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Tim Drake | Red Robin ([personal profile] mistersarcastic) wrote in [community profile] dreamsanddisasters2015-04-14 10:25 pm

Dearest, Sweetums, You Son of a Bitch [for Sarah]

[ It's about convenience.

No, he hasn't forgotten that Jason's tried to kill him multiple times. No, he hasn't forgiven him for it, either.

(And Jason's not about to apologize. There's not an ounce of regret for the damage he did, and in some really, really screwed up way, that makes this so much easier, so much cleaner-cut, than if he had.)

Both of them were dubiously aligned members of Batman, Incorporated, and it was only a matter of time before necessity -- the mother of invention -- shoved them onto the same boat, up the creek, and said paddle.

They paddled, bitching the entire way.

Then it happened again. And again.

There's something to be said about sharing an appreciation for competency. Tim has to admit -- Jason can get the job done. He's resourceful. The two of them, unexpectedly, work well together. And when Lonnie turned against him, it was Jason who'd covered his back against Anarky.

It was convenient, it made a wry, karmic sense that sticking together kept them both out of the grave.

Tim's just not sure when he started looking at Jason, at the entire package of unrepentant asshole, and decided that he liked it. Some days.

But they've reached a...compromise. An understanding. ]


Honey bear--

[ His tone is saccharine, too sweet, and entirely drawled. Away from desk, with the headset in one ear, he's watching the coffee slowly drip into the large mug he's shoved beneath the espresso machine. ]

--I'm kind of busy right now. It's sweet, but you can't just call me up at the office every time you miss me.

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