I haz an hurt/comfort anger management idea
Jazz and Jason meet and start dating when they're 14/15 at an summer camp
They both still live in their respective cities as teens and make long distance work with phone calls, letters, and occasional vists
They fell for each other hard
The Joker event happens when Jason is 16
Jason revives 6 months after his death but never reached out to Jazz about being alive
Jazz started to call Jason's teen cellphone with in the first month after his death. The first few calls where her wanting to hear his voice (his voice mail recording) and it eventually turned into her using the calls as an audio diary
Bruce is aware of Jazz's phone calls. He answered once when Jazz keep calling that first month. That conversation lead to Jazz begging him to keep Jason's phone. Bruce will never get rid of Jason's phone or number. Jazz can call that number for how long or as many times she wants/needs.
Sometime after Redhood makes his appearance and Jason is at a place where he can comfortably hang out at the manor, he finds his old cell.
He charges the thing, curious if it will still work
Jason flounders in making small talk- cause what the heck do you say to the girl who you thought you'd marry but didn't cause you died, came back, and never told her you came back- before gently asking her why she called
Her answer "I had an accident and bonked my head pretty good. The last thing I remember before waking up in the hospital is falling asleep while we were making plans to visit arkham for additional research for my psychology class's final."
(First of all, love this idea, but I have a question đ is it imperative that Jason is 16 when he dies...??)
"You.... lost your memories?"
There was a quiet on the other end before that gentle voice came back and hesitantly said, "I think so? The doctors are saying that it's just temporary amnesia and it doesn't seem to affect my everyday life very much. The memories will come back to me eventually."
What could he even say to that? If it had been before, he would've gladly helped her recover her memories by taking her to the places they always went to, guiding her through old experiences, and stayed with her the entire way as they rediscovered old memories together.
He wasn't that young teen anymore.
He was a murderer. An anti-hero at best, and a serial killer at worst. He had died and come back to life for the sole purpose of vengeance.
There was no way he could be that innocent, sweet boy that loved Jazz Fenton so wholeheartedly again.
"Jay?" Jazz called. "So?"
He blinked. "Err. Sorry, I was distracted. Say again?"
She gave that petulant sigh that he would never admit was adorable. He could almost hear the pout on the other end as she repeated, "We made plans to go to Arkham Asylum, remember? I'm already out of school according to my siblings, but they told me that I never went. They never told me why but I... I still want to go with you. If you want."
Jason blinked. When did Jazz ever have more than 1 sibling?
But he focused more on her last words. He bit into his lip as he thought about it.
This was a terrible idea. Not only was the Joker there, but a Bat, a civilian, and Arkham? It was a guaranteed recipe for a disaster.
"Please?" Jazz said, her voice turning all soft and sweet, a gentle little lilt to her tone. "Please, Jay? You promised me, remember? 6 years ago?"
As Jazz cheered, audibly jumping up and down on the other end of the phone, Jason could only hold his forehead and bemoan his lack of spine around Jazz.