An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson, Dick Grayson/Jason Todd/Slade Wilson
Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Slade Wilson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Soulmates, Consent Issues, Canonical Character Death, Alpha Dick Grayson, Omega Jason Todd, Alpha Slade Wilson, Angst with a Happy Ending, Rating May Change, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
Summary:Ā No one ever said finding your soulmate was going to be easy, and on the day Dick meets Jason, he knows he's going to have a challenge on his hands. But through time and effort, they're able to get to know each other better, and maybe start to define what exactly it is they want to be through their bond. That is, until the next big complication comes along.
No one ever told Dick it was possible to have two soulmates, either.
The first time Jason and Dick meet, it takes the combined efforts of both Bruce and Alfred to drag them back apart from one another. Not because mutually misplaced resentment or fears of being replaced drive them to fight, but because after just one brief whiff of each otherās scent across the room, they canāt stand to be anywhere else.
Itās soulmate compatibility. Bruce and Alfred realise that quickly, even if Dick and Jason donāt.
āHeās fourteen, Dick,ā Bruce urgently hisses against his ear, once heās got him pinned down. Dick can taste blood on his tongue from their fight, feel the pressure on his throat as Bruce grips it. āFourteen. Get a hold of yourself.ā
The words, as well as the heavy pull of Bruceās scent overriding all his other senses, do what the violence and pin alone cannot. Dick gasps in horror, at what he and Jason almost certainly would have done had they been alone. āBruceāā
āYou need to leave.ā Bruce doesnāt let up for an instant. Heās all alpha now, furious and implacable. āGet out of the manor. Get out of Gotham. Donāt come back.ā