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deadsetobsessions · 13 days
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REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPT BY @out-of-jams
ACCIDENTALLY KIDNAPPING A MAFIA BOSS
In Tucker's defense, he thought he was doing someone a favor. A life saving favor, in fact.
"What the fuck-!” The red helmeted guy yelped as a deceptively strong Tucker yanked him onto the bike and sped away. Before Tucker could explain, the GIW agents behind them got in a lucky shot and hit the helmeted liminal with a strong blast to the head.
Clearly, his gear wasn’t equipped with anti-ecto protections, because the guy slumped over on Tucker’s arms. This was bad, because Tucker now had to maneuver about 230 pounds of Gotham muscle while speeding away from government agents. He flicked on the jammer so they couldn’t track his and red helmets’s ecto signature.
“STOP!”
“Ah, shit.” Tucker cursed as he somehow managed to gather up red-helmet’s body and stabilize the bike. “C’mon, Tuck, you can do this.”
Blasts of anti-ecto tech slammed into buildings around him. Luckily, Gotham was used to this kind of shit so people just moved out of the way before going back to their day. Tucker wove around traffic, trying to lure the agents into slamming face first into some signposts.
“Stop damaging the local infrastructure!” Tucker yelled back at them, speeding up.
“WELL REIMBURSE THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY LATER! TELL US WHERE PHANTOM IS!!”
“Over my dead body, you jerks!” Tucker took a sharp right, catching red helmet before the man could slip off. He sped up and took the ramp downwards, heart beating loudly in his ears as he strained his senses to figure out- ah, they took the ramp upwards. Good. Now, all he has to do is bring red helmet back to home base.
“Oh my god. I kidnapped him,” Tucker groaned, slapping at his face before quickly placing his hands back on the handle bar once the bike teetered over with red helmet’s weight. “I’m a criminal. Oh my god.”
Then, as he found his way back, “…Well, it’s not like I wasn’t a criminal before, with the whole resisting arrest thing.”
——
Tucker dumped the red helmet liminal onto the couch of their shared apartment and went to take a shower. When he got out ten minutes later, he found Danny and Sam staring at the helmet guy. Tucker pushed up his glasses (after letting them defog from the shower) and greeted them.
“Hey, guys! I found him while I was running away from Agent L and J.”
“You okay?” Danny asked, eyes immediately flicking over Tucker for injuries.
“Yeah, I’m good. They’re horrible shots.”
“I thought Danny was the one who brought home strays but you…?” Sam commented, arms crossed and a purple painted nail tapping at her arm. “Wait. Isn’t this… that crime lord? What was his name?”
“Red Hood?” Danny offered, turning back to look at the guy on their couch.
Tucker paled. “Oh, no.”
Guns? Check.
Red Helmet? Check.
Bat-Symbol? Check.
Shit.
They collectively stared at the guy in silence.
“…Tucker,” Sam slowly said. “Did you accidentally kidnap a crime lord?”
“Hey, I didn’t want him to get killed! He’s liminal! Even more than us, except for Danny.” Tucker grumbled. “Man, this is why I leave the hero-ing to Danny. I do one good thing and suddenly I have a crime lord on my couch.”
“My couch,” Sam corrected, as she was the one that furnished their apartment.
“What do we do now?”
“Eat dinner,” Tucker said. “I’m famished.”
Sam nodded. “Wait for him to wake up and hope he doesn’t shoot us the moment he wakes up. Then, we explain.”
Danny grabbed all the visible guns he could see. Tucker went to start dinner. Sam supervised, because her boys were idiots and now she had a crime lord in her apartment.
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Jason groaned, head swimming in a sea of dull throbbing pain as his eyes fluttered open.
Then he remembered he was abducted, and bolted up right. He paused as a series of quick observations made its way to his consciousness.
One. He’s not tied up. Weird, because everyone knows that he’s a weapon even without his weapons.
Two. His weapons were right there, just in reach.
Three. He was surrounded by teenagers and/or young adults who were all scrolling along on their phones.
“Oh, hey, he’s awake! Hi!” The Wayne bait said, electric blue eyes fixing itself on Jason. “Were you aware you died?”
Jason went rigid, hundreds of way to-
“Danny!” A scolding tone cut of Jason’s immediate panic. Two couch pillows slammed into Danny’s face, courtesy of goth girl and nerdy but strong.
“Dude, why do you start with that? Why are you like this?” His… possible kidnapper? asked, exasperatedly flinging his hands into the air as he rolled his eyes.
Goth girl scowled. “Boys. Crime lord, couch, remember?”
“Hey, in my defense, I died too!”
And that- as Jason remained dumbfounded in this circle of tomfoolery- was what snapped Jason out of his daze.
“You what?” He rasped out.
And when he saw them open their mouths at the same time, Jason just knew his headache was going worse.
——
Tucker, effortlessly plucking the actual red hood from the streets: and I whoop-
Jason, whose type is strong, nerdy, and tall: *heart eyes* *but not really because he’s unconscious*
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Sam: “this is my boyfriend Danny and our other boyfriend Tucker.”
Jason enters chat:
Sam: “this is my boyfriend Danny and our other boyfriend Tucker and his boyfriend, the Red Hood.”
——
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rosefinch07 · 2 months
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Jsjs so crime lord red Hood, right? With underlings and shit?
Jaime going to Gotham as a dentist bc he had a gothamite friend in dental school who runs a practice and surprise surprise Jaime takes the job
Depending on how the timing is jaime could be 26-30 to jason's 20-25 which i did not plan it just happened
Jaime, while not living in crime alley proper bc he's a dentist and rent is dirt cheap in Gotham, he still pretty close bc the dental office is in otisburg or something
He only is active as blue beetle when called upon bc he's practically retired, he's been doing the hero thing since late middle school and through highschool and a good chunk of college
He's tired, he just wants to sit down with his teeth and help patients
Khaji is there, they coexist, they have bets on how long they can go without a gun being pulled on the receptionists and therefore making them have to Handle it
Jaime wouldn't change it for the world
And he starts being popular with the goons who need to get their teeth fixed, mostly Jason's goons bc he's close enough to red hood territory that he's claimed
They start Handling people who pull guns on the receptionists
Jaime just sighs and goes back to checking on the dental crown being made for a teen who's obsessed with robin
He goes to his apartment after work and cares for nothing but the safety of his loupes and its carrying case on the walk
He's still in his scrubs when red hood breaks in while he's cooking dinner and his lunches for the week
Red hood wants to give his goons insurance beyond "throw money at the goon and hope that works"
Respectable
They get an arrangement, jaime's dental student kids have even more teeth from necessary extractions for their classes (he still had his tooth jar from when he was in school, it wasn't the weirdest thing in gotham no matter how many looks hood gave it on his shelf.)
The shenanigans that ensue are glorious istg
Among those are
-jason convincing damian to go to the dentist by only going to someone he trusts with his own teeth (damian gets curious about collecting teeth and jason quickly redirects him by asking about if braces are needed bc no he is not collecting human teeth in the manor.)
- jason having to go to jaime as a civilian and trust him to mess with his teeth bc they kinda got fucked from the recent fight he was in
Just
Dentist jaime in gotham and jason offering dental insurance to his employees go so nice together
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corporatefrog · 1 year
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Can't stop thinking about a South Park Superhero/YouTuber AU-
Like, going to university in a Gotham style south park that is constantly being destroyed by superheroes fighting crime (and eachother)
It's definitely inspired by lifeline by 777bambi (sometimes I can still hear their voice- I can't wait to read stuff on their new blog!!)
Being a YouTuber that covers all of the superhero updates/theories/drama
You ALWAYS have something to make a video on bc it's like everyday that these idiots knock a cellphone tower over to accidentally drink a bottle of soda with the brand facing out and get sued by Pepsi
Living in an apartment building that's suspiciously calm with your neighbors Stan, Kenny, Kyle, and Cartman
Literally the building around you have irreparable property damage weekly but your building remains suspiciously intact
Not that you're complaining!
Rent is cheap and insurance premiums are high when your town is falling apart 24/7
Being in university drains most of your money so you're not moving anytime soon
Thankfully you've got the best study partner right down the hall!!
You've also got the best smoking partner down the hall so it's the best of both worlds
You haven't told your neighbors about your YouTube channel but that's just because you don't want them to make fun of you!!
(they definitely know about the channel though)
The Coon is always trying to get in a video
You always say no bc fuck that guy
He reminds you of your neighbor, Cartman, who is generally a fucking asshole
You've always been a professor chaos fan
HOW COULD YOU NOT BE?!
He's just a silly little guy!
Kenny, Kyle, Stan, and Cartman always give you shit about it
"He's literally NAMED chaos, yn"
"Not only is he a fucking loser, he couldnt even think of a good name! Like the coon!"
"the coon is a fucking loser too, Cartman"
"FUCK YOU KYLE! HUMAN KITE IS FUCKING DECIMATED BY A DESK FAN"
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colesterstrudel · 1 year
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Every store in Gotham has a whiteboard in their employee break area and every morning, employees guess how many attempted armed robberies will be committed at their store that day. The employee with the most correct guesses at the end of the month wins a $25 Amazon gift card. No one uses it for like, actually physically ordering things from there tho bc packages get stolen more than they ever get delivered. But rent is cheap, so it’s fine.
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redrobin-detective · 2 years
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Top 3 reasons for staying in Gotham
3. Rent's cheap and wages are high
2. Where else would you move metropolis?!(ew)
1. BAT DRAMA
Actually reason number 2 is those Hot Waynes and their crazy family antics and Brucie Wayne's big himbo heart taking in all these orphans but as much as they love the Waynes the Bats wins out bc they're in spandex and spill so much fucking tea on each other in 2 in the am in front of the abandoned Blockbuster and like, you just can't beat that
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