// GOODNIGHTT☹️

— hands the samples off to Tim, who met him by the entrance.

Didn’t even get off his bike, or look at who was all there.

He just revved it back up, once Tim got what he needed, and rode back out of the Cave.

Beelining to his apartment.

At least one more time.

[ It wasn’t happening, but he’d let him think so. ]

Not while he’s still benched though, doesn’t count

I’ll think about it once you can take down Timmy or something

[ Never let him do anything?

Well. Yeah. He was like four.

No one was letting him see Joker, breathing or not. ]

I’ll give you cookies or something

— and stop holding it all together. ]

. . .

📲: thanks Roy.

[ The phone went back into his pocket, glove back on the hand he could see shaking.

Nobody else would see it.

Jason had the samples, he was getting back on his bike. Just to drop them off with Tim.. and then he could think. ]

[ And.. that helped. Some. Whatever that anxiety was that’d been building since he connected ‘Joker’ and ‘warehouse’ and ‘bomb’.

The green prickling at his eyes since he saw the clown in the debris. Having to drag him out.

Knowing that Roy’d be there after. When he could get away from everyone —

GCPD have to do 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 part of their jobs. No one’s in the fire, they’ll get firetrucks to put it out.

We’re already coming back, Akhi

You should help Timmy get stuff ready. He’ll have to run the DNA I’m bringing back.

Nothing to help. We got what we need, wait there

.. Akhi, you aren’t checking out the burning warehouse.

Sit with Tim in the cave while we come back

// this is why the bats CHECK

— questions. ]

📲: nothing hurt

📲: dropping off samples to the cave

…

📲: safehouse after

[ Not.. directly asking. But Roy would see it.

Probably.

Jason couldn’t stick around everyone else at the cave.. but he wouldn’t mind him showing up. ]

[ Jason.. felt the buzz in his pocket. After he stepped back from the bodies with the samples he needed. To run the DNA later.

He pulled off a glove to text him back. ]

📲: joker and killjoy

📲: got the bodies out.

[ The typing bubble appeared and disappeared.. a couple times.

Staring at Roy’s —