Title: Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Shakespeare.
Warnings: dark AU
Pairings: Jason Todd/Tim Drake
Rating: PG13
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Jason Todd/Tim Drake, "I love watching you work."
They met years after Timmy left the old man, that sick bastard who trained them both. Jason'd wanted to be the one to kill him, but Timmy said that it was actually the first kid, the one who'd been with the bastard the longest. He went back late one night, not too long after Timmy finally had enough.
Jason supposes that's alright then.
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Timmy has morals. Jason finds that adorable. Timmy tries to only go after monsters wearing human skin, men who beat their wives, women who hurt kids, druglords and murderers and pimps who enjoy the goods whether the girl wants it or not.
Jason isn't so picky, though. His life before the old man was too full of blood and pain, and his life with the old man? Well. All those few years did was refine his taste.
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But even Timmy has to admit, this guy deserves everything they'll do to him.
Jason offers him the knife. Timmy smiles and shakes his head. "No," he says. "I love watching you work."
The guy whimpers, closing his eyes. Jason pulls Timmy in for a kiss, biting down on Timmy's lip till he bleeds.
They were taught by the same man, and sometimes Jason thinks they were born for this.