The two brothers that knew had planned on talking with the youngest but by the time they made their move to approach them he had disappeared
Thunder rumbled and rolled outside as rain pounded on the roof. Jason was in his kitchen in his small apartment in the narrows making himself instant ramen. He had already decided he wasn't going out on patrol tonight since it was pouring rain. As he was taking his plastic bowl of ramen to his couch there was a knock at the door. He frowned. Not many people knew about this specific apartment of his, and most of those that did never bothered to knock or even use the door. He set his ramen on his glass coffee table before getting up and answering the door.
To his surprise the Demon brat was standing there, soaking wet with a waterproof backpack, "What do you want Demon Brat?" He questioned coldly. Damian wasn't one to just show up in civilian clothes. Typically the kid went to Dick.
"I need a place to stay for a night or two. Away from everyone else. Please don't kick me out back in the rain. I didn't know where else to go," Damian said, "And I brought a peace offering of Pennyworth's cookies," He added quickly.
The kid sounded desperate for a place to stay. And he did bring some of Alfred's cookies. Jason ushered him inside and had him stand on the tile in the kitchen, "Do you have any spare changes of clothes?"
Damian shook his head. In his rush to get out of the manor he had forgotten to pack any clothes other than his spare uniform.
Jason sighed, "Stay, I'll be right back," He walked to his room and found the smallest shirt and sweat pants he had. He returned to Damian and couldn't help pity the shivering kid. He had the kid the clothes, "Go take a shower," He didn't exactly want the kid getting a cold.
Damian shuffled off to Jason's bathroom where he took a shower.
Jason went back to his bowl of ramen while Damian showered. He tried to figure out why Damian had come to him of all people. Yeah the kid said he needed to get away from people but the two of them practically hated each other. Jason got up when he heard the shower get turned off. He walked into his kitchen and heated up a mug of water before throwing another bowl of instant ramen in the microwave. He added honey and lemon juice to the mug of water. When the ramen was done he grabbed a fork and took the ramen and honey lemon water into the living room. He found Damian sitting on the armchair, holding his backpack close. Those clothes looked big on the small kid, making Jason realize how small Damian actually was.
He set the ramen and water in front of Damian on the coffee table, "You're going to eat and drink all of that, okay?" He said. Jeez, here he was mothering Damian. If he wasn't careful he'd turn into Dick.
Damian nodded and moved to pick up the mug only to get hit in the face with a blanket.
"And wrap that around yourself," Jason said, walking towards the bathroom. Yep, he was turning into Dick.
Jason took a shower and got ready for bed. He planned on calling it an early night. After his shower he checked on Damian. The mug and bowl were gone. Jason presumed Damian had cleaned up after he had eaten. The kid was currently curled up on the couch asleep, with his bag on the coffee table. Jason nodded slightly in approval before heading off to bed himself.
*poof of minor time skip*
Jason bolted up right, nearly falling off his bed when he heard a shout that sounded like Damian. He stumbled to his feet then hurried to the living room, turning the light on. He let out a sigh of half relief. Damian was whimpering slightly and tossing and turning. The kid was just having a nightmare. Jason was about to turn off the light and head back to bed when he heard Damian start to cough. He rushed over to the kid's side.
Jason shook Damian a bit, "Hey, kid, wake up, it's just a nightmare, you don't need to go choking and dying because of it," He was actually worried. If Damian died then everyone would blame him.
Damian opened his eyes slightly and tried to reach for his bag as he coughed more. Between the panic from his nightmare and Jason's less than quality apartment air his asthma had been triggered. He couldn't breathe. He stopped coughing as there was no air left to allow him to be coughing and tried gasping for air.
This was when Jason realized something serious was actually going on. He noticed Damian try and reach for his bag and grabbed the bag. The older brother tried not to panic as he dug through his bag. That's when he found Damian's inhalers. And yes, he knew the difference between a relief inhaler and a preventer inhaler. He had spent enough time with Tim, especially since Tim came to him often when the slightly younger brother needed some time to relax or recover.
Jason put one hand under Damian's head and lifted the boys head slightly. Tim had taught him what to do when someone with asthma had an attack and couldn't use their relief inhaler themselves. He was glad he didn't have to guess the dose though because when he gave Damian a dose of the relief medicine from the inhaler, it was obviously controlled.
Jason relaxed when Damian gasped and started taking deep breaths. He waited for the kid to get to the point where he was breathing normally.
Damian didn't say anything to Jason. He didn't know what to say.
Then Jason ruffled Damian's hair, "Next time warn me if you have a medical condition that might result in death," He said with a bit of a playful grin.
Damian relaxed, "Thank you," He said quietly.
"Thank Tim next time you see him. He was the one that taught me what to do," Jason said picking up Damian.
Damian was surprised, "What are you doing?"
"You get to sleep with me kiddo. I don't need you having another nightmare or attack tonight somewhere where it takes me a minute to get to you," Jason said, walking to his room, albeit it was very messy he maneuvered to the bed easily.
Jason set Damian on his bed and the boy turned his back away from him. Jason sighed as he got into bed, He lay on his back looking up at the white yet shadowed ceiling. After a few minutes he felt Damian snuggle up to his side and couldn't help but smile
The Acrobat was the first to find out. The Detective was the second to find out. The Marksman was the third to find out and took The Assassin under his protective wing. At least until he didn't have to keep the Mini Bat around anymore. Little Wing made sure Big Bird and Little Bird knew the Mini Bat was safe. Now all they had to do was tell the big bad Batman, something all three brothers had come to the conclusion would be hard since it was obvious the youngest didn't want to tell his father. So for now, the acrobat, the detective, and the marksman kept the secret to themselves. Except they didn't know a certain butler knew about everything
And that conclude the very fluffy chapter where Jason finds out about Damian's asthma. In the next chapter I will stop being so vague. I promise. Anyways. Thank you for all the reviews! I read every one of them and I think all of you that have reviewed so far are wonderful sweethearts. As always, please review for this chapter. Until next time.
