Cloaked Like Karma.

[fickle_goddess]

Title: Cloaked Like Karma.
Fandom: Comics (Batman)
Warnings: Extremely dubious canon-compliance.
Characters: Jason, Steph.
Word Count:516
Summary: Jason and Steph celebrate Halloween a little early, and right a wrong (without killing anyone) while doing so. Probably in the same universe as Living Dreams but reads fine as a oneshot.

Comments

[chameleongirl79]

;_;

*Hugs them all*

[fickle_goddess]

And gives them good candy instead of the cheap stuff? ^_~

[chameleongirl79]

We don't celebrate Halloween here. But I will go out and get the good stuff, just for them :D

[fickle_goddess]

I'm sure they appreciate it. XD No cut-price candy accepted by these ex-Robins.

[katarik]

I.

I see what you meant about canon-compliant, but you gave Steph a Case. You had *Jason* give Steph a Case.

OH MY ROBINS I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

Also, I am still in love with how you write their interactions.

[fickle_goddess]

Probably never, ever going to happen in canon. Which is a shame, because it really should. I mean, hey, Jason's alive and Batman ought to deal with that instead of just sticking to pretending that Jason's costume is in the Case means nothing's changed and he's still dead. And conversely, he has to acknowledge properly that Steph's dead, and well, okay, Jason doesn't have to be the one to give Steph the case, but it's got a nice circle-is-complete feel to it. And if he thinks that he's fixing the Bat's mistakes, then why not that one as well?

*grins and takes a bow* Thank you! I love writing them together. They just play off each other so well.

[dariclone]

That was so awesome!

[fickle_goddess]

Glad you liked my blatant wish-fulfilment. XD

[jij]

The answer is sharp, and Jason fingers the scar on his neck without thinking.

*sniffles*

She's a dead Robin. She can get away with saying such things.

That does manage to sum up what's so wonderful about both Jason and Steph. That somehow the act of dying for the Batfamily puts them, in some way, beyond all the mythology and the bs, makes them untouchable. And thus makes it all the more meaningful when they are still faithful.

There is no toilet paper decorating the Cave when they leave, but the Case now holds a skirted tunic and tights, and the crate under Jason's arm now contains his old costume, not Steph's.

Gah! *breaks down entirely and wibbles off to a corner to collect herself*

[fickle_goddess]

Jason needs to have scarred there. Just a little mark that he can touch whenever he's thinking about going home, and remember why he doesn't.

That does manage to sum up what's so wonderful about both Jason and Steph. That somehow the act of dying for the Batfamily puts them, in some way, beyond all the mythology and the bs, makes them untouchable. And thus makes it all the more meaningful when they are still faithful.

Exactly! And in Steph's case, that's especially poignant because you get her helping Batgirl, which is legit, and hanging out with Jason which is rather less legit. Especially when hanging out with him equals breaking into the cave, and then possibly going trick-or-treating with him on Halloween.

Gah! *breaks down entirely and wibbles off to a corner to collect herself*

*tactfully looks in the other direction and sends a plot bunny your way with tissues*

[fickle_goddess]

*sniffles*

See, in my head, Jason has a scar on his neck that he touches every time that he feels homesick -- for Alfred, for Bruce, for Batgirl or even just for being Robin. It reminds him exactly why he can't go home, better than any of his guns or his helmet can.

That does manage to sum up what's so wonderful about both Jason and Steph. That somehow the act of dying for the Batfamily puts them, in some way, beyond all the mythology and the bs, makes them untouchable. And thus makes it all the more meaningful when they are still faithful.

Steph's faithful and in his own weird way, Jason's still faithful too, even though he seems to disapproves of Steph's faith in Batgirl. Which is interesting, because Cass has said that she's faithful to the Bat, not to Bruce, so Steph hanging around Cass is, in a way, still a sign of loyalty to Bruce. Though her sneaking into the Cave with Jason and possibly going trick-or-treating with him is a whole different story. That's just dead Robins sticking together as two of the outside-ex-insiders.

[amarin_rose]

Jason. Giving Steph a CASE.

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees*

[fickle_goddess]

Awww, didn't get this comment before! But yes, Jason gave Steph a case. A gift from one dead Robin to another. ♥