The babysitter

Eight

"Good." Even though he had apologized, I still held on to Damian.

"Jackson, let me go." He growled again.

"No. I want a snuggle buddy." I started to watch the lion show as he started struggling again.

"No, have Drake or Grayson be your 'snuggle buddy.'" Damian thrashed about trying to get out my grip. I only laughed and held on.

After a few minutes he settled down so I laid sideways fixing my grip so I held his back to me. I wrapped my arms around his waist and strapped his arms to his sides again. He started to struggle a bit but realized it was pointless. I smiled and snuggled closer to him. In the little time I had known him, it was very obvious that he was touched deprived. The way he always leaned towards someone but never close enough to touch them. Almost trying to touch their presence, making sure he wasn't alone in the world. He wanted touch but he didn't know how to show it. So, I try to touch comfort him as much as possible because I know he likes it as much as he says he doesn't.

A couple minutes after the lion documentary, the boys put on some crime movie. It was a mix of action and a mix of crime and thriller. A bit of both for Tim and Damian. About a quarter of the way in, my eyes were slowing drooping and I fell asleep against my better judgment. Normally, I have nightmares and wake up in the middle of the night screaming and crying, trying to get the image out of my head. But the couch was a hell of a lot more comfortable then the mattress I have on the floor and the warmth from the ten year I forced to snuggle with me added to the comfort.

I shouldn't have fallen asleep because Bruce doesn't pay me to sleep, he pays me to watch the kids. But when I woke up, Dick and the guy from the street were talking about how cute Damian was when he wasn't trying to kill someone. I slowly detangled myself from Damian and sat up. The boys immediately stopped talking and watched me. I was too tired to process that I have never met the guy, "What time is it?"

Dick looked at the watch on his phone, "Eleven thirty."

"Shit. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep, I pro-"

Dick put his hands on my shoulders and smiled, "It's fine. Tim is actually sleeping and Damian could have left but he didn't. He is sleeping and everyone is fine. And you are always welcome to stay, even on accident."

"Okay, but please tell Bruce I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." I pleaded.

"Trust me, doll, you helped out more then you did harm." The man from the street replied.

"Okay," I slowly stood up and rubbed my hands on my pants, "I'll take them to bed and I'll get out of here."

The two men looked at each other and then to me. Dick furrowed his brows, "Are you sure you don't want to stay here? It's basically midnight and Gotham is really bad this time."

I rolled my eyes and picked up Damian, "You sound like Nightwing."

Both men seemed to suck in a breathe. The man from the street sat on the couch and leaned back, "How did you meet Nightwing?"

"I was getting mugged." I shrugged as best I could and went to Damian's room. After putting Damian in his bed, I did the same with Tim. When I was getting my coat and keys I went to the to two men in the game room. "Alright, I'm heading out."

"Can I at least know your name, for future references?"

"Wait," Dick stopped us, "You don't know each other? Why didn't you ask for his name?"

"It's wasn't any of my business who you have over. If you want me to be involved, you'll tell me," I shrugged, but then offered a hand to the man, "I'm Percy."

"Jason." He gave this troublemaker smirk that belongs in the Hermes cabin. He turned to Dick. "I like her already."

"Why? You met each other for two second before tonight." Dick laughed.

"She doesn't get in other people's business." Jason smirked again. "Like other people I know." Dick just sent him a glare.

I gave a strained smile at the tension between them. "Alright, I'm heading out, see you tomorrow, or not." After that I headed out the door into the cold Gotham night.

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5/23/21

I spent five hours in the sun and I'm sunburnt so bad. It hurts. But would y'all want a Jason x Percy or a Dick x Percy?

Hopefully after Wednesday I'll update more often that's the day of my math final and the only one have I have to take.

Non important stuff that I want to share: I got a moon lamp. It's really cool and changed colors.

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