DA Meadow: The Sinner and the Sadist (A Jason Todd/Red Hood Fanfiction) BOOK 1

Thirty One: Happiness

It's windy. 

The air rushes through my fringe, pressing against my mask.

I stand in the rubble of a broken building, the sun just rising turning the clouds yellow and pink.

In my ears I hear a loud, high pitch ringing. It's annoying and growing in volume.

A woman is there, across from me. She has familiar looking green eyes and brown hair. Familiar. So familiar.

Louder and louder the ringing grows.

There are tears on her cheeks as she stares at me. Her shirt is blood-soaked and her skin has been ripped away from the bone.

 I am afraid of the expression in her eyes.

Louder.

"You," she finally whispers. "You."

Me?... Did I do this?

A smile appears on her face. "You."

The wind and the ringing stops all at once. I gasp when I awaken, sitting shot up. My hands are shaking and my heart is thrumming at the speed of a bullet train.

I look down at Jason, still asleep beside me.

What a weird dream. That woman looked so familiar, but I can't place her. And her injuries were familiar...was she someone I had killed?

Quietly as to not wake Jay up, I slide out of bed and walk across the room to the door. I leave for the kitchen.

After pouring some wine I take a seat on the kitchen stool.

It's been just over a month since Jason and I have been together. 

If I remember correctly, I had never been this happy before. Not sprinting across rooftops as Sugar Skull, not when I received my degree, not even with Hiroshi.

It has to mean more than normal if we feel the way we do at this stage, right? It's not 'just like everyone else's'. It's more.

"Venus?" I hear Jason call out from my bedroom.

"Kitchen," I say back, taking a sip. In a few seconds he's in the doorway. I smile. "Bad dream."

He nods and walks over, gently placing his lands on my thighs. "You okay?" He asks.

I twist my expression for a moment. That woman's face is haunting me. "Not really. There was this woman. She looked familiar but I... can't place her."

He nods slowly, not looking directly at me.

"What did she look like?"

"Green eyes. I think she had brown hair. She was pretty, and young," I admit. Jason just nods, moving to lace our fingers together. "What time is it?"

"1:00am. You want to go back to bed? Or we could watch TV, or whatever," he mumbles. He sounds tired, but also embarrassed at the sweet notion he is making.

"I don't really feel like sleeping," I sigh. "But you can, if you want."

Reaching out, he tucks some of my hair behind my ear. "Nah, not without you," he smiles, kissing my cheek. He pulls me up to stand. "I um...I bought you something. I was going to give it to you tomorrow- today, but since we're up; I'll go and get it from my car. Wait up here?"

"Sure, can I have a shower?"

"Yeah," he kisses my forehead before walking into my room. He gets dressed as I walk into my wardrobe and take out some casual clothes.