( Bruceβ this Bruce is very wary of who he lets into his circle and when he comes to care for someone, no matter how much he might try and deny it to himself, eventually the truth comes out. Like it had with Damian as well. )
( He ducks his head then, licking over his lips some. )
If it's... too much for you...
( He knows he had a relationship with the Bruce he knows, regardless of how difficult and, in the end, upsetting it became. Like with Damian, he's not his father β not even his father figure and it's foolish of him to think he could be, but. Sometimes... it just happens. To care for someone. )
( At that, blue eyes lift their gaze up to catch Jasonβs and he stares to the boy. Quiet. A softness there in those eyes of his he doesnβt always show others. )
[Jason looks to the chinese food still sitting on the counter and finds no appetite for it. He folds up his box and sets his chopsticks on top. Theyβve talked a lot today and maybe getting that rest is the most important thing right now.]
Think Iβm gonna go crash. But at least we have leftovers, right?
[Jason packs up the other two boxes and takes them to the fridge, depositing them on a pretty bare shelf. He closes the door behind him and is about to head to his room before he hesitates.
Just ever so slightly.]
You mean it when you say you wonβt change your mind, right? About the βsonβ thing?
[Because he had trusted his Bruce intrinsically and been burned right down to his bones.]
( He's about to see about getting himself some water when Jason stops and goes on to ask that. He looks to him β blue eyes soft and tired and he gives a slow nod as he stands there. )
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Iβll do it. Iβll go straight to Crane.
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( Nothing he says is enough for Jason. )
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[Jasonβs desperation grows.]
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Or you could just stay here.
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[Jason watches Bruce, in case heβs about to drop him instead.]
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( If reaching out to him as he had... if calling him his son isn't enough to persuade Jason... then maybe he really isn't enough for him. )
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Did you mean what you said? Calling me βsonβ?
[He rolls right into,] My Bruce said that like ten seconds before he called me a mistake.
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( Bruceβ this Bruce is very wary of who he lets into his circle and when he comes to care for someone, no matter how much he might try and deny it to himself, eventually the truth comes out. Like it had with Damian as well. )
And you're not a mistake. You never have been.
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Son. [Jason repeats out loud.]
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If it's... too much for you...
( He knows he had a relationship with the Bruce he knows, regardless of how difficult and, in the end, upsetting it became. Like with Damian, he's not his father β not even his father figure and it's foolish of him to think he could be, but. Sometimes... it just happens. To care for someone. )
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[Jason watches Bruce for a moment.]
Just donβt take it back.
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Not even with my final breath would I do that.
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Then yeah. Call me βsonβ if you want.
[Which is honestly monumental.]
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You donβt have to call me anything other than Bruce.
( Damian called him father, but. Thatβs just how Damian is. )
I mean I donβt expect anything. Iβm fine with being Bruce.
( And that alone is a strange thing for him to say. )
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[Especially since he already calls Bruce by his first name. Anything else might feel weird.]
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Alright then.
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Think Iβm gonna go crash. But at least we have leftovers, right?
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Yeah. Better than... whatever I have around here.
( Which... isn't really a lot, sadly. Or is that predictably? )
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Just ever so slightly.]
You mean it when you say you wonβt change your mind, right? About the βsonβ thing?
[Because he had trusted his Bruce intrinsically and been burned right down to his bones.]
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Yeah.
( A beat. )
Even if I wanted to, I couldn't.
( Because he cares. )
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Okay, cool.
[He doesnβt want to seem insecure so he tries to play it off as no big deal.]
Iβm gonna go crash then.
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I'll be here.