Fics like Deserved to Be (Painless)

For once, he didn’t see a body of mangled flesh and bones. He saw himself. Alive. Whole. Surviving through an ache that wasn’t soul-deep, a pain that didn’t haunt him with the echoing trill of laughter. Ah, as soon as the thought flitted through Jason’s head, he bit his bottom lip. He worried it between his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut. Damn, okay. Perfect time to come to that realization. With a derisive snort of laughter, Jason said, “Maybe you’re right.” He wanted to hold on to the anger in his chest, but the heat dissipated like smoke caught in a gusty wind. It drained with his will to fight, and when he said, “Maybe pain is the only love I know,” Jason just sounded tired. -- In which Bruce, concerned for Jason's safety, interrupts a post-mission tryst between the Red Hood and Deathstroke. And after Slade bears witness to an argument that brings Jason's perception of love and abuse into question, he decides to show Jason there's more to pleasure than just pain.

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