Very cliché, but I’m gonna say Plato’s Republic

Protecting him from the world and its dangers through fear. Preventing him from ever connecting with someone else, for he has Jason’s mark etched ugly and jarring on his skin for the rest of his life.

That’s the most potent aphrodisiac Tim could ever dream of.

(…) That’s his robin, his hero, his idol, his first love. Those scars now make him feel closer to Jason than ever possible. He’s now coming to the thought of Jason marking him in such a permanent way, being possessed by him for the rest of his life. (…)

(…) reassurance is arousing enough and he keeps touching the scars to come.

Then Jason is revealed as the person behind the Red Hood and that changes Tim’s feelings towards the scars. (…)

At first, he brushed it off as a purely physical response. It’s not like he’s masochistic and enjoys the pain, rather it is a reminder he’s still alive and capable of feeling both pain and pleasure. Even after the wounds heal completely, it was never about the pain, that (…)