Bestie do you have any AK!jason headcanons 🫶🏽
I don't really write about Arkham Knight Jason per se, but I do write about the Robin/Post Rescue version of him, I'll just share some headcanons about him from my AUs
Thank you for the ask!
Jason in my fics, has been rescued earlier than canon, and is about 15/16-ish
•If he was small from malnutrition, starvation made him smaller, so he's a short kid, and likes to curl up in small, dark places, the closet, under the bed, and any cramped nooks. He feels safe there, hidden away from cruel hands and angry words. (Credits to @prowlsic for this HC)
(Slade makes sure the floor is carpeted and the closet is stocked with the softest blankets and cushions—to not aggravate the kid's bone pain, also because the boy has severe fatigue from prolonged starvation, stress, and resulting hormonal imbalances, and is liable to fall asleep anywhere he feels safe, be that in one of the cramped kitchen cabinets, and eventually under Slade's bed and there have been several incidents involving Slade nearly having a coronary when he can't find the kid. On the other hand, this is the most amount of pillows and soft bedding he's owned his entire life. )
•That's not to say that the rage isn't there, Jason's a kid who's lost precious years to torture, which has left several almost dehablitating physical injuries as well as mental ones, of course he's angry, at the world, at the people who let him get hurt, at the one man who painted him as his saviour and gave him a home in the name of pure altruism and then just short of demanded Jason to become Robin. ( Robin was earning a place at a rich-man's home, a promise he wouldn't be kicked out), hence very prone to violent out-bursts, which are directed more towards himself than the world around him, over the most mundane things—a bad day with tremors when he can't hold anything for too long, a stray piece of clothing, and it ends up in screaming and then tears and a terrified kid hiding for days. And that's once assured that Slade doesn't plan to kick him out, (and that's another can of worms about apprenticeship and use that Slade has to tackle eventually), even if he's convinced that physical reprimand is Democles sword on his neck.
(He was a flight risk in the first few weeks, and managed to break out of Slade's high -security safehouse twice, only to be brought back unconscious, the kid's malnourished body couldn't carry him far.)
About Slade, here's the thing, he loved his kids, it wasn't enough. And for a kid as traumatized as Jason, he's agonized over the prospect of getting the kid better care, but he couldn't bring himself to. After several outbursts and tears and the heart-breaking pleas, he finally cracks and looks up help, to deal with a kid as hurt as Jason, articles, books ,research papers, any resources he can get his hands on—and it does help. It doesn't solve everything, but they can now acknowledge what's wrong, and attempt to resolve it.
•In the beginning, the kid's a ghost, you won't find him unless he wants you to, courtesy of his Robin training. Eventually, at the lack of repercussions, the kid slowly, painstakingly gets out of his shell, seeking out Slade for silent company, pressing to his side whenever Slade's doing something. And Slade takes the hint, and at one occasion, ruffles the kid's hair, making sure to telegraph his moves, Jason still stalls, and then remains painfully still, and when he moves he's trembling, barely breathing, making Slade think that he's done something wrong, but then he breathes, as if letting out a breath he'd been holding in for too long.
And something changes, suddenly the kid's seeking touch all the time, hair ruffles, pressing to Slade's side as he reads, and hugs, and Slade makes sure he isnt the one to let go, soon it graduates to strangely endearing gestures, headbutting Slade gently, bringing over whatever he was doing to do it in Slade's company, and then curling up against Slade after a nightmare, then it becomes routine, and Jason slots at his side as if he always belonged there, demanding hairpets, and ofcourse how could Slade deny him that.
• In Summer, he likes to wear soft, thin, breathable clothes, mostly large T-shirts and the like because the burn injuries have screwed with his ablity to thermoregulate, badly. For the exact same reason, his room and workplace is always stocked with water bottles.
(My HC for Arkham Knight is that he should have some modifications in his armor to assist in thermoregulation, lest he pass away from heat-stroke or hypothermia.)
Similarly for Winters, he'll bundle up in the softest, woollen sweaters, hoodies and blankets he can find. Which are—alot for some reason, fluffy ones, he didn't take Slade for a cold person, since he burns like a furnace. Even for Jason's mostly non-functional thermoreceptors, a delightful observation once Jason's convinced he won't be touched, not that way.
(Slade's absolutely not a cold person, Jason remains none-the-wiser)
Their home is safe and warm, there's cocoa and marshmallows for bad days and the good ones, there might be tears and unkind dreams, but there's laughter too. Their rag-tag family isn't in anyway perfect, but they make do with what they have.
Sorry if this wasn't what you were asking for, I tend to write more hurt/comfort and fluff, if you wanted angst, you can find really good HCs here.
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