( 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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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.