Au Where Jason Stays With Talia And Damian After Being Resurrected Because He’s Gone Slightly Insane

au where Jason stays with Talia and Damian after being resurrected because he’s gone slightly insane and wants to commit murder and Talia is having none of that, nope, gonna convince child to stay at my side until the Pit wears off, Ra’s be damned.

fast forward a few years, Jason has mostly chilled out, though is still down to murder criminals. He spends most of his time annoying the hell out of Ra’s and sometimes running missions behind Ra’s back for Talia. He’s basically Damian’s older brother. Probably goes by either Jay or Jace, but Damian at least is aware that his full name is Jason since he’s heard Talia use it. Jason has thought about letting the bats know he’s alive, but always backed out.

then Talia sends Damian to live with Bruce. Jason is often away on his own by this point, for missions or just because he wants to travel, and isn’t there when this happens. 

now, Damian is an absolutely brat, and everyone immediately is like “WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS.” they’re going through the house and Damian is making snotty comments about everything when suddenly he freezes, surprising everyone. He squints at a portrait on the wall.

“…who’s that?” he asks slowly.

Bruce stiffens.

“Ah, that’s… Jason. Jason Todd. The second Robin. He… died, a while ago,” Dick explains with a sad, faraway smile.

“…..riiiiiiight,” Damian says slowly. Suddenly a whole lot of things make sense – he knows Jay came back from the dead, but he doesn’t know how Jay and Mother knew each other. “If you’ll excuse me. I need to make a phone call.”

He sprints out of the room.

(Talia, for the record, definitely knew this was going to happen when she sent Damian to Bruce.)

Two weeks later Damian tows a reluctant young man with black hair into the Batcave, trailed by an astonished Alfred.

“Damian!” Bruce says, horrified. “You can’t just bring strangers into the Cave! It’s completely irresponsible, do you have any ideas what the consequences could be for us-”

There’s a crash, and they all turn to stare. Dick is staring at Damian and the newcomer, stunned, his chair lying sideways on the ground. “That’s impossible,” he murmurs, voice shaking. “You’re –”

Damian rolls his eyes. “Jace isn’t a stranger, Father. He’s my brother.”

“Brother-?” Bruce turns to look at the man, and promptly drops the files he’s holding.

Jason Todd smiles nervously at him. “Hey, old man. Long time no see.”

EDIT: I have more! Check out Way Too Many HCs I Have for this AU because it’s pure fluff and I’m living for it at the moment

EDIT 2: This au is now called “Remained”! All posts for to it can be found at the “remained au” tag.