Title: The finest gift
Fandom: DCU (AU of Under the Hood)
Rating: All ages
Note: For Katarik.


The case is broken.

There is a boy in the cave. "Hey," he says, casually. He is wearing a red domino and his hair curls on his forehead.

He could --

The boy -- man -- slices his palm with a knife and tosses it to Bruce. "Hi, daddy. I'm home."

The voice. The -- the blood --

There is no need to question the impossible. This close, he knows.

"Jason."

He's not braced for the embrace, for hands opening his belt -- "Wait --" but Jason never did. The shock knocks him unconscious.

He will recover. And the DNA testing will confirm absolutely what Bruce knows.


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