Suds and Buds (Yeah, Sure) by SBambs
Category: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics)
Genre: Angst and a lil Fluff, F/M, Fluff and Smut, Friends With Benefits, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Jason Todd POV (Third Person), Jason Todd is Red Hood, Mild Smut, POV Third Person, Smut, and sex, don't we all, it's kind of a shitstorm of miscommunication, slight dysfunctionality, we're trying here
Characters: Alfred Pennyworth, Batfamily Members, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Roy Harper, Selina Kyle, Stephanie Brown
Language: English
Status: Completed
Published: 2020-03-18
Updated: 2020-12-23
Packaged: 2022-04-01 13:38:57
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Chapters: 9
Words: 94,134
Publisher: archiveofourown.org
Story URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23110171
Author URL: https://archiveofourown.org/users/SBambs/pseuds/SBambs
Summary: In hindsight, Selina Kyle probably wasn't the best person to listen to for advice. In her own defense, she had listened to the cat's recommendations just to see if Jason had feelings for her like she had feelings for him. Honest. She never meant to fuck up anything between them, and she never intended to become fuck buddies with him. All she wanted was a cute relationship or else an easy rejection so she could get on with her life. Not to be friends-with-benefits with the guy. Though, she guessed she couldn't really complain; it was better than nothing.
Jason was losing his mind, because fuck, out of the blue the girl he'd been in love with for the past year suddenly started showing interest. It had started with a moonlit bath under platonic pretenses (even he admitted that that sounded ridiculous now), and everything had gone up in flames after that. He shouldn't be jealous because she wasn't really his. . . and yet the mere idea of her with anyone else was driving him crazy. Why were they even fucking again? He had no goddamn clue. But it was happening, and he didn't really want it to stop.
Relationships: Jason Todd & Original Female Character(s), Jason Todd & Reader, Jason Todd/Original Female Character(s), Jason Todd/Reader
Comments: 129
Kudos: 789
1. Temptation in the Tub
Author's Note: And we begin with the first miscommunication of many. This should be fun.
She was supposed to be relaxing after a shitty mission, was supposed to be enjoying a book she'd had her eyes on for ages, was supposed to be thinking about important things and definitely not the romantic advice given to her by an attractive, feline-themed kleptomaniac. Of course, she wasn't actually able to do any (much less all) of those things. The smell of lavender hardly calmed her nerves.
Selina had said to 'be assertive' to get what she wanted. Which was good advice, sure, especially from the woman who had managed to conquer the big bad bat. The problem was that she, herself, was about as 'assertive' as a tortilla chip.
She sank further into the tub, mulling over the words for maybe the two hundredth time that hour.
Be assertive? With Jason fucking Todd? In what universe could she do that without immediately turning into a tomato and profusely apologizing for being stupid? Would he even respond to that sort of thing?
