Put me back together make me right

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who: Jason Todd
what: His old partner arrives and self reflection starts, along with working to keep his home in order.
when: Mid-March
where: the dive bar, a fighting ring, the guard, Kent House, Trixie and his flat at Ed's place.
warnings: Language, violence, mentioned blood, emotions... emotions count for a bat.

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[bunnyhopped]

The more Jason talked, the more Hana was beginning to think that this was going to be something deep, and dark. Perhaps even darker than anything she'd already seen of his past from his memories or nightmares. As she stayed curled up on the couch, her fingers' grip on her own arms tightened a bit.

And then loosened when she heard his Big Reveal.

"Wait, you—" she paused, giving a few slow blinks, "That's it? You lied about sleeping around... to protect your reputation."

What is this, this is so extra, Jason, please.

"What, so you said that so I'd think you were some kind of bad boy? That worked out really well, huh?"

As in, it didn't work. At all. Although their initial interactions had certainly been flirtatious and built almost entirely around the assumption that Jason was some kind of playboy, Hana was quick to realize that he wasn't really like that. Especially after she'd seen his memories.

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She had seen so much of his darkness already, his pains, his horrors, now she should be able to see over the walls he's built around himself, before the door was cracked, open for her... but it was locked now, sealed for her own good.

When she spoke he looked to her with a shocked look on his face... like he expected it to be dramatic, some yelling, to be called a dumbass at least. But, the jury was still out on that last bit. "Yeah... No one would take me seriously or disrupt my work if they saw no future with me, and I have no future to offer."

After a second he scrunched his face some, any sorrow of underlying anger vanishing as he looked so confused. "Excuse you, I am bad, just not for the reasons I said." Suddenly he felt like a teenager on display... where did this go wrong?