Nico di Angelo meets batman

PTSD

Nico was thrashing around when the family heard the news and came to the hospital. He was mumbling names that, honestly, didn't make sense to the family.

Bianca.

Will.

Hazel.

Percy.

Annabeth.

Frank.

Leo.

Piper.

Jason.

"Bianca. You said you'd wait. You said you wouldn't leave me." Nico mumbled in his sleep. He cried and thrashed around. Then...

The heart monitor went crazy. Nico's heart rate climbed up and up into an inhuman speed.

Nico screamed out.

But Dick knew that scream.

It wasn't fear.

It wasn't loss.

It wasn't sadness.

It was pain. Pure pain. Nico's eyes shot open, and next thing Jason knows is that Nico was holding a scalpel at his throat the way a professional would hold a dagger. The look in his eyes was filled with pain, remorse, and longing. He looked trapped, like a cornered animal. His chest heaved with heavy breathing. Nico lowered the scalpel and sat down.

"What the hell was that?! You almost slit my throat!"

"Sorry. After nightmares, if someone is near me, I tend to lash out. It's just PTSD. I forget where I am and get stuck in my worst memories."

"Want to explain why you have a bullet in your leg?"

"Umm..." Nico paused. He couldn't really say he took a bullet for Red Hood, so he decided to lie.

"I got mugged?"

He's not great at lying.

"Did you even have money on you?"

"No?"

The whole family was giving him a look.

Nico avoided their eyes and told them what happened.

Bruce's eyes flicked momentarily towards Jason, which didn't go unnoticed by Nico.

What's Jason got to do with this?