Whatever happens, we're family.
[ Though Bruce is, without a doubt, the most important person in Jason's world. Damian will fight tooth and nail to make sure that doesn't change, even if the man--
(his hurting, angry father, stubborn and ridiculous when it comes to it)
--doesn't want to cooperate. Damian will be there to make sure Bruce doesn't fuck up, not this time, not when it's this important. ]
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[ But Jason's honestly worried, and Damian knows all the reassurances in the world won't assuage his fears until the very moment he sees for himself. Always doubting his own worth, his place in their strange little family. Like he expects the people around him to leave if he doesn't measure up, or to tire of him eventually.
It's a feeling he's all too familiar with. There's a reason he and Jason got along better than he and Tim, or even Cass.
Snorting, he ruffles the teen's hair. ]
You've got me in your corner, kid. Whatever happens, we're family.
[ Though Bruce is, without a doubt, the most important person in Jason's world. Damian will fight tooth and nail to make sure that doesn't change, even if the man--
(his hurting, angry father, stubborn and ridiculous when it comes to it)
--doesn't want to cooperate. Damian will be there to make sure Bruce doesn't fuck up, not this time, not when it's this important. ]