𝐉𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, jasonette

iii. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬

"You hear me?" asked Tim sternly (uncharacteristic for him). "You absolutely need to wear protection while examining those fluids."

The effect was ruined though, when he gave a loud achoo! And blew his nose on the hanky Alfred provided him with.

Jason edged away from him slightly. He did not need the flu that was going around. "Yeah, Timbo. We got it."

Tim did not seem reassured by that.

"Don't worry Tim," said Jason's girlfriend, Marinette. "We will wear protection, won't we Jason?" she asked dangerously.

Jason staunchly ignoring her warning sign whined, "But why not? It's not like it's going to hurt us or anything."

Tim coughed dramatically before answering. "Of course it is, Jason." He rolled his eyes. "Why do you think I'm telling you to wear the protection suits? If you even get a whiff of it, those things are going to make you spout out absolute rubbish for the next 6 hours."

"Yeah, right," said Jason skeptically. "Then why exactly are we going to analyze it?"

"Because," Tim said, not-so-patiently, "It could have some poisonous chemicals in it that Scarecrow put in."

Marinette butt in when it looked like Jason wasn't going to stop bothering Tim. "Okay, Tim," she said, pushing Jason out of the door. "We'll be careful – we promise!" And promptly slammed the door.

Jason grinned at her. "So we're not going to wear the suits right – only the head masks right?" he whispered conspirationally.

Marinette rolled her eyes at his childishness, trying to hide her smile. "Jason, we are going to wear the head mask and the suits."

Jason pouted.

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15 minutes later, while Marinette was completely decked out in her suit, Jason was still whining and trying (and failing) to put his suit on. "This is so stupid," he grumbled. "I can't even put this on."

Marinette looked at him in amusement. "Maybe its because you're wearing it the wrong way?" she suggested.

Jason's cheeks pinked when he realized she was right. That didn't stop him from saying, "I hate these protection suits."

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After analyzing the liquids, Jason flopped onto the spotless white table into the room, very nearly avoiding a concussion.

"So we can conclude that -" Marinette announced.

"The stupid thing doesn't have any poisonous chemicals. Can I take of my helmet now?" interrupted Jason.

Marinette glared at him. "You can wear a helmet for your nightly activities for almost 5 hours but you can't wear one for less than 1 hour?"

Jason pulled the helmet off – taking that as a yes – and said, "My helmet and this helmet are different. This one is too uncomfortable. Plus, I can't breathe."

Marinette rolled her eyes at him carefully moving the test tubes to their proper place. But, apparently her Ladybug luck had run out because she tripped and 1 of the tubes fell down, the glass splintering into a million pieces.

Jason wrinkled his nose. "Eww, this smell is potent."

The two of them froze. Shit.

"Jason?" Marinette asked nervously. "Are you okay?"

"Can you give me a hug?" he asked her (adorably, she might add) tugging her from behind. Marinette's heart melted, he looked like an innocent puppy.

Marinette eyed the mess behind her, shuffling away from Jason. "Maybe after I clean this up," she said.

Jason eyes filled with tears. Marinette nearly dropped the rest of the tubes. "Pleeease?" he whined.

Marinette, already knowing she couldn't resist, shoved herself into his arms.

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Let's just say:

The rest of the family hadn't laughed so much in ages.

And that Jason's cheeks were permanently red for the next one week.