I'm Here | Jason Todd x Reader

Chapter 9: Nightmares

Recap:

"Goodbye babe," he smirks and nudged me

"Oh shut up!" I said elbowing him "Bye Jason,"

I then walked back to my apartment building and I heard the motorcycle bike slowly driving away.

Present (5 Days Later):

Y/N's POV:

Two more days till Bruces Gala. It was raining outside and the raindrops were aggressively hitting the window. The sound of rain is calming, but when it rains really hard, it is very hard to sleep. I then heard a knock on the window, I look up and see Jason on my balcony. I got up and opened the window.

"What are you doing out here? You'll catch a cold," I tell him as I pulled him inside my apartment. His shirt and sweatpants were soaked from the rain, I then found some over-sized clothes that I have "Here change into this,"

He then started to take off his shirt and there reveals his toned ripped abs, I took his soaked shirt and sweatpants and put them in the washing machine. I also grabbed a towel and some warm tea. I returned to my room seeing him looking around.

"Here," I said handing him a towel, he takes it and dries his hair, the clothes fit him, but the shirt was slightly tight so you can see his sculpted abs

"Thanks..." he says quietly

"Do you want to talk about it?" I asked him, I then sat next to him and handed him the tea, he then leans on my shoulder

"I had another nightmare...About the Joker," Jason starts off "You know...I thought I should come to you and talk about it because you can relate to my situation. Sorry that I barged in the middle of the night, I know you have school tomorrow- You know this is stupid I should just leave,"

He then gets up and walks towards the window.

Jason's POV:

I walked towards the window and was about to open it but then feel a pair of arms wrapped around my torso. I then sighed, of course, I had a soft spot for her. I then sighed quietly.

"How do you get them to stop?" I asked her "How do you get the nightmares to stop?"

"You can't stop them..." she states "Sure they hurt and remind you how bad and horrible a time that was, but we can't do anything to stop them from appearing. But we can overcome them,"

"So how did you overcome them?" I asked her

"I didn't...not yet," she states, I then turned towards her and hugged her "But we're both strong enough to try, it's a process that one can't do alone,"

We hugged for a while and then we broke each other's embrace.

"You can stay here if you want, I can take the couch," she says taking a pillow with her, but I then grabbed her wrist and she looks back at me

"Please stay," I tell her

Y/N's POV:

"Okay..." my eyes soften, he lays on my bed and I lay next to him, I then gently played with his hair "You'll overcome...I know you will,"

"Thanks a lot, babe," he chuckles softly

"I'm not your babe," I chuckled back "So do you want to talk about what did happen between you and the Joker? Or is that a story for another day?"

"I was tied onto a chair by the Joker, and he then beat me up with a crowbar, I can still feel the cold metal of his crowbar on my skin, and every time I hear a piece of metal being scraped against something, I get goosebumps. He almost killed me, and he exploded the building, leaving me to die," he explains "I was then resurrected, and here I am,"

"I'm so sorry that you had to go through all of that," I tell him, he then places a hand on my cheek as I slowly melted into him

"It's fine. But you endured worse, living under him for 4 years," he says, he then caresses my cheek softly "You know what we have in common?"

"What?" I asked and raised an eyebrow

"We both have crackhead parents," he chuckles, I laughed at his statement 

"I guess that is true," I then yawned and rubbed my eyes "I'm going to go to sleep, good night Jason,"

"Good night Y/N," he tells me, I then closed my eyes

The Next Morning:

Y/N's POV:

I woke up with my eyes fluttering open. I then sat up and stretched my arms. I then turned to my side and see Jason sleeping peacefully on my bed. I chuckled softly and got out of bed to make a cup of coffee. I also started to cook some eggs and toast. 

"Whatcha making?" I hear a yawn

"Breakfast," I stated, I then turned around to grab plates, I placed the fried eggs onto the toast and handed it to Jason, and a cup of coffee "Slept well?"

"Mhm..." he says yawning again

"Well we have school today, so I suggest you hurry home and grab your stuff," I tell him, he then spat the coffee out

"Shit! You're right!" he says quickly eating his breakfast and barging out of the door "See you later babe!"

"I'm not your babe," I said sticking my head out of the hallway

"Boyfriend?" I heard a voice, I then looked in front of me and saw my neighbor Liam

"No, just a friend," I said pushing my hair back

"I didn't know guy friends sleep over to their gal friend's house," he says sipping his coffee

"Shut up," I tell him, he then gasps in an offensive tone "Don't you have a boyfriend to bother?"

"I do, but he's in the shower right now," he tells me "Shouldn't you be getting ready for school?"

"Yeah..." I groaned and walked back into my apartment

"Ha! Sucks to be you, I graduated last year!" he says in a high and mighty voice

"And still unemployed apparently," I said closing the door

"I'm self-employed!" Liam says yelling behind the door