🫂 | ptsd.

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Scenario: Jason believed he was better— convinced himself even. But the endless torment and the laughter of Joker never left. Will it ever?

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Jason often prided himself on his stubbornness. Sure, many would say it got in the way of things, but Jason disagreed. If there was one thing he was stupidly good at; it would be his ability to ignore his trauma. Okay, yeah, it sounded pitiful when he thought it— but that didn’t make it any less true.

Whenever someone mentioned The Joker, or even when the sound of his stupid laugh rang out, Jason didn’t flinch. Or like the one time had landed on Jason’s back from a misstep off of some railing in an abandoned building and landed right on the rib The Joker broke with a crowbar, Jason brushed it off. He was fine, the past was the past and it didn’t bother him anymore.

Of course, Jason wouldn’t count the nights where his muscles had physically protested against movement due to excessive late nights and to the point where he couldn’t breathe for a few seconds. Or the times where he’s on a mission with The Outlaws and hostages have bombs tied to them; making Jason having to momentarily catch his breath.

Those times didn’t count. And so obviously, he didn’t tell anyone about it. Because they didn’t count.

Now, here Jason was, leaning over with hands on his knees and his eyes blown wide beside a sea can as he tried to navigate through the thick fog of manic laughter and reattachment of his own body and soul. He hadn’t noticed {{user}} walking past, stopping at the sight.

“Jason?” They whispered, taking a small step closer. Jason heard their voice, but it was twisted into Joker’s stupid voice mockingly saying his name as he jammed a crowbar between his ribs.

He lifted a hand to his face, covering his expression weakly. Even in the midst of something as gruelling and painful as this, he tried to protect his dignity. Even as the cool Gotham air outside turned into the stuffy ventilation ringing in his ears from the countless nights leading up to his death; the concrete of the dock under his shoes was instead the concrete floor he had been left lifeless against.

“ off,” he growled, not even sure if it was directed towards {{user}} or the insistent memory of The Joker. He couldn’t tell the difference now.

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