Moody Love #3: Stranglehold (Jason/Cass)
Series: Moody Love
Installment: Stranglehold
Pairing: Jason/Cass (Red Hood/Batgirl)
Mood: Helpless
Summary: Nightmares are a constant in their lives.
Note: Spoilers for "Battle for the Cowl," incorporates MilleniumRex's fanon as to why Jason was acting so deranged there.
“Had the nightmare again, didn’t you?” Jason whispered as Cass clung to him, shivering quietly.
“Yes,” Cassandra admitted. “I dreamed . . . I was . . . killing you . . .”
“I had a nightmare like that, too,” Jason admitted. “I was in a fucked-up Batman costume, killing my way through not just the scumbags in Gotham, but anybody who tried to stop me. Dick, Tim, even you . . . I was just so out of control . . .”
“You’re scared,” Cassandra murmured. “Scared you’ll hurt me. Scared you’ll hurt Dick and Tim. Scared you’ll lose yourself.”
“You are, too. I get that. Slade had you drugged up and doing his dirty work, and I . . . I took Slade’s drugs to give myself an edge. Don’t know what I was thinking, doing that. Just that I needed to step it up a notch if I was gonna be a good enough Batman to replace Bruce, and I went totally nuts. But you already know that.”
Cass reached up to stroke his face gently, as Jason went on. “I am scared, Cass. What if I lose control like that again? I nearly killed Tim and the brat. What if I hurt you this time?”
“You won’t. I won’t let you.”
“If you have to, if there’s no other way, will you . . . ?”
“Yes.”
Jason sighed and kissed Cassandra’s palm. “Thank you.”
Installment: Stranglehold
Pairing: Jason/Cass (Red Hood/Batgirl)
Mood: Helpless
Summary: Nightmares are a constant in their lives.
Note: Spoilers for "Battle for the Cowl," incorporates MilleniumRex's fanon as to why Jason was acting so deranged there.
“Had the nightmare again, didn’t you?” Jason whispered as Cass clung to him, shivering quietly.
“Yes,” Cassandra admitted. “I dreamed . . . I was . . . killing you . . .”
“I had a nightmare like that, too,” Jason admitted. “I was in a fucked-up Batman costume, killing my way through not just the scumbags in Gotham, but anybody who tried to stop me. Dick, Tim, even you . . . I was just so out of control . . .”
“You’re scared,” Cassandra murmured. “Scared you’ll hurt me. Scared you’ll hurt Dick and Tim. Scared you’ll lose yourself.”
“You are, too. I get that. Slade had you drugged up and doing his dirty work, and I . . . I took Slade’s drugs to give myself an edge. Don’t know what I was thinking, doing that. Just that I needed to step it up a notch if I was gonna be a good enough Batman to replace Bruce, and I went totally nuts. But you already know that.”
Cass reached up to stroke his face gently, as Jason went on. “I am scared, Cass. What if I lose control like that again? I nearly killed Tim and the brat. What if I hurt you this time?”
“You won’t. I won’t let you.”
“If you have to, if there’s no other way, will you . . . ?”
“Yes.”
Jason sighed and kissed Cassandra’s palm. “Thank you.”