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Being Old Together…

Honestly Raven never thought she'd make it past the age of fourteen. After defeating her father though she found herself living life.

At sixteen she'd dated Garfield Logan, however they had quickly flamed out before they were at the six month marker and continued being friends.

At eighteen she was named second in command of the Titans by Dick, it was just a promotion to a glorified baby sitter with all the new recruits they were getting.

At twenty she moved to New York City, she wanted to study literature and world history and discover what it was like to be normal.

At twenty-one she'd gone off for her official drinking party with her Titan friends, and that was when she had an encounter with her brothers.

By the time she was twenty-three she had defeated her father, and now stood the victory and a Queen, she was bloody, she was tired, and she wanted to die, but her friends dragged her back home and she found out she was getting older.

She was twenty-five the first time she and he ever crossed paths, officially. They were both at the lockers, Jason was coming out of the showers and she was going in (it was a communal lockers at the Tower, and since she was the only one there at the time, or so she thought, she hadn't been expecting anyone there). After she and Jason had scared the living hells out of one another, destroying the locker room and both of them sitting there in towel they had laughed. And once they had the bathroom back in order, they ended up eating in the kitchen and chatting before Jason declared he was off and left.

They were twenty-seven when they ended up being official friends, she'd moved to New York City full time as Rachel Roth, and he was living in Gotham. They'd crossed paths on a case he was working which had brought him to New York and they hit it off; again. They ended up being friends, which was a strange thing since neither of them were really looking for a friend.

At twenty-eight she'd indulged her pregnant friend's request to set her up on a blind date, mostly because Raven couldn't handle any more of Kori's temper or tears or wild powers. She got a call from Jason asking her to spring him from a date, and she agreed only if he did the same for her. It was agreed, they did not expect to end up on a date with one another and both ended up sitting in that restaurant laughing like loons. Dinner was great, but one too many glasses of wine for her and she woke up under Jason in her place, on her bed, without a stich of clothing. What should have been awkward was treated as normal for some reason and that was their start.

At twenty-nine she was introduced to Alfred, Bruce, Dick, Kori, Cassandra, Timothy, Stephanie, Duke, and Damian as Jason's girlfriend. Kori and Dick had taken full credit for them getting together, Raven just chalked it up to a bottle of wine and a good dinner. Jason instantly shattered Dick and Kori's claim of setting them up though when he said they'd been friends for years, just hadn't ever thought to date. Dick was bummed, Kori was confused, the rest of the family just asked how they were friends.

At thirty Jason proposed to her, over an open com with the Bats, when he was dying. It was after the Joker and Jason had gone their final toe to toe and neither had held back or refrained, and Joker was dead, Jason was merely a step above death. Raven had said no, she wasn't marrying a dying man, he asked if he lived if she would, she said she'd think about it he'd laughed and that was when Dick and Bruce had finally gotten him. He was put in medically induced coma for three weeks, she never left her post. A week after he woke up and she was sure he wasn't going to drop dead on her, she said yes but if he tried another suicidal stunt like that she'd make his life hell. He agreed to her terms and kissed her.

By thirty-one she was a married woman and moved to Gotham. When she actually looked at her age and thought about that stupid prophecy she was amazed she was still here. Jason pointed out he'd actually been dead and was not supposed to be here as it was. They both decided to make the most of their stolen time.

A family was never really in their cards, Jason said if they really wanted kids they'd adopt, he'd been adopted after all and felt there was no shame in adopting. Of course this was all shot to hell about four months after she'd turned thirty-one and had been babysitting Mar'i, Terry, and Helena. She had her head in a toilet and three worried kids under the age of five staring at her with large eyes. Raven called Jason for help. A month of nonstop puking had her going to the doctor and getting checked out.

Fourteen Weeks Pregnant.

Jason looked as if he'd been struck by lightning, and she felt like she had been swallowed up by shadows. It hit them both hard the following day, and she asked Jason if he wanted a son or daughter. He said healthy.

Alfred, Bruce, Victor, Constantine, Dr. Fate, Zatanna and Leslie had all fought about her pregnancy and how to proceed from there. Cassandra Sandsmark had actually ordered Raven to abort the child, but Raven wanted the life she had created, and that fight had leveled several warehouses, Raven might have killed Cassandra had Zatanna, Constantine and Jason not come after her and calmed her down. After that Dr. Fate and Constantine had sat down with her and discussed what could happen and safely the three of them created a game plan for keeping her rampant powers in check and for her labor and delivery. Jason had worked with Leslie to learn about birthing a baby once it was agreed that Raven would go to Azarath to have her child. Dr. Fate and Constantine gave her ruins to dampen her powers and hide her.

Which lead Raven to having her labor induced before walking to another dimension with Jason a step behind her before Constantine and Dr. Fate sealed them there.

Before she was thirty-two, after screaming, fighting and losing all control of her emotions for a day and a half, she finally held in her arms a baby boy who had had a tuff of black hair, his daddy's blue eyes with a trace of green in them and pale, pink skin. They named their son Dale Patrick Todd-Wayne (because, different long story, Jason was legally adopted, resurrected, and claimed as Jason Peter Todd-Wayne).

They returned to earth after her thirty-second birthday, Dale in arms, and exhausted, but no apocalypse or crisis happened.

Constantine examined Dale closely and declared her to be a healthy, bouncing, handsome boy who didn't have any trace of Trigon in him, but did possess great demonic powers, and magic potential. Bruce and Alfred ganged up on her and Jason, since they were exhausted and gotten them to agree to move back to the Manor where Dick was living with Kori and Mar'i also, and Bruce had his daughter with Selina, and his clone/son, Terry there too.

Dale was an easy baby, Alfred said this was because of her but Raven tended to disagree since she had NOT been an easy baby and her powers had run rampant driving all of Azarath insane. Oh, and it turned out, when Dale was angry, Dale had her eyes, ALL of her eyes, Raven and Jason had laughed when Bruce and Alfred came up to her room with a screaming, four red eyed Dale in a panic. Apparently, it wasn't mentioned in Raven's file she had four eyes.

She was thirty-three when she got the call from Dick, Kori was dead. Raven had lost it when she released all her emotions in a sob which had every window in Wayne Manor and every glass thing shattering. Kori's killer was dead, Dick was coming home for the funeral, and he asked her not to tell Mar'i, he'd tell his daughter. Raven had had to leave for Azarath, she felt bad about destroying all the glass at the house and dumping the kids on Jason, but she couldn't take her emotions and they needed to be let go. She stayed away for a week, she came home for the funeral, somber face, and didn't shed a tear. Jason just held her and Dale close, and Raven announced she was retired from hero work, he could keep being the Red Hood, but she would not orphan their son. He hadn't argued with her, just agreed and held her. Dick was devastated but he would survive for his daughter. Alfred had all the glass in the Mansion replaced, she apologized until the day he died.

By thirty-four Raven found herself pregnant with her second child, and Jason was a patient father; which seemed to surprise everyone but her.

They did the same thing they had done with Dale, though Dale had protested at them leaving for Azarath's ruins without him. Raven's second labor was much harder, and far more painful than her time with Dale. Jason got a brunt of the backlash, but he took it even as he brought their second child into the world.

They had a daughter, they named her Gale, don't ask where the name came from she just liked it and Jason was fine with it. Gale Kori Todd-Wayne had her father's white streak of hair in her raven locks, her father's blue eyes with that trace of green, and her mother's looks. When Constantine looked over her daughter he said the same thing he did about Dale, though he said he detected the Lazarus Pit in Gale but wasn't concerned unless it emerged as a part of her nature.

Raven and Jason agreed they were done with kids, two daughters were enough for them.

Raven was thirty-five when Tim got married, to Stephanie. Damian asked how much it had cost to bribe Stephanie into marrying him, Raven cuffed Damian before anyone could say anything. Dick was there with Barbara, and Barbara had Mar'i perched on her lap. After the wedding, Raven was the one to catch Stephanie with her head in a toilet vomiting, Raven held her new sister-in-law's hair back and patiently waited. Stephanie instantly said she'd found out that morning she was pregnant, Raven hugged her and wished her luck. Everyone waved the new couple off and Jason pulled her close as he kissed her temple. It was a good life.

She was forty when she and Jason got into what could be considered their first real fight. Her father was coming for their children, and she'd offered an exchange, leave her children be in exchange for her. The fight between her and Jason, alone was epic, and in the end, she found herself standing before her father with Jason there. Jason had come despite her protests and by the end of this battle she was glad he was there because he dragged her out of a dimension she should have been sealed in to destroy her father. Jason wasn't leaving her behind though.

After that they both drifted into normalcy, Jason kept up life as the Red Hood, the only reason she didn't stop him was because he loved it, and the Pit required an outlet for it's influence on him. Besides, Jason was good at what he did and he though he'd be bloodied, bruised, and ripped up he'd come home and hold them close.

Raven was truly surprised at her at age when the time came for Dale to graduate high school. Nearly fifty, she had never expected that, Bruce was watching his grandson graduate and after having attended this ceremony three, four and five years earlier for his youngest kids. Jason had had a real laugh when Bruce was asked if he was here attending another one of his children's graduations and he'd said coldly that he was here for his grandchildren. The press had eaten it up. Two years later they were back again for Gale's graduation.

Neither of their children seemed overly interested in the hero business, but they worked with their father from time to time, acquiring bother her skillset of powers and their father's skills. The Demon and Nightingale were two feared heroes when they rose in the spotlight, most of the time though her children wanted to be quiet in their works. Dale when to George Town, studying philosophy and theology and history. Gale went to MIT, studying aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering and theoretical math.

The years seemed to blur and Raven and Jason both retired from the field work of hero life completely. Jason said something about being too old for this shit and immediately his kids said he sounded like Lethal Weapon which lead to a movie marathon. Funerals came, grief hit, life continued, and celebrations were held for weddings. Gale married Kaldur's son, and though it was not an ideal union in the eyes of Atlantis no one could argue with their King's joy for it.

And now, Raven marveled at her age as she stood there staring at her daughter holding her first child, and Raven stared at her first grandchild. Jason's arms slid around her as they stared at a baby girl with large blue eyes, black hair, dark skin and tucked in the safety of Gale's arms. Gale was smiling in pride as she looked at her husband.

"Didn't ever think we'd get here," Jason whispered as he kissed her temple.

"No," Raven whispered her agreement.

"Perhaps this being old isn't so bad," Jason murmured against her gray hair.

"Perhaps not," Raven agreed. "But we'll continue getting old together."

"Sure," he mused.

"I love you Jason," she murmured.

"Love you little bird, and we're totally spoiling our granddaughter," he whispered conspiratorially. Raven smiled.

"Of course," she agreed.

"Good, now you distract them I'll steal her," he chuckled.

"Not yet, give it a month when they're exhausted."

"Spoil sport."

"Someone's got to keep your suicidal tendancies in check," she shrugged. "We're going to get old together."

"And I'll sweet talk you into races in wheel chairs," he decided.

"Nice try."

"Oh no, we're doing it sunshine," he promised.

"Will you please not call me that," she sighed.

"You love it, and I've called you sunshine since I first saw you," he murmured and kissed her then. "Because I knew you'd brighten up my world."

"Careful Jason, they'll think you're a sap," she teased flatly.

"Bullshit, now I'm stealing our grandkid," he kissed her again and walked over to their daughter and son-in-law and was handed their grandchild.

Being old with Jason was like never growing up.

It felt good.

That's all for now folks.

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