Two-shot JayDick story.

Warning(s) Mentions of past rape and victim blaming.

Roy Harper had shit taste in beer, but he made up for it in company. Jason couldn't remember a time where he was so relaxed. With Roy and Kory he could just sit back and enjoy the night. There was no drama and no hassle. Just a goodnight of drinking and movies. He really hadn't hung out with them as much since he started dating Dick Grayson. Didn't that sound weird? Jason Todd was romantically involved with his adopted brother. He had been head over heels for the first Robin for years, but never expected anything to come of it. He had died and come back and never considered that he and Dick would still care for each other. Jason had been so focused on revenge that Dick had taken him by surprise. Dick had reached out to him time and time again. He refused to shut Jason away like Bruce had. Like the Replacement had. Dick hadn't seen him as Red Hood. He saw him as the boy he had once been and eventually, Jason reached back.

Bruce of course hadn't approved. He had fought with Jason for too long to simply allow the young man anywhere near his Golden child. The Replacement was skeptical but didn't speak out on it. Dick didn't care what they thought. Dick had smiled at him, saying even if they didn't come around it meant nothing. He would stand by Jason and help him through his demons. Jason had a lot of demons. Mostly in the form of the Joker and his cackling face as he brought down the crowbar again and again. Dick was with him through the night terrors and anxiety attacks. Dick never budged.

They fought, because of course they did. Some small bickering fights that were over as quickly as they began and some bigger spats that had them throwing vicious insults at each other. This most recent fight was one of those. It was their biggest fight as a couple and both of them had decided to take the next couple of days and just keep away from each other. Dickie went running back to his precious family while Jason crashed at Roy and Kory's. He didn't have to worry about either of them fawning over Dick. They both had a history with him but it hadn't ended well.

"I told you Jay, he's drama. Everything about him is drama." Roy declared and Jason sniggered, feeling the effects of the alcohol he had drank. He leaned his head back to look at the ceiling, listening to Kori reprimand Roy for eating all the Doritos again.

"I like drama." Jason argued with a saucy grin and Roy made a face. Jason still wondered what had happened between him and Dick. They had been close as kids, but now couldn't even tolerate to be near each other. Roy had beaten his drug addiction and had really stepped up but it was as if Dick was too good for him. Roy never had patience for people with snotty uppity attitudes. Jason already knew the story about Kory and Dick. They dated for a couple years and Dick had cheated on her. It was a shit move on his part, but seventeen year olds weren't exactly geniuses when it came to romance.

"Yeah, well Dick is full of it so you're in luck." Roy muttered. Jason rolled his eyes at Roy's tone. Another round of Dick bashing was coming up. Sometimes Jason didn't mind. Sometimes he even enjoyed it because it knocked the Golden boy off his pedestal.

"You're just jealous." He griped. Kory settled herself on the chair, smiling at the bickering. Jason glanced at the television, tuning out the conversation that began between Kory and Roy. It was an old cowboy sitcom that looked even cheesier than it had as a kid. Still, Jason was buzzed enough to watch transfixed for a moment, until he heard Roy's mumbled voice.

"Wait, who's Tarantula?" Jason frowned, leaning back against the couch as Roy opened another can of beer. The archer waved a dismissive hand.

"Some girl Dickie hooked up with but tried to tell me he wasn't actually into it. Which I don't get, 'cause she was gorgeous! Dick always gets the good looking ones." Roy snorted and rolled his eyes in obvious disbelief. Jason continued to stare at him, confused by what exactly the other man was implying.

"Wasn't into it...like it was bad or rape?" Jason pressed and Roy sighed, setting the can down on the coffee table.

"I guess she was the one who killed Blockbuster and afterwards she pushed Dick down on the roof and fooled around with him a bit." Blockbuster...Jason remembered hearing about him. He had caused Dick a lot of grief and his death had really effected him. Roy's comments on Tarantula had Jason's blood turning to ice. Dick would have been shocked by Blockbuster's sudden death. He was not a killer and to see it happen so violently obviously would have startled the first Robin. Tarantula would have easily been able to take advantage of whatever state Dickie was in. He could almost see it, Tarantula's gentle hands pushing Dickie back on the roof, whispering soothing words into his ear while Dickie tried to failed to process what had just happened. He was in no condition to give consent. He wouldn't have wanted her anywhere near him.

"Roy, that doesn't exactly sound consensual to me." Jason finally managed to speak and Roy scoffed, sharing a quick glance with Kory who was sipping her tea. Roy picked his beer back off the coffee table.

"You know Dick. I mean come on man. He's the biggest whore we know. He flirts with everyone. Man or woman. He's dated practically everyone we know. Now you're on that list. We're just looking out for you." Roy finished the can while Kory shifted in her chair, looking uncomfortable. Jason stared at him. Did he just call Dick a whore? In front of Jason no less? If anyone had said something like that to Kory, Roy would have knocked out their teeth.

"You're joking right? You have to be." Dick would have told Roy this in confidence. He would have trusted Roy to be understanding. Yeah they were no longer friends, but knowing that Roy didn't even see the assault as assault had Jason feeling sick. He looked to Kory who was tight lipped.

"Kory, you of all people...I mean if anyone should have understood what Dickie was going through it should have been you." Jason nearly implored her. She had been a victim. If anyone should have been able to help Dick, it would be her. Roy shot Jason a dirty look.

"It's not the same thing!" He snapped and Jason glared at him.

"How so? Guys can be victims too Harper." He remembered that Barbara and Dick had borken up shortly after Blockbuster's death. Was Tarantula involved in that as well? Did Barbara blame Dick? Not Barbara. Barbara would have understood...

"I know that! But Dick wasn't!" Roy's voice was sharp in the small living room.

"It's rape! You can't honestly sit there and tell me that Dick would have been in any condition to consent! He would have been going into shock! He wouldn't have been able to make any decision!"

"Jason..." Kory finally spoke up, setting her tea aside. "Dick could have pushed her away. He's not weak at all. She should never have been able to overpower him." Kory had survived rape. Kory was a victim and a survivor, but here she was saying that because Dick hadn't snapped Tarantula's neck, he was not a victim. Jason shook his head in disgust, getting to his feet.

"You're so full of shit," His voice went soft and Kory looked away while Roy sneered at him. "Just because he cheated on you-"

"Don't you start." Roy warned but Jason paid no attention to him, staring hard at Kory.

"Did he even cheat on you?" Jason softly asked. "Cause I remember that whole story was kind of hazy. He cheated but didn't know it. What does that even mean?" He was lost. Kory rubbed the side of her nose wearily.

"A woman named Mirage took my image and tricked Dick into sleeping with her." Kory finally admitted and it was like another slap to the face.

"You said he cheated." Jason quietly pointed out and Kory nodded.

"He did." She tried to reason with him, reaching out but Jason pulled away. "It wasn't like he actively decided to have sex with someone else, but he still allowed himself to be tricked.

"He thought it was you and she took advantage of him..." He thought he was going to be sick. His adopted brother/lover had been victimized twice and his two best friends weren't getting it.

"He's a detective! He should have realized it wasn't Kory right away." Roy sounded petulant. Yes, because Dick Grayson should have immediately been suspicious. Dick should have known better. Mirage should have known better. He had met Mirage. She was at least seven years older than Dickie. At least 24 when she tricked a 17 year old boy into bed. An adult compared to a minor. It was Statutory rape. Just like Tarantula who Jason vaguely remembered reading about in reports. He wracked his brain for a moment and could recall her profile on Replacement's computer system. Her age had her at five years older than Dick.

"Dick has quite the reputation and although I cared for him deeply, it hurt that he would be so easily fooled. He thinks with his heart before his brain sometimes. It's as if he's starved for affection." Kory commented wearily. What was Jason even hearing? How had Dick felt when Kory said this to him? He must have already felt used and the compassion he could have hoped to receive from his girlfriend was never granted.

"He was what, seven maybe eighteen at the time? What kid is going to think oh fuck this doesn't sound like something my girlfriend would normally do? No! He's going to do exactly what she wants! He thought it was you! He never cheated!" He pointed an accusing finger at Kory while Roy snarled at him.

"Mirage was completely the opposite of Kory! Just how she moved should have set bells off in Dick's head."

"He wouldn't have been thinking with the right one...he was just a kid...and the whole thing with Tarantula had to have been months after that. Are you guys seriously telling me that neither of you reached out to him at all?" He wondered how Roy had reacted when Dick told him about Tarantula. Had he been supportive at all or had he laughed in Dick's face? If a woman...if Kory had been in either position he knew that there would be blood. Why was Dick different? Why was Dick the bad guy in both scenarios? Neither Roy or Kory answered him and Jason shook his head in disgust. He strode away from the couch ignoring their attempts to call him back and grabbed his jacket. He turned back to face them.

"You know," He began rubbing a weary hand down his face. "You both sit here and bitch and moan about Dickie for all this shit, but you're both just fucking terrible friends. Dickie needed you and you were both so ignorant. No wonder he doesn't speak to you anymore."

"Jason-" Kory began, her face paling.

"Shut up, I'm talking." Jason snapped, patience gone. Kory's face dropped.

"Don't you talk to her like that!" Roy advanced on Jason who didn't budge, glaring at the archer. Jason itched to punch Roy right in his damned face. Instead he tightened his hands into fists.

"Like what? Like she's been a shitty girlfriend? Someone has to tell her! "You've been shitting on my boyfriend for months and you didn't give a fuck what I thought." He ground out and Roy snorted in disbelief.

"The only reason you care is because you're fucking him now! Well, we've all been there Jason. Everyone has had a ride on or in Dick! He's like the Meta's personal bitch or something!" There it was. The slut shaming. The fact that Dick had been romantically inclined with several people in the Meta community meant that he did not deserve respect. Dickie wouldn't have had much experience when Mirage approached him. What was their excuse for that? Kory would most likely have been his first and only until her. Jason's temper ran out and he punched Roy once in the mouth, sending the archer toppling over onto the hardwood floor. Kory stood, moving to Roy's side with a concerned look. She reached out, gently touching his shoulder as the man painfully sat up and wiped the blood from his lip, glaring at Jason from his position.

"He's also my brother you fucking cunt. I'll fight anyone and everyone that tries to hurt him." And that was the truth. Roy shook his head, gently waving away Kory's hands.

"You're really something, Todd. Now you want to defend his honor? And you've been right there with me. Don't tell me you suddenly don't approve that there are people that don't worship him." He spat, teeth bloody. Jason stared down at his two...former friends.

"No, but I don't approve of two assholes who told a seventeen year old boy that he was to blame for being taken advantage of by Mirage. I don't fucking approve of two assholes who give Tarantula a pass on what she did to a traumatized kid because she was hot. People say Superman's hot, but if he did the same thing to Wonder Woman that Tarantula did to Dick, no one would be fooled into thinking it was consensual. Is it because Dick's a guy that he's not a victim or because he's Dick?" He looked between his two friends, feeling like the space between them now was too great. Kory looked away in shame, but Roy continued to glare. Jason shook his head.

"You should both be ashamed of yourselves." He quietly murmured before turning on his heel and stalking out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him with a satisfying smack. Before he knew it he was on the street, knowing that he was going to Wayne Manor on his own vocation no less and he was going to see his boyfriend. He was going to find Dick. He didn't know what he was going to do when he found him, but the first thing he'd do was hug him. Just hug him until he was assured that Dickie was still with him. He just needed to see Dickie, he just needed to find him.

I really find it concerning that Dick has faced two assaults but there was nothing ever done for him. In the case of Mirage he was actually blamed for her taking advantage and tricking him. Kory didn't even offer any support when she found out. As for Tarantula, that whole thing was really squicky and messed up even without Devin Grayson's little quote on it not being rape, just nonconsensual. Again, Dick had no process time with it and no one reached out to him. So I tried to give him a little bit of justice and have someone call Kory out on it, Roy just got dragged in.