DCU Fanfic: Never Really Gone

[shinyglorchan]

Title: Never Really Gone
Fandom: DCU
Character(s): Dick, Jason, Tim
Pairing(s): pre-Dick/Jason/Tim
Word Count: 389
Genre: general/family/hurt/comfort
Rating: PG/K+
Notes: Another comment_fic. Moooore fic. Prompt: "Author's choice, author's choice, Affirmation by Savage Garden." Post-BftC. Amnesia!Jason. It's a kick I'm on. Part of my dcu_freeforall claim from Jason (for the prompt #6 'heal'). Dick finds Jason. He doesn't remember a thing, but that doesn't mean his traumas are healed. (There's a sequel called Back Again to Stay written by kirax2, <3)
Link: comment_fic

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When Dick found Jason after he fell into the river, Dick was so very glad that Jason hadn't died. When he found out Jason didn't remember even his own name (“Who's Jason Todd?”), Dick had been more relieved than he should have been. It took a bit of sweet talking, but the street kid in Jason won out over all else when Dick mentioned the mansion he lived in.

Dick knew before he even made it back to the manor that Tim would be angry with him, but once Tim answered the door instead of Alfred, Dick knew Tim had bugged the Batmobile, so he already knew about Jason's amnesia. Tim had his arms crossed as he stared down Jason, as if just looking at him could tell him what Tim needed to know.

Apparently, it was enough, and Tim let them into the manor, murmuring that he made up a room them upstairs. Dick gave Tim a grateful smile as they showed Jason upstairs. Jason was exhausted, and once his head hit the pillow, he was asleep.

“Tim,” Dick murmured, but Tim shook his head.

“Look, I'm still pissed at him, but he needs our help,” Tim stated, turning to leave the bedroom then paused in the doorway. “I saw Bruce's final message to him. ...I can't blame him for losing it over that.”

Knots formed in his stomach, thinking about that final message. “I handled it badly,” Dick said as he watched Jason curl up in his sleep. “I couldn't give him the help he needed.”

Tim frowned before turning to look at Dick. “Still needs, Dick,” he stated with a concerned look. “You have to know amnesia does not mean those traumas are really gone.”

Dick looked at Tim, about to say something when Jason began to thrash on the bed. Tim ran to one side of the bed while Dick ran to the other, trying to wake up Jason. When he did wake up, he clung to Dick and Tim, muttering things about laughs, clowns, and crowbars. Dick and Tim shared a concerned look, but not leaving as Jason begged them not to. Jason was family, and they couldn't leave him when he needed them. They had already done it before; they weren't going to do it again.

Comments

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

Poor Jason! O_O

I'm still not completely up on canon, so I don't know what all happened, but I'm glad Dick and Jason are there for him, at least in fic.

[daggerpen.livejournal.com]

"I'm still not completely up on canon, so I don't know what all happened"

Yeah... stay that way. It's for the best.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. >>;; Read my summaries instead and save the stress of reading the real thing. Battle for the Cowl hurt, a lot. ;-;

None of our batboys are with each other right now. ;-; So hence fic.

[daggerpen.livejournal.com]

... aw, damn it. I usually hate the whole amnesia plots, but you've got me interested here. We can haz more, please?

"Jason was family, and they couldn't leave him when he needed them. They had already done it before; they weren't going to do it again."

Guh.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Dude, amnesia!Jason has eaten my BRAIN. I love him this way. It's the only way I see it plausible for him to get over his trauma (and BftC); he'll need to slowly remember it all, and get over it gradually. >>;;

<3 Glad you liked it.

[daggerpen.livejournal.com]

"It's the only way I see it plausible for him to get over his trauma (and BftC); he'll need to slowly remember it all, and get over it gradually. >>;;"

Heh. I could probably come up with a few ways to fix the character myself- I've a few nascent ideas that only require a bit of fleshing out, actually- but to write any of them would involve actually acknowledging that BftC actually happened.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure there's other ways, but my brain has attached to amnesia plot and won't let go. >>;;

I can acknowledge BftC. It gave me "You're showing me a side I haven't seen very often, Tim... And I like it." AND "Join me. Be my Robin." If I ignored it, those lovely lines would get ignored too, so I selectively ignore parts. :D

[daggerpen.livejournal.com]

Heh. See, I'm not really a Batcest slasher, so all I can think of from those lines is how very much they demonstrate that Daniel hadn't even read anything with Jason in it, especially not his little spiel to Onyx in Under the Hood.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Yeaaaah, but he made many slash fans happy with those lines. >>;; Silly Daniel. He needs a boot to the head. *nods firmly*

[daggerpen.livejournal.com]

... yes, boot. That's definitely what I was thinking. Totally not a crowbar or anything.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

*giggles* That too. And a batarang to the chest. >.>;;

[daggerpen.livejournal.com]

*nods enthusiastically*

[miss-device.livejournal.com]

Duh, that's so good after this awful canon (Red Robin was as horrible as BftC).
Does the bunny let you in peace now, or there will be more of it ?

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh this isn't even the first bunny. The first bunny is much longer and involves Steph/amnesia!Jason. Then there are some Red Robin canon amnesia!Jason bunnies... And I RP him with amnesia too... Addiction, what? >>;;

Red Robin amused me. Hello Timmy going Jason on us. <3 Thanks for reading!

[faile-neume.livejournal.com]

:( Poor Jason. Is it bad I kind of don't want him to get his memory back?

This was lovely

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

I don't either, not really... He can has the few good memories back! >>;;

Thank you~

[faile-neume.livejournal.com]

But all the good memories are probably tainted.

I don't wanna go to school *pouts* I have to leave soon and internets are much more fun.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

:( That's probably true... Even Titans days are tainted since he was a Titan and never got a statue in the Hall of Dead Titans. :/

Lol. *is glad school is ooooover~*

[zenithjolt.livejournal.com]

*hugs Jason*

*hugs them all*

This was lovely ^_^ I love seeing them take care of each other, great job!

More...? :D

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

They need lots of hugs.

More..? Uhhh... I'm ficced out at the moment. Fic binging is baaaaad. *dies*

[darthbatgirl.livejournal.com]

Aww, I want more of this it's cute. "sics rabid plotbunnies on you"

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, like I need more amnesia!Jason plot bunnies! @_@

[dariclone.livejournal.com]

That was sweet. Poor Jason.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

*pets him* Poor thing. At least he gets snuggles in fic. ^-^;;