Dick thought his life was over when he saw his parents fall but if they hadn't, he may have never gotten a chance to meet his mate.
After his parents deaths everything was blur of police investigations and social workers which lead to Dick standing in front of Ma Guns School For Boys in the crime ridden area of Gotham called Crime Ally.
Dick felt he going to a prison when he was dropped off even with Ma Gun's grandmotherly smile greeting him that just gave Dick a bad vibe. His instincts turned out be right since as soon as he was inside, the grandmother facade went away with Ma grabbing Dick's arm, he fought the urge to growl while he was dragged and shoved into nearest room.
"This will be your room, Gypsy" Ma said before slamming the door in his face.
Dick could feel tears at the corners of eyes but he refused to shed them, not wanting to look weak when he immediately picked up on a scent that changed his mood. He then remember when his parents tried to give him the wolf version of the talk which is similar to the normal talk except mating is brought up and how wolves can tell who their mate is by their scent along with if they carried the wolf gene.
Young wolf's eyes then fell on the source of the scent which turned out to be a boy, probably a couple years younger than him with black hair, reading a book on his bunk who made Dick's heart skip a beat.
"Hi, I'm Dick Grayson" he greeted with a bright smile, feeling his heart beat just a bit faster but the boy ignored him, continuing to read as if he didn't hear him so he tried again, "Hello, I'm Dic..."
"I heard you the first time" the boy piped up, putting his book down to glare at Dick with bright teal eyes that took his breath away, "You're the newbie, who just got here, right?"
"Y-yeah, that's me" Dick shuddered, blushing as the boy set his book aside and asked "So how did a pretty boy like you, end up here?"
Dick flushed even harder at the pretty comment but frowned, "My parents died in an accident."
The boy's eyes saddened, "I'm sorry to hear that" he said, giving Dick's shoulder a comforting squeeze, "I'm Jason, by the back."
"Thanks" Dick said sadly, thinking about his parents, "I'm Dick but you already that."
An awkward silence then settled over the pair but not wanting Jason to leave, before he got to know him better, Dick changed the subject, "So how did you get here."
Jason smirked, making Dick's stomach flip, "You probably won't believe me but the Bat himself brought me in after I tried to steal his wheels" he finished with a proud smirk on his face.
"Whose the Bat?" Dick asked curiously.
Jason gave him a dumbfounded look "You've never heard of Batman?"
Dick shook his head "No, me and my parents were part of traveling circus so we were never in a city for more than a few days and I've only been to Gotham one other time."
"That's sounds kind of cool actually" Jason said, making Dick blush again that had him thinking he really needed to get a hold of myself since he was blushing from simple compliments.
"Yeah, it was" Dick said thinking about flying, a few sprang from his eyes.
Alarmed Jason asked "Are you okay. I'm sorry if a touched a nerve or something."
"N-no" Dick quickly assured "I just was thinking about flying again" Jason gave him a confused look which had Dick laughing.
"Why are you laughing" Jason huffed with an adorable pout.
"I guess I should explain, huh?" Dick said still chuckling while Jason nodded "Well in the circus, me and my parents were acrobats, we were called the flying Graysons."
That made Jason freeze as red started to blossom on his cheeks which Dick thought was odd since he seemed to be the one blushing all the time. Jason also started giving off an embarrassed scent but before Dick comment on it, Jason sheepishly said "We should probably get to bed before that old hag come in. You can take the top bunk."
He then quickly laid back down on the bed, facing away from Dick, who felt a tinge of rejection in his heart. He didn't understand how saying one thing would make Jason so uncomfortable, especially if Jason's scent was to be believed and he was Dick's mate.
Disheartened, Dick climbed the ladder of the bunk and flopped down on the mattress, staring at the ceiling as his thoughts wandered to the boy on the bunk beneath him and that he may have just found his mate.