Elli and Jason were sitting in the infirmary in Jason's hide out. Jason was looking for the medical kit. While Elli texted Sophie she was okay and would be home in a couple of hours. In a deadly silence that could kill Superman. When Jason finally breaks the silence "well I'm out of pain killers so I'll just have to stitch you up without it" He turned around to see Elli shrug." So you texted that girl yet"
"Her name is Sophie and yeah" Jason touched her thigh were he cut her, he hadn't noticed he cut her really high up. Elli flinched, not because the wound hurt but because the touch was to close for comfort. Jason noticed and mumble sorry under his breath and started stitching her wound up. Again it fell silent.
"Cool" said Jason. "So any questions?" The level of awkward was off the charts.
"Yeah what's your name?"
"Oh I guess I left that out, Jason Todd" He looked up to see Elli's reaction he wondered if she would remember he was the ward of Bruce Wayne, once upon another life.
"Wow. That name sounds really familiar Jason Todd, Jason Todd" She started to pronounce the words slowly like she had never heard of such a name, but in truth she really liked the name. Jason shuddered inside, something about her saying his name just gave him a weird tingling feeling inside, that made him want to kiss her "where have I heard that before. Hmm. OH was Bruce Wayne your dad? Great that means I owe Sophie like fifty dollars now" She continued.
"Yeah. Wait what?" Jason responded confused.
"Well, Sophie had this theory that Wayne was Batman and all the kids he adopted were the Robins because every time they left new Robins would appear"
"Wow, she figured it out" he was completely dumb founded "All those extra precautions so people wouldn't notice. Great I dyed my hair for nothing" The silence that followed was comfortable but was soon broken by Elli who wanted to know more about Jason "So what color was it, Jason?"
"What my hair?" He responded.
"No, your shirt, of course your hair" she rolled her eyes.
"Wow, you know what because of all the sarcasm I'm not telling you" he stuck out his tongue and actually found himself chuckling.
"Come on please! Now I'm curious, what color?" and just like that Jason's resolve was gone something about the look in Elli's eyes just compelled him to say it.
"Fine I was a ginger!" Elli couldn't help but laugh. Then she noticed that Jason was all of a sudden in really sulky mood.
"Oh cheer up, Jason, I was laughing on how you said it not because you're a ginger, should have seen your face!"
"Well I'm done stitching the wound up. Sorry again"
"No problem" Elli smiled Jason because he clearly was still beating up himself about hurting her.
"Okay, so let me show you around the base" he opened the big door that led to the rest of the base.