Blink 🌀 Jason Todd 🌀 ( TITANS )

( SEVEN )

When Emric opened his eyes the next morning he didn't move. He just laid there, his body felt heavy and weighted down. Light tried to peek through the windows but the curtains blocked it out, shadows painted pictures on the wall. Grasping the edge of the blanket he pulls it over his head and brings his knees closer to his body, pulling in the earth they brought.

Unbeknownst to Emric, Jason stood on the other side of his door. Wondering if he should walk inside and talk to him or just leave him be. It was like Emric was shut off, he didn't feel the boy's presence in his mind and he didn't like it. Over the short time, he'd grown to like the boy in his head. Resting his hand on the doorknob, Jason twists it open and takes in the view of the room. The curtains are drawn causing the room to be darker, his clothes from the night before are in different places, there's a small bump on Emric's bed under the covers where he's curled up.

Jason starts to walk over to the side of the bed but Emric's voice causes him to freeze, "Stop."

Emric's presence was there and was strong, "Are you okay?" He thought to the boy.

Jason hears a sniffle and watches as the bubble shuffles. There was no answer. Moving towards the bed, he gently places a hand on the blanket and tugs it back revealing Emric's puffy red and face. Upon seeing Jason's face, his eyes go wide in shock. Grabbing the blanket back from Jason he covers himself back up and uses his telekinesis to turn Jason around, giving him a small nudge towards the door. Taking the hint, he walks out the door and heads down to the dining room where Bruce and Alfred were.

"Will Master Wilder be joining us?"

"No, I don't think he will." Jason says as he sits down, "He's still recovering from yesterday's events. I guess taking him to a party in the woods was a bad call."

After Jason eats he grabs an empty plate and starts to throw a bunch of random breakfast foods on there. When he looks up to see Alfred and Bruce giving him weird looks he simply says, "I'm going to take this to Emric."

Leaving the dining room, Jason makes his way upstairs and stood outside Emric's door for a good two minutes before he opens the door, walking inside. He sets the plate on the boy's nightstand and thinks to the boy, "I brought you some breakfast."

"I'm not hungry." A sad voice replies in his head.

Shaking his head, he climbs on to the bed, still in his pajamas, and moves closer to the curled up Emric. He climbs under the covers and expects Emric to move him away but he doesn't, he just lays there. Sliding closer to Emric, he gently puts a hand on the boy's shoulder which causes him to move away from Jason's touch. Emric flips on his other shoulder so he's facing Jason and look him dead in the eyes. Tears were threatening to spill, "What do you want?"

"I wanna make sure you're okay." Jason replies taking in the boy's features. His face was still puffy and red. His eyes are bloodshot and look tired.

The boy laying across from him was far from being okay.

Jason slides his hand underneath Emric's shoulder and pulls him closer, holding him tightly to his chest. Emric doesn't snuggle in, he doesn't move. He sniffles and asks, "Why can't you leave me alone?"

"Because," He thinks back, "at moments like this you shouldn't be alone. And you can teleport me into a volcano and I'm still gonna haunt you."

Emric lifts up his head a little and looks up at the boy who's holding onto him. "Why? Why are you even doing this?" He asks gripping Jason's shirt with his fingers.

"You aren't a freak." Emric flinches at the word freak, "You are an amazing person and that guy was an asshole. You're hurting over this and I want to make it better."

He looked into Jason's eyes and it clicked. There was nothing but love and tenderness in them. Jason truly cared about him. Looking down at Emric, he watches his whole face change. In a flash Emric was leaning in closer to him, their eyes never breaking away from one another. The two glance at each other's lips and eyes, longingly. Then Jason took a chance. He closed the gap between them and connected their lips.

Jason leans up more and throws the blanket off of them exposing them to cool air that's surrounded the heat-filled kiss. Breaking away from each other for a quick second, Emric moves so he's sitting on Jason's lap. This time Emric connects their lips, Jason's hands gently move to Emric's bare back while Emric's remain on Jason's shoulders. Their lips move in sync as their hands gently caress each other skin.

When they break away for air, Emric's hands rest in Jason's hair while Jason's hands rest at his hands at Emric's hips. Their foreheads rest against each other's, breath brushing against each other's faces, eyes locked. "Wow..." Jason says breathlessly, Emric smiles in approval, a huge blush rising to his cheeks.

Jason pulls Emric down on the bed with him as he leans back and Emric lays his head gently on his Jason, "Jay.."

"Yeah?" He asks as he props himself up some wanting to give Emric his full attention. "What is it?"

"When we were with Dick and the other...I got this weird feeling from Rachel."

Jason's eyes furrow. Emric knew that Jason wasn't understanding what he was getting at so he says, "I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen and Rachel is going to be at the center of it."

After that shocking revelation, Jason cuddles Emric closer to him and Emric gladly complies. He was tired of shutting him out. But laying there in the bed with Jason, Emric made a vow to always protect Jason. Even if that meant pushing himself past the breaking point.

Even if that meant dying in the process.

AN:

Alright guys this next chapter is going to be following season 2 episode 1 and I will let you know if I will continue on with the episodes or do fillers in between.

I really hope you enjoy this chapter.

Thanks.

-Arixa.