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An 11 year old Jason Todd standing his own against 3 older teenagers. (It takes five of them tackling him to restrain him.)

Jason again, prior to any Robin training knocking a gun out of an older boy’s hand and promptly knocking him out.

Yeah I scaled the wall of the museum building and dropped in through the skylight. No I didn’t have a grapple gun or any other superhero equipment.

Wrong!! I write for myself and the twelve other people who ship Jason and Kara!

Happy early valentine's or something, idk.

I'll update the rest by the end of the week.

Idk, this image set my mindwheels a-turning.

In dentistry, we learned that there is a significant line in the enamel called the neonatal line. It's caused by a disruption in the production of enamel, separating intrauterine enamel from the enamel you develop after being born. It's what cops use to find out how old a victim is, like rings of bark on a tree.

The Outlaws were his family, and he loved them, knew he was loved in return, but Kara was... different.

They shared a love for reading, which was a new thing for Jason, never having anybody to really talk to about his favourite hobby, and they gravitated towards the same types of books, meaning they managed to hold many discussions about different topics, with her loving to play devil's advocate whenever he was too passionate about a certain point or interpretation. Silence wasn't uncommon when they got together in person, with them just reading in each other's company or eating something too unhealthy for a regular person. It was calming, silencing the part of him that always raged at the injustice of the universe.

Their friendship really lifted his spirits, and it was noticeable to the Outlaws. Usually, when Jason decided to run missions with them, it's right after a fight with the bats about his methods. Just because he gave up on them being a family doesn't mean that the blatant distrust and rejection don't hurt.

But that hasn't been the case, lately. He contacted them just to hang out, wheras he usually had to be invited, his low self esteem making him unable to think they would ever agree to an invite from him, no matter how much they assured him. He was less aggressive in fights, the usually brutal Red Hood relying more on ranged combat than close quarters. No less deadly, mind you, but he started keeping his distance more, instead of ditching his guns in favour of his kris or bare hands. He didn't purposefully let himself get injured anymore and stopped drinking alcohol, instead partaking in healthier coping mechanisms. He laughed more, was more open with his feelings, more expressive of his love to them.

He looked his age.

Kara was a good thing. But you can't have too much good without the bad knocking, coming over to take its toll.

It's this cosmic trade-off that has Jason on a roof with all of the bat's brood. They've been trying to reconnect with him lately, seeing his lessening aggression and lack of killing as a sign of reform. Wanting to 'support' him as he 'takes the final steps towards redemption.' Preachy fuckers. Where was this when he actually wanted them? When he desperately NEEDED their support? They wanted to join in half a mile off the finish line so they'd be able to pat themselves on the back, claiming that they helped him all along.

That's not going to happen. Jason won't ALLOW it to happen.

"Come on Little Wing! We want you to come home! You've always been welcome but we never see you! Agent A misses you, and he wants all of his family together. You never know what comes next in life, tomorrow isn't guaranteed. If something happens, you'll regret not spending more time with him"

Manipulative bastard. But damn is he good. Appealing to what he thinks is a weak spot to get him to comply, framing it as though he was always welcome when he knows for a FACT he wasn't. Putting all of the expectations on him, so they wouldn't have to do anything. Guiting him into shunning them away, as if they hadn't done the same.

Jason is ashamed to say that it would've worked, years ago. Back when he thought of Alfred as his grandfather. When he desperately hoped for a place at the table, sitting next to his father, teasing his siblings.

It's not a couple of years ago, though. Priorities shift, and dirty laundry comes out. Words spoken that shattered any iota of love Jason held for the old man, a plaque cementing him as a permanent outsider.

"He's not a house plant, locked away in the manor with no way out. He could've visited me any time he wanted"

It shocked Dick, a little, getting rebuffed like that. He thought Alfred was the smoking gun. He didn't plan much, assuming that mentioning the old butler would have Jason coming back into the fold.

"It doesn't matter, Hood," came the gravelly voice of his former father. "We're trying to compromise with you here"

"Compromise on what, exactly?"

"Reports show a heavy decrease in your usage of lethal methods" Red Robin's voice piped up. "You've been less aggressive lately, and we think that you're finally getting better."

"Ok? I still don't understand"

"Given that you're improving," Batman replied, the clenching of his jaw giving away his growing frustration, " we would like you to come to family dinner this Sunday, provided that you stop killing"

"Yeah, I'm not interested. You'll bring me to the manor, frame it as a family reunion, then pick fights and argue with me until you decide to throw me into arkham or whatever. I've got better plans"

"It's not like that!" shouted Nightwing, frustrated that Hood wasn't seeing reason. They're trying to help him here, get him back on the right path. Doesn't he see their generosity? They're forgiving him for being a murderer, he should be happy for getting such a chance.

"Oh? then what's it like? Because we haven't spoken outside of the masks since I came back, and suddenly I've ALWAYS been allowed back? Every time we talk in the masks, you threaten me with jail or exile"

"Yes, because you're a murderer. We don't have the right to be judge-"

"Jury and executioner. Yeah, spare me the bullshit, I've heard it a million times. I'm not a bat, I don't have to adhere to your code, or whatever"

"Dammit, Hood, we're trying here!" Bellowed the Batman, coming to his wit's end with his son's dismissal of the lives he's taken, of the opportunity to truly reform. "If you really want to get better, if you want to be a lart of this family again -"

"I don't"

This causes Bruce to stop talking and all the bats and birds to look at him in shock, staring at him as if he would reveal himself as a clone or a shapeshifter. It simply didn't compute

"What?"

"I don't want to be a part of your family."

"You must be misunderstanding," came Red Robin's diplomatic voice, clearly disbelieving that Jason would ever reject them, voice almost frantic. "We're offering you a chance to rejoin the family"

"I understand perfectly. I'm just not interested in being family with all of you. I don't know you, I don't WANT to know you, and I've moved on"

"What do you mean you moved on!" shouted Dick, incredulous.

"I mean, I moved on. I gave up on you years ago. I found myself a family, a real family, people who love me for who I am, and I'm happy with them, far happier than I ever was with you. I'm not going to jeopardise my own happiness by clinging onto the ties to a life I'd rather forget"

Gladly.

The first time they meet outside of the costumes, it's at a library. Kara is there to read a book she saw recommendations for online, and Jason was just browsing. They were hostile towards each other until they realised it was a pure coincidence, then started talking about books.

Jason assumed that she was just this goody two shoes, Superman 2.0, and Kara assumed that Jason was an impulsive, aggressive idiot who didn't plan ahead and got himself killed. They talk about their general traumas and realise that they worked with completely false intel.

This causes Kara to HATE Bruce

Jason is sympathetic to Kara and her struggles, but he's the only one she talked to about her trauma that didn't look at her with pity

They exchange numbers and grow closer, but they choose to separate their alter egos from their civilian lives to avoid anybody snooping around or questioning Kara.

They mostly talk about books, with Kara being really into romance and history.

Once their relationship gets stronger and they know more about each other, they go out once a week to bitch about their mentors and eat ice cream.

Kara uses her flight to take Jason around the world to libraries and museums. He actually looks his age for once.

Jason gives Kara book recommendations, and they sometimes read in silence.

They find a deserted island and make it their safe space. They meet up there all the time.

When they finally work together, they make a terrifying duo. Jason is one of the best strategists in the world, and Kara is an indestructible genius. They become truly feared. Second gen World's Finest.

She finally convinces Jason to stop killing, and it only takes because it was her that asked, and she asked it so Jason could heal instead of adhering to a moral code he doesn't agree with.

This doesn't make things better with Bruce. It actually makes them worse, somehow.

Jason doesn't care about the bats though so it's fine

Kara falls for Jason when she sees him battle the Untitled with the All Blades. His flaming swords and glowing tattoos made him look ethereal. Jason falls for Kara when a warehouse he's in blows up, and she rescues him. She glared at him with the flames surrounding her figuire, and it was like looking at an angel

When Kara realises she's into Jason, she goes on a long mission with the JL to sort out her feelings

Jason comes to the realisation he's into Kara when Artemis points out that he's more depressed than usual since she left.

Naturally, he goes on an even longer mission in space with the outlaws.

Roy and Kori get accidentally married.

When they meet again things are awkward and tensions are high

The outlaws intervene since they've never seen Jason this happy.

They force them in a room together, and they end up kissing.

News of their relationship reaches the world when they get caught making out after an alien invasion.

Anybody who tries giving Jason a shovel talk gets glared at by 2 pissed off kryptonians, the Shim'tar of bana mighdall, the queen of Tamaran, and Arsenal