[ The moment when all that tension sags against him, that's when Dick dares to drop a kiss into Jason's hair, still rubbing across his shoulders. ]
Listen to me. You know all about this now, right? I'm sure there's some cosmic law that meant I wasn't supposed to say anything, but now you're prepared. Think of it that way. You can make your own way in the world, I firmly believe no one's destiny is written for them.
[ Might as well admit the next part, since this can't possibly get any worse ... ]
Things are already different between me and you. Aren't they?
[ As much as he knows this is another Jason, Dick hasn't grown up with him and that sibling familiarity is only paper-thin, a code of respect and mark on his conscience to uphold in case Jason needs that from him. This is ... someone he wants to spend the night with, he realises, even if that means all he gets to do is hold him to keep the shadows away. Dick would happily do that. Whatever he needs. No more phantom scenarios, he tells himself, not if this is the result. ]
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Listen to me. You know all about this now, right? I'm sure there's some cosmic law that meant I wasn't supposed to say anything, but now you're prepared. Think of it that way. You can make your own way in the world, I firmly believe no one's destiny is written for them.
[ Might as well admit the next part, since this can't possibly get any worse ... ]
Things are already different between me and you. Aren't they?
[ As much as he knows this is another Jason, Dick hasn't grown up with him and that sibling familiarity is only paper-thin, a code of respect and mark on his conscience to uphold in case Jason needs that from him. This is ... someone he wants to spend the night with, he realises, even if that means all he gets to do is hold him to keep the shadows away. Dick would happily do that. Whatever he needs. No more phantom scenarios, he tells himself, not if this is the result. ]