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Pet Names…

She didn't do pet names, or nicknames, she never understood the appeal or the need to be called something else. And though she let her teammates and friends get away with calling her Rae, she did not tolerate anything else really. The one time Adonis had called her babe, she'd put him in the hospital; in the intensive care unit to be precise.

Pet names, cat calls, and nicknames were something which peeved her greatly.

Then there was Jason Todd, and he seemed to never call her by her name. It used to drive her nuts! But now, well, Jason had explained every nickname and pet name he'd ever given her and it was hard to be offended by them now. She still wanted to blast him into another dimension, but she learned to live with the pet names.

He first called her Sunshine when he'd been Red X, apparently, he hadn't said it as an insult to her 'gloomy' demeanor or appearance. He'd called her Sunshine because she had given him hope, and light; apparently. Raven didn't know if this were true, but she had felt sincerity in his explanation of the pet name, so she let him get away with calling her Sunshine.

When the Red Hood had come about he'd started calling her Little Bird, which was baffling and slightly insulting to her. At least it was until he pointed out she was the smallest one on the team and she was named after a bird. She let him get away with that one, especially after he saw her tat, in exchange he was sworn to secrecy on the tat. She did not need the team knowing about her tattoo.

Their first encounter as Jason Todd and Rachel Roth was at a Wayne Enterprises charity ball, he'd called her Princess. Raven had been furious with him, especially after the Princess of Hell joke she'd heard earlier that day from Adonis. If she hadn't been Rachel Roth at the time, she'd have annihilated him. Then he said she held and conducted herself like royalty, she was a princess. She ended up letting him get away with that one too.

The first time he ever called her Gorgeous she was trying to ditch Adonis who had cornered her on the street (whatever chemicals had brought out Garfield's inner beast, and made Adonis that monster still affected Adonis greatly and she was usually his target). Jason had jogged up, and said 'Hey Gorgeous, been waiting, ready for the date?' and he had kissed her. Raven hated to admit it but she rather liked being called Gorgeous and getting that kiss as Jason herded her off before she could kill Adonis.

He called her Angel the first time ever after he'd taken six bullets and was in the I.C.U. at Gotham General, she wanted to strangle him. They were semi-dating, testing the waters after he had saved her from Adonis, and he went and got himself shot six times saving Dick. If she wasn't so mad at him for getting shot and making her worry, she'd have been proud that he had saved his brother who he still denied being his brother. After he got out of the hospital he only called her Angel when he did something which landed him in the hospital, and on her shit list.

He called her Love when he had introduced her to Alfred; who was the only Wayne family member who's opinion truly mattered to Jason. She'd been so shocked at him calling her Love she'd been muted as she smiled politely at Alfred and shook the butler's hand. That afternoon she let him get away with the pet name because she liked it, later she asked about it and he said it was something he'd picked up from Alfred, she sensed there was something he wasn't telling her about the pet name but let it slide because she liked it.

The first time he called her Dear was when she cooked in his apartment; he had left her to fend for herself for a week and she was tired of microwave dinners. Needless to say, he only called her Dear when he was crossed with her; or she destroyed his kitchen or garage, his two sacred domains wherever he was living. If she heard him call her Dear she took the warning for a fight, so she let the pet name slide again.

Honey was the best warning system she could ever possess, and she only let him call her Honey as a warning to her. The first time he'd ever said it they'd been at a bank in Gotham, she'd had her nose buried in a book, and waiting in line to deposit her pay check. He'd said Honey and she'd looked up in time to see Assassins coming through the ceiling windows, he grabbed her as she threw up a shield around the civilians and dove under the table. Honey became a warning system really fast between them.

He first whispered Beautiful in her ear her first time. Jason had whispered the name against her skin as she let him have her innocence, and he called her Beautiful frequently whenever they were together. She also liked that pet name for no one had ever called her Beautiful before, and he whispered it like a prayer.

He called her Demon, and Witch when she went about seducing him. Horrible insults said as if they were the highest of praises, she loved that. She loved that, for only he could make what she really was sound like a wonderful blessing and she grateful to him for it. No, she was not fond of the pet names, but she was fond of when and how he used them, they made her feel cared for and special.

He only ever called her Ma'am when they were on missions together and the coms were open, Raven didn't like it for it was far too serious for Jason Todd, the devil-may-care, reckless, devious, dangerous Robin. He only called her Ma'am though so the team or whoever was around did not think less of her, and she understood it. He made it a challenge to the Titans and the League, as if daring them to think less of her, so she accepted being called Ma'am when they worked together. She was the only one he called Ma'am too, not even the Oracle got the name from him.

The first time he called her Dame was when they had run into one another at a bar. If she hadn't happened to know Jason was just being Jason she'd have slugged him for that one, especially the low whistle he gave her. However, when he swept her up into a dance in a dive bar to a cheap jukebox playing something old and slow, she let him get away with it. Especially when an old guy at the bar said Jason was a fine young gentleman.

The first time he ever called her Lady it was when he was half asleep and they had run into one another at the grocery store. She ended up breaking a wine bottle on him and his white shirt, he was annoyed, and she was in a fit of giggles at his expression. He now only called her Lady when she screwed up the laundry or managed to spill something on him; so he rarely called her Lady.

He called her Rae the one day Bruce, Dick and Damian caught her and Jason at a café on a date. Jason and she'd been together quietly at this point for a few years, and though she often worked with the Bat family, and she was good friends with Dick and Damian, her personal life had stayed personal. Of course Victor knew about her and Jason, Jason had gone to Victor to get official approval to date her, so he knew her family. However, despite her friendship with his brothers, her work relationship with the Bats, and having introduced her to Alfred as his girlfriend, he hadn't bothered to introduce her to his father or family as his girlfriend. Needless to say, Bruce had been shocked and she'd been embarrassed as Dick and Damian interrogated Jason about their relationship; Tim's interrogation came that night after Bruce had all but ordered Jason and her to the Manor for family dinner. Raven knew things were awkward for him when he called her Rae, so she let this pet name be as well.

The day called her Baby was a day she'd been attacked by her brothers and was half dead, he'd been crying over her, after just about killing everything in his wake. She remembered how he held her and called her Baby, how he had cried and pleaded with her not to die, she hadn't possessed the energy to tell him she didn't die in the traditional sense before the world turned black and vanished on her. She woke six weeks later, in Gotham to find Jason asleep at her side, and Victor in the corner, the Titans and Bat family visited her sporadically, though she suspected the Bat clan only came to make sure Jason was alright. He called her Baby the entire time in the hospital, she let it go because the pain meds made her loopy.

The first time he called her His Girl, was when he was yelling at Sebastian Blood as she was about to be wed against her will; stupid trance she'd been in she hadn't been able to fight Blood. No one had been able to stop him, and everyone in the League and Titans now knew then she was Jason's girlfriend. His attacks were relentless as he systematically ripped apart the Church of Blood to recover her. Raven had never been more relieved to see him than when he came into the church guns ablaze and his Red Hood on. After the spell on her was finally broken, and she could breathe and move on her own she had clung to Jason as she fought her turbulent emotions back into place to keep from destroying the Batcave. The entire time he kept whispering how she was His Girl, and she wasn't leaving him. Never had she been happy to hear him calling her something other than her name than then, she hated thinking of how close she'd come to losing him because of her stupidity and a binding spell robbing her of herself. She'd never been happier to be his.

Yes, Jason loved calling her pet names, and nicknames, and Raven let him get away with it because when he called her by her name it was all the more precious.

She managed to collect a few pet names for him as well.

She called him Red when they were on missions, it was easier for her since he was both Red X from her youth, and Red Hood now. He rather liked it and she could call him Red in public without sounding odd. She also called him Jay, he seemed to like that one, and she found it a fun change. His family called him Jaybird, the one time she did he'd been so startled he'd walked into a lamp post, he let her call him that from then on and she just smiled. She was also the only one to call him Handsome, she'd picked that one after he started teasing her and then it just came naturally, he also really liked that one. Mostly though she called him Jason.

Raven liked Jason's name, she liked how it fit him and how it sounded. He told her once he loved it when she said his name, his real name was sacred to him after all the aliases and names he went through. Raven made it a point to call him Jason often and to savor his name. Just as he would say her name like it were the most valued thing in the world.

All the pet names were codes, were extra; and from anyone not her family, they were loathed.

Jason only got away with it because when he said her name it was special and it reminded her how real this thing between her and Jason was.

That's all for now folks!

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