Not the bird you think (Dick and Jason)

[justlikeacircus]

There wasn't anything strange about the evening when it started, he finished up his shift and swapped one uniform for another same as he always did, and patrol was relatively quiet.

Then he dropped in on a mugging in progress - only to find somebody else had beat him to it. Somebody with a very familiar R on their chest - and that was where the familiarity ended, because it sure as hell wasn't Tim.

He held back until the mugger was dealt with and the victim had long since fled, since the stranger seemed to have the matter well in hand and he didn't want to ruin anything by joining in the fight unexpectedly. He did step forward before the 'Robin' could disappear, though, head titled curiously.

"Funny, I'm sure Batman would have told me if he was hiring somebody else, I normally get to be on the interview panel." he quipped.

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[justlikeacircus]

"You have a place to crash, here." Dick said firmly "You're welcome here, Jason, you might not be the one I know but you're still family. Kind of. Look I know it's weird but I'm going to help you and that includes letting you take the guest room."

He was kind of struggling with how exactly to treat him, normally he knew how to act around Jason but there was a familiarity that was lacking here and he wasn't totally sure what to do about it or how to deal with it, but at the very least he knew he was going to do everything he could to help him get home, and in the mean time he'd look after him because that's what Dick did.

"You wanna order in or go out some place to eat?" he added

[robintoo]

Jason thought he'd say that. The Dick he knew would probably say it too, but Jason would believe it less. And the bed he'd be offering up wasn't a spare room in an apartment that felt real, it was a room in a sky-high rich tower. It wouldn't feel the same.

Still awkward as hell though. Especially when Dick kept saying family. Jason hadn't had family for a long time, and hearing someone just say he was theirs like it was that easy, or that certain - it itched at him. If Dick knew him, he wouldn't say that.

But Jason kept quiet and just nodded. "Okay ... yeah, thanks." He cocked his head. "Out?" he decided. "Get a look around, see how different it is from my Gotham." And maybe a little less searching for something to say out in public, Jason figured.

[justlikeacircus]

"Sure," Dick agrees easily - it's a reasonable request after all, and he can tell there's a little bit of nervous energy in the guy, maybe a trip out to find something to eat would allow him to work some of that out, make him feel a little more productive instead of sitting around waiting for take out.

"Let me just grab my stuff and we'll get going." It doesn't take him long to grab his jacket and get some shoes on his feet, so barely five minutes later he's holding the door open for Jason and tucking his phone into his pocket.

"There's a few good places not too far away, but we can take the scenic route so you can get a good look around." he offered - he was kind of interested to know how different it was here, as well.