The Next Best Thing to Normal by Merlin Missy (K)
Fandom: JUSTICE LEAGUE ANIMATED
Pairing/Characters: Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, sort-of-OC
Length: One-Shot
Author on LJ: mtgat
Author Website: ff.net account
Author Summary: PostRotJ. Everyone thinks Jason has two mommies.
Why this must be read: Technically, the Return of the Joker is a Batman Beyond movie, but what with Batman Beyond being part of the JL:Animated'verse, I'll assume it's within my rights to rec this fic. Because it's completely worth the read. Written from the POV of Jason, son of Harley Quinn, we get a story that I don't think has ever been told before. It's haunting at some points and pretty funny at others, but mostly (to me), it's warming. Even from tragedy, there are some good things.
Aunt Pam calls Jason her special guy. He asks her sometimes if she's going to have kids for him to play with, but she gets all sad, and then pretends to be happy and picks him up and asks him how could she ever want more kids when Jason is just right?
When Mommy tells him stories, they have dragons and monsters and princesses and clowns, and they don't make much sense but Jason likes them anyway. When Aunt Pam tells him stories, she reads from storybooks, any one that Jason wants.
Sometimes Aunt Pam tells him other stories. She tells him about banks and gardens and parties. She also tells him about the Code but Jason doesn't understand it so he pretends to be sleepy.
Sometimes Mommy tells him about his daddy, but not much, and never when Aunt Pam is around. Mommy says Jason's daddy was the smartest man ever and that Mommy loved him very much and that he's with the angels now. But Jason has noticed that Mommy never looks in his eyes when she says that last part.
Jason doesn't know his daddy's name, and he doesn't know his own real last name. When they move, they change the last name they use, but they all three use the same name so Jason doesn't forget. They move a lot. Jason hasn't been in the same place for long ever. Mommy says that's going to change when he starts school, but Jason is four and school is a million years away.
Read and enjoy.
Pairing/Characters: Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, sort-of-OC
Length: One-Shot
Author on LJ: mtgat
Author Website: ff.net account
Author Summary: PostRotJ. Everyone thinks Jason has two mommies.
Why this must be read: Technically, the Return of the Joker is a Batman Beyond movie, but what with Batman Beyond being part of the JL:Animated'verse, I'll assume it's within my rights to rec this fic. Because it's completely worth the read. Written from the POV of Jason, son of Harley Quinn, we get a story that I don't think has ever been told before. It's haunting at some points and pretty funny at others, but mostly (to me), it's warming. Even from tragedy, there are some good things.
Aunt Pam calls Jason her special guy. He asks her sometimes if she's going to have kids for him to play with, but she gets all sad, and then pretends to be happy and picks him up and asks him how could she ever want more kids when Jason is just right?
When Mommy tells him stories, they have dragons and monsters and princesses and clowns, and they don't make much sense but Jason likes them anyway. When Aunt Pam tells him stories, she reads from storybooks, any one that Jason wants.
Sometimes Aunt Pam tells him other stories. She tells him about banks and gardens and parties. She also tells him about the Code but Jason doesn't understand it so he pretends to be sleepy.
Sometimes Mommy tells him about his daddy, but not much, and never when Aunt Pam is around. Mommy says Jason's daddy was the smartest man ever and that Mommy loved him very much and that he's with the angels now. But Jason has noticed that Mommy never looks in his eyes when she says that last part.
Jason doesn't know his daddy's name, and he doesn't know his own real last name. When they move, they change the last name they use, but they all three use the same name so Jason doesn't forget. They move a lot. Jason hasn't been in the same place for long ever. Mommy says that's going to change when he starts school, but Jason is four and school is a million years away.
Read and enjoy.