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Jason feels nervous meeting the Titans for the first time, and is now worried that Roy has the stupidest argument he's ever heard in his life.
He was a little surprised Dick had agreed.
Jason has always mentally associated it as Dick's team so he'd felt unwelcome. Not that anyone had ever given him that impression. He hadn't even met most of them.
Dick had mentioned having a Titans thing to attend so Jason asked if he could go.
He didn't know too many people his age within the hero community. It would be nice to be around his peers. Even if they were a little bit older they were nowhere near Justice League levels of intimidating. Maybe it'd even be nice.
Jason tried to think who was on the active roster at the moment for the Titans. He knew Kid Flash, Speedy, and Wonder Girl were still on the team, and there was also Cyborg and Beast Boy, along with Starfire, Raven, and Jericho but the other members he wasn't sure about.
He tried to avoid wringing his hands as he followed a few steps behind Dick.
Robin doesn't get nervous, but he was having a hard time remembering it.
There was some commotion behind the closed door that forced Jason to hesitate slightly.
Dick noticed. He always notices.
He glanced between Jason and the door. "You gonna try and run out on me? This was your idea."
"I may be out of my depth." Jason admitted.
"You'll be fine. It'll do you some good to get out of Gotham for a while. Work with some new, far more interesting, people."
Jason didn't move. He couldn't. It'd been hard enough learning Dick didn't immediately like that he was Robin. It was a hard transition. Sure he'd come around but this was different.
Robin helped found this team. He helped build it from the ground up.
They're opinion on who was Robin did matter. To Jason, at least, it mattered a lot.
"It's not the whole roster. Most of them are busy with other stuff." Dick tried. "Probably less overwhelming. I think there's going to be five of us all together."
That did feel less intimidating.
Jason told Dick as much. That feeling disappeared immediately when the door opened.
It was the founders. Not any newer members. Nothing but legacies and it was doing absolutely nothing for Jason's nerves.
Wonder Girl noticed them immediately. She was not involved in the very loud discussion between Speedy and Kid Flash.
"Hi, Nightwing said you'd be joining us." She rounded the table to greet him properly. "I'm Donna."
Jason shook her hand. "Jason. It's nice to finally meet all of you." He gestured to the still arguing Archer and Speedster.
"What's the argument today?" Dick asked.
Donna opened her mouth to answer before being cut off.
"Oh thank god!" Wally announced before speeding to the other side of the table to stand next to Dick. "Is a hot dog a taco?"
"No!" Roy immediately argued. "I don't know how else to explain this to you West."
"Well what qualifies a Taco?" Dick asked them.
"Hot Dog buns are shaped similarly to Taco shells." Wally explained leaning back on the table. "They're also built similarly."
"Explain."
"Starch; the taco shell or the hot dog bun, then the protein; taco meat or hot dog, then you have the vegetables; lettuce, tomatoes, onions, stuff like that, and then finally the condiments; you know hot sauce, mustard, ketchup. Things like that."
"It's a sound argument." Jason interjected. "I can't completely disagree."
"Ah Ha!" Wally whipped around to face Roy. "The new kid agrees with me."
"Yeah, he's a kid." Roy crossed his arms. "He doesn't know any better."
Before Jason could even argue that point.
"I'm confident that's not true. Watch." Wally defended before looking Jason in the eye. "Is ketchup a smoothie?"
Jason immediately cringed. "No, it absolutely is not."
"See. He knows what's up."
"When you think about how ketchup is made it is most definitely a smoothie." Roy shot back. "I'm so tired of explaining this to you."
"Well that's not a good argument." Dick began. "If we're comparing the process for how things are made then ketchup is a jam or a jelly. It has a fruit that is cooked before being broken down and having preservatives added to it."
Roy was wholly unimpressed. "We're fighting after this, Grayson."
Dick smirked. "Bring it on Harper."
"If you boys are done." Donna finally spoke up feeling the argument had mostly concluded. "We have bad guys to catch."
"Of course Wonder Girl." Wally leaned forward, bracing himself against the table top. "I'd hate for the bad guys to get away because Speedy doesn't understand the structure of a taco."
"You know damn well-" Roy was very clearly prepared to jump the table before Dick stepped in again.
"No, we're done. You two can pick up this argument afterwards."
"Which I will win." Roy announced proudly.
"You will not." Wally shot back. "I'm never conceding."
"Nightwing, what's the plan?" Donna asked before they got going again.
"Well since you asked so nicely." Dick pulled the blueprints for the building they'd be breaking into. "Robin, Speedy, and I will sneak in on the east side to find the plan's for Dr. Light's Solar laser. Kid Flash, I'll need you on standby. When we find the plans we'll be able to figure out how to disarm it and the instructions will be relayed to you. Wonder Girl, I'm going to need you to take as much fire as you can handle. The less people that know we're inside, the better. I'd send Speedy with you but the building is too big for Robin and I to reasonably search on our own."
"Sounds good." Donna turned to leave. "Let's not waste anymore time."
"Perfect." Wally ran out the door before stopping to look back at Roy. "The sooner I get back, the sooner I can destroy you and your stupid argument."
"I'm gonna kill him." Roy mumbled.
"Once the mission is over, come up with a more solid argument for why ketchup is a smoothie." Dick told him. Shit eating grin taking up most of his face.
"I'm gonna kill you too."
"Nah, you'd get too lonely."
"No I wouldn't."
Dick held back slightly to walk in step with Jason. "You ready?"
Jason glanced up at him. "Yeah. I need to help Kid Flash prove to Speedy that a hot dog is a taco. He's right."
Dick laughed. "Oh yeah, you'll fit right in."
So is a hotdog a taco? Is ketchup a smoothie? Already at 20 stories, 10 more to go.
