i really love these two together so much so here's some fic recs to prove it
** = fanfics where jason & damian meet in the loa
Destined For Family Life After All by @sohotthateveryonedied
“This is gonna be fine,” Jason says, mostly to himself. “No problem. It’s just…raising a kid. Easy peasy.” It sounded so much simpler when Talia said it.
(Takes place in the Death in the Family movie directly after Talia handed baby Damian over to Jason to raise.)
He's Alive (I Didn't Know He'd Died) by Civilized_muppets **
Jason felt like they were forgetting to tell Damian something, that they were sending him into the mouth of the hellhole that was Gotham City without all the information. He didn't think it was a small thing either, he felt like it was something big, something that could make or break Damian's chances of success integrating with the Bats.
The Long Road Home by @beesbiteandwillowrites **
The first time Jason held Damian in his arms, the green abated and he knew he had never loved anyone else so fiercely before.
The thing about love is that it is so rarely enough.
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Aka: Jason didn’t come home because Talia threw a baby at him and told him to run.
Across the Sands by Lulu_Rhythm **
Jason Todd wakes up every morning in a desert compound. Trapped. Empty. Alone. He doesn't remember much, but it doesn't matter, because one thing is for certain.
He has an infant to protect.
wake up when you're ready (no body, no grave) by artofflorescence **
“Dying means I go somewhere else.”
“You are lying to me. I will inform Richard that you are doing this–”
“Somewhere safe. That’s all. I get the feeling that I’ve been safe, for just a moment.”
(immortal jason)
Safe House by @lurkinglurkerwholurks
The safe house was supposed to be empty. It was not. So Damian rides out a storm with some unexpected company.
"On Damian’s fourth birthday, his mother brought him a gift. He had never had a present before.”
cicatrix by @spiritsglade
Red Hood is injured in the field. Robin notices.
no burden that will not float away by @redbelles
Jason, Damian, and the quiet shelter of unexpected family.
Ages 12 & Up by @motleyfam
The real reason that Damian always refuses painkillers is that he cannot swallow a pill.
Fractured Moonlight by @d-xs **
Damian takes in a broken bird.
Even Damian could admit that his older siblings occasionally had their uses.
—
"I need your assistance," Damian said, voice low and tense.
"No," Jason replied, and hung up.
sweetness and light by badacts
jason and damian rescue and takes care of a dog
prodigal by @punkrockhades **
Dick liked to think he had a pretty good handle on the whole ‘big brother’ thing by now, even if Tim still saw sleep as optional and Damian still got a little stabby when a hug lasted too long.
But then Damian’s other big brother comes to town, mysterious and red-helmeted and oddly familiar, and seems to want nothing to do with the Bats sans Damian. Damian is strangely close-lipped about his other brother's past, but Dick is determined to find out more about the Red Hood - he could always use more little brothers, anyway!
Lost Boys by @galaxymagitech
After Talia throws Jason into the Lazarus Pit, Ra's is furious. So, Talia takes Damian and runs.
Damian is curious about the boy who inspired his mother to betray his grandfather—the boy who may just be his brother.
All Grumpy on the Northern Front by @audreycritter
Jason was just trying to follow a lead. But one lead led to another and now he's having the stupidest mistake of a week. At least there might be a silver lining.
Who knew the best part of his week would end up being the Demonbird?
Change the End by @autumnhobbit
"I'm sorry, Damian. I'm so sorry," he sobs, and when Damian reaches one of those small, thin hands up towards him he ducks down and carefully curls his hand beneath Damian's head and neck, hides his tears in Damian's messy hair. He can feel the boy's tiny form shake with weak sobs beneath him, and he wishes he could fix this. But he'd never been good at that when his pain-in-the-ass of a family were still alive, and unsurprisingly, he's not gotten any better at it now that they're dead.
To Soothe an Ache by @preciousthingsareprecious
Damian's never had a migraine before. It's a good thing Jason knows how to help.
Jason and the Three Terrors by @cdelphiki **
One moment, Jason was peacefully sleeping, perfectly content with his life with the League of Assassins. Okay, so maybe not content content, but he wasn't unhappy, either. Then Talia woke him up at 2 am, threw three children at him, and told him to get them to America and far away from Ra's al Ghul.
What the fuck.
The last thing he wanted was to see Bruce. But with three brats relying on him and no Talia, there weren't many options for sanctuary. He just didn't expect the kids to grow on him so much in two short weeks.
(jason todd damian wayne & athanasia al ghul & mara al ghul)
oh, just hangin' out by mikkal
Jason doesn't remember agreeing to imitate a dead butterfly, but here he is.
Are We Living In The Darkness (Do We Listen To The Light) by @yuzukimist **
Sometimes, one decision can change everything.
(Or: Jason decides to return to Gotham not for revenge, but to give Damian a chance at a better life away from the League of Assassins.)
For a Good Paws by @renecdote
The one where Damian and Jason do some minor illegal things to stop other illegal things from happening. Oh, and rescue some puppies.
031. Knife by @atasteforsuicidal
jason takes a knife for damian
Two Sides by a_silly_gander **
“His name is Jason Todd.” Damian waits for her to explain the significance, or for his mind to tell him. He knows of no great fighter with that name, of no great ally or foe from his lessons with Sensei on League history. "He was the Batman's son. He was Robin."
"A brother?" Damian asks.
(Or, Damian meets Jason while Talia is taking care of him, post-resurrection but pre-Lazarus pit.)
The Better To See You With by @fishfingersandjellybabies
The wolf comes across a little red riding hood, and Jason realizes that maybe not all was what it seemed with Damian Wayne.
(AU in which Jason is temporarily a werewolf)
Sometimes, being a good brother meant listening to your sibling's troubles and offering comfort afterwards as they bared their souls to you.
Sometimes though, it meant dragging them kicking and screaming through the mud and stopping ill-advised bear adoptions from being a thing.
(Jason and Damian backpacking in Canada.)
Second Death by @hotdadslade
ten years after rhato 25, jason wakes up for the second time in a lazarus pit
Ensemble Performance by lowflyingfruit
Damian has a deep, dark secret he needs kept from Grayson, his father, and most of all Drake, at all costs: he has, quite unwillingly, been volunteered for a part in his school's annual musical. As a grouchy dinosaur.
This is now Jason's problem. Or his blackmail opportunity. Whichever.
Bang by @lurkinglurkerwholurks
“I think I have made a tactical error.”
Jason’s assumptions staggered, then abruptly took a nosedive. “Robin?”
(jason races against a time bomb to protect damian)
followed by With a Whimper
Nightmares by @sohotthateveryonedied
Damian is awoken from yet another nightmare about his death, and Jason decides to step up and comfort his stubborn brother.
countdown by @envysparkler
Red Hood and Robin are exploring an abandoned construction site when they come across a bomb with a too-short timer.
Under the Wings of a Garygole by @dragonflyxparodies
Gotham's not all that different from the League. They don't talk about mental health there, either.
dark sarcasm in the classroom by @punkrockhades **
Dick is trying his best to be patient with Damian, but the kid keeps insulting Dick's long-dead little brother. Dick just can't understand why Damian is so callous towards poor Jason's memory, especially since his youngest brother had never even met the second Robin before he died.
Turns out Damian might not have met Jason before he died, but after was a different story.
OUR HAPPY TO BE TIME. by @damianbugs
Damian goes to therapy. Jason becomes a big brother and rebuilds some bridges, all in good time.
Solace In the Strangest Place by @fishfingersandjellybabies
“I can’t find him.” Dick Grayson gasped, as soon as Jason accepted the transmission. “Hood – Jay – Robin’s gone.”
Big Brother Big Brother by @bloggerspam **
explores the brotherly relationship between Damian and Jason, tracing all the way back to their days at the LoA. Damian POV, Mute+Pre-pit!Jason.
Don't Let Go by @skalidra
Damian and Jason don't get paired to work together that often, but when they do work together it's always at least semi-hostile, in one way or another. However, that doesn't mean that when there's an accident on one of the missions, Jason's just going to let the brat die. Whatever else they are, they're still family.
The Batcomputer has case files for everything the Batfamily encounters. Everything includes Jason's death.
The Snap by @incorrectbatfam
Prompt: Who would get snapped by Thanos?
Carved Skins by @beesbiteandwillowrites **
“I have done extensive research on the effects of the pit—”
“Congratulations,” Jason sneered. “I’m sure your research is far superior compared to my personal experience with being submerged in Ra’s nasty bathwater and living with the effects for years to come. Please go on and tell me again how I have no idea what the limits of my own body are because you are apparently an expert on everything.”
Go Big or Go - No, Not Boom by BleuSarcelle
(Or the one where Jason and Damian willingly decide to be stuck together during a gala and their chilled evening of throwing crab bites on strangers' hair is interrupted by unwanted bombs. Which would be fine, if Damian priorities were the same as Jason's.)
Lost and Found by only2braincellsavailable **
Talia told them to run. So a catatonic Jason brought Damian to the streets he used to know so well.
baby hotline (please hold me close to you) by TheWitchBoy **
"I doubt a revenantial child soldier would be willing to make another child soldier."
Hello Pain, My Old Friend by TimDrakeIsMyPatronus
In which Jason has chronic pain, teaches the youth about Jane Austen, and learns he has something in common with his littlest brother.
Shadows of the Neon Lights by @fishfingersandjellybabies
He didn’t know what was more surprising - that someone else had come after him, or that it was Jason Todd, of all people, trying to stop him from killing.
bad boys bad boys (whatcha gonna dooo) ♫ by @drakefeathers
a Jason and Damian as Batman and Robin AU!! featuring a bunch of graffiti, a rival dynamic duo, and Cat Jason (a cat named Jason).
make a wish (or two) by orphan_account
"You, Damian-whatever-your-middle-name-is, need my help?"
(Damian's plans to parent trap Bruce and Talia are anything but foolproof. Jason agrees anyway.)
damian teaches jason to drive
Jason stumbles across Damian surrounded by glitter glue, pipe cleaners and just so many primary colors in the midst of a school project gone wrong. Turns out Jason doesn't end up regretting his offer to help out.
Damian is thirteen. Sometimes he even acts like it.
"This is an injustice," were the last words Damian had spoken to his father all day.
