Fic: Busted! (Kings Among Runaways, Jason/Tim)

[iesika]

Series Title: Kings Among Runaways
Story Title: Busted!
Summary: The AU where Tim ran away from home at the tender age of mumbledyteen, and Jason got let off with a warning, the night he met Batman.
Warnings: Sexual content including minors, both disturbing and hopefully not.
Note: The series is indexed here.  Huge thanks to kirax2  for beta and other collaborative type help, as usual! This goes between Our Hands Tightly Holding and Fuse Like a Family. 



Jason slips through the door carefully and quietly, wincing at every tiny creak and squeal of the old hinges. He holds the knob as he shuts it and relaxes his grip only gradually, letting the bolt slip slowly back into place. It's pitch black in the hall, and Jason has to shuffle carefully across the floor, his hands extended, bent at the waist and knees to keep his reach at the level of the low table over by the wall. The table is covered in brik-a-brak and if he bumps it the clatter would probably wake someone.

This is, after all, a house full of light sleepers.

He's almost to the bottom of the stairs - well, he thinks he is, at least, groping blindly for the banister - when the chandelier overhead blazes to life, leaving Jason frozen in his tracks like a frightened rabbit.

"Hm," Tim says quietly from behind him. "This doesn't look suspicious at all."

Jason sighs hard and lets his tense shoulders slump. If he had to get caught, at least it was just Tim. "Jesus, don't do that," he mutters as he turns around. "You almost gave me a heart attack."

Tim is standing in the doorway to the dining room wearing a thick plush bathrobe over his pajamas. It takes Jason a moment to realize why the thing looks so big on him - it's probably his, rather than Tim's. Jason's about to comment on it, but he catches the look on Tim's face just in time to shut himself up. Tim doesn't look happy at all, his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes narrow.

Jason swallows hard as Tim uncrosses his arms and steps forward. "Hey," he whispers, "what are you doing up?"

Tim doesn't stop until he's well into Jason's personal space. Jason fights the urge to take a step back, knowing he'll only bump into the stairs. "For some reason," Tim says, conversationally, "I was having trouble sleeping. Possibly because you snuck out of our bed in the middle of the night and took off for parts unknown." He steps forward just a little bit more, until they are standing with only a breath between them, and bends his head. "And here I catch you sneaking back in again at two in the morning. What am I supposed to think, Jason?"

Jason opens his mouth to protest, but Tim holds up a hand and keeps on going. "Clothes all rumpled, smelling like cigarettes and," he sniffs "empanadas. And playdough. Did he put it in your hair?"

Jason rolls his eyes and swats Tim on the side of the head. "You ass."

"What?" Tim asks, shoving him back a little so that Jason nearly falls over onto the steps. There's no real anger in it, but Tim is obviously frustrated and hurt. "You didn't think I'd want to come with you?"

Jason cringes and holds up his hands to defend himself. They have a stupid little slap-fight while he protests. "I didn't think I was supposed to!" Jason hisses.

That makes Tim stop and pull back out of his space a little. "Didn't think - Jay!" Tim says with a sigh. "They're practically your family."

Jason looks down at his feet. "Well. I mean. I figured... nobody ever leaves the house so I thought we weren't supposed to? And he said he wants to adopt me. And it's not like - like they're officially, you know...But I hadn't even talked to them - they didn't know where we went, or anything - and I was, you know. Worried."

Tim rolls his eyes. "Jason."

"Yeah?"

"Did Bruce or Alfred or anyone ever tell us not to visit?"

Jason looks up, feeling sheepish. "No."

Tim's smile is gentle. "Then we can visit."

Jason feels the corner of his mouth twitching in response to the sparkle in Tim's eyes, and he chuckles a little. "Want to come with me, next time?"

Tim smiles back. "Of course."

Now that he isn't in trouble anymore, Jason's spirits lift considerably. "Hey, you've got to hear the news - Rosa got in on this experimental immune-booster drug trial from Meditech, right? And they come pick her up from her place three times a week and take her to a doctor, and she says she's feeling stronger already. And Manny got hired at Saveco doing warehouse work, even though he's got a record, and all, and he's got, like, benefits, and everything. I couldn't believe it. And he says if he stays there and stays clean for six months, they're going to pay for him to get his CDL-" Tim is laughing at him. "What?"

"You need to talk to Bruce more."

Jason looks at him sceptically. "What do you mean?"

Tim's shaking his head, but he's got that warm, happy look that twists Jason up in the good way. "You do know who owns Meditech?"

Jason feels his face go slack. "And Saveco?"

Tim just nods. When Jason continues staring at him in shock, Tim reaches out with one hand and shoves him backward, so that he tumbles to the stairs. Jason mostly manages to catch himself, but that just leaves him wide open when Tim drops on top of him. Not that he minds all that much.

"I told you he he was a good guy," Tim says with amusement. He presses a kiss to Jason's jaw, lingering until Jason rolls him over and kisses him back.

So...maybe he'd give Wayne a chance after all.

END

Comments

[ms-duck.livejournal.com]

Daww~ Jay. Silly, silly Jay, don't you know you're not supposed to worry Timmy? XD

Very nice~

[iesika.livejournal.com]

Or leave him behind!

Thank you. ^_^

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Heee. <3 Aww, cuteness. *would have read right away but was showing mommy a youtube clip of Andrea Bocelli and Elmo.*

[iesika.livejournal.com]

I will consider that an acceptable excuse, lol. :P

[dixid.livejournal.com]

So sweet! I was wondering about Jay's other family and how they handle them just disappearing like that.

[iesika.livejournal.com]

^_^

I figured people probably would be, so I wanted to get this out fairly fast.

[anthraciteowl.livejournal.com]

Ask and you shall receive! I should have read both stories before commenting, I guess. This is wonderful! I'll just file it under wish-fulfillment and be content.

I agree with Tim: Jay should have invited him along. Still, It's wonderful to see that he hasn't forgotten Rosa and Manny. And that Bruce isn't unaware of them. Of course he isn't. He's the goddam batman.

I really like this series. I eagerly await the next installment.

[iesika.livejournal.com]

The next installment is about the Goddamned Batman, actually. ^_^

I'm glad you liked this! I wrote it fast to try and get it out so people wouldn't think Jay had abandoned his friends. Kira and I have been worried about that ever since we decided we were going to reuse the hermanos.

[zenithjolt.livejournal.com]

Oh Jason, haven't you learned anything? Nothing gets past Timmy :P

love! ^_^

[iesika.livejournal.com]

love back! ^_^

Tim's a creepy little thing. I wonder how long he was lingering in the doorway in the dark like that.

[littlemissgriff.livejournal.com]

*facepalms*

They do realize both Bruce and Alfred are totally watching them, right?