@BLASPHMS ✑ ❝ SHH (…) JAYLAD, CHUM. YOU NEED REST. THERE IS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR, IT WAS MY MISTAKE. YOU’RE MY ROBIN. YOU CAN’T PATROL, NOT FOR A LONG TIME. IT JUST ISN’T SAFE, YOU’RE NOT READY. ❜❜ The squeeze is palpable. Almost familiar to the squeeze in his chest. Kiyoji feels like he’s swallowing cotton balls and his tongue feels like it’s swelling in his mouth. He wishes he was better at words, he should be. This isn’t his first child. He knows that. And yet, he can’t even apologize. Tell him he’s sorry. That it’s Kiyoji’s fault. Now, look at his boy. Bruised. Battered. There’s a nasty bruise tainting his flesh, discolored in deep purples and yellows. It’s enough to make Kiyoji sigh. Do not cave. Jason doesn’t need someone weak right now.