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[reneger]

( jason's careful when he moves to sit, bending cautiously as to not strain anything. not fuck up anything, because he keeps doing it anyway. )

Nah, Lo's fine.

( weird but in a way jason appreciates. )

Makes good pancakes, too.

[fledges]

Lo, huh?

[She sits, then pops open one of the beers and hands it over.]

You two are using nicknames now?

[reneger]

Two syllables is clearly too many.

( a soft "thanks" as he takes the beer in hand, takes a good few swigs from the bottle. )

[fledges]

Uh huh. Definitely. What is he calling you?

[reneger]

My name, obviously.

( one he hasn't shared with kate yet. there's probably no big reason to hide it from her, when he's already spilled with markus and loki. but. )

Nothing special 'bout it.

[fledges]

You mean your real name isn't "Matches"?

[She gasps, hand going to her collarbone in faux shock.]

You lied?

[reneger]

Never said that. I said he calls me by my name.

( not that it wasn't matches, gosh kate!! )

Don't put words in my mouth.

[fledges]

[She snorts, then takes a swig of her beer. Matches. Who names their kid Matches?]

Okay, okay. At least it's not "Journey" or "Paisley" or something.

[reneger]

Malone works fine, too. Not like there's anyone else on the network with it.

( look his parents were huge fucking disasters do not go into them with him. )

[fledges]

[Kate leans over to clink her bottle against his.]

Well, here's to stuffing our faces with ice cream, Malone.

[reneger]

( glass against glass and he laughs a little, raises the bottle back up to his lips before reaching to open up the ice cream. )

Here's to weird assed future ice cream.

[fledges]

[She grins at him.]

Tradition states that we have to tell each other all of our secrets and crushes and gossip about the cheerleaders.

[reneger]

Secrets, crushes, and gossip? You sure don't hold back, Kate.

( what is this ice cream even made out of, does jason even care? nah. he's eating it anyway. )

I'll give you two more questions.

[fledges]

[Kate laughs at that, scooping up a spoonful of ice cream for herself. She's not really interested in digging for Deep Dark Secrets right now—she's just messing with him.]

Okay, first question. Most embarrassing thing you've ever done?

[reneger]

Guess it depends on your definition of embarrassing.

( but okay. he'll give as good of an answer as he can, why not. )

I walked around in someone else's hero get up for a while, just to be a dick.

[fledges]

[She snorts at that.]

What do you mean, to be a dick?

[reneger]

( get it, his name is dick. haha, inside jokes. )

I was always jealous of him. Liked to screw him over. Soon as he disappeared for a bit? There I was.

[fledges]

Jealous of him why? He couldn't possibly be as cute as you.

[reneger]

That's where you're wrong.

( eyes looking over to kate even if he doesn't tilt his head in towards her, a brow raising. )

He's a born performer. Bred for it, even. Moves like a fucking ballerina on steroids, not to mention he's gorgeous. I never stood a chance against him. Everyone loves him--and when I say everyone? I mean everyone. Villains, heroes, everything in between. He's like an Adonis in tights.

[fledges]

Oh.

[She was mostly kidding, but...]

What do you mean, you never stood a chance?

[reneger]

Inherited his suit when he moved on. The first one.

( how can he make this as vague as possible while still making sense. )

All I ever heard was "well you're not THAT guy, so."

[fledges]

I get that a lot, too. Maybe not in the exact same way, but...

[She shrugs, then leans over to bump her shoulder into his.]

Inheriting names can be rough sometimes.

[reneger]

I had a crush on this girl, growing up. Absolutely amazing chick. Smart, independent, didn't let anyone tell her what to do. And I finally got to meet her--I was so excited.

( but his voice is fond, even if the words aren't. great. )

The first thing she said to me? "You'll never be him." A lot've shit's happened since, I don't hold it against her. She's right, I'll never be him. We see the world in entirely different lights, he's all sunshine and rainbows, doesn't see the shades of grey like I do.

[fledges]

[It doesn't really seem to bother him, but the more he talks, the more intense her frown gets.]

That's awful. It doesn't matter if you aren't him. The point of inheriting a name is making it your own. What was she expecting? A carbon copy?

[reneger]

It's not about exact copies anymore. But back then? Guess that was what they wanted.

( he was never good enough to live up to grayson's legacy. never good enough to put on the "R". never quite enough to stay in it. jason just--didn't function the same way. )

Outgrew the suit fast enough anyway.