Ethnically Ambiguous Jason Todd
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Nervous Breakdown by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days, DCU (Comics)
20 Jan 2022
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Jay closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose to push back the encroaching headache. And possibly the admittedly ironic desire to strangle this kid for his lack of self-care instincts. "Tim. Timmy. Answer me this. Where exactly is the old man? Actually, better question: Why in the ever-living hell is the answer to that anything other than 'right here'?"
Tim gave a huff that sounded more tired than defiant. "Because, like I said, it's a mild case and I don't need to be under observation. I already told Bruce the same thing I told you: I'm fine."
"And he believed that."
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Nothing to Fear by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Batman and Robin (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
30 Apr 2022
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"Can't sleep?" Dick inquired once he was sufficiently uncomfortable, somehow using his weight to make the chair rock back and forth without even seeming to move himself.
It was so weird Jason almost forgot to scowl. Almost. Then he had a better idea and switched to a smile, making sure to add in a bright, cheery voice for the reply. "No, I'm sleeping fine. But I keep having this dream some dumbass comes into my room and asks stupid questions."
Dick just snorted. Then cooed. "Aww, glad to hear my little brother actually dreams about spending time with little old me." He finished by tacking on a razor-sharp grin.
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When It Pours by A_Fandom_Related_Name, AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Batman and Robin (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
10 Jun 2022
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Just my luck.
"Why did I agree to this?" Jason huffed, scowling as he peered through the foggy glass of the panels embedded in the door. Rain painted the landscape, adding a faint shadow of neon to the grass and darkening the earth in the spots where it lay bare. It was too heavy to be considered a sprinkle, but too light to easily justify begging out as he now found himself very much wishing to do.The temperature, at least, wasn't too low, but the longer Jason lingered at the door and observed the scene outside, the deeper a squirm of twitchiness settled into his muscles and the more his stomach felt just a touch unsettled, like someone had tilted it a few degrees on a seesaw.
But a wet nose was gently pushing and snuffling at his hand, and dammit, he'd made a promise.
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Tale Spin by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
20 Dec 2022
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Street rat. Madman. Crime lord. Murderer. Rebel. Prodigal son. Assassin. Acolyte. Hero. Disappointment.
Failure.
Jason Peter Todd-Wayne has been given many names by many people.
Condemned to hover on the edges of family and team like a spirit trapped between realms, the only labels that matter to him now as the Red Hood are Enemy and Ally.
Or so he thought.
But after a combination of dumb luck and Gotham luck bring to the forefront a false narrative that has lived ever since a bright-eyed boy of fifteen died, Jason realizes that maybe there remains a thing or two worth clearing up for the next generation.
They say that dead men tell no tales.
That only works when the living don't lie on their graves.
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- Part 4 of Tale Spin AU
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A Darkened Doorway, A Brighter Light by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
20 Oct 2022
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A guest shows up unannounced, and Roy Harper finds himself reminiscing about a certain favorite visitor.
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Chill Pill by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
30 Nov 2022
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Batman is the very personification of fear, of vengeance, of the night itself. He is also the World's Greatest Detective.
Bruce Wayne, however, has a spottier record. A quiet day at home quickly reminds him of this essential fact.
(At least Bruce Wayne is still the one his children like best, though.)
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Tacos de Papa by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
20 May 2023
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Jason woke to the feeling of a weight landing on his stomach like a bumpy sack of flour, knobby knees and elbows poking into his torso and a burst of soft, silky fluff tickling his nose and chin.
He instinctively cinched his arms closed around the wriggling bundle, blowing out a soft breath through his nose. "And who is this?" he mumbled, eyes still stubbornly shut.
Roy, Jason, and Lian enjoy a not-so-quiet morning in.
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Is connected to The Things Left Unsaid, but you don't have to read that to enjoy this fluffy-azz one-shot.
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Seeing Red by AhsokaJackson for lurkinglurkerwholurks, Batbirdies
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Batman and Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), DCU (Comics)
20 May 2024
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Red Robin understands his role in the Batfamily by now.
He stays around enough to be counted as present.
He engages enough to be counted as useful.
He avoids enough to be counted as convenient.
The rules of being a Drake-Wayne are much the same.
It's been a hard lesson, but Tim understands his relationship to the Waynes quite well.
…The only problem is that they still don't seem to understand—which is pretty frustrating, given that they're the very ones who necessitated setting up the current rules of engagement. And Bruce is really a little young to have such a spotty memory already.
Still, the teenaged CEO of Wayne Enterprises is nothing if not a dutiful son, so if Bruce keeps pressing him for answers, well…Tim juuust might have to oblige.
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A gift for Batbirdies & lurkinglurkerwholurks
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Inhale by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days, DCU, DCU (Comics)
10 Jun 2023
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Grief. Trauma. Curiosity. Boredom. Injury. Accident. Abuse. There are many factors and circumstances that can start an individual down roads better left untraveled. Roads like addiction.
Set in a time where Catherine Todd was still alive and Willis Todd was still a "free man" in the legal sense, this fic explores how a young boy was drawn into one hell in hopes of escaping another.
Survival and self-destruction make strange bedfellows, but then again, Jason's life has always been a study in contrast and contradiction.
Sure, smoking is bad for your health…but it ain't always at the top of that list.
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Mind the tags, please. And this story is marked Dead Dove due to graphic and fairly lengthy portrayal of domestic violence against a child.
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- Part 1 of Mythos AU
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Exhale by A_Fandom_Related_Name, AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
20 Jul 2023
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"Shoot," Roy said with a small smile. "I forget how good your hearing is."
"Yeah," Jason said slowly. "Wanna tell me why you've been watching me all morning like I'm gonna go all Weeping Angel on you again?" An ever-so-slight lift of the brow.
Roy swore inwardly. "Sorry," he replied aloud, bracing his hands back on the kitchen sink. "Just had some stuff I wanted to talk to you about."
A small huff from Jason. "Figured. Just wondered when you'd spit it out."
"In that case…you got a minute?" Roy asked lightly.
Roy Harper has worn a lot of hats in his life: Titan, JLA member, CBI agent, addiction counselor, musician, private detective, DEA agent, undercover operative, full-fledged member of the Táchii'nii. Father to an amazing little girl, and founding member of the Outlaws family.
The latest hat in that collection? Emotional-support archer for one very angsty badass with a seriously overdue score to settle. Harder than it sounds, really.
Fortunately, Roy is up for the job.
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- Part 3 of Mythos AU
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If You Hold Fast by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
10 Aug 2023
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Left for dead by a brutal assailant, Jason Todd-Wayne gathers the last of his strength to make a desperate plea for help as he lies bleeding out into the desert sands.
It's Roy Harper who reaches him first.
Uninjured but far from unscathed, it's now up to Roy to hold them both together until further help can arrive.
Mostly hurt/angst with a touch of comfort via the caretaking and verbal reassurance.
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- Part 3 of Tale Spin AU
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Perfectly Imperfect by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
10 Nov 2023
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S##t, Jason didn't need popcorn for this conversation—he needed f#####g tomatoes. Or some nice, soft bricks. Or—
Stay out of it, you idiot. Just stay the f##k out of it, another part of his brain warned him in protest. This was not his problem, and wanting to help the kid out with his training didn't mean Jason was gonna sign on for all the touchy-feely s##t, too. Not like the brat would've wanted it anyways; he was smarter than that, at least.
Let Dick deal with it.
In the aftermath of Tale Spin, Jason, Dick, and Damian begin feeling out their new way forward. The problem is…they're still a stabby assassin kid, an angsty crime lord, and a people-pleaser extraordinaire who's too committed a performer for his own good (or anyone else's).
Truth be told, the road to "Happily ever after" is starting to look like a minefield in disguise.…
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This is a direct sequel to the main novel of the series, but should still make sense as a stand-alone fic for those who haven't read that yet.
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- Part 5 of Tale Spin AU
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Smoke Beats Paper by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Green Arrow (Comics)
10 Mar 2024
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They say that where there's smoke, there's fire.
Problem is, sometimes that fire is contained within four feet, six inches, and eighty-seven pounds of unresolved trauma, questionable coping methods, and a brutally wielded wit that's sharp enough to cut through steel.
Roy could have warned Ollie about all of this, of course. Unfortunately, Ollie hasn't really been in a listening mood today.
Of course, there are upsides to that.
If you can't handle the heat…
…just prepare to get burned.
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- Part 1 of Tale Spin AU
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Feel-a-Nueva by AhsokaJackson for Lulu_Rhythm
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
10 Jul 2024
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He is darkness; he is vengeance; he is…out of f*cks to give.
When Jason Todd's brain refuses to give him a break even after a thoroughly successful mission, his two best friends are right there to help.
Too bad the idiot isn't about to make it easy on them.
[Takes place after Jason's debut in Gotham as Red Hood, but before Bruce's "death" fake-out in the Timestream, and Jason's subsequent return to the city.]
Now with 50% more angst! (It's the price of the extra cuddles, Lulu. < 333)
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- Part 2 of Tale Spin AU
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Odds, Ends, and Unevens by AhsokaJackson for maychorian, Silver__Hawk
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days
20 Oct 2024
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The rules on their meet-ups were perfectly clear. No one expected the kid to wield a useless blade out in the field, but that was why Damian was given both an operational load-out and a training load-out.
And this was not a training weapon.
"Blade's a little lively there, ain't it?" He tilted his head to the side a little, giving the kid a chance to respond.
"Whatever is the matter, Hood? Afraid of adding a little danger to the game?"
Jason rolled his eyes. "You really gotta get better at this whole tough-talk thing, kid." He snorted then. "Who knows? Maybe I'll even add it to the curriculum if you ask real nice."
"I am quite sure I could get lessons from any common Gotham goon if I wished to speak like you."
" 'S that so?" he inquired lazily. «I'd love to know which of your common Gotham goons speaks like this.»
After a training session with the Baby Bat takes an unexpected turn, Jason finds himself reluctantly pulled back down memory lane to revisit one of the most important cases of his (first) life.
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- Part 6 of Tale Spin AU
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Measures of a Man by AhsokaJackson for A_Fandom_Related_Name, hero_red, LeafyNib, Lulu_Rhythm
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics)
28 Dec 2024
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"You should sleep," Jason said, gruffly, because taking shelter behind the safety of a mask was just S.O.P.[Standard Operating Procedure] by now.
It barely mattered, anyways, when Roy could see through it all. There was something deeply fucking scary about that kind of clarity, especially coming from a man who had an insanely high metabolism yet still couldn't remember to eat half the time unless Jason sat his ass down and shoved a plate in front of him.
Maybe that was why Jason still bothered with the mask anyways. Mad-scientist precautions, y'know?
"Can't," Roy mumbled, the words muffled slightly where his lips brushed against Jason's skin. He didn't open his eyes.
It's easy to believe the worst of yourself when the world at large already does.
It's a good thing Jason Todd has friends who are larger than life.
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- Part 1 of Tapestries of You and Me
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The Young and The Restful by AhsokaJackson
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics)
20 Dec 2024
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Roy was at Jason's side half a heartbeat later, one hand gripping Jason's wrist for his pulse while he leant down to press an ear to his thoracic. Jason was a lot of things. A heavy sleeper was not one of them. His pulse felt steady, though—slow but strong as ever—and his skin was hot under Roy's fingertips. Normal for Jason. Breathin's clear, too. He rocked upright again, moving his free hand to cup the side of Jason's face now, stubble scratching against his palm. "Little pale there, huh?" he murmured, his thumb gently raking the ridge of his cheekbone.
Even for people in their lines of work, friendship doesn't just mean hopping from crisis to crisis; the quiet moments matter, too.
Especially for people who have to fight so hard to get a quiet moment at all.
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- Part 2 of Tapestries of You and Me
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Little Wing by AhsokaJackson for Lulu_Rhythm
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics)
20 Dec 2024
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His little brother scoffed, not even bothering with an eye roll. "Yeah, and what else is new? Nothing's changed, Dick," he gritted, the muscles around his jaw clenched tightly.
But everything had changed. It had changed in the bags under Jason's eyes, a deep and dark and violent purple that marked them like bruises.
It had changed in the way patrol had gone silent, the usual jokes and quips and shouts and teasing replaced with terse updates and coagulated silences.
It had changed in the red Six Feet and Counting t-shirt that lay unclaimed on the back of the couch. Too small to be Jason's or Kori's, too large to be Tim's. It had changed in the subtle tremors running through Jason's fist as he clutched the fabric in shaking fingers.
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- Part 3 of Tapestries of You and Me
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An Ounce of Enrichment by AhsokaJackson for hero_red
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
09 Feb 2025
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With international missions currently pulling him every which way, Jason is faced with the challenge of making sure a certain Baby Bird still has safe harbor when he doesn't feel inclined to seek out the other Bats.
Fortunately, this turns out to be one of those rare problems that solves itself. Sometimes all you need is a helping hand.
…Or paw.