[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

An eagle flew across the sky. Bucky sat on the lawn, looking at the turquoise lake in front of him. His steel arm had been removed, and he held a tablet in his right hand, on which was a chat room page.

【Nat: Tim Drake is pursuing Jason. 】

Bucky paused, continued reading, and finally replied with a thank you.

T'Challa stood behind him and asked, "Are you okay?"

Bucky put the tablet away and turned back to smile, "Very good. There is probably no prisoner in the world luckier than me. Apart from not being able to leave this area, I am living very well."

"You killed the people who killed my father. This is your reward."

T'Challa sat cross-legged next to him: "You look like you're in a good mood?"

"Well - probably a mixture of joy and worry. I'm happy that my ex is still being pursued by someone, but I don't know the person pursuing him very well, and I'm a little jealous."

T'Challa was puzzled. "Your ex? The one who almost eloped with you to the universe? He's a good guy. You were only sentenced to 20 years and were able to serve your sentence in Wakanda. He put a lot of effort into it. I can see that he doesn't want to break up with you."

"I know, but he can't die on me. That would be too unfair to him."

Bucky was very resolute and frank on this issue.

"He deserves a new life and a new lover and I can't give him anything."

T'Challa responded, "Maybe he just wants to be with you."

"If he only had me, I would definitely not leave him, but he also has other people's expectations on him."

Bucky sighed, "Whether he realizes it or not, he has responsibilities. But he must have realized it now. I actually regret it a little bit because he will definitely take his career more and more seriously, which may affect his future love life. So it's a good thing that someone pursues him. Someone has to care about him."

He personally made Jason, who was willing to give up everything for love, face the reality and the price of pursuing his dreams, but he didn't want Jason to be lonely because of this.

T'Challa: "Now that you put it that way, emotions are really troublesome things."

Fortunately, his girlfriend didn't have such a complicated personality, and he wasn't in a complicated situation like Jason Pennyworth and James Barnes.

……

Peter met Jason when he was 11 years old, and Jason was a 19-year-old boy at that time.

At that time, Jason's girlfriend was Talia, and they had a very good relationship. Even though they were in different countries, they were still sweet and loving. Talia always sent food to him, and then Jason would cook it. If he couldn't finish it by himself, he would bring it to Parker's house, and Peter also got a lot.

Talia is a very beautiful big sister who looks very young. She once attended Jason's high school graduation party. Jason danced with her hand in hand, and they only had eyes for each other, but they later broke up.

After being single for a while, Jason met Bucky, and the two lived together for unknown reasons (Peter later found out that Jason was taking care of Bucky who had just escaped from Hydra, so he let him live in his house). Bucky was the kind of good guy that no one could say a bad thing about him as long as they knew him, and when they got together, everyone was blessed.

Peter sincerely appreciated and loved these two neighbor brothers. Although they were just neighbors, Peter received a lot of help from them, including tutoring on homework, taking him for morning jogs, and teaching him some self-defense tricks (those fighting skills later also played a role when he was Spider-Man).

When Uncle Ben passed away, Aunt May cried so hard that it was Bucky and Jason who helped deal with Uncle Ben's funeral.

They were all family members that Peter cared about very much, and Peter even greeted Bucky when Bucky left the apartment to hunt down the other Winter Soldiers.

Bucky looked normal at the time, and just said a few more words to Peter. He hoped that Peter could take better care of Jason, tell him not to have a disordered schedule, study hard, exercise regularly, and pay attention to safety when going out.

Those words sounded like the advice from the big brother next door, but now I think they all have deeper meaning.

Bucky said those things to Peter because he knew he wouldn't come back.

After that, although Peter didn't say it, he was indeed more concerned about Jason in his heart. He knew that his brother had a lot of secrets, but he promised Bucky that he would take good care of Jason. Although Jason was an outstanding person, Peter, as a high school student, really couldn't do anything to help Jason.

Now Jason is 25 and Peter is 17. He watches Jason start dating a new boyfriend - Timothy Drake.

Mr. Tim, like Jason, is from Gotham and is said to be a president. Peter flipped through the newspaper and found out that this was the legendary business genius who had been in charge of Wayne Group since high school.

In short, he is a super rich and super outstanding man, and he is also very handsome. And judging from the nature of Jason's work, since Mr. Tim and Jason can start a romantic relationship, I'm afraid he is not just a simple president. Probably like Mr. Stark, even if he is not a vigilante, he has a close connection with the vigilantes.

After all, Peter was just a bystander. He knew that Jason was very lonely after Bucky left, and he drank much more than before and sometimes smoked. Although Jason never smoked in front of him, he could smell the smell of cigarettes on Jason.

Hopefully Jason's new boyfriend can keep him in check on this.

Tim did have the idea of ​​interfering with Jason's bad habits. Apart from anything else, it would be better for him to quit drinking and smoking. Jason himself did not have a good alcohol tolerance, and alcohol had a great impact on his body. If something happened when he was drunk, Jason's ability to cope would decrease, and it would also be bad for his stomach.

As for smoking, he has to quit it. He doesn't want Jason to suffer from pharyngitis when he gets older.

Jason protested, "It's ok if I don't drink, but why do you have to control my smoking? We've only been dating for less than three days, don't you think you're being too controlling?"

He is usually under a lot of pressure, so it's normal for him to smoke a cigarette and relax.

Tim squinted at Jason for two seconds, then smiled: "Do you feel stressed when you're with me?"

Jason: “Not yet.”

Tim nodded and used his detective skills to find out all the cigarette boxes Jason had hidden at home and threw them away. Jason felt very sad when he saw this, but he didn't really resist fiercely.

After dealing with the problem of cigarettes and alcohol, Tim walked to the bed and sat down, reaching out to stroke Jason's calf.

"Can you get up and date me now?"

"can."

Tim held Jason's feet, bent over, picked up the slippers and put them on him.

This kid used to look like a gentle and elite, but now, wearing a white T-shirt and black cropped pants, with facial features that are so delicate that he could wear women's clothes as a teenager, he looks like a harmless college student.

"The way you look at my legs makes me think you want to bite me."

Jason put on his other shoe and walked to the closet to change. Tim sat on the edge of the bed and looked at him calmly. Jason asked casually as he took off his shirt.

"Now you don't respect my significant other's gender?"

Tim: "If you want your boyfriend to stay away, I'm going to leave now."

Isn't he now a regular employee?

Jason: "...Forget it, you stay."

Since I'm already squatting, it doesn't hurt to take one more look.

Although they confirmed their relationship three days ago (without doing the full thing), Tim had to rush back to Gotham the next day to finish his work, and only today did he have a whole day to date.

They first went to the cinema to watch a movie together. Because it was an art film, Tim began to doze off while watching the movie. Jason simply let him sleep on his shoulder throughout the entire movie.

They are all busy office workers, and Jason could empathize with Tim's current situation. When the movie ended, he pushed Tim awake and asked, "Do you want to go home and just sleep?"

Tim rubbed his eyes and said, "No, go ahead. I slept for six hours last night. I don't lack sleep."

Then he took Jason to a Michelin restaurant for a couple's meal. Halfway through the meal, a musician played "Dream of Love" on the violin next to them. There were also a few red roses on the table, making the scene very romantic.

Jason was amused. He poured juice for Tim: "Tibo, you are so cute."

Tim coughed: "I just want to give our relationship a sense of ceremony."

He looked at Jason, his blue eyes full of sincerity: "I am serious about developing a long-term relationship with you. I want a lot, but in return, I will also make sacrifices and take responsibilities."

That really sounds like a marriage proposal.

Jason lowered his eyes, took a sip of his cocktail, and suddenly realized that only eight months had passed. He used to throw himself into a relationship without hesitation, even giving up his career for it, but now he can't do that.

Once a person pursues a dream, he has to pay a price for it. His relationship with Bucky is one of the prices, and then Jason finally faced the reality.

He took a deep breath, looked directly at Tim and replied, "I also want to seriously cultivate a long-term relationship. I am serious about you, Tim."

Tim smiled: "I know you always take relationships seriously."

The two reached a consensus and went to the arcade to play games in the afternoon. Jason played dance machine and shooting games, while Tim was unexpectedly a master at claw machines. He grabbed a bunch of angry red birds and said he would give them to Jason's four cats as gifts.

Jason corrected, "It's a cat, a Element Devourer, and two cat-Element Devourer hybrids."

Tim: "Eater? Do you mean the blue cat that can talk?"

Jason: "No, the one that can talk is the Earth cat, and Orange is the Devourer."

Tim: "Earth cats can talk?"

The two of them stood at the door and started discussing whether the cat's throat structure could enable it to speak. Although neither of them specialized in biology, they both had a wide range of knowledge about bats, and they actually had a good chat.

One of the biggest advantages of two red birds falling in love under the same mentor is that they can handle some jokes that only the Bat family understands.

Because they talked for too long, Tim almost forgot that he had to take Jason to see the AC/DC concert by helicopter. In the end, the two of them rushed into the airport in time at the speed of chasing criminals.

Jason didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why take a helicopter? Can't I just open a portal to get there?"

Since he could draw golden circles, except when he needed to process documents to make it legal when traveling across borders, he basically used teleportation when he went out.

Tim insisted on sitting in the driver's seat and took Jason across two cities to listen to the concert. Jason didn't know if this was part of his sense of ritual, but they did have a lot of fun that day.

Especially at night, because it was getting late when the concert ended, Tim simply took Jason to get a room in the hotel.

Jason: So this guy was waiting for me here.

They were all adults and had an established relationship, so Jason fully understood what was going to happen. So he naturally took a shower and sat on the bed waiting for Tim to finish washing himself.

He was calm, but Tim seemed a little nervous. He sat opposite Jason holding a box of condoms and adjusted his breathing several times with his eyes closed.

Jason was speechless: "Is it that serious? You are not a virgin... You are not a virgin, right?"

Tim: “No, but I may not be the same as your previous lovers.”

Jason: “What’s different?”

Tim coughed lightly and said solemnly: "Let me make it clear in advance that I am not a woman like Talia, nor am I a super soldier. I am confident in my skills, but I don't know how I compare to Dick. If there is anything that needs improvement, you can tell me directly..."

Jason finally couldn't hold back his laughter and fell down. He really fell down on the quilt laughing.

"Hahahaha, are you worried about that? Oh my god, Tibao, you're so cute!"

Jason got up, cupped Tim's face and kissed him twice, his forehead against his, his green eyes sparkling.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "First of all, Dick and I didn't get to this point because I was too young at the time. Also, you don't have to compare yourself with Talia and Bucky. You are you, and I'm not a very skilled person. We can figure it out together."

Jason was taking off his clothes and getting ready to start, but Tim yelled, "Wait a minute!"

Under Jason's puzzled gaze, Tim ran to lower the brightness of the bedside lamp. The atmosphere in the room immediately became ambiguous, and everything seemed hazy. Then he took out the remote control and pressed it, and a soft instrumental music sounded.

Jason put on his clothes expressionlessly: "Timothy, I suddenly don't want to do it now."

He stood up to leave, but Tim grabbed his hands, pulled Jason onto the bed, turned over and held his hands firmly.

"No, we're going to figure it out together."

From the time they were squatting, Jason knew that Tim was good at it, and the actual experience was great. He was very attentive to Jason's feelings, very gentle in the details, and would ask from time to time, "Is this okay?"

It wasn't until Jason pressed his head against his chest and said "stop talking nonsense" that he gradually became more unrestrained.

Jason later suspected that Tim might have misunderstood him, or that he did not have enough maternal love when he was a child, because Tim liked to rub against his chest, which made Jason annoyed and he bit his neck directly. The boy seemed to be encouraged and became more and more excited.

When the search was over, Jason hugged the pillow to calm his breathing. Tim's face rested on his chest, one hand slowly stroking Jason's legs, his eyes narrowed, like a big cat that was full and sleepy.

"Jay."

"Ok?"

"Next time...can you wear Red Hood's clothes and be with me...?"

"..."