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"Want to join us?" Jon demanded. "You're fun! I don't know why Damian likes Dick more! You let us have sugar and candy!" |
"I hate you," Raven warned. |
"Hey, he said he could and I'm not arguing with a Kryptonian with lasers, and yeah, I'll join you guys," Jason shrugged. |
"YAY!" all the awake kids, but Damian shouted as they ran for the car. |
By then end of that weekend Jason had so much blackmail on Raven that he was grinning. It was about a week later when he was on the run, dodging Titans and evading Bats when he and Raven stumbled across one another. |
"Hey princess," he grinned behind his red helmet. |
"Stop calling me princess!" she hissed. |
"But you look so pretty in that tiara!" he teased. |
"We are never speaking of this again!" she gasped. |
"Tiara!" Kori squealed, the fighting stopping then. |
"I've got the photo to prove it! I'll send you a copy Kori!" |
"I am sending you to Hell Red!" Raven roared, he leapt off the sky scraper then as he ran away laughing from the demoness chasing him. |
Death of Someone Close... |
Death wasn't something new, she wished it wasn't, and there were times she really hated death. It took the good young, the wicked easily, the strong painfully, and the old slowly. It was a cruel fact of life, and it was only made crueler as Raven stood there, under an umbrella, in the pouring rain at Wayne Manor as she watched her two dearest friends be buried together, and their baby girl was sleeping soundly in her arms. |
It wasn't as if Raven had volunteered for being named guardian of Mar'i Grayson, quite the opposite really; in fact, until she'd open the door of her apartment and seen an agent standing there telling her that Mar'i was an orphan she hadn't even known she was the guardian. |
Kori and she had been college roommates, and practically sisters; Kori's older sister, Kom'a was a bitch so Kori had been thrilled to practically drag Raven into a family of friends. Kori was so vital, and powerful, so full of life and fire that she had seemed indomitable. Then she'd met Dick Grayson, one of the billionaire Bruce Wayne's adopted sons, and they were just... immortal. Raven had liked Dick, thought his family to be interesting, and nice, and stable. |
The whirlwind romance of Dick Grayson and Kori Anders was one the gossip columns and celebrity sheets had eaten up. |
The world had loved Dick and Kori, from the start. And now it was the end as Raven tentatively swayed for Mar'i as the pastor spoke. Dick's whole family was there; Bruce, his second wife Selina, Jason, Tim, Damian, Helena and the baby, Terry. Kori's family didn't even show; her brother having perished from cancer years earlier and Kom'a being an overall raging bitch wouldn't show. |
It was later when she was in the Manor, Mar'i was screaming, crying, and fussing and Raven was struggling to change her goddaughter's diaper that he appeared. |
"Here," he murmured and slipped beside her as he deftly changed Mar'i, Raven only watched him and then Mar'i was quiet. |
"Think you could teach me the trick to that?" Raven asked as he wiped off his hands, she did the same. |
"Practice, I watched Damian, Helena, and Terry enough when they were in diapers," he answered. She nodded, still numb from the grief of losing her best friend. |
"I don't think we've ever met properly, Raven, Raven Rachel Roth," she said and held out her hand. |
"Jason, Jason Todd-Wayne," he said as they shook. "They named you guardian of Mar'i didn't they." |
"I have no idea why," Raven admitted as she picked up the fussy baby. Mar'i was at that stage where being set down was sacrilege in her mind and was met with furiously loud screams of protest. Raven just held the baby and walked out of the bathroom with the diaper bag. |
"Well, Bruce has his hands full, Wally is single and too childish, Roy's already got a daughter and dysfunctional marriage, Victor's a pro-football athlete, and Dick would never leave his daughter in the care of Garfield, he's just too childish," Jason shrugged. |
"And why not you?" Raven asked. |
"Because I travel way too much," Jason smiled a bit, but it looked forced. "And from what I heard of Kori's family, you were it. Her sister's a tabloids bitch, and Mar'i here deserved better than that." |
"I guess," Raven sighed as she rubbed Mar'i's back. |
"Miss Roth," she looked up when a new voice entered the hall and she saw Bruce standing there. "Let us speak in my study." |
"Yeah," Raven sighed tiredly. Todd held out his hands and Raven reluctantly handed Mar'i over with the diaper bag before walking into the study with Bruce a step behind her. |
"We've never been properly introduced," Bruce said, she looked a man in his early forties over, black hair, blue eyes, muscular build. He actually looked the part of Dick's father with how he carried himself, Dick had held himself the same way, more relaxed but the same way. |
"I live in San Francisco," Raven said softly. "I don't like to travel, flying scares me, and I'm usually working or writing." |
"I understand, Miss Roth," Bruce sat. "My parents died when I was eight, Alfred raised me. Dick's parents died when he was twelve, I adopted him at the same time. Jason's mother died when he was seven, Tim's parents died when he was ten. I am telling you this because they remember their parents, as do I, Mar'i won't, and you will be removing her from her family by returning to San Francisco." |
"Mr. Wayne..." Raven opened her mouth but the business man cut her off. |
"I am asking you to let Mar'i be raised by her family here in Gotham, relinquish custody of her and let her be with her family," Bruce said softly and Raven sighed. It was for the best, but then she remembered Jason's words, remembered that Bruce had a violent ex-wife who had kidnapped their son on four separate occasions; seriously wounding Dick in one of the kidnappings, and remembered the other toddler and small children she'd seen. She also knew Bruce had never hired a nanny in his life, and Alfred was getting old. |
"Mr. Wayne, I can't," Raven said softly. "I've accepted a job in New York City, at a publishing house as an editor, I've got a line of some apartments for Mar'i and I, it was the closest I could get to Gotham. I don't... I don't have a family, Mr. Wayne, I didn't have a family until Kori and Dick. I don't, I can't give you Mar'i, she's all I've got left of Kori, and she's my goddaughter, and you have five other children to look after, a company to run, and a demanding life. I decided I would move as close to Gotham as I could, so Mar'i could still know her family. But I can't give her to you knowing they asked me instead of you. I can't Mr. Wayne." |
"Miss Roth, I will fight you for my granddaughter." |
"And I can't fight you," Raven murmured tiredly. "But Mr. Wayne, they asked me to take care of Mar'i. I never wanted this, I never wanted to have that responsibility, I never planned on having a family of my own even. But they asked me, not you, me, and I will be looking out Mar'i, she's my goddaughter." |
"Miss Roth," Bruce started. |
"I want her to know her family, Mr. Wayne, I wanted to ask you if on weekends she could come over, when she's older, and be a part of the Wayne family. I won't come if you would prefer but I'm begging you, please don't take the last bit of family I have. She's all I've got. My father is in prison, my mother was killed by him, I have six older brothers who'd probably kill me if I ever crossed their paths again, and I don't have anyone. Kori was my family, and she asked me to watch her daughter. I'm begging you Mr. Wayne, please to take her away from me." |
Bruce seemed to think this over for a long moment and then his sharp blue eyes snapped onto her. |
"If anything happens to her, anything, I will fight the courts to take her from you," Bruce warned. |
"Nothing will happen to Mar'i," Raven promised. |
"And I will cover all of Mar'i's expenses, she will have a trust set up, you'll be provided a monthly allowence for rent and food," Bruce started. |
"I don't want the money Mr. Wayne, I'm doing fine on my own, but if you must, set up Mar'i's trust," Raven murmured. |
"I want the name of the company you're working for Miss Roth, and your address once you've settled. You can expect visits from my family, and you will be here every Sunday for family dinner, with Mar'i," Bruce stated. |
"Yeah," she surrendered. "If that's all, I... I would like to get back to Mar'i," she sighed. |
Raven walked out of the room and found Jason bouncing Mar'i who was tugging on the white streak in his hair. |
"Thanks" she murmured as she took Mar'i from Jason's grasp. |
"Hey, sunshine," he said. Raven burst into tears then and found herself pulled into a strong set of arms. Jason said nothing and she was happy that he said nothing as she sobbed into his chest and clung desperately to his shirt. |
"They're gone!" |
"I know," was the response and for the first time in two weeks since learning the news of the accident Raven didn't feel alone. Jason said nothing and just held her. |
A shuddering breath escaped his lips as his arm tightened around the other occupant of his bed and he slowly opened his eyes against the harsh morning sun. Wincing a bit, he slowly moved to sit up, to pull away when his eyes landed on the black mass of hair with a purple tint in this light. The woman mumbled a bit as she shifted, but she didn't wake and he smirked a bit. |
Raven never slept over, they fucked and she left; he never let the women he brought here stay. He'd call them a cab, he'd send them on their way, and he'd sometimes even follow them to make certain they had made it home. |
However, they didn't stay. |
He didn't want complications, he didn't want entanglements, he didn't want everything that came from a woman sleeping and waking in his bed. He didn't want them to cook breakfast, he didn't want them to make coffee, and he didn't want morning sex. No, he wanted to have his release and them gone. He just didn't do complications. And Raven was no exception, though she was his preferred bed partner. The sex with her was fucking amazing! Seriously, the empath demon was the best bed mate he'd ever stumbled across. |
And that was saying something because a Supergirl had been amazing, and Starfire had also been breathtaking. Both those ladies were strong, and had the endurance of goddesses. Kara was so energetic and fucking hot she was insatiable, and Star was just so vivacious and passionate she was amazing. |
However, Jason felt the best woman he'd ever had in his bed was sleeping right now. The empath was amazing, and when she let go... hell, all her emotions could level a city, and that was a huge fucking turn on. Especially since he was on the receiving end. Raven took as good as she got, and what she might have lacked in experience she had made up for in enthusiasm and curiosity and a healthy dose of open mindedness. She never said no until she tried it, and trust him, he'd done kinky but he'd never had someone willing to try just about everything. Raven was also as stormy as she was calm. Sex with her was like a drug, it was a feast to a starving man, it was heaven in hell. To manage to get that storm in her to break loose and come crashing through the world with the force of a natural disaster like a tsunami or hurricane, there was nothing more amazing. |
Slowly he trailed his fingers over her spine as he felt her shiver and burrow deeper into the pillow, he chuckled at her stubbornness to remain asleep which had him leaning over as he pressed a light kiss to her shoulder. She didn't move. Emboldened, Jason wondered just how far he'd have to go to wake the demoness in his bed. |
Slowly his hands trailed over Raven's curves. |
Raven, unlike Kara who was that curvy, classic, petite, blonde or Kori who was that curvy, voluminous, exotic, redhead, was small. Raven was a slight, curvy, long legged, small woman who was built like a ballerina, she had ash colored skin, hair which was dark as a raven with a purple tint to it, and her dark eyes were mesmerizing. Raven wasn't exotic, she wasn't gorgeous, she wasn't even sexy, but she was beautiful in such a quiet way it was overlooked by all. |
He loved her curves, he loved the smooth dips of them and how they fitted her slight form. Kissing her pulse he got a quiet, sleepy moan from her and he lightly nipped her pulse. |
"Jay...?" she sighed. |
"Just relax," he breathed in her ear. She shivered a bit as she turned her head away from him which had him pulling the sheets way from her. |
"Sleep, Jay, sex later," she mumbled. |
"Not how it works sunshine, you woke in my bed," he kissed the base of her neck as he gingerly traced her slit. |
"My bed," she muttered. |
"My apartment," he remined her which had her bolting up, her wild bedhead sticking up in every direction and he rolled off her as she looked around. |
"What the...? I thought I left?" she muttered. |
"Fucked you into oblivion apparently," he pointed out smugly which had the demon turning her glare on him. |
"No need to be so vulgar," she stated, but her serious tone was ruined by a yawn which had her falling back into his bed, he rolled over her then. |
"Too early in the morning," he reminded her as he lightly kissed her again, his hands sliding to her breasts. Cupping them she arched a bit as she squirmed. |
"Shouldn't be here," she muttered. |
"Day off," he decided. "Sleeping in," he said as he kissed his way down her neck, deciding to mark her on her collar bone where her uniform would hid it but no other shirt would. |
"Asshole's not letting me sleep," she grumbled, her hands were tugging at his hair, he groaned a bit when her legs moved and wrapped around him, brushing his errection. |
"You stayed," he reminded her with a sharp nip before he continued his quest. |
"Sleepy," she breathed and then gasped as he swirled his tongue over her nipple. He laughed a bit at her irritation as he then took her into his mouth causing her to moan lowly. |
"Jason!" she groaned, he fucking loved hearing his name from her. No one ever said it like she did, like it was important, like it mattered, and he fucking loved it. If he wasn't a simple guy, with simple needs, with a complicated family, he'd have actually thought about pursuing more with Raven. She was interesting, in and out of bed, he liked her company, and the sex was fucking amazing. However, she was a Titan and he was Red Hood. |
"Please, don't play with me," she whimpered which had him releasing her breast from his mouth. |
"And what do you want?" he asked, amused with the sleepy, desperate look on her face. |
"Sleep," she suggested which had him dipping a finger into her hot, soaked core. She gasped as she squirmed again. |
"You were saying?" he mused. |
"Fuck me!" she groaned as he started pumping his fingers into her. Raven, so sensitive, so genuine, so reactive, it was a nice change of pace since she couldn't fake any reaction or hide it from him. And he loved that expression on her face. |
"Are you sure?" he asked. |
"Jason!" she snarled, four eyes emerging in irritation and he smiled then as he pulled her over. If he had known that she was this sensitive in the mornings he'd have kept her around through the nights. |
"What do you want, love?" he whispered as he grabbed her hips. |
"Just fuck me already," she growled. He guided her down, and he moaned as he was enveloped into her heat, she just sighed in bliss until she was fully seated on him. |
The way she moved was lazy, but holy fuck he could watch her all fucking day as she moved how she wanted. It was fucking mesmerizing, she could have been a siren rather than a demon, fucking beautiful like this. She whimpered a bit, he felt her frustration lash out as glass on a picture shattered, he caught her hips and rolled her into the bed. Hooking a leg up he stared down at her wide eyes. |
"What do you want?" he repeated. |
"You, fuck me!" she gasped. He kissed her, only too happy to oblige. She screamed, he felt everything as she let her emotions run rampant. His place was going to be a wreck, but he didn't fucking care because he was so close. He let out a shout when everything finally came crashing down on him, drowning him as white drowned out his sight. |
They woke at noon again, there was a knock on his door which had him grumbling in discontent and pulling Raven closer again. |
"Jay?" a familiar voice called out. |
"Make her go away," Raven muttered. |
"Sleeping here," he grumbled. |
"Jason!" the girl called out some more. |
"Just go get rid of her," Raven yawned as she squirmed. |
"You wanted to sleep," he pointed out with a heavy breath. |
"Mmm... I want a shower, get rid of her and you can join," Raven smiled sleepily. He was out of his bed, pulling on his pants as he walked to the door and pulled it open to the perky blonde there. |
"Hey!" Kara smiled. |
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